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Mattituck Chamber hosts ‘State of Mattituck’ event
Mattituck Chamber of Commerce members met at Michelangelo’s restaurant Wednesday night to discuss local business, town and school issues. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo photos) Local business owners, elected...
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Southold would fight renewed PSEG cable project
Long Island Power Authority workers dig the intersection of Bay Shore Road and Island View Lane in Greenport. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) Southold Town is prepared to sue PSEG Long Island should the...
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Crosswalk to be installed outside church on Factory Avenue
A crosswalk will soon connect Unity Baptist Church in Mattituck to the shopping center across the street. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Parishioners at Unity Baptist Church in Mattituck will soon have an...
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Mattituck man launches bid for town supervisor; Russell noncommital
Damon Rallis is making his first run for public office. (Credit: Courtesy photo) Damon Rallis hasn’t exactly been quiet about his discontent with Southold Town Hall in recent years. And now, the...
View ArticleSupervisor to give State of the Town address Thursday
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell is giving his sixth annual State of the Town address Thursday night. The speech is expected to focus on the town’s accomplishments in 2014, as well as its goals...
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Advocacy group pushes town to reduce nitrogen pollution
Kevin McAllister, founder of Defend H20, and Councilwoman Louisa Evans at Tuesday’s Town Board work session. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) Wastewater management advocacy group Defend H2O is urging the...
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Highlights from supervisor’s ‘State of the Town’ address
Scott Russell responds to questions following his State of the Town address Thursday. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell stressed the need for community input on several key...
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PSEG says they’ll decide on how to power Shelter Island
Long Island Power Authority workers dig the intersection of Bay Shore Road and Island View Lane in Greenport. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) PSEG officials have reached no decision about whether to push...
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Developer ditches Matittuck affordable housing plan for retail and apartments
The site of a proposed business center on Route 25 in Mattituck (Credit: Cyndi Murray, file) A plan to build a 75-unit affordable housing complex on a wooded 20-acre property across from the Capital...
View ArticleEditorial: An issue more important than deer and helicopters
A little over six months ago, we used this editorial space to call for stronger leadership on affordable housing in Southold Town. At the time, the Town Board had just approved zoning changes that...
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Real Estate: Wrestling with short-term rentals
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell (center) speaks during a panel event Feb. 26 hosted by the Long Island Board of Realtors at Greenport’s Townsend Manor Inn. He’s flanked by Riverhead Town...
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Zeldin, East End towns unite in battle against helicopter noise
Congressman Lee Zeldin speaks to reporters and concerned members of the public at a press conference on helicopter noise at Southold Town Hall Sunday. (Credit: Vera Chinese) Congressman Lee Zeldin...
View ArticleAre 3,000 more heavy freight trucks headed our way?
Trucks, trucks and more trucks. A plan by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council that could recommend redirecting 3,000 heavy freight trucks per year from I-95 in Connecticut to the North...
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After brutal winter, a hefty price tag to repair roads
Roadways across the town sustained “substantial” damage this winter, the highway superintendent said. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) The Highway Department may need between $300,000 and $400,000 more than...
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Orient residents and elected officials unite against truck freight plan
Orient Association president Robert Hanlon polls the room Saturday morning, asking who opposed a proposed freight truck plan. (Credit: Paul Squire) If you were trying to find someone who supported the...
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Town Supervisor Russell announces bid for re-election
Scott Russell responds to questions following his State of the Town address earlier this month. (Credit: Grant Parpan, file) Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said Tuesday he is seeking a fourth...
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Residents at odds with short-term rentals in Southold Town
Residents asked the Southold Town Board Tuesday night to curb short-term rentals. (Credit: Tim Gannon) A number of residents asked the Southold Town Board Tuesday to enact new regulations to curb...
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Convicted clerk denied benefits, though grand larceny unrelated
Ms. Stulsky leaving court last year. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) An independent arbitrator ruled last week that a former Southold Town employee convicted of stealing over a quarter million...
View ArticleTown opts out of renewable energy initiative
Southold Town Board members were puzzled to learn Tuesday that the town has spent roughly $50,000 over the past five years to participate in a renewable energy initiative program that expired in 2009....
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Cross Sound trucking proposal dropped from transit plan
(Credit: file) Proving public opinion is still a force to reckoned with when it comes to policymaking, a plan to redirect 3,000 heavy freight trucks per year from Interstate 95 in Connecticut to the...
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