Behind The Headlines
Behind the Headlines is a new one-hour, weekly public radio program featuring conversations about the local and regional news of the week. Providing analysis of the latest local and regional and cultural issues, Behind the Headlines is hosted by Express News Group editors Bill Sutton and Joseph P. Shaw. To bring listeners a diversity of perspectives, voices and views, each week Sutton and Shaw will host a rotating panel of esteemed guest journalists and colleagues, from a robust collection of East End, Long Island, and regional news and public affairs outlets. Confirmed participating organizat
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 194
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
August 29th, 2021 - Henri, Shinnecock medical marijuana facilities, Cannabis legislation, Shelter Island murder/mystery, Anagansett hit-and-run, and Governor Hochul's school mask mandate
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 Terr…
August 21st, 2021 - proposal to change Riverhead building code, U.S. census, overdose deaths on North Fork, masks in schools, and Shinnecock proposal for 5-story hotel and gas station
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 …
August 14th, 2021 - Covid-19 and the new school year, UN climate change report and climate change in Eastern Long Island, Plum Island exploration, and debate about legalized cannabiss sales.
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 Ch…
August 7th, 2021 - concern around Delta variant of Covid-19, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, affordable housing, healthcare workers win free winning, and return on Dancing in the Park in Greenport.
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 manda…
July 31st, 2021 - changing CDC mask guidelines, Shelter Island Reporter editorial on local impacts of climate change, Riverhead ban on sale of commericially bred pets, lack of cell service in East Hampton, and efforts for Shelter Island affordable housing
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 editor…
July 24th, 2021 - Sugar Loaf Hill returned to Shinnecock, anniversary of TWA Flight 800 tragedy, Southampton Town traffic comittee, volunteer firefighter shortage, East End mental health services, and Tiana Bay scallop farm
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…
July 17th, 2021 - Mattituck eminent domain, plans for Island Water Park, Riverhead Police officer returns after near-fatal car accident, charges against school bus driver, and 25th anniversary of TWA Flight 800 disaster
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 …
July 10th, 2021 - Riverhead votes in favor of marijuana retail, possible closure of East Hampton airport, Greenport study to help those struggling with opioid addition, and the many unseen impacts of the pandemic
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 …
July 3rd, 2021 - July 4th events, east end vaccinations, Gender Recognition act, outdoor dining, sewer districts, and marijuana sales opt-outs
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;…
June 26th, 2021 - mayoral elections, tick crisis, affordable housing legislation, and Suffolk County on-demand bus service
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…
June 19th, 2021 - 70% vaccination rate, civil dispute in Orient, Juneteenth events, Southampton African American Museum, dispute over Truck Beach, marijuana sales opt-outs, and Satchel Paige pitched a game in Riverhead
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 Go…
June 12th, 2021 - Calverton Enterprise Park, US Navy on Grumman pollution, Truck Beach, kelp farming, horseshow crab population, village elections, and Southold house size restrictions
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 Cal…
June 5th, 2021 - parking in East Hampton, summer employees for local businesses, affordable housing, businesses closing due to pandemic, the Plain Sight Project and the Tulsa Massacre, Shinnecock history, and Dem candidates seeking congressional nomination.
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…
May 29th, 2021 - businesses facing difficulty with filling open positions, parking initiatives, Amanda M. Fairbanks' 'The Lost Boys of Montauk,' controversy around Duryea Lobster Deck, Sugar Load Hill preservation, and Riverhead HS musical
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 Harb…
May 22nd 2021 - a 2020 unmasked police retirement party, Southampton Village police dept fallout, commision for January 6th investigation and Zeldin's opposition to it, and new CDC mask guidance
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 w…
May 15th, 2021 - new CDC mask guidance, rising drug use rates, towns' responses to legalized recreational marijuana, and rumors about migrant children in Riverhead.
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 le…
May 8th, 2021 - frustration with local officials, public meeting accessibility, affordable housing, public transportation, solar development, and opening of Southampton African American Museum.
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; publi…
May 1st, 2021 - Post-vaccine life, accused Catholic priests, Pine Barrens controlled burning, new home for CAST, and ongoing development pressure in Sag Harbor
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 …
April 25th, 2021 - Town and village reactions to legalized recreational marijuana, beach access on the East End, development issues in Sag Harbor and Bay Street Theater’s plan to build a new home
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 …
April 17th, 2021 - Reponse of local governments to recreational marijuana, Stony Brook University study of East End water quality, and ethics complaint about proposed Riverside 7-Eleven
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 Un…