Local business owners: East End does not get fair share of hotel tax revenues
Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy came to Riverhead to speak to East End residents about the county's initiative to collect the 3-percent hotel tax from operators of online short-term rental homes, but he got an earful about the share of the hotel tax revenues used for promotion of East End tourism.
North Fork adds moonshine to local libations with opening of new distillery
Local residents can now add moonshine to the list of locally made libations. Twin Stills Moonshine on Sound Avenue in Riverhead celebrated its grand...
Sound View Restaurant opens for season with new owners, same philosophy: embracing the community it serves
Sound View Restaurant opened for the season yesterday with the East End Lions Club annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
The dinner at the Sound View...
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.
As Greenport Harbor Brewing Company expands, its brewing operation has a new director who’s an old hand: Duffy Griffiths
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company's explosive success requires an experienced brewer to oversee its operations, co-owner Rich Vandenburgh said. Enter Duffy Griffiths of Jamesport.
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.
Business news North Fork Real Estate expands with new office on Main Street in Southold
North Fork Real Estate, founded in Cutchogue in 2011, has opened a second office on Main Street in Southold.
The aroma of love, roasted to perfection: Inside the North Fork Roasting Company
North Fork Roasting Co. celebrates its first birthday on Valentine's Day. Owners Jennilee Morris and Jess Dunne look back on a first year of building a business, forging new friendships and roasting good coffee.
New 300-passenger vessel coming to Cross Sound Ferry this June
Cross Sound Ferry Services purchased the Pamlico, a 50-auto, 300-passenger ferry, from the North Carolina Ferry Division. It will begin service this summer.
North Fork Chamber of Commerce honors two icons of the East End business community: photos
The North Fork Chamber of Commerce feted WLNG radio and W.J. Mills & Co. last night at its 5th Annual Snowflake Gala and Awards Dinner at Rafael Winery and Vineyards in Peconic.
last night at its 5th Annual Snow Flake Gala and Awards Dinner.
The chamber
