Long Island

Voluntteers at the Common Ground Garden. (Photo courtesy Daniel Gladstone) As the planting season gets underway, the Common Ground Garden in Peconic is seeking volunteers to care for the beds throughout the summer and fall. […]

Doreen Ruth Kirby of Elkridge, Md., peacefully passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 79 years old.  A resident of Mattituck for over 50 years, Doreen was born in Brooklyn Oct. 27, 1946, to Ruth […]

Oregon Road in Cutchogue. (File photo) A public hearing to extend Southold Town’s moratorium on the construction of Battery Energy Storage System facilities, knows as BESS, has been set for April 15 at 7 p.m. […]

(File photo) Damon Rallis, a longtime Southold Town building department employee and one-time candidate for Town Supervisor, will not be sentenced for possession of child sex abuse materials as expected this week due to his […]

Mary Caviris of Mattituck and East Elmhurst, N.Y., passed away at home in East Elmhurst Thursday, March 6, 2025. She was 92 years old. Mary was born Feb. 2, 1933, in Chios, Greece, to Anthi […]

Vincenza “Vicky” Delano Insull of Greenport passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025. She was 90 years old.   Visitation will be held Thursday, March 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home, with […]

John J. “Jack” Abele of Southold passed away at home Monday, March 10, 2025. He was 96 years old. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral […]

(Credit: Nicholas Grasso file photo) A chapter 280 zoning code was amended by the Town Board March 4 to allow for the merger of adjacent land parcels owned by the same person if they are […]

Anna V. Lenceski of Southold passed away Friday, March 7, 2025. She was 96 years old. Viewing will take place Monday, March 17, from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The […]

Robert Bruce Reymann of Greenport passed away at Peconic Landing Sunday, March 9, 2025. He was 88 years old.  Bruce graduated from Mineola High School. After a stint in the Army, he married his high […]