First Universalist Church of Southold is being rebuilt. (Steve Wick photo) First Universalist Church of Southold on Main Road, long known as the “church on the bend,” is being reborn. Built in 1837, when the North Fork was a very different sort of place, the building was destroyed in March 2015 by a catastrophic fire […]

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First Universalist Church of Southold is being rebuilt. (Steve Wick photo) Here are the headlines for December 20, 2023. THE SUFFOLK TIMES First Universalist Church of Southold rebuild ahead of schedule RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Riverhead school approves Transfinder bus tracking software  SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Looking back, looking  forward: Jim Colligan prepares to end Shelter Island Town […]

Southold Town Hall (Credit Nicholas Grasso) The developers behind the failed Cutchogue Woods development have a new pitch for affordable housing at a location that has since been zoned for that use: Carroll Ave. in Peconic. In a joint venture, Southold resident Rona Smith’s Housing Initiative LLC and Jericho-based Georgica Green Ventures, LLC propose to build 32 […]

Greenport Village (Credit: Chris Francescani) Here are the headlines for December 20, 2023. THE SUFFOLK TIMES Greenport Village Planning Board hears two hotel proposals Scott Russell cleared by Southold Town in Damon Hagan accusation RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Committee recommends lifting restrictions on cannabis sales in Riverhead Officials urge caution on Riverside housing plan SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER […]

Greenport Village (Credit: Chris Francescani) Last week, Greenport’s Planning Board heard about the first two commercial development projects proposed under the village’s new zoning codes — one for a new inn at the intersection of Front and Main streets and another for the expansion of the Greenporter hotel.  From last December through late October, a […]

In a last-minute compromise, the Swampscott Select Board voted 3-1 to allocate $30,000 of local American Rescue Plan Act funding in order to fund an expert consultant for the design and construction of a 60-room boutique hotel at the site of the former Hadley Elementary School. Since Town Meeting’s vote to approve the school-to-hotel conversion […]

San Simeon by the Sound. (Lee Meyer photo) San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is struggling to keep its lights on and may face permanent closure if the current operators do not find a partner to help sustain it financially.  After dealing for several years with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, as […]

Christine Olstad Conway of Southold passed away at home Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. She was 82. The family will receive friends Wednesday, Dec. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Dec. 28 at noon at Saint Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold, […]

John W. Altadonna of Calverton passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. He was 84. The family will receive friends Thursday, Dec. 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, Dec. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at Saint John the Evangelist R.C. Church in […]