This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses The Suffolk Times’ ongoing investigation into a retirement party for an outgoing Southold Town Police sergeant held last May without masks and with no social distancing; fallout this week regarding a study of the Southampton Village Police Department; the passage this week of a Congressional commission to look into the January 6 insurrection, and U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin’s opposition to it; and the new CDC mask guidance and New York’s easing of restrictions.

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

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Grant Parpan, Content Director, Times-Review Media Group

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

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses new CDC guidance on mask wearing for vaccinated people, a rise in overdoses and addiction rates during the pandemic, local towns’ response to legalized recreational cannabis, and rumors in Riverhead about migrant children being “dumped” in the town and their potential effect on the upcoming school budget vote.

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Annette Hinkle, Arts and Living Editor and host of 27Speaks, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Steve Wick, Executive Editor of The Times-Review News Group

Beth Young, editor/publisher of the East End Beacon

This week, the panel discusses a number of topics, including a column Ms. Civiletti wrote demonstrating her frustration with some local officials; access to public meetings; affordable housing; public transportation; solar developments in Calverton; and the planned opening of the Southampton African American Museum.

This week, the panel discusses a number of topics, including life after vaccines; a recently released list of Catholic priests accused in the church’s abuse scandal; the first controlled burn in the Long Island Pine Barrens; a new home for Community Action Southold Town, which provides food to the needy; and the ongoing development pressure in Sag Harbor.

This week, the panel discusses local town and village reaction to legalized recreational marijuana and whether the municipalities plan to “opt-out” of allowing sales; issues surrounding beach access on Shelter Island and around the East End in general; and development issues in Sag Harbor and the Bay Street Theater’s plans to build a new home in the village.

Joseph Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Stephen J. Kotz, Staff Writer, The Express News Group

Ambrose Clancy, Editor, The Shelter Island Reporter

Steve Wick, Executive Editor, Times-Review Media Group

This week, the panel discusses the latest advances in the story about the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York State and how local governments are responding; a report by Stony Brook University scientist Dr. Chris Gobler on the horrific quality of waterbodies in East Hampton Town and the general state of water quality on the East End; and an ethics complaint filed against a Riverhead planner for his work on a proposal to build a proposed 7-Eleven in Riverside, in the Town of Southampton.

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Annette Hinkle, Arts & Living Editor, Express News Group

Grant Parpan, Content Director, Times-Review Media Group

David Rattray, Editor, The East Hampton Star

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

This week, the panel discusses U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin’s announcement that he will seek the Republican nomination to run for governor in 2022, the passage of the state’s $212 billion budget and what that will mean for local school districts and the undocumented population, a Mattituck School senior who gained quite a bit of attention for dressing in “goth” for her senior picture, the return of outdoor dining this summer, and the legalization of recreational marijuana and what that might mean for the Shinnecock Nation in Southampton.

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Annnette Hinkle, Arts & Living Editor, Express News Group

Joe Werkmeister, Editor: The Suffolk Times/Riverhead News-Review

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

Beth Young, Publisher/Editor, East End Beacon

The panelists discuss the plateau and slight rise in Covid cases and vaccinations, local police forces responding to new state reform mandates, and the impacts of legalization of marijuana on the East End.

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

Brendan O'Reilly, Features Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor and Publisher, Riverhead Local

Jamie Bufalino, Staff Writer, East Hampton Star

Ambrose Clancy, Editor, The Shelter Island Reporter

This week, the panel discusses a wide range of topics, including the various scandals surrounding Governor Andrew Cuomo, the potential legalization of recreational marijuana in the state, migrant farming communities on the East End, affordable housing, and school budgets in the wake of the pandemic.

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

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Steve Wick, Executive Editor, Times-Review Media Group

Beth Young, Editor/Publisher, East End Beacon

Chrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

This week, the panel discusses COVID-19 and the effect it has had on nursing homes and nursing home workers, the current state of the vaccine rollout on the East End, and Thursday’s approval by the New York State Public Service Commission of a proposal to land the South Fork Wind Farm power cable in Wainscott.

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

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Michael Wright, Senior Writer, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Publisher at Riverhead Local

David Rattray, Editor, The East Hampton Star