Katie Blasl
Katie, winner of the 2016 James Murphy Cub Reporter of the Year award from the L.I. Press Club, is a reporter, editor and web developer for the LOCAL news websites. A Riverhead native, she is a 2014 graduate of Stony Brook University. Email Katie
New ‘premier’ county park off Sound Avenue in Northville plans campgrounds, cabins, equestrian center
The park, which is still in its infancy planning stages, would include at least 100 campsites, a possible equestrian center, a clubhouse, courts for volleyball, tennis and basketball, a camp store and the only seasonal cabins on parkland anywhere on Long Island.
Long Island Sound is ‘not a landfill,’ say environmentalists opposed to open water waste dumping plan
A new plan to continue dumping potentially toxic materials into the Sound would jeopardize the strides Long Island has made to improve its water quality , according to local environmentalists.
Two years later, Greenport man sees Riverhead restaurant reopen with new concept, new name: Mazi
"This was a project that was helped by the definition of togetherness. By the people in the community, the people who helped me, my friends in the neighborhood — Mazi is here today because they all came together."
North Fork tech start-up finds place in thousands of classrooms worldwide
“I can’t even tell you how Buncee has changed my teaching,” said Stephanie Suter, a third grade teacher at Southold Elementary School. “The enthusiasm and the passion it brings out in the kids is just awesome."
Shakespeare in the Park encore performances of Twelfth Night to be held at Jamesport Meeting House
After the great success of its run in Greenport last month, Shakespeare in the Park will give two encore performances of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Jamesport Meeting House this Saturday.
For 1,800+ customers still without power in Southold, outages won’t be restored until 11 p.m. tonight
Those still without power following yesterday’s severe thunderstorms may have to wait until late tonight before the lights are up and running again.
In hospital unit for premature babies, hope is found in homemade hats
Mattituck teacher Bonnie Connelly began making hats and blankets for premature babies after her own daughter was born at just 31 weeks.
Multi-trailer 84-foot-long trucks could be coming to local roads, thanks to federal bill
Multi-trailer trucks up to 84 feet long would be allowed on roads in the federal national highway system network, which includes Sound Avenue, Route 48 and Route 25 in the Town of Southold.
Hurricane season begins today, with fewer storms than usual forecast — but don’t discount impacts of major storm
We can expect fewer named storms than usual this season, but that doesn’t reduce the impacts of a major storm. “It only takes one hurricane or tropical storm making landfall in your community to significantly disrupt your life,” a FEMA official warns.
Lethal toxin in local waterway reaches highest levels ever measured, but turtle die-off remains a mystery
In addition to hundreds of dead turtles, thousands of dead bunker and at least three sea birds on the shores of Flanders Bay worry environmental scientists.
