Local community events throughout the North Fork following the Oct. 23, 2025, print issue of the Riverhead News-Review.

After months of debate, the Jefferson City Council approved a $90,000 housing strategy on Monday. The council voted 7-3 on a $90,185 contract with Housing Innovations Group to produce a housing ...

A divided Pittsburgh City Council narrowly voted on Wednesday to rewrite Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposed zoning reform bill, effectively dooming his vision of forcing developers to create more affordable ...

The Vancouver City Council on Monday approved an extension of an emergency ordinance that promotes more housing options such as these cottage houses off Northeast 34th Street in Vancouver. (Taylor ...

Candidates for Greenville City Council discussed growth, traffic, and housing affordability at a forum hosted by the NAACP. Incumbent Lillian Brock Flemming and challenger Mike Kilgore are competing ...

The council consists of gamechangers such as Viola Davis, Gabrielle Union, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley. “me too.” International, the anti-sexual violence organization co-founded by Tarana Burke, has ...

I attended the Chico City Council meeting of October 7. One item on the agenda was the North State Shelter Team’s (NSST) proposal to place tiny houses on church parking lots to house older women who ...

Several challengers in Cambridge’s upcoming city council election roundly criticized incumbents for passing the landmark Multifamily Housing Ordinance earlier this year at a candidates’ forum ...

Candidates for Boston City Council’s at-large seats say housing is the top issue facing the city, though they disagree on how to solve it. Seven of the eight hopefuls vying for four seats in the ...

Local lawmakers say the set of housing proposals that will be on the November ballot is putting at risk the future of community-based housing development in the city. The questions created by Mayor ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The National Council of Negro Women’s Staten Island Section marked the beginning of its 2025–2026 program year with its annual homecoming celebration. The event, held Sept. 27 at ...