Denise Civiletti

Questions for council candidates at Saturday's forum in Orient focused on the ever-increasing traffic volume clogging local roadways, the impacts of vineyards and “agritainment” venues on local residents, the proliferation of short-term rentals and “McMansions,” the shortage of affordable housing, and the environmental impacts of development.

The high school marching band and cheerleaders and the Greenport Fire Department were among those marching in the parade

New York's commercial fluke fishing quota is based on incomplete 30-year-old data and discriminates against New York commercial fishermen, according to the governor.

An administrative hearing scheduled for today has been postponed until Oct. 26.

Obituary of Martin Gitlin of Southold, who died October 8, 2017 at age 85.

Obituary of Robert Wallace, of East Marion, who died Oct. 1, 2017 at age 65.

Peconic Bay Medical Center will open its interim cardiac catheterization lab in one week, bringing life-saving cardiac techniques to Riverhead and the North Fork...

The Cutchogue winery brought an action in State Supreme Court in Manhattan seeking a stay of the emergency summary suspension issued yesterday by the N.Y. State Liquor Authority board, but withdrew the motion for a stay during a court appearance this afternoon, according to Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell.

Vineyard 48 has had its liquor license suspended following numerous incidents of extreme intoxication, including a large altercation there last weekend that involved some 400 drunk and disorderly patrons, according to state regulators.

Southold Supervisor Scott Russell’s tentative 2018 budget calls for a 1.64-percent tax rate increase to fund a $1.6 million increase in townwide spending, a 3.64 percent jump over total spending in 2017.