(photo credit: Steve Wick) While a great deal of change has occurred on the North Fork in recent years, in many ways, at many businesses, small-town Southold is still on display. Which brings us to Brian Walker, who last month celebrated 25 years as store manager at Southold Pharmacy. The store, on Main Road in […]

THE SUFFOLK TIMES Local athletes leap and bound to state championships Brian Walker marks 25 years at Southold Pharmacy RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Man charged for dumping 24-foot boat in Pine Barrens SWR Wildcats girls hoops land No. 4 seed SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Shelter Island ‘Souper Bowl’ scores a win: School rallies to support food pantry NORTHFORKER […]

The Community Preservation Committee continued hearing from grant applicants at their meeting on Monday night. The first proposal heard was from Johnson Elementary School Principal Kevin Andrews, with a value of $15,606, as he seeks to install a “boulder scramble” at the school’s Forest Playground. The project described an eroding incline that students climb up […]

Sen. Edward Markey joined leaders in Lynn to call for an extension of funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is set to expire in April and provides funding for connectivity for 23 million households, including 336,000 households in Massachusetts. Markey met with city officials at Lynn Public Library on Tuesday to push to […]

The Peabody City Council will vote on Thursday on the authorization of a pair of statements of interest to be submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority seeking grant funding to replace the roofs of both the South and West Memorial Elementary Schools. The statements of interest were approved by the School Committee last week […]

Officials on Tuesday identified the skeletal human remains found in Saugus on Sunday as a 53-year-old Haverhill man who had been missing since last summer. The body of John Lawler was found by an individual walking their dog in a wooded area off David Drive Sunday morning, Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office said […]

You know what I’ve been thinking? The Bishop Fenwick girls basketball team may be ineligible for the state tournament, but it’s hard to imagine coach Adam DeBaggis and company viewing this season as anything but a success. Due to the MIAA’s decision to ban all Fenwick teams from state tournaments this year, the 17-3 Crusaders […]

Cameron Stanton (left) and Olivia Misiukiewicz (right) composite of Robert O’Rourk photos Senior long jumper Stanton qualifies for state finals Given her determination, preparation and dedication as an athlete, Cameron Stanton is unlikely to ever be accused of being a drama queen. But the Southold/Greenport standout produced plenty of drama in her bid to qualify […]

Alexei Navalny’s death on Feb. 16 was shocking but not surprising. He was a thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin because of his popularity as an anti-corruption activist. Early in Putin’s tenure, he called out the corruption of the Putin regime. He established the Anti-Corruption Foundation and became widely admired in Russia and beyond. […]

Tariq I. El-Amin For years, the Pew Research Center listed Black Americans as having the highest levels of religiosity and faith. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in fact, was known as “the moral conscience of America” by many Americans, irrespective of race. King was not exceptional in this regard. Black people’s relationship with faith […]