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In Southold, a revived call for solutions at Goldsmith Inlet As Goldsmith Inlet continues to fill with sand in a fast-changing, dynamic environment, water quality has suffered. Recent sampling in the area, which includes nearby Autumn Pond, shows poor oxygen levels, likely a result of limited tidal flow of seawater into the inlet. Fish can’t enter the area to spawn and high water levels in Autumn Pond threaten to introduce contamination from nearby septic systems. Call it a cas...

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. (Credit: Courtesy illustration) “The Shelter Island community continues to see a surge in Covid-19 positive cases over the past two months,” Police Chief Jim Read said Tuesday. He noted that East End hospitals are seeing many more cases, but didn’t release updated numbers. “This increase in positive cases is significant...

The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived to the East End this week. Here, we break down some frequently asked questions about the vaccine and what people can expect next. Q: How much does the vaccine cost? A: There will be no cost to receive the vaccine, although vaccination providers may be able to charge administration fees. Vaccination providers can have the fee reimbursed by the patient’s public or private insurance company or through a relief fund for the uninsured. Q: Is the vacci...

Snow pictured in Cutchogue Thursday morning. (Credit: Steve WIck) A day after a winter storm dropped more than five inches of snow on the region, most school buildings will re-open where originally scheduled to Friday. In Mattituck-Cutchogue, however, there will be a two-hour delayed start at the High School. At Cutchogue East, where a student and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, it will be a remote learning day, the district announced Thursday nights....

Supervisor pitches plan to convert current Town Hall into new justice court The Town Hall annex building may not become the new Justice Court after all. Town officials are reconsidering the proposal to convert the former bank building into a court complex. “We really have to evaluate what the better option is based on practicality, based on expenses and based on long term vision,” Supervisor Scott Russell announced at a work session Tuesday. In 2018, the town purchased the fo...

Snow storm blankets the North Fork, Plum Island sale may be blocked The daily update is a podcast briefing on what’s happening across the North Fork. ​Get the daily update delivered straight to your inbox each weekday morning by subscribing to our newsletter. Or listen through Apple Podcasts by subscribing to Closer Look. Here are the headlines across the North Fork for Thursday, Dec. 17. THE SUFFOLK TIMES

RN Kristen Hansen gives Peconic Bay Medical Center’s first dose of the COVId-19 vaccine to Dr. Nicholas Palamidessi last month. (Credit: Steve Wick) On Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in New York State, a UPS truck arrived at Peconic Bay Medical Center to deliver a single box of the first doses to the North Fork. Nine months and a week after the coronavirus arrived, forcing local residents to battle for their lives and li...

Murder suspects lured victim to secluded area for robbery, according to court documents The two suspects charged with murder, Tyara Lemus, left, and Alcides Lopez-Cambara pictured at their arraignment at Riverhead Justice Court in December. (Credit: Steve Wick) The two suspects charged with the murder of a Sag Harbor man in Riverhead last month allegedly lured the victim to a secluded area with the intention of robbing him and then beat him with a “blunt ...

At two hospitals, sadness in the time of COVID can be overwhelming Shota Mamukashvili, a registered nurse and emergency nurse manager at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, in front of the Greenport facility’s emergency room. (Credit: Steve Wick) In the emergency rooms and intensive care units at Peconic Bay Medical Center and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, the days are often long, physically and emotionally exhausting and, for some on th...

The two suspects charged with murder, Tyara Lemus, left, and Alcides Lopez-Cambara pictured at their arraignment at Riverhead Justice Court in December. (Credit: Steve Wick) Update (11:30 a.m.): Two suspects charged with second-degree murder were remanded without bail during brief court appearances Thursday morning. (See updated story here.) Alcides Lopez-Cambara, 40, and Tyara Lemus, 18, both entered pleas of not guilty at their arraignments before Riverhead Judge Lori H...