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05.13.2016 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Pay-for-play politics part two

With one bill — the Campaign Finance Reform Act — already before the Suffolk Legislature and aimed at corruption in the county’s electoral process, a group of Suffolk legislators...

05.06.2016 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Preventing pay-for-play politics

With money corrupting the democratic process becoming a major issue in the United States, Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) has introduced a bill to limit campaign contributions from...

07.30.2015 Health

County’s Riverhead Health Center is last to be privatized

The Riverhead Health Center will become the last of eight county-run health clinics to be handed over to a private entity after the county Legislature voted on Tuesday to...

07.28.2015 Government

Suffolk legislature bans drones over county beaches

Fearing that drones with cameras could intrude on residents’ privacy, the Suffolk County Legislature voted Tuesday to ban drone use over county public beaches during the summer and require...

06.09.2015 Environment

Suffolk County may soon incentivize energy-efficient upgrades

In an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Suffolk County is hoping an incentive for business and homeowners to improve their buildings will help spur upgrades on outdated structures. A low-cost,...

09.30.2014 Health & Environment

Tick committee gets another life with year-long extension

It seems as though the county’s tick committee will get more time to sink their teeth into the tick problem. After learning at its first meeting in July that it...

06.19.2014 Environment

NYS lawmakers agree: Let’s not kill the swans

It looks like the swans won’t be killed. Or at least if they are killed, it will now come as a last resort. Legislation has passed both houses of the...

06.04.2014 Agriculture

Legislature OK’s plan to purchase Sound Ave. farmland rights

It looks like they won’t be paving one parcel on Sound Avenue and putting up a parking lot. While one 14.7-acre parcel had one been slated for a shopping...

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