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Week in Review: OLA Public Safety Resolution in the Spotlight
Don't Quit on Greenport, Food Hub Gearing Up to Reopen
Beth Young
February 15, 2026
On the Forks
As ICE Activity Continues, OLA Proposes East End Resolution to Enhance Public Safety
OLA Executive Director Minerva Perez in Southold Feb. 2
As ICE continues to detain residents of the East End in actions that have caused concern for the safety of all who witness and are targeted by the raids, Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island is proposing new legislation to enable local police departments to respond to these concerns.
North Fork
Southold Board Creates Public Safety Task Force
The Southold Town Board agreed to appoint a Public Safety Task Force at its meeting Tuesday evening, to “examine the health, safety and welfare concerns associated with federal immigration policy and to examine all proposed federal, state and local legislation.”
  | East End Food Hub Gearing Up to ReopenThings have seemed a little bit quiet lately at the East End Food Hub site at the gateway to Riverhead, but that’s about to change. The non-profit East End Food received a temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the Riverhead Town Building Department in late January, Interim Executive Director Kayla Barthelme has told The Beacon, and is planning to begin running pop-up programming in the space in March. |
North Fork
Photos: Greenport Fire Department's 181st Annual George Washington's Birthday Parade
North Fork
Don’t Quit on Greenport
Greenport is often called the heart of the North Fork. This tiny village is a rough-and-tumble place that, like seaports through the ages, has welcomed newcomers to its docks and stores and homes. Through boom and bust cycles driven by macro and micro-economic forces, the heartbeat of this village has always been the tough but compassionate people who call this place home — whether they were born here or not.
As many who love Greenport know and will tell you, the people here hold fast and they stay true. But this winter, Greenport needs all of our help.
  | South ForkControlled Burns Begin at Napeague State ParkNew York State Parks and the DEC began burning of piles of trees killed by the southern pine beetle in Napeague State Park on Friday, Feb. 13, as the snow covering the ground “provides ideal conditions to safely burn piles.” |
Climate Local Now
Valentine For Climate Hope: We Can Do This, Despite This Week’s Setbacks
by Mary Morgan
A friend of mine told me about her two 20-something sons, very, very angry at the planet being left for them. I feel their pain. And I shared my story with her: for several years now, really over a decade, I’ve been a climate-worrier. I’ve been concerned (angry too!) that we are not moving away from fossil fuels into clean energy – hey, the big new exciting economy.
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Arts
Auditions: Northeast Stage to Produce Innovative Works Honoring Women
The North Fork’s Northeast Stage, now helmed by the crew from Corchaug Rep, is returning to its roots this spring producing innovative works of theater that you might not otherwise have a chance to see.
The company is preparing for a mid-April run of three works by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell, all of which highlight “what happens when you don’t consider women in a situation,” says Mark Heidemann, Co-Chair of Northeast Stage. Auditions are being held today, Feb. 15.
  | CommunitySouthold WinterFest Unveils Music & Activity Schedule for Feb. 21The streets and venues of downtown Southold will once again be packed next weekend with music, roaming performers, family activities, food and beverage tastings and more than 60 vendors sharing information about businesses and non-profits working in the town of Southold. |
Featured Letters
On Traffic Cameras, Mattituck Apartments and LaLota’s Stand on Immigration
To the Editor:
I was really disturbed by your recent story about surveillance cameras on the East End of Long Island.
For anyone who thinks that surveillance cameras only identify bad guys and the rest of us have nothing to worry about, think again.
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Today! Shelter Island Friends of Music Hosts PUBLIQuartet PUBLIQuartet, performing today at 3 p.m. at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, is dedicated to bridging the gap between new and traditional repertoire. |  Tuesday, Feb.17 Pine Barrens Family Nature Hike at Quogue Wildlife Refuge Join QWR for a guided 1.5 mile hike through the pine barrens to North Pond, discovering how this ecosystem supports a variety of plants and animals adapted to its sandy soils and fire-shaped landscape. |  Sunday, Feb. 22 Lecture: Southold in the Revolutionary War Everyone knows how we fought the British and won during the American Revolution. But do you know what happened in Southold during the war? |
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“Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.”.
See you next Sunday,
Beth
