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Week in Review: Yes, More Snow
Riverhead on Public Safety Resolution, Maritime Festival to Return
Beth Young
February 22, 2026
On the Forks
Blizzard Warning, States of Emergency Issued in Advance of Snow
A Blizzard Warning from 6 a.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday was issued for Long Island by the National Weather Service in the wee hours of Saturday morning, as the region are now expecting to receive between 13 and 18 inches of snow Sunday evening into Monday, with the possibility of major coastal flooding.
   | After ICE Returns to Riverhead Saturday, Residents Ask for ActionFederal immigration agents again returned to Riverhead and Riverside on Wednesday, in a series of raids that began around 7 a.m. in a neighborhood off of Middle Road in Riverhead. A crowd gathered at the Riverhead Town Board’s meeting that evening urging the board to pass a resolution drafted by Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island aimed at protecting public safety during the raids. |
North Fork
Greenport Maritime Festival Expected to Return Sept. 26 & 27, With New Business Group at the Helm
The 36th Annual Maritime Festival is expected to get its permit to return this year from Greenport Village next week, organized by the new Greenport Business Owners Alliance, a collaboration between several Greenport businesses and community groups.
Viewpoint
To Protect the North Fork’s Unique Character, Build Hundreds of Apartments
By Liam Rue
A top reason North Fork homeowners keep blocking affordable housing every year is that it doesn’t match the North Fork’s “unique character”. These people are right about one thing: we cannot solve our housing crisis without protecting the North Fork’s unique character. But most North Forkers against housing are consistently wrong about what the North Fork’s unique character actually is.
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Riverhead
Forum Will Explore “America and the Black Vote”
The African American Educational Cultural Festival will hold a forum on “America and the Black Vote” next Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. at the Riverhead Free Library.
The non-partisan event “brings together civic leaders, attorneys, and advocates to discuss Black political participation and its impact on American democracy,” according to the organizers.
Peconic Dish
A Soup to Bring Back Your Fighting Spirit
by Alison Boyd-Savage
When the temperature drops below freezing, I crave a comforting bowl of chicken soup. I am not thinking of the traditional, homey kind, but something bright and aromatic and slightly spicy. If it includes rice noodles, then it’s all the better.
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m. Lighthouse Keeper Stella Prince’s Story Continues Mary Korpi, author of “The Lady Lighthouse Keeper,” about longtime Horton Point Lighthouse Keeper Stella Prince, will discuss her book and give an update on recognition for this unsung hero in this lecture at the Southold Historical Society’s Museum Complex. |  Friday, Feb. 27, 6 p.m. Hamptons Observatory on “How to Choose and Use Your Telescope” In this free lecture at the East Hampton Library, veteran amateur astronomer Dan Higgins, a fellow in the Royal Astronomical Society, will answer your questions. |  Saturday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. North Fork Farmers’ Stories at Hallockville Members of five North Fork farming families share personal stories of growing up on the land, carrying on family traditions and adapting to a changing agricultural landscape. |
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See you next Sunday,
Beth
