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Denise Civiletti

Denise Civiletti
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Denise is a veteran local reporter and editor, an attorney and former Riverhead Town councilwoman. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a “writer of the year” award from the N.Y. Press Association in 2015. She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website.

Love at first sight: confessions of a brand-new ‘glam-mom’

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I’ve been recently inducted into the “Gram-Mom” club. I have entered this hallowed group at an advanced age — well not that advanced, but...

Taxpayers to town board on preliminary budget: No comment

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Public hearings on the town board's 2018 preliminary budget, which would nudge the tax rate hike upward from a 1.64 percent increase in the supervisor's tentative budget to a 1.77 percent increase, drew only one member of the public.

Southold Democrats: It ain’t over yet

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With just 123 votes separating Democratic council candidate Mary Eisenstein and Republican incumbent Bob Ghosio and a 287-vote spread in the highway superintendent contest, the more than 500 as-yet uncounted absentee ballots could change the results of Tuesday's machine voting. The Democrats are not conceding either race, said campaign manager Kathryn Casey Quigley.

Veterans Day 2017: what’s open, what’s closed — and when

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Tomorrow is Veterans Day, a federal holiday. But since Veterans Day falls on a Saturday this year, schools and many government offices are closed today in observance of the holiday.

Milling and paving to begin in Greenport road improvement project

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The large road improvement project enters the home stretch with milling and paving work getting underway today and continuing for about a week.

Mattituck High School unveils Wall of Honor paying tribute to alumni armed services veterans

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“This means so much,” said Arthur Hughes, gazing up at the plaque bearing a photo of himself taken decades ago. The career U.S. Coast Guard...

Following election as Riverhead Town supervisor, Mattituck-Cutchogue board president stepping down next month

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Mattituck-Cutchogue school board president Laura Jens-Smith will resign from the board next month.

Car dealership’s month-long campaign nets local breast cancer group over $7K

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Apple Honda’s fifth annual breast cancer awareness campaign raised over $7,000 for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition.

North Fork Surgicenter gains site plan approval, will provide pain management, gastroenterolgy services in Southold

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North Fork Surgicenter, a joint venture of pain management specialist Dr. Frank Adipietro, gastroenterologist Dr. Dhiren Mehta and Eastern Long Island Hospital to provide ambulatory surgery services at a facility on Boisseau Avenue, got a green light from the Southold Town Planning Board Monday evening.

East End Arts plans 45th anniversary celebration at the Suffolk Theater

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Has East End Arts touched your life over the years? The organization would like to hear from you as it plans a 45th anniversary celebratory concert Dec. 7 at the Suffolk Theater.