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
Budgets approved by both State Senate and Assembly would dramatically increase funding to combat heroin epidemic
State lawmakers look to increase by up to 40 percent spending to combat the escalating heroin crisis in New York.
Lessons learned on a Guatemalan coffee farm: North Fork Roasting Company owners meet their growers
During their week on a Guatemalan coffee farm, North Fork Roasting Co. owners Jess Dunne and Jennilee Morris saw men make hour-long treks down a mountain with 100-lb. bags hoisted over their shoulders, families living in tin huts and farmers working long, grueling hours in the hot sun for just a few dollars a day.
Project Fit America coming to North Fork elementary schools, with help from local fundraising efforts
Greenport and Cutchogue East Elementary Schools are one step closer to launching Project Fit America, a fitness initiative that brings indoor and outdoor equipment, teacher training and a fitness curriculum to communities across the country.
One to three inches of snow forecast tonight through tomorrow afternoon
“We’ll be on the northern edge of it, so that will keep us away from the most significant precipitation and impacts,” said David Stark, a National Weather Service meteorologist at Upton.
Yes, short-term rentals must pay county’s hotel-motel tax; public information meeting scheduled to clear up confusion
Amid Suffolk County's crackdown on short-term rental operators who aren't paying the county's 3-percent hotel-motel tax, County Legislator Al Krupski sets public information meeting to clear up confusion.
Bald eagles spotted more and more often on North Fork and across Long Island
America's national bird seems to be here to stay on Long Island – and is being spotted with increasing frequency on the North Fork.
‘Shakespeare in the Park’ will perform in Riverhead and Patchogue this summer
Northeast Stage, which has produced the popular 'Shakespeare in the Park' in Greenport for two decades, is taking its show on the road this summer, with planned performances of 'As You Like it' in Riverhead and Patchogue.
Climate change impacts close to home: How rising water temperatures and sea levels are affecting Long Island Sound
From rising sea levels to declining cold-water fish populations, global effects of climate change are playing out right here at home, according to the Long Island Sound Study.
After five years in animal shelter, senior dog finally finds home – with all medical expenses paid by upstate non-profit
With a little help from social media, a senior dog who has spent most of her life at Southold Animal Shelter has finally been adopted by a family in Pennsylvania.
Spanish-speaking communities on the East End need more representation, says new director of OLA
Though the East End’s Latino population has grown explosively over the past decade, you wouldn’t know it by looking at the boards of local governments, which do not count a single Latino member among them.
