Articles by Tara Smith

Lighting over Long Island Sound during a September storm. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson) Mother Nature dealt the North Fork an unpredictable year in weather, from a near-historic late January blizzard to dire summer drought and an […]

A Minke whale died after becoming stranded in Goose Creek in November. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson) A paddleboarder out on an unseasonably warm fall day made an unsettling discovery in Goose Creek last month. A 20-foot […]

Southold Junior-Senior High School. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa) Citing aging infrastructure and much-needed repairs, Southold school district officials may ask the Board of Education to approve expenditures from its Repair Reserve Fund in the new year. […]

Damon Rallis pictured in 2019. (File photo) A change of plea hearing set for a man facing a federal child pornography charge initially set for Dec. 15 has been postponed to the new year. According […]

Martin and Carol Sidor at their Mattituck potato barn. (Credit: Tara Smith) A Mattituck farm is among the recipients of more than $10 million in state grant funding recently awarded to Long Island initiatives. Martin […]

Surrey Lane Vineyard Orchard Farms in Southold was listed on the market for $4.1 million. (Credit: NOFO Real Estate) On the picturesque North Fork, it’s not out of the ordinary for a real estate listing […]

Governor Kathy Hochul was joined by state health commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett and Dr. Sallie Permar, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, for a winter public health update Wednesday. (Credit: Darren […]

The former Sweet Indulgences building in Greenport. (Credit: Brianne Ledda) As the village Planning Board meeting got underway last Monday, Nov. 28, the chairman spoke briefly to address criticisms the five-member body has faced in […]

The 11th annual Shellabration festival returned to Greenport Village this weekend. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson) Rain couldn’t put a damper on the annual Shellabration festival, which returned to Greenport Village on Saturday and Sunday. Shellfish lovers […]

A large crowd gathered in Greenport Village for Sunday’s parade. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson) Crowds lined Main and Front Streets to officially kick off the holiday season with the annual parade of lights in Greenport Sunday. […]