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Applications are now being accepted for federal CARES Act funding to assist New York's marine fishing industry following extensive economic losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost everything this year and 'Black Friday,' the biggest shopping day of the year, is no exception.

Apple Honda's annual month-long fundraising event for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition was a big success despite some changes brought by the pandemic.

The deep-discount Germany-based grocer has filed a site plan application with the Riverhead planning department to convert the 35,000-square-foot retail store to a supermarket. LiDL anticipates a 2021 opening.

Restaurants, still operating under 50% indoor capacity limits established by the governor’s executive order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, need outdoor dining to help them survive.

The unemployment rate in Riverhead Town was 9.5% in August, down from 12.4% in July. In comparison, the town’s unemployment rate was 3.7% in August 2019.

Lowering the threshold for time-and-a-half overtime pay below 60 hours a week could devastate local farms already reeling from the effects of the COVID pandemic, local farmers told state lawmakers yesterday.

Suffolk County is offering three virtual employment assistance events this week. The county's employment portal also offers other services, including job listings, research tools, resume-writing assistance and more

The firearms testing container allows Baits & Barrels to test guns sold or repaired at the shop.

More than 110,000 Suffolk residents were unemployed in the month of July, according to data released last week by the New York State Department of Labor. Suffolk’s insured unemployment rate was 13.6% in July, more than a point higher than it was in June, according to the data.