01.05.2023 Community 2022 Person of the Year: The Rev. Bohdan Hedz In February of last year, Russia invaded Ukraine, bombing cities and mobilizing towards the capital city of Kyiv, with the end goal of annexing the country. In the rectory...
01.03.2023 Government LaLota was to be sworn in Tuesday; calls for investigation into newly elected congressman George Santos On Sunday morning, Nick LaLota packed up his car and set out on the four-and-a-half hour trip to Washington, D.C. On Tuesday morning, everything about his life was to...
12.22.2022 News Hundreds attend funeral for Sister Margaret Smyth, ‘a woman of joy and hope’ Sister Margaret Rose Smyth, who died Monday at the age of 83, was hailed at her funeral Thursday as the embodiment of a nun who worked for social justice,...
12.22.2022 Environment Top Stories 2022: Peconic Land Trust purchases Broad Cove in Aquebogue for preservation In January, the Peconic Land Trust acquired a scenic and vital piece of the North Fork: the former duck farm property in Aquebogue known as Broad Cove. The site,...
12.22.2022 Government Top Stories 2022: LaLota elected to Congress; Zeldin loses bid for governor After serving in Congress since 2015, representing the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) decided not to run for reelection in a safe Republican district and instead run...
12.22.2022 News Top Stories 2022: As war raged, the Ukrainian community on the North Fork showed support On Feb. 24, Russia attacked its neighbor Ukraine, bombing a number of cities and sending tanks and soldiers into the northern part of the country en route to the...
12.20.2022 Government Eight new projects will take shape under $10M Downtown Revitalization grant New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced eight game-changing projects for Riverhead — including a rowing facility on the Peconic River, a welcome center at the library and expansion...
12.09.2022 News Local farm reveals signs of the past as 1700s coin and other treasures recovered from field Frank Jurs loves Long Island history. He has read about it, studied it, and craves to learn more. So it was a natural fit for him to buy a...
