Greenport Village (Credit: Chris Francescani) Last week, Greenport’s Planning Board heard about the first two commercial development projects proposed under the village’s new zoning codes — one for a new inn at the intersection of Front and Main streets and another for the expansion of the Greenporter hotel. From last December through late October, a […]
San Simeon by the Sound. (Lee Meyer photo) San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is struggling to keep its lights on and may face permanent closure if the current operators do not find a partner to help sustain it financially. After dealing for several years with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, as […]
(Credit: Nicholas Grasso) Five members of the Southold Town Board voted Tuesday evening to adopt findings from an investigator tasked with evaluating allegations by former assistant town attorney Damon Hagan that Supervisor Scott Russell violated the town’s workplace violence prevention and sexual harassment policies. Mr. Russell recused himself from voting on adopting the investigator’s findings. […]
Christine Olstad Conway of Southold passed away at home Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. She was 82. The family will receive friends Wednesday, Dec. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Dec. 28 at noon at Saint Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold, […]
All address information, particularly arrests, reflects police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police department and have the department issue a notice of correction to The Daily Item. LYNN Arrests Honeyber Chun, 22, of Beverly, was arrested on charges of […]
John W. Altadonna of Calverton passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. He was 84. The family will receive friends Thursday, Dec. 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, Dec. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at Saint John the Evangelist R.C. Church in […]
On Dec. 18, 2023, Joseph J. Cirigliano of Nobleboro, Maine, and formerly of Hampton Bays, passed away peacefully with his daughters Carin and Jessica and his wife Carol, of 28 years, at his side. He was 81 years old. Born in 1942, Joe was raised and educated in West New York, N.J. He later graduated […]
Manuel Schwab The principle of “never again” is built into the very foundations of German national identity. The reasons should be obvious. German disavowal of its past through commemoration has become something of a gold standard for countries that have perpetrated unforgivable crimes. And yet, since Oct. 7, Holocaust memory has increasingly been invoked […]
In a last-minute compromise, the Swampscott Select Board voted 3-1 to allocate $30,000 of local American Rescue Plan Act funding in order to fund an expert consultant for the design and construction of a 60-room boutique hotel at the site of the former Hadley Elementary School. Since Town Meeting’s vote to approve the school-to-hotel conversion […]
Non-owner-occupied short-term rentals are now prohibited in Nahant’s residential zones, as Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office accepted Town Meeting’s vote. In May, Town Meeting engaged in a lively debate on Article 24 — a bylaw amendment that limits the number of annual short-term rental licenses to 4% of the total number of legal dwellings in […]
