Behind The Headlines

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses a proposed $32 million senior center in East Hampton; Riverhead Town regulating the sale of lithium batteries; The Nature Conservancy’s efforts …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses an arrest in the Montauk antiemetic graffiti case; the first operational wind energy turbine in the state; pot shop licenses approved in Riverhe…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the Riverside Revitalization plan; a report advocating for a LIPA public utility plan; the Springs School District raising pay for teacher aids;…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses a story about a Southampton veteran; congressional redistricting; George Santos; a delay in two Riverhead moratoriums; and a holiday classic on …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses results from the local elections; honoring local veterans; Riverhead abandoning a proposed rooster ban; another grim scallop season; and plantin…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses antisemitic vandalism in Montauk; the upcoming local elections; revised development plans in Sag Harbor; and a possible rooster ban in Riverhead…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses Riverhead’s denial of the proposed jet cardo facility at EPCAL; Suffolk County bus service in East Hampton; Greenport waterfront code changes; a…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses bomb threats at area schools; battery energy storage system moratoriums; Suffolk County Water Authority conservation efforts; and the Riverhead …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses local reaction to the attacks in Israel; a forum on sex trafficking in Suffolk County; developments in the Riverhead School District; and a new …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses an administrative shakeup in the Riverhead School District; Banned books week; the Sand Land mine in Noyak; and a federal beach nourishment proj…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses racism in Riverhead; the effects of light pollution on marine life; a new shellfish vocational program at Southampton High School; the removal o…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the Lake Agawam park proposal; Riverhead politics; the proposed air cargo hub in Calverton; a moratorium on large houses on Shelter Island; and …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses plans for cruise ships to visit Sag Harbor; the ongoing asylum seeker crisis; legalized cannabis hurdles; the Southold affordable housing plan; …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses plans for new parkland in Southampton Village; renovations at Herrick Park in East Hampton; a lawsuit over the deadly fire in Riverhead in 2021;…

Joe Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beaco…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses a new clinic in Hampton Bays focusing on tick-borne illnesses; and update on plans for a warehouse facility at EPCAL; East Hampton Author’s Nigh…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses a new development proposal in Sag Harbor; dead ospreys discovered at the Stony Brook Southampton campus; a solar plant in Riverhead operating wi…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the County Legislature delaying a water protection plan; water quality in local bays; East End traffic; a hotel development in Riverhead; and zo…

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses cleaning up cesspools at county parks; trouble at the Southampton Town transfer stations; water conservation; and the suspension of a Riverhead …

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses continued opposition to battery energy storage systems; a new composting program in East Hampton; increased fines for illegal rentals in Southol…