Press Releases
Daily Update: Photos: Warming up to a chilly Southold WinterFest

THE SUFFOLK TIMES Photos: Warming up to a chilly Southold WinterFest Fire depts march in snowy Greenport village RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW PBMC, LIJ Valley Stream and Northwell reach tentative agreements to avert strike Six Riverhead residents charged in Bloods gang probe SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Scale House at Shelter Island Recycling Center to be replaced: Skate park […]

Updated: Feb 20, 2024
Lynnfield DPW presents fiscal year 2025 budget request

Lynnfield Director of Public Works John Tomasz presented his department’s budget request for fiscal year 2025 at the Select Board’s most recent meeting. “The budget’s a 2.4% increase from last year,” Tomasz said during his presentation.  The Department of Public Works had a budget of roughly $8.3 million in FY24, and Tomasz said the budget […]

Updated: Feb 20, 2024
June McGinty – The Suffolk Times

June McGinty, a former resident of Mattituck, died in Myerstown, Pa., on Feb. 18, 2024. She was 95.  The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery, where she will be laid […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Nahant Cultural Council funding classical music concert

The Nahant Cultural Council is bringing a classical music concert to the Community Center on Saturday, March 2. The concert will be performed by the string quartet Fin de Siècle, which features violinist and Nahant resident Katharina Radlberger, violinist Sarah Ibbett, violist Karen McConomy, and cellist Jennifer Morsches. Before taking her talents to Nahant, Radlberger […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Lynn Museum to host variety of Black History programs

Lynn is set to celebrate the creativity of African American artists this week at Lynn Museum/LynnArts.  The African-American In The Arts: A Black History Month Celebration exhibition will start Feb. 19 and conclude Feb. 23. Lynn Museum/LynnArts Executive Director Doneeca Thurston-Chavez said the events will have something for everyone. “We want attendees to have the opportunity […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Swampscott seeking solid candidates for Solid Waste Advisory Committee

The Town of Swampscott announced it is still seeking volunteers for both the Solid Waste Advisory and Climate Action Plan Committees. SWAC is looking to add three resident voting members, while CAPC has one position open. The town expressed a preference that it be filled by a high school student to receive input from the […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Ryan Thomas Farrand – The Suffolk Times

Ryan Thomas Farrand of Commack, and formerly of Greenport, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. He was 30 years old. Ryan was born on Aug. 5, 1993, in Southampton, N.Y., to Joan (née Bowes) and Kenneth S. Farrand Jr. He was one of three children. He graduated from Greenport High School. Predeceased by […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Steve ‘Buck’ Buchanan – The Suffolk Times

Before dawn on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, Steve “Buck” Buchanan of Cutchogue joined a choir of angels at the age of 76. Steve passed peacefully at East End Hospice Kanas Center with his wife, Karin Stiles Buchanan, and his stepdaughter Kristen Gregory by his side. Steve “Buck” was our “Miracle Man” after overcoming multiple health […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
William Brian ‘Boru’ Kelly – The Suffolk Times

William Brian “Boru” Kelly died peacefully in his home in Southold on Feb. 8, 2024. He was 84 years old. Born Nov. 30, 1939, to Agatha (Tynan) and Edward Kelly, Brian was the youngest of seven children living on Valentine Avenue in the Bronx. He attended St. Simon Stock Catholic School in the Bronx, where […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024
Rap Group practices patience on new album

Lynn-based Hip-Hop trio Eastside Most Hated (EMH) is looking to make a change with their latest album, “It Takes Time.” The group, which released its second project Monday, is composed of three artists, including C4, Melly Kash, and Lil East, who all hail from East Lynn. C4 said patience is key and that the little […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2024