Articles by Chris Francescani

Mary Eisenstein moderates at the official launch of the Cutchogue Civic Association at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa) Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively upheld Southold Town’s 2020 eminent domain seizure […]

courtesy photos Edy Herrera, the young man who died last week in a tragic house fire in Mattituck, was remembered by his friends at a memorial service on Monday as a hard-working, deeply-spiritual Guatemalan native […]

It’s that time of year again — high season for deer-car collisions. This fall, Southold Highway Dept. workers are picking up an average of one dead deer a day, “and some days we’ll do pickups […]

Craig Goldsmith (from left), Alvah Goldsmith Jr., and Glenn Goldsmith celebrated Goldsmith’s Boat Shop’s 100th anniversary last spring. The family-owned business is widely considered the longest-running marine dealership in the industry. (Steve Wick file photo) […]

A bi-lingual voting sign directed voters into the firehouse to cast their votes. (Credit: Chris Francescani) With New York polling stations set to close at 9 p.m., and results from other states starting to trickle […]

State Sen. Anthony Palumbo (from left), Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine and State Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio joined Mr. Simonsen’s widow, Leanne, and mother, Linda, at the dedication. (Chris Francescani photo.) Hundreds of law enforcement officers […]

North Fork Polar Bears worked with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine program on a coastal restoration project. (Credit: Chris Francescani) The Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine program held a coastal resiliency workshop recently to teach community […]

Retired Adelphi U. professor Ed Marlatt talks about Southold during the American Revolution. (Credit: Chris Francescani) During the early days of the American Revolution, Long Island was one of the most loyalist areas in the […]

The Brinkmann brothers and Institute for Justice filed the federal lawsuit in May 2021. (Credit: Institute for Justice) The owners of a hardware store chain who sued the Town of Southold in 2020 for seizing […]

A Mattituck family of five was saved from a house fire by a determined police dispatcher. (Credit: Chris Francescani) A quick-thinking, off-duty Southold police dispatcher helped save the lives of a Mattituck family of five […]