Behind The Headlines

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

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including changing CDC guidelines on the wearing of masks in light of the delta variant and growing COVID numbers; an editorial in the Shelter Island Reporter this week on efforts to combat climate change on the island; a proposed local law in Riverhead to ban the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats by pet stores; the lack of cell phone coverage in East Hampton and a controversial proposal to build a cell tower in Springs; and efforts to provide affordable housing on Shelter Island.

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Annette Hinkle, Arts and Living Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Ambrose Clancy, editor of the Shelter Island Reporter

Jamie Bufalino, reporter for The East Hampton Star

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the preservation of ancient Shinnecock burial grounds at Sugar Loaf Hill; the TWA Flight 800 air disaster 25 years ago; Southampton Town government’s creation of a committee to look at traffic; a shortage of volunteer firefighters on the East End; improvements in mental health services on the East End; and a new scallop farm in Tiana Bay.

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 of the East End Beacon

Vera Chinese, Reporter, Newsday

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including a Mattituck property owner’s resistance to Southold Town’s efforts to use eminent domain to purchase the land for a passive park; plans to build Island Water Park at the EPCAL park in Calverton and overall efforts to develop EPCAL; a story about Riverhead Police Officer Rob Sprotson, who returned to duty following a near fatal car accident last March; charges against a school bus driver who allegedly drove campers to a summer camp while drunk; and the 25th anniversary of the TWA Flight 800 air disaster.

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

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, RiverheadLocal

Grant Parpan, Content Director, Times-Review Media Group