06.04.2020 Business Governor announces plan to allow outdoor dining in Phase Two, which is on track for June 10 Outdoor dining has been added to the list of permissible activities that can resume under Phase Two of the state’s reopening plan, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. The Long...
06.03.2020 Business Fees to be waived for restaurants seeking outdoor dining permits The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize its Building and Planning Administrator to waive fees for outdoor dining permits for restaurants. Riverhead Town has also began accepting...
06.02.2020 COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES It’s been more than 12 weeks since the first positively diagnosed case of the coronavirus was confirmed on the North Fork. Times Review Media Group continues to keep a...
06.02.2020 COVID-19 DeWitt Warner, 96, was potato farmer and more DeWitt Warner was an impressive man in many ways: his devotion to his wife and church, his involvement in a potato chip factory, his passion for music, his love...
06.01.2020 COVID-19 Riverhead Raceway’s schedule canceled through June Riverhead Raceway will not see racing in June. That news was delivered Monday morning by the track’s owners, Eddie and Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz, citing the continuing COVID-19...
06.01.2020 Community Annual gala for North Fork Community Theatre to be held virtually June 12 Lights in theaters from Broadway to community playhouses on the East End have remained dark amid the coronavirus pandemic. On the North Fork, the health crisis has canceled spring...
05.31.2020 COVID-19 PMBC CEO says elective surgeries will continue On May 16, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that hospitals in Suffolk County could begin performing elective surgeries again. These had been suspended in mid-March by executive order as hospitals...
05.31.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Adhering to guidelines will be critical during multi-phase reopening Well, it’s finally here: Phase 1 of the NY Forward reopening plan has arrived, with the seven metrics required for the state’s Long Island region to move into Phase...
05.29.2020 COVID-19 Allowing outdoor dining ahead of Phase 3 ‘under review,’ state officials say Gov. Andrew Cuomo and budget director Robert Mujica said on Friday that officials are still examining the possibility of outdoor dining being allowed ahead of the current third phase of...
05.29.2020 COVID-19 Governor’s executive order extends property tax deadline by three weeks The deadline to pay the second half of property taxes has been extended to June 21. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order last week pushing back the deadline...
05.27.2020 COVID-19 Riverhead Town will allow outdoor dining for restaurants Riverhead officials are hoping that outdoor seating and even tents can help revive some of downtown’s restaurants, which have been financially hurt due to a state-ordered prohibition on indoor...
05.27.2020 COVID-19 ‘Influx of people’ at Riverhead Town beaches during Memorial Day weekend, officials say Riverhead Town’s beaches were inundated with hordes of people and fishermen believed to be from out of town over the Memorial Day weekend, according to officials. It’s a situation...
05.26.2020 Business A ‘control room’ Q&A with Kevin Law as Long Island begins to reopen As Long Island reaches Phase 1 of reopening the economy, a team of six appointed officials across Long Island is responsible for monitoring key health metrics to make certain...
05.26.2020 COVID-19 ‘Turning the page on COVID-19,’ governor says Phase 1 for Long Island begins Wednesday After more than two months of closures for a wide array of nonessential businesses, the first major step toward returning to a new normal on Long Island begins Wednesday....
05.25.2020 COVID-19 Calverton National Cemetery hosts private Memorial Day observance While the COVID-19 pandemic put the usual Memorial Day observances on hold at Calverton National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did still host a small private ceremony...
