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Week in Review: All That Remains & Saving What's Left
Eyes on the East End
Beth Young
April 05, 2026
On the Forks
New Team Builds an Opera from Steve Wick’s “All That Remains”
On a fall day in the 1990s, North Fork-based journalist Steve Wick was shopping at the King Kullen in Cutchogue when he saw a man wearing tattered clothes balance two grocery bags on the handlebars of a bicycle and pedal off.
Across the East End
Seeking Help for Oyster Industry
From your local brewery to the halls of Congress, there’s work afoot this month to help oyster growers recover from devastating winter ice that broke loose oyster cages and has led to the loss of a significant amount of gear and local oyster growers’ crops.
North Fork
Eyes on the North Fork’s Future with Planner Mark Terry
In his 23 years working as a planner for Southold Town, Mark Terry was integrally involved with major planning initiatives ranging from the town’s 2006 subdivision code to its Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan to its Comprehensive Plan, Community Housing Plan and Zoning Update.
And now, he’s gearing up for another chapter in his life, just as the North Fork’s longterm planning initiatives are being put to the test.
On the North Fork
Questions Abound at Mattituck Affordable Housing Forum
Housing experts from Greenport and Southold fielded a slew of questions from the public at a packed Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association forum on “Affordable Community Housing Solutions” on March 30 at Veterans Beach.
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Health
PBMC Celebrates Mid-April Opening of Neurosciences Center
Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch Neurosciences Center, which will enable PBMC to be the first and only hospital in Eastern Suffolk County that can perform advanced procedures to restore blood flow to the brain during strokes.
Editorial
We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
We’re not glum these days, which may seem daft given the state of the world.
Everywhere we turn, people are leaning on one another, sharing their knowledge and building deep networks of care and love for the people around them.
North Fork
Southold Wants Feedback on How Residents Get Their Information
The Southold Town Board’s Communications Task Force has released a survey to get feedback from residents on how they get their information and how the town can most effectively communicate with the community it serves.
On the Air
Behind the Headlines
On this weekend’s Behind the Headlines on 88.3 WLIW-FM, Beacon Editor Beth Young joined a panel discussing the ongoing debate over the Long Island Science Center’s proposed new building at the Riverhead Town Square, affordable housing initiatives on the North Fork and the new opera being built out of journalist Steve Wick’s book, “All that Remains.”
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Thursday, April 9 Southold Forum on Understanding Subdivisions Southold Town is holding this presentation hosted by the North Fork Civics on Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Veterans Park in Mattituck. |  Saturday, April 11 Peconic Baykeeper Rain Barrel Workshop The Peconic Baykeeper hosts a workshop on building and operating a rain barrel at its Hampton Bays headquarters at 9 a.m. |  Saturday, April 11 15th Annual Song Swap at Poquatuck Hall Join the 15th annual Anne MacKay Song Swap — a celebration of music and community. All proceeds benefit historic Poquatuck Hall. |
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Words
“On the wounded faces of the poor, we see the suffering of the innocent and, therefore, the suffering of Christ himself.”
Have a blessed weekend. See you next Sunday,
Beth
