This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID in schools; masking mandates; restaurant staffing problems on the East End; passage of the Puppy Mill law in Riverhead; fundraising for the Riverhead supervisor’s race; and the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Michael Mackey, Local Host For Long Island Morning Edition, WLIW-FM

Chrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the vaccine mandate for hospital and health care workers; Mr. Parpan’s upcoming podcast, “Suburban Smuggler”; the Audio Podcast Fellows Program which was developed by Stony Brook Southampton Graduate Arts; State Liquor Authority enforcement actions at Harbes Winery on the North Fork; traffic on the North Fork; and the Shinnecock Nation voting to allow the sale of recreational marijuana.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Jamie Bufalino, Reporter, The East Hampton Star

Grant Parpan, Content Director, Times-Review Media Group

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a new podcast that just dropped produced by Mr. Allen and WSHU, “Higher Ground,” capping off a longer discussion of climate change; Groundwater pollution in Calverton; sand mines in Riverhead and Southampton; and the COVID vaccination mandate for health care workers.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Brianne Ledda, reporter, Times-Review Media Group

J.D. Allen, Assistant News Director and Long Island Bureau Chief, WSHU Public Radio

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the ongoing debate about masks in schools; high school sports this season; a recently discovered disease that is killing deer on Long Island; the sudden death of Eddie Partridge, co-owner of Riverhead Raceway; the death of Jamesport Vineyards patriarch Ron Goerler Sr.; the winery industry on the North Fork; recent hearings on the East Hampton Airport; and traffic mitigation efforts in Southampton Town.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beacon

Bob Liepa, Sports Editor, Times Review Media Group

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; the latest on COVID-19, booster shots and vaccine hesitancy; indictments in the fatal overdose deaths in Greenport; the state of the East Hampton Airport, and proposed puppy mill legislation in Riverhead.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Joe Werkmeister, Editor, Times-Review Media Group

Jamie Bufalino, Reporter, The East Hampton Star

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including masks in schools; Riverhead revitalization and a number of proposed new apartment buildings; Tumbleweed Tuesday; a $100,000 donation to help restore the Stargazer sculpture in Eastport; and a Cannabis Expo held in East Hampton last weekend.

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 Territory; Cannabis legislation; a Shelter Island murder/mystery; a fatal hit-and-run in Amagansett; and Governor Kathy Hochul issuing a mask mandate in schools.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Ambrose Clancy, editor of the Shelter Island Reporter

Carissa Katz, Managing Editor, The East Hampton Star

Gianna Volpe, The Heart of The East End Host/On-Air Journalist

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 numbers; the tragic spate of overdose deaths on the North Fork this week; the ongoing debate over masks in schools; and proposals by the Shinnecock Nation to build a five-story hotel and a gas station/convenience store in Hampton Bays.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Joe Werkmeister, Editor, Times-Review Media Group

Vera Chinese, Reporter, Newsday

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 Change Report and the effect climate change is having on eastern Long Island; a recent Plum Island underwater exploration; and the continued debate about the sale of legalized cannabis on the East End.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Chrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor at East Hampton Star

Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beacon

Steve Wick, Executive Editor, Times-Review Media Group

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 mandates; the fate of embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; affordable housing, a pair of healthcare heroes winning a free wedding in Greenport; and the return of Dancing in the Park in Greenport.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Brian Cosgrove, Host of The Afternoon Ramble, WLIW-FM 88.3

Brianne Ledda, reporter, Times-Review Media Group