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Gender identity in play on KIPP basketball team

The KIPP Academy girls basketball game on February 8 against the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell ended at halftime. The question is, why? Collegiate Charter left after 16 minutes of play with KIPP leading, 31-14. The game goes into the books as a 10-0 forfeit win for KIPP. According to multiple sources, KIPP has a […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Thomas P. Grattan – The Suffolk Times

Thomas P. Grattan of Southold passed away Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. He was 80. The family will receive friends on Friday, Feb. 16 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold, where Southold Fire Department Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. The Liturgy of Christian Burial […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Town and county preserve 32 acres in Cutchogue

In a partnership with Suffolk County, Southold Town will preserve more than 30 acres on the north side of County Road 48 as open space in Cutchogue to help protect drinking water. The municipalities agreed to purchase two wooded lots between Alvahs Lane and Road D, totaling 32.04 acres for $2,850,720 from WW Farms LLC, […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Online match sparks ‘I do’ at Cliff’s Elbow Room

The happy couple on their wedding day. (photo credit: Chris Francescani) On Sunday at Cliff’s Elbow Room, after a seven-year adventure together, a colorful local couple got married; the tavern and grill in Jamesport was where the widowers met for their first date. Riverhead’s new town clerk, James Wooten — an old friend of the […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Today’s page 2-14-24 – Itemlive

Daily Item Staff February 13, 2024 by Daily Item Staff Source link

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Southold shops tested in underage drinking sting

Warning sign on beer fridge door at Handy Pantry grocery store. (photo credit: Daniel Franc) Nearly every retail establishment within Southold Town passed an underage drinking enforcement operation in January. The sting, conducted by the New York State Police barracks in Riverside, involved an undercover officer under the age of 21 attempting to purchase alcoholic […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
Daily Update: Online match sparks ‘I do’ at Cliff’s Elbow Room

THE SUFFOLK TIMES Online match sparks ‘I do’ at Cliff’s Elbow Room East End environmental roundtable meets again RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Riverhead BID unveils plans for 2024 events Town Board OKs new biz options at Tanger  SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Heavy snowfall for Shelter Island NORTHFORKER North Fork Dream Home: By the beach in Laurel — year-round […]

Updated: Feb 14, 2024
If only Congress would listen to the CBO on immigration

Matthew Yglesias Last week, smack in the middle of a series of congressional meltdowns over border security, the Congressional Budget Office dropped the latest edition of its 10-year budget and economic forecast. It’s the kind of report that ought to — but won’t — shake up the immigration debate on Capitol Hill. According to the […]

Updated: Feb 13, 2024
Saugus ups conditions for ‘Maddy’s Place’ development

A whopping 42 conditions were added to the Saugus Planning Board’s decision approving the site plan, master plan, and hillside protection permit for the proposed Maddy’s Place development at 1631-1639 Broadway in between the board’s approval of a draft decision and the filing of the final document with the town clerk. It’s not entirely clear […]

Updated: Feb 13, 2024
EMG 2023 Persons of the Year ceremony to be held Thursday

Residents from each of the Item’s seven coverage communities will be honored Thursday evening as a part of Essex Media Group’s 7th annual Persons of the Year ceremony. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Lynn Museum and Historical Society, located at 590 Washington St.  Each of the community members representing Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, […]

Updated: Feb 13, 2024