Behind The Headlines

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID and the new mask mandate; a social media school threat; a Tony Walton retrospective in Sag Harbor; a fatal crash in Riverhead; and recreational cannabis. Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Annette Hinkle, Arts and Living Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, &nb...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including where legalized cannabis dispensaries will be located, a cyberattack in the Riverhead School District, affordable housing and rising Numbers of COVID-19 cases. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Ri...

Beth Young, Denise Civiletti, and Brendan O'Reilly join Joe Shaw.

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the tragic fire in Riverhead that left five people dead; tornadoes on the South Fork; rising COVID numbers; the dangers of phone scams; and the future political climate and upcoming elections. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civil...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including Veterans Day; COVID-19 breakthrough cases; vaccinations for kids; supply chain issues; and an update on the Riverhead puppy mill law. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local Beth Young,...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the recent town and county elections; campaign finance reform; ballot propositions; and the latest news on the legalized cannabis front. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local Brian Cosg...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including proposed changes to the state’s Open Meetings Law; efforts to bury the power lines at the Downtown Montauk gateway; proposed hotels in Southold and Cutchogue; the changing nature of the East End; and beach access concerns. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID-19 breakthrough infections and vaccine booster shots; the East End homeless population; local elections on November 2; an immigration reform march in Riverhead; a couple who celebrated their 65 th wedding anniversary at Peconinc Bay Medical Center; and a murder mystery in Sag Harbor.

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including final passage of the Community Housing Act and affordable housing in general on the East End; Open Meetings Law compliance; a disease killing deer on the East End;and efforts to rescue abandoned domestic rabbits. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express N...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID in schools; masking mandates; restaurant staffing problems on the East End; passage of the Puppy Mill law in Riverhead; fundraising for the Riverhead supervisor’s race; and the Hamptons International Film Festival. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The E...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the vaccine mandate for hospital and health care workers; Mr. Parpan’s upcoming podcast, “Suburban Smuggler”; the Audio Podcast Fellows Program which was developed by Stony Brook Southampton Graduate Arts; State Liquor Authority enforcement actions at Harbes Winery on the North Fork; traffic on the North Fork; and...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a new podcast that just dropped produced by Mr. Allen and WSHU, “Higher Ground,” capping off a longer discussion of climate change; Groundwater pollution in Calverton; sand mines in Riverhead and Southampton; and the COVID vaccination mandate for health care workers. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Manag...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the ongoing debate about masks in schools; high school sports this season; a recently discovered disease that is killing deer on Long Island; the sudden death of Eddie Partridge, co-owner of Riverhead Raceway; the death of Jamesport Vineyards patriarch Ron Goerler Sr.; the winery industry on the North Fork; recent...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the 20 th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; the latest on COVID-19, booster shots and vaccine hesitancy; indictments in the fatal overdose deaths in Greenport; the state of the East Hampton Airport, and proposed puppy mill legislation in Riverhead. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including masks in schools; Riverhead revitalization and a number of proposed new apartment buildings; Tumbleweed Tuesday; a $100,000 donation to help restore the Stargazer sculpture in Eastport; and a Cannabis Expo held in East Hampton last weekend.

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the storm that wasn’t, Hurricane Henri; advances in the upcoming medical marijuana facility on the Shinnecock Territory; Cannabis legislation; a Shelter Island murder/mystery; a fatal hit-and-run in Amagansett; and Governor Kathy Hochul issuing a mask mandate in schools. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Expr...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including a proposed change to the Riverhead Building Code that prompted an outcry this week; recently released U.S. Census numbers; the tragic spate of overdose deaths on the North Fork this week; the ongoing debate over masks in schools; and proposals by the Shinnecock Nation to build a five-story hotel and a gas station/...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses the quickly approaching beginning of the school year and how East End districts plan to deal with COVID-19; the recent United Nations Climate Change Report and the effect climate change is having on eastern Long Island; a recent Plum Island underwater exploration; and the continued debate about the sale of legalized cannabis on the East End. J...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including growing concern about the COVID-19 delta variant, and its impact on vaccine compliance and possible facemask mandates; the fate of embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; affordable housing, a pair of healthcare heroes winning a free wedding in Greenport; and the return of Dancing in the Park in Greenport. Josep...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including changing CDC guidelines on the wearing of masks in light of the delta variant and growing COVID numbers; an editorial in the Shelter Island Reporter this week on efforts to combat climate change on the island; a proposed local law in Riverhead to ban the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats by pet stores; the l...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the preservation of ancient Shinnecock burial grounds at Sugar Loaf Hill; the TWA Flight 800 air disaster 25 years ago; Southampton Town government’s creation of a committee to look at traffic; a shortage of volunteer firefighters on the East End; improvements in mental health services on the East End; and a new s...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including a Mattituck property owner’s resistance to Southold Town’s efforts to use eminent domain to purchase the land for a passive park; plans to build Island Water Park at the EPCAL park in Calverton and overall efforts to develop EPCAL; a story about Riverhead Police Officer Rob Sprotson, who returned to duty following...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the Riverhead Town Board voting not to opt-out of marijuana retail sales and lounges in the town; discussion this week about possibly closing East Hampton Airport, a study being conducted in Greenport on a new drug to help people addicted to opioids; and the effects of people not getting routine cancer screenings...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including Fourth of July festivities; the state of vaccinations on the East End; the Gender Recognition Act; outdoor dining; sewer districts; and the ongoing discussions by local municipalities about opting out of pot sales. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express...

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the recent mayoral elections in Southampton and Sag Harbor; the tick and tick-borne disease crisis on the East End; affordable housing and legislation to create the East End Community Housing Fund; and the new Suffolk County Transit on-demand bus service. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group B...