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Southold’s first solid waste coordinator retires after 34 years
Controversy ensued in 1990 when the Southold Town Board appointed Jim Bunchuck — an environmental management consultant with a Master’s degree in International Relations — to manage the garbage dump....
View ArticleScott Russell reflects on decades of service
While Southold Town Hall was closed for a four-and-a-half-day Thanksgiving break, Supervisor Scott Russell labored not with pen and paper, but with spackle and spade. As a practical joke, Mr. Russell...
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Photos: Fire depts march in snowy Greenport village
Despite snowy conditions, the Greenport Fire Department Washington’s Day Parade kicked off at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 in Greenport village. The long-running tradition, organized by the Greenport Fire...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: A message from Southold Supervisor Al Krupski
SOUTHOLDThank you, Scott, for all you’ve done My letter is about Southold Town, founded as a township in 1640, and the town that it is today in 2024. We all know Southold today, we know the South...
View ArticleScott Russell cleared by Southold Town in Damon Hagan accusation
Five members of the Southold Town Board voted Tuesday evening to adopt findings from an investigator tasked with evaluating allegations by former assistant town attorney Damon Hagan that Supervisor...
View ArticleTown Board votes on disciplinary action for three officers involved in...
With a vote to discipline two members of the Southold Town Police Department, the three-and-a-half-year retirement party saga appears to have reached its conclusion. During its regularly scheduled...
View ArticleNYS troopers vacate Fishers Island barracks; Southold PD must patrol island
The Southold Town Police Department is now responsible for patrolling Fishers Island. On Wednesday, State Troopers vacated the barracks they used as a police station on Fishers Island for more than a...
View ArticleNo tax hike in Southold Town’s tentative budget
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell presented a tentative town budget of almost $57 million for the 2024 fiscal year last week. The budget, which will not be voted on by the Town Board until next...
View ArticleResponders to get priority for affordable housing
In a bid to boost the ranks of local fire departments, the Southold Town Board voted last Tuesday to give volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians priority on the town’s affordable...
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Darla Doorhy of Kait’s Angels named Citizen of the Year by Mattituck-Laurel...
For her longstanding dedication to those enduring trying times, Darla Doorhy received the Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association’s 2022 Citizen of the Year award Thursday at Veterans Park in Mattituck....
View ArticleTown Hall Notes: Hearing set on battery storage moratorium, Supervisor...
A public hearing on a halt in development of battery energy storage systems in Southold has been set for Tuesday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. The proposed moratorium would run for 12 months to...
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Southold Town to consider a 12-month moratorium on Battery Energy Storage...
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell announced Thursday that the town will consider a 12-month moratorium on Battery Energy Storage Systems at next Tuesday’s Town Board Meeting. The announcement...
View ArticleSouthold Town Board appoints new town attorney in unanimous vote
The Southold Town Board unanimously accepted the resignation of acting town attorney John Burke on Tuesday evening. Mr. Burke has held the position since his predecessor, Bill Duffy, departed in...
View ArticleAfter a six-year effort, the hope for Sports East athletic facility in...
In December 2016 – six years ago this month – the Southold Zoning Board of Appeals ruled that the Sports East athletic facility proposed for Main Road in Mattituck did not meet the definition of a...
View ArticleGuest Spot: Transparency and accountability first
It’s true, I didn’t support the request the Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation recently made to the Town Board for $100,000 so it can meet the increasing demands for its services...
View ArticlePublic hearing on town’s preliminary budget set for Nov. 1
The Town of Southold has scheduled a public hearing on the preliminary town budget for 2023, which was discussed in-depth during a work session last Tuesday, for Nov. 1 at 4 and 7 p.m. The tax rate...
View ArticleReinstated police chief apologizes to residents, says failure to follow...
The Southold Town Board has reinstated police Chief Martin Flatley, who offered a formal apology to the community at a special Town Board meeting Monday, and also announced his plan to retire in 2024...
View ArticleTown to submit letter in support of state program to create accessory...
Southold Supervisor Scott Russell plans to submit a letter of support for a state program meant to create and improve accessory dwelling units. The Long Island Housing Partnership needs letters of...
View ArticleIn tentative budget, supervisor pitches 0.69% tax hike for 2023
Southold Supervisor Scott Russell has proposed a $3 million spending increase for 2023 with a resulting tax rate increase of 0.69% and tax levy increase of 2%. New York state capped property tax levy...
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State, local officials condemn federal ruling to allow release of dredge...
State and local officials have condemned a federal court decision to uphold a 2020 decision that allows Connecticut to deposit dredge materials into the eastern Long Island Sound. The federal...
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