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MarketStreet Ice Rink celebrates 10th season with opening party

LYNNFIELD — The Rink at MarketStreet celebrated its tenth season with an opening party on Saturday, Nov. 11. The event, presented by SBLI Life Insurance, marked the beginning of the seasonal festivities at MarketStreet. Attendees enjoyed a live DJ, festive snacks, a hot cocoa bar, and wintry games like outdoor curling lanes and ice cornhole. […]

Updated: Nov 14, 2023
Saugus Selectmen again delay cannabis vote

SAUGUS — The seven cannabis companies seeking to open in town will have to wait a little longer to learn their fates. The Board of Selectmen will not meet on Tuesday, Nov. 14, to resume the cannabis hearings that began in September. With members short of a quorum on that date, new Chair Debra Panetta […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Unintended pregnancies are an economic issue

Sarah Green Carmichael   Ohio voters on Tuesday passed a measure enshrining the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. The outcome, the latest in a string of ballot-measure victories for reproductive freedom in conservative-leaning states, was an affirmation of women’s right to make decisions about their own bodies. The people who read political tea […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Plummer Youth Promise breaks ground alongside Lt. Gov. Driscoll on new trauma-informed residential building

SALEM — Plummer Youth Promise celebrated the groundbreaking of its new trauma-informed residential building on Sunday, Nov. 12. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, state Rep. Manny Cruz, state Sen. Joan Lovely, and Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo all offered remarks to mark the occasion.  Former Plummer resident Jonathan Flores closed out the speaking agenda, sharing how the […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
John Edwin Cashwell Sr. – The Suffolk Times

John Edwin Cashwell Sr. of Southold, and formerly of Mt. Airy, N.C., passed away at home with his family by his side on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at the age of 85. The family has chosen to remember John’s life privately at this time. A memorial service will be held at a later date.  John […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Grumman veterans struggle to maintain aircraft legacy

Photo credit: Chris Francescani On the last Thursday of the month, a handful of former Grumman employees meet for lunch at Watermark of Wading River to catch up, have a few laughs and maybe reminisce a bit about the days when the Calverton aviation testing and assembly plant was at the forefront of developing the […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
The American chestnut makes a comeback

Prudence and Dan Heston show a basket of chestnuts from one of seven American chestnut trees on their Cutchogue farm. (photo credit: Steve Wick) The American chestnut tree makes a Long Island comeback after four billion trees were wiped out in early 1900s. Hope and history are being revived at Salt Air farm in Cutchogue. […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Mary Leah Brophy – The Suffolk Times

Mary Leah Brophy of New Suffolk passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 4, at her home surrounded by her family. She was just shy of her 103rd birthday. Leah was kind, caring and loved by all who knew her. She is predeceased by her husband, Frank, and son Michael. She leaves behind her children Kristin […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Dante Lawrence Catullo – The Suffolk Times

Dante Lawrence Catullo of Mattituck passed away suddenly Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. He was 86 years old. He was a graduate of Cornell University and New York Medical College. He trained at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in Manhattan. He attained the rank lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. He served as general medical […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Daily Update: The American chestnut makes a comeback

Prudence and Dan Heston show a basket of chestnuts from one of seven American chestnut trees on their Cutchogue farm. (photo credit: Steve Wick) Here are the headlines for Monday, November 13 2023. THE SUFFOLK TIMES The American chestnut makes a comeback Grumman veterans struggle to maintain aircraft legacy Retired teacher and Gigi’s owner among […]

Updated: Nov 13, 2023