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LE MARS -- A schedule is in place for a repair of the 24th Street bridge that was damaged in a fire late on Feb. 12, 2022. The Le Mars City Council voted to accept bids on the project. They are due by...

LE MARS -- A public hearing on the 24th Street Southwest Bridge Repair Project turned into a question from council member Clark Goodchild if the repairs need to be done at this time. The public...

LE MARS -- The Le Mars City Council acted on a contract for the 2023 7th Avenue SE/K49 PCC Overlay Project. The project is a joint project with Plymouth County, under two separate contracts, extending...

LE MARS -- Le Mars Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte brought a request for an additional marked police vehicle to city council members at the Oct. 18 council meeting. Vande Vegte said an additional car...

LE MARS -- A public hearing on a proposed Vacant Building Ordinance turned into a more than hour long discussion on the merits of having such an ordinance at the June 7 city council meeting. In...

25 YEARS AGO

The grave marker for David Hannibal at Cutchogue Cemetery. (Credit: Steve Wick) In this column, I have previously written about different aspects of North Fork history. These stories have explored the fate of the Native people who lived here, the Revolution as it played out across the region, the role of local soldiers in the Civil War, the presence of the enslaved in our early homes and on farms and how the past informs the present. This last theme — and how events in ...

The grave marker for David Hannibal at Cutchogue Cemetery. (Credit: Steve Wick) In this column, I have previously written about different aspects of North Fork history. These stories have explored the fate of the Native people who lived here, the Revolution as it played out across the region, the role of local soldiers in the Civil War, the presence of the enslaved in our early homes and on farms and how the past informs the present. This last theme — and how events in ...

Brian Becker, the new owner of Sea Tow Eastern Long Island, at the company office at Founders Landing in Southold. (Credit: Steve Wick) Brian Becker has been around saltwater pretty much all his life, so it was a perfect fit when he became the owner of Sea Tow Eastern Long Island last November. Mr. Becker has worked at Sea Tow, which occupies an office and dock space at Founders Landing in Southold, for more than 20 years, even while he was a full-time physical education ...

Shelter Island School teacher Brian Becker purchases local Sea Tow Brian Becker, the new owner of Sea Tow Eastern Long Island, at the company office at Founders Landing in Southold. (Credit: Steve Wick) Brian Becker has been around saltwater pretty much all his life, so it was a perfect fit when he became the owner of Sea Tow Eastern Long Island last November. Mr. Becker has worked at Sea Tow, which occupies an office and dock space at Founders Landing in ...