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IDA approves tax relief package for The Enclaves

The Enclaves, calls for construction of a 72,979-square-foot, two-story hotel with 40 units, four detached cottages, an accessory event space, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a spa at the site of the former Hedges bed and breakfast on Main Road in Southold. (Photo credit: Nicholas Grasso) In a 7-0 vote Tuesday afternoon, the Suffolk […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Warning signs for Trump, even in victory

Carl P. Leubsdorf With his solid New Hampshire victory, Donald Trump has the Republican nomination within his grasp. But the results showed he faces some big problems down the line — though probably not from rival Nikki Haley. The former South Carolina governor’s final push enabled her to outperform late polls, but she still lost […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
A promising turn in the quest to treat long COVID

Lisa Jarvis A new study published last week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack, and need confirming in larger studies. Still, this is an important new piece to the vexing […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
LTE: US military aid to Israel could be abetting genocide

To the editor: South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide is currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, The Netherlands. The court will present its provisional findings on whether Israel is engaged in “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group” […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Danvers might hold solution to Peabody trash woes

After what city councilors described as a year’s worth of delays in trash pickup across Peabody, Mayor Ted Bettencourt announced Wednesday that Republic Trash Services, the company responsible for collecting the city’s waste, has reached an agreement to dump trash at a landfill in Danvers that Bettencourt said will cut down on the number of […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Daily Update: Opioids fueling rise in countywide sex trafficking

The Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverside has been bathed in blue light throughout the month of January to mark National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. (Courtesy photo) Here are the headlines for January 25, 2024. THE SUFFOLK TIMES Opioids fueling rise in countywide sex trafficking Real Estate Transfers: January 25, 2024 Community calendar: […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Opioids fueling rise in countywide sex trafficking

They’re runaways, foster kids, homeless teens, impoverished single mothers, drug addicts: disadvantaged and vulnerable young women in desperate need of a helping hand. Each one is someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s mother — and most of them were born and raised right here in Suffolk County.  These women are the key currency in local sex […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Community calendar: Jan. 25, 2024

North Fork Polar Bears inaugural 2023 annual Splash for Cast event (photo credit: Courtesy photo) All ages Saturday, Jan. 27, 8:30-11 a.m.: BR-INGO: breakfast and bingo at Riverhead Senior Center, 60 Shade Tree Lane, Riverhead. Presented by the Riverhead Youth Coalition and Town of Riverhead. Non-cash prizes for winners. Adults $10; children under 12, $5. […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
Real Estate Transfers: January 25, 2024

Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Vision Inc., dated Nov. 23, 2023. BAITING HOLLOW (11933) • Marinos Petratos to Steven & Terri Gillman, 408 Fox Hill Drive (600-11.01-1-80) (R) $565,000 • Bernadette Servidio Family Trust to Christopher Servedio, 40 Palane South (600-40-2-12.025) (R) $300,000 CUTCHOGUE (11935) • John & Susan Corbley to […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024
A DRAW – Saugus-Peabody, Marblehead-Swampscott hit the mats

SAUGUS — Saugus-Peabody and Marblehead-Swampscott squared off on the mats at Saugus Middle High School Wednesday evening. Pins and takedowns later, the final result was a 38-38 draw. Saugus-Peabody was ahead 32-20 with fourth matches remaining, but the Black and Blue of Marblehead-Swampscott went on a pinning streak, starting with Colin Hart.  Hart pinned his […]

Updated: Jan 25, 2024