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 the Shinnecock Nation voting to allow the sale of recreational marijuana. Joseph P. Shaw , Executiv...
Oct 02, 2021•54 min
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 , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti , Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local Brianne Ledd...
Sep 25, 2021•54 min
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 hearings on the East Hampton Airport; and traffic mitigation efforts in Southampton Town. Joseph P....
Sep 18, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the 20th 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 Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Lo...
Sep 11, 2021•54 min
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.
Sep 04, 2021•54 min
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 Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Ambrose Clancy , editor of the ...
Aug 28, 2021•54 min
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/convenience store in Hampton Bays. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Su...
Aug 21, 2021•54 min
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. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express ...
Aug 14, 2021•54 min
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. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News ...
Aug 07, 2021•54 min
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 lack of cell phone coverage in East Hampton and a controversial proposal to build a cell tower in Spr...
Jul 31, 2021•54 min
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 scallop farm in Tiana Bay. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Ma...
Jul 24, 2021•54 min
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 a near fatal car accident last March; charges against a school bus driver who allegedly drove campe...
Jul 17, 2021•54 min
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 during the pandemic. Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing ...
Jul 10, 2021•54 min
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 News Group Denise Civiletti , Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local Bridget LeRoy, Editor at Large...
Jul 03, 2021•53 min
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 Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Steve Wick, Executive Editor, Times-Review Medi...
Jun 26, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the milestone of Covid-19 vaccination rates reaching 70 percent and the lifting of all pandemic restrictions by Governor Andrew Cuomo; a civil dispute over a popular eatery in Orient; Juneteenth celebrations on the East End and the opening of the Southampton African American Museum in Southampton; the ongoing dispute over beach driving on Truck Beach in East Hampton; ongoing discussions by towns and villages abo...
Jun 19, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the Calverton Enterprise Park; a survey by the U.S. Navy regarding pollution at the former Grumman property in Calverton; beach access at Truck Beach in East Hampton; kelp farming on the East End; the horseshoe crab population; village elections next week; and the lack of restrictions on house sizes in Southold. This week's panel: Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton, Managing Edi...
Jun 12, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the ongoing parking saga in East Hampton Village; difficulty businesses are facing finding summer employees on the East End; affordable housing concerns; businesses closing in the wake of the pandemic; a Times-Review column on the In Plain Sight project and the Tulsa Massacre; history of the Shinnecock Nation; and Democratic candidates seeking the nomination to run for the 1st District congressional seat. Joseph...
Jun 05, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the difficulty many businesses are facing filling vacant positions for the summer; parking initiatives in Sag Harbor and East Hampton Village; Amanda M. Fairbanks’ new book, “The Lost Boys Of Montauk”; the controversy surrounding the Duryea Lobster Deck in Montauk; preservation of the Sugar Loaf Hill property in Southampton; and a Riverhead High School musical production.
May 29, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses The Suffolk Times’ ongoing investigation into a retirement party for an outgoing Southold Town Police sergeant held last May without masks and with no social distancing; fallout this week regarding a study of the Southampton Village Police Department; the passage this week of a Congressional commission to look into the January 6 insurrection, and U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin’s opposition to it; and the new CDC mask guidance and New York’s ...
May 22, 2021•54 min
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses new CDC guidance on mask wearing for vaccinated people, a rise in overdoses and addiction rates during the pandemic, local towns’ response to legalized recreational cannabis, and rumors in Riverhead about migrant children being “dumped” in the town and their potential effect on the upcoming school budget vote. Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group Annette Hinkle, Arts and Living Editor and host of 27Speaks, The Express News Gr...
May 15, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses a number of topics, including a column Ms. Civiletti wrote demonstrating her frustration with some local officials; access to public meetings; affordable housing; public transportation; solar developments in Calverton; and the planned opening of the Southampton African American Museum.
May 08, 2021•53 min
This week, the panel discusses a number of topics, including life after vaccines; a recently released list of Catholic priests accused in the church’s abuse scandal; the first controlled burn in the Long Island Pine Barrens; a new home for Community Action Southold Town, which provides food to the needy; and the ongoing development pressure in Sag Harbor.
May 01, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses local town and village reaction to legalized recreational marijuana and whether the municipalities plan to “opt-out” of allowing sales; issues surrounding beach access on Shelter Island and around the East End in general; and development issues in Sag Harbor and the Bay Street Theater’s plans to build a new home in the village. Joseph Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Stephen J. Kotz, Staff Writer, ...
Apr 24, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses the latest advances in the story about the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York State and how local governments are responding; a report by Stony Brook University scientist Dr. Chris Gobler on the horrific quality of waterbodies in East Hampton Town and the general state of water quality on the East End; and an ethics complaint filed against a Riverhead planner for his work on a proposal to build a proposed 7-Eleven in Riverside, in the Town of Southa...
Apr 17, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin’s announcement that he will seek the Republican nomination to run for governor in 2022, the passage of the state’s $212 billion budget and what that will mean for local school districts and the undocumented population, a Mattituck School senior who gained quite a bit of attention for dressing in “goth” for her senior picture, the return of outdoor dining this summer, and the legalization of recreational marijuana and what that might m...
Apr 10, 2021•54 min
The panelists discuss the plateau and slight rise in Covid cases and vaccinations, local police forces responding to new state reform mandates, and the impacts of legalization of marijuana on the East End. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Brendan O'Reilly , Features Editor, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti, Editor and Publisher, Riverhead Local Jamie Bufalino , Staff Writer, East Hampton Star Ambrose Clancy , Editor, The Shelter Island Reporter...
Apr 03, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses a wide range of topics, including the various scandals surrounding Governor Andrew Cuomo, the potential legalization of recreational marijuana in the state, migrant farming communities on the East End, affordable housing, and school budgets in the wake of the pandemic. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Steve Wick , Executive Editor, Times-Review Media Group Beth Young , Editor/Publisher, ...
Mar 27, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses COVID-19 and the effect it has had on nursing homes and nursing home workers, the current state of the vaccine rollout on the East End, and Thursday’s approval by the New York State Public Service Commission of a proposal to land the South Fork Wind Farm power cable in Wainscott. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managing Editor, The Express News Group Michael Wright, Senior Writer, The Express News Group Denise Civiletti , Pub...
Mar 20, 2021•54 min
This week, the panel discusses a wide range of topics, including the one year anniversary of coronavirus being declared a pandemic; the current state of vaccinations on the East End; the story about a Calverton family that received a survey from a local nursing home asking about the stay of a family member who had died of COVID-19; the call to impeach Governor Andrew Cuomo; and the upcoming East Hampton Town election. Joseph P. Shaw , Executive Editor, The Express News Group Bill Sutton , Managi...
Mar 13, 2021•54 min
