A 42-year-old Southold man was arrested on drunken driving charges Saturday night in Greenport, Southold Town police said.
Police stopped Roger Fay Jr.’s vehicle about 7:30 p.m. after noticing it swerving while heading east on Route 25, authorities said.
Mr. Fay was arrested and charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, and for driving with suspended license, police said.
COURTESY PHOTO | One of 12 new weather stations that provide real-time online information to Suffolk farmers.
Researchers with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County are hoping new weather stations will help local farmers better plan pest control applications, thus cutting down on chemical use on farmland.
Through grant funding, the Cornell research group’s agricultural stewardship program has installed a network of 12 weather stations across the East End so growers can better track and predict weather changes that can affect insect development, Cornell officials said.
Each station will take hourly measurements of weather factors like temperature, rainfall, wind direction and the amount of water vapor in the air. Stations will be equipped with Internet access, making the information available to growers and the public through a server at newa.cornell.edu.
Cornell will then integrate weather data with expert scouting in the field, to “predict emerging pests” and see whether pesticide applications are needed, said Rebecca Wiseman, Cornell’s agricultural stewardship coordinator.
When possible, growers can use insect traps and pheromone-based methods to disrupt mating cycles to help cut down on pest populations without using pesticides, Ms. Wiseman said. Using those techniques, she said, “pesticide use can be greatly diminished for certain kinds of pests and there are instances where it can be eliminated.”
Eleven of the 12 RainWise brand weather stations have been placed in North Fork vineyards and orchards, Ms. Wiseman said.
Before Cornell received the $190,000 in funding for the stations, which came from various organizations, only three weather stations were located on the East End, and only one on the North Fork, she said.
“The fact of the matter is, we have so many micro-climates here on the Island, the three sites were inadequate to meet the needs of our agricultural community,” she said.
Gabriella Purita, business manager at One Woman Wines and Vineyards in Southold, said the vineyard received its new weather station in May, and the device has already helped growers there with mold and mildew control.
“If we plan and see an outbreak of a certain pest, mold or mildew annually because of certain weather conditions we’ll know to preventively treat that area,” Ms. Purita said. “We hopefully won’t have to use applications because we’ll know when to use the traps and pheromone cycles when pests are at their most active.”
The better farmers can forecast weather cycles, the more they can control basic farming practices, said Joe Gergela, director of the Long Island Farm Bureau.
“It makes decision-making of farming more advanced and more economically prudent,” he said.
Aside from their potential effects on groundwater, chemicals and pesticides are expensive. Farmers do not want to use them unless they are necessary, Mr. Gergela said.
“The costs have gone up astronomically over the past five to 10 years, so it ties to profitability and good business decisions, as well as the science side,” he said.
Funding came from grants awarded by the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, the Long Island Community Foundation and the state Department of Agriculture and Markets.
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO
Michael Doroski, 23, was found aboard the vessel docked at Mitchell Park Marina around midnight, police said. When asked to leave, Mr. Doroski started arguing with the occupant and then struck him, said police.
When police arrived, Mr. Doroski was highly uncooperative and struck the arresting officer, according to a report.
He was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing and two counts of hasrassment, police said.
Mr. Doroski was taken to headquarters and held for arraignment.
TIM KELLY PHOTO | There’s no shade to cool the workers putting a new roof on Our Lady of Ostrabrama Church in Cutchogue
A mid-summer heat wave will bring high temperatures in the low- to mid-90s and muggy conditions that may feel as hot as 100 degrees to the North Fork throughout this week, weather officials said.
The high temperatures are expected to begin today, Monday, with a high in the low 90s, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ashley Sears. Those temperatures will stay about the same through Tuesday, and will climb into the mid-90s by Wednesday, she said.
The area won’t see relief from the heat until as late as Sunday, when a string of thunderstorms could cool off the area, Ms. Sears said.
The heat wave is caused by a system of hot, dry air that’s parked over most of the eastern United States, from everywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi.
“We have this massive high pressure system that’s ushering in the dry weather and the really high temperatures,” Ms. Sears said.
Though a heat advisory is in effect for Nassau County and most of the tri-state area, no advisory has been issued for Suffolk County yet. Ms. Sears said the advisories are only put out when heat indexes reach 100 degrees.
Still, residents should take precautions, she said.
People are advised to stay indoors when possible, drink plenty of fluids, wear light clothing and not exert themselves outdoors if possible, she said. Pets are also vulnerable to the heat and should be well cared for, Ms. Sears added.
Residents without air conditioning should look to visit a mall, shopping center or a friend or family member who may have air conditioning to cool off.
“Now would be a good time to catch up” with old friends, she said.
COURTESY PHOTO | Katie Tardif (left) with fellow cast members from “The Vineyard.”
The network, they said, was preparing to film a new, unscripted reality show about a group of 20-somethings living and working together on Martha’s Vineyard, MA and was she interested in being a cast member?
She said yes.
“It was an overwhelming experience,” Ms. Tardif, 25, said of being asked to join the docu-series, which is called “The Vineyard” and premieres on ABC Family July 23. “You’re freaked out and excited, and then you think realistically about it – ‘wait, is this something I really want?’ It all happened very quickly.”
Indeed. Ms. Tardif, who lives in New York City and has worked for the past year as a merchandise manager at the David Glazer Showroom in Manhattan, traveled in May to Martha’s Vineyard, an island south of Cape Cod notable for its affluence.
The eight-episode series follows a group of seven women and four men – some of them Martha’s Vineyard locals and others, like Ms. Tardif, island transplants – living and working together for the summer. Filming wrapped at the end of June, an ABC Family spokesperson said.
Read the complete story in this week’s Suffolk Times.
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY ROUNDUP
Howie Brode of East Islip scored his second win of the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday when he took first in a 35-lap Modified feature. It was his second win of the season and the 13th of his career.
With threatening, extremely hot and humid weather, competitors’ emotions ran high during the course of the program. It took numerous attempts to get the race underway, with minor spins and crashes, jumped restarts, passes under the yellow line and one incident that saw Tom Rogers Jr. disqualified from the race.
Asked if being out in front of the wild action behind him was the key to victory, Brode replied: “Any night you’re out front it’s a good thing but tonight for sure. I don’t know what was going on but I’m glad I wasn’t back there.”
Brode now finds himself atop the division with a commanding 42-point lead over Rogers.
Shawn Solomito of Islip earned his runner-up finish. Jason Agugliaro of Islip posted his best run of 2013 with a third-place tally. Eddie Brunnhoelzl III of Levittown was fourth and Jerry Solomito Jr. of Islip was fifth. It was Solomito’s second straight top-five showing in his last two starts.
Emotions were also high in the 25-lap Late Model race but for a different reason. Ken Alfano of Southold drove to his first Late Model win since the death of his wife, Julie, a couple of years ago. She had cancer.
Alfano led the final 21 laps of the race when his biggest challenge was keeping tears from blurring his vision. After the win he parked his car against a wall, exited the car and blew kisses to the sky.
Alfano’s teammate, Chris LaSpisa of Shirley, driving a car painted pink in honor of the late Julie Alfano and others battling cancer, was a happy runner-up. Scott Kulesa of Georgetown, Mass., took over the division points lead with his third-place finish.
The fourth generation of the famed Turbush racing family made his way to victory lane. Mark Stewart of Riverhead won a 20-lap Super Pro Truck contest. Stewart, the grandson of all-time leading Charger winner Dan Turbush and the nephew to brothers Chris and Roger Turbush, broke to the front at the throw of the green flag and stayed there the rest of the way. Dave Koenig of Freeport was second, and Roger Turbush of Riverhead won a battle for third.
Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead pocketed his third Legend Race Car win of the year in what was another dominating performance for the defending champion. Brendon Bock of Franklin Square was second, moving him to second place in points, trailing Ellwood by 54 markers. Kyle Soper of Manorville motored in third.
Anthony Pizzo of Lake Ronkonkoma continues to be the driver to beat when it comes to Eight-Cylinder Enduro events at Riverhead Raceway. He won yet again on Saturday. Rob McCormick of Calverton barely made it to the track in time after spotting for a driver in a race in New Hampshire. He nonetheless drove his car from 25th to second. Ed Brown Jr. of Mastic Beach led the race early and ended up third.
After years of valiant effort, Joan Beletsis succumbed to cancer July 10 at Eastern Long Island Hospital. Joan was predeceased by her husband, Spiro, only three months earlier.
In her final days Joan took comfort in the knowledge that her Spiro would be there to welcome her into eternity. More than at peace, Joan is happy to be home, in Spiro’s loving embrace once again.
In life, Joan was an avid gardener and many of her most special moments were spent in the solitude of her garden, among the living things she helped to nurture. Here on earth, many of her most special moments were also spent with living beings she helped nurture as sister, wife, mother, an aunt, a grandmother, neighbor and friend.
While those of us left behind are, of course, saddened by Joan’s passing, we take comfort in the knowledge that she is beyond suffering and pain now and that she made it to her final rest in time to share her 62nd wedding anniversary on July 22 with her Spiro.
Final services for Joan Beletsis took place Saturday, July 13, in Greenport at Sts. Anargyroi, Taxiarchis & Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church. On that day Joan’s life was celebrated by family and friends who will remember her forever.
Joan was defined by her love of family, friends, books, the culinary arts and her status as a Master Gardener. Joan so loved the wonders and tranquility of her seaside garden in Pebble Beach, East Marion, where she shepherded her plantings through each season’s beautiful transition. If she wasn’t in her garden, she could be found in the greenhouse reading or quickly solving the most challenging crossword puzzle in her daily New York Times. Born in Manhattan on Oct. 20, 1930, Joan received her Bachelor of Arts from Hunter College and a Master of Arts in Library Science from Queens College. She made her career as an acquisitions librarian at the New York Society Library in Manhattan.
Joan is survived by her children: her son John and his wife, Andrea; her daughter Cleo; her daughter Stamy and her, husband, Robert Coscia; and her son Spiro C. Joan leaves two granddaughters, Nicole and Jeanette; her sister Euterpe Kalantjakos of Athens, Greece; and many wonderful neighbors, friends and loving relatives.
Her family will be ever grateful to cousins Anthea, Danny, George, Joan and Nik and, most of all, to Bill, Steve, Ken, Paul, Christine, Anna and George — all honorary Beletsi. Additionally, the family is indebted to Maureen Ringold, Pastor Bob and all the other wonderful and caring professionals at Eastern Long Island Hospital, East End Hospice and PBMC visiting nurse service.
While Joan may have left this earth, she will be with all of us in spirit and we will see her in every flower that grows.
This is a paid notice.
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | The theater marquis in downtown Riverhead.
Nearly a month to the day from when Athens Grill in Riverhead was devastated by a grease fire, the neighboring Suffolk Theater will host a fundraiser to help support the restaurant’s grill chef and owner John Mantzopoulos rebuild.
John Mantzopoulos
While Mr. Mantzopoulos, who lives in Greenport, estimates it will take at least six months before the restaurant could re-open, regulars won’t have to wait that long to enjoy some of their favorite Athens menu items. Mr. Mantzopoulos will be back in the kitchen at the Suffolk Theater, cooking his Greek specialties for the event. The theatre’s regular menu will be available as well.
This is the second fundraiser for Mr. Mantzopoulos’ reconstruction efforts. On July 6, dozens of friends and fellow downtown restaurant owners banded together “Rebuild Athens” fundraiser hosted by The Riverhead Project, another restaurant.
The evening will feature live performances by popular local bands Who Are Those Guys and Craving Strange.
The fundraiser is scheduled for July 27 at 7 p.m. at The Suffolk Theater, 118 East Main Street in Riverhead.
Tickets are $20 (and count as a donation; feel free to give more) and are available at The Suffolk Theater Box Office, or at the door.
All proceeds go toward the Athens Grill Restoration Project.
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | The interior of the Athens Grill three days after the fire.
Lifelong Greenport resident Alice Ann Ewell Raynor died July 2 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. She was 69 years old.
She was born Feb. 21, 1944, to Rosalie (Gagen) and Edward Ewell and attended St. Agnes Catholic and Greenport schools. She married Gilbert W. Raynor in Mattituck on June 2, 1972.
Family members said Ms. Raynor loved gardening, cooking and crafts and was a devoted mother, wife and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband; her daughter, Dawn Conway of Greenport; her sisters, Loretta Bondarchuck of Southold and Mary Lane and Judy Quarty, both of Greenport; her brother, Edward Ewell II of Maryland; and five grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Darin Raynor, in 2004 and a sister, Nancy Ewell, in 1996.
Arrangements were handled by Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. Cremation was private.
Memorial donations may be made to the Greenport Fire Department Rescue Squad.
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Mattituck’s Oscar Puluc went airborne during a collision with Mount Sinai’s Alec Donowitz.
Goal scoring in soccer is anything but easy. It’s hard work. And yet, Mario Arreola has that magnificent knack for making it look so easy.
The way his goal production has been going this summer, the Mattituck striker may soon have a nickname: Super Mario. Last fall Arreola knocked in 12 goals for the Tuckers during his sophomore season. He has already bagged 10 in the Town of Brookhaven Summer League.
“I’m just a striker, and that’s my job,” he said.
Arreola could end up as the king of the goal scorers among the league’s small schools.
“We’ve become accustomed to every summer league game he scores,” Mattituck coach Mat Litchhult said. “I just think he’s playing at a very high level right now. His skill on the ball is excellent. His pace, he just runs by guys.”
Arreola said he has always been good at putting the ball in the net. Are there any secrets to that skill?
“Just practice,” he said.
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Mario Arreola scored two goals for Mattituck against Mount Sinai, including the game-winner with half a minute to go. He has 10 goals this summer.
Some know-how doesn’t hurt, either. Arreola scored both Mattituck goals in a 2-1 victory over Mount Sinai at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai on Monday evening. It was Arreola’s tie-breaking goal with a half-minute to go, though, that caught Litchhult’s eye. After collecting a ball from Dan Fedun near the top of the penalty area, Arreola saw the goalkeeper venture off the goal line a little bit. That’s when Arreola opted to go for precision and placement over power.
“He chipped him and put a little spin on it, just enough to score the goal,” Litchhult said. “That’s what goal scorers do. Not everything is a laser.”
The goal was an indication of a player who has confidence, maturity and the presence of mind to think quickly under pressure.
“Everything he does is so smooth,” said Litchhult.
In the first half, Arreola had spotted Mattituck (5-2) a 1-0 lead off John Batuello’s eighth assist of the season.
Mount Sinai (1-6) was denied an equalizer, not once but twice early in the second half. Mattituck goalkeeper Steve Ostrowski, one of only two seniors listed on the roster (Oscar Puluc is the other), stopped a penalty kick by Rob Conti. Conti chased after the rebound and pounded a follow-up shot off the left goalpost.
But the Mustangs finally drew even with about four minutes remaining. Joe Casper punched in a close-range blast after a left-wing cross from Chris Marrs.
It looked as if the teams would have to settle for a tie, but Arreola’s work was not done for the day.
Litchhult said he will need Arreola and twins James and Paul Hayes to lead the way this year. Another player who is being counted on to produce on the field is Batuello, a sophomore center midfielder. Batuello sustained a hip fracture last August and sat out the entire school season. He said he doesn’t know how the fracture occurred. Last December Batuello underwent an operation to have a screw inserted into the hip. He returned to the field in March.
“It was really tough just watching” soccer, Batuello said. “I missed it so much. Every opportunity I get [to play] is awesome.”
Batuello said months of physical rehabilitation have paid off and his hip is fine now. “I’ve been working it a lot and stretching, so now it’s 100 percent and it feels good,” he said.
That’s good news for the Tuckers, who can use Batuello’s talents in central midfield.
“In all actuality, if we’re going to do things, he’s going to have to help the team,” said Litchhult.
“John has got a good head on his shoulders,” the coach added. “He gets the ball down, he gets his head up and he’s looking for Mario.”
That’s always a wise move.
Goal scoring has been called the joy of soccer. Arreola, undoubtedly, is enjoying his hot streak.
“Everything’s working for me right now and I’m happy for that,” Arreola said. “It’s just fun when you score goals.”
No one could argue with that — except a goalkeeper.
MICHAEL WHITE FILE PHOTO | A sign marking the EPCAL entrance along Route 25 in Calverton.
The next step in the redevelopment of the Enterprise Park at Calverton starts tonight, when the Riverhead Town Board will seek comments on how best to assess the environmental impacts of its proposed 50-lot subdivision and re-use plan for the former Grumman property.
At the regular Town Board meeting, which starts at 7 p.m., the board will hold what’s known as a scoping hearing on the EPCAL plan.
The hearing’s purpose is to seek input on what should be examined in the upcoming environmental study of the town’s plans for town-owned land at the site that has sat undeveloped. For example, the impact on traffic, air quality, noise, town resources, water quality, animal species and other areas would need to be addressed by the study.
After trying to sell big chunks of the land all at once to one or two large developers, the town now is hoping to subdivide the land into 50 smaller lots and sell those lots one by one over a period that officials say could stretch beyond 20 years.
A 20-page draft scoping document was published by the town in advance of the hearing, as was a seven page “positive declaration” document. Those documents, as well as the public hearing notice, can be read below.
The EPCAL hearing is scheduled to start no earlier than 7:30 p.m. and Town Hall reporter Tim Gannon will be blogging live from the meeting. Come back to riverheadnewsreview.com to follow along and see what issues are raised by the public.
Public Hearing Notice(3) by Riverhead News-Review
Southold Police arrested a 54-year-old Greenport man who police said threatened another man with a kitchen knife Monday evening, according to the department.
Robert Lee Smith was charged with felony criminal contempt for allegedly violating a court order of protection obtained by the man, 60, also of Greenport, police said. He also faces menacing and harassment charges.
Mr. Smith was held at police headquarters to await arraignment.
A Nassau County accountant is scheduled to be arraigned today, Tuesday, on felony grand larceny charges, accused of stealing more than $150,000 from an 80-year-old Greenport resident suffering from dementia, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Scott J. Meyer, 46, of Seaford, was set to appear in First District Court in Central Islip on two felony counts of second-degree grand larceny, according to a DA spokesman, Bob Clifford.
Mr. Meyer, an accountant and partner with the Johnson & Meyer firm of Huntington, stole the money by either writing checks from the person’s account to himself, or transferred money directly into his own account, prosecutors said.
Someone who answered a phone call Tuesday to the Huntington firm declined to comment.
STEVE ROSSIN PHOTO | Erin Walsh from Schmitt Family Farms tries to keep cool by staying in shade while spraying vegetables.
Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s today as part of the heat wave that has hit Long Island this week.
The National Weather Service said the warm weather is here to stay until Saturday when a low pressure system is expected to move in and bring cooler temperatures.
Long Island Power Authority is reporting fewer than five outages right now in Riverhead and is expecting power to be restored to affected customers by 2 p.m. There are about 60 reported outages altogether on Long Island as of Tuesday morning.
Town of Southold Supervisor Scott Russell has urged residents to use designated cooling centers to avoid the high heat and humidity. The Human Resource Center located at 750 Pacific Avenue has will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and local libraries are offering services as well.
As a result of the hot weather this week, the Town of Riverhead has decided to keep local beaches open until 7 p.m. through Friday.
Earl Vorhees led a full and varied life. Always curious and with a keen intellect, he loved the journey of exploring new things. His friends half-jokingly called him “the most interesting man in the world.” Husband, father, thespian, teacher, writer, factory manager, labor organizer, timber-framer, yacht and barn restorationist, skier and sailor — he was passionate about them all.
Earl Burdette Vorhees Jr.
Earl Vorhees Jr. was born Dec. 3, 1934, in Wewoka, Okla., to Earl B. Vorhees Sr., a foreman laying the Standard Oil pipeline network, and Stella Hancock Vorhees, a formidable horsewoman. An only child, Earl Jr., known as “Sonny-Earl” to his family, was influenced by the fierce independence and courage of his parents, who endured the hardships of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. From this, and from his childhood memories of World War II American solidarity, his character was imbued early on with a pragmatic can-do self-reliance.
Earl took pride in telling people he was from the same hometown as Neil Armstrong, Wapakeneta, Ohio, where his family moved in the late 1930s. With equal interests in music and sports, young Earl took trumpet lessons from a music teacher in nearby Celina, which stood on the shore of Grand Lake St. Marys. The era of touring big bands brought exciting swing musicians to Celina’s waterfront dance pavilions and formed Earl’s lifelong appreciation of dance and music, particularly swing, bebop, and later the Afro-Brazilian style. Earl was proud to say he shook hands with Louis Armstrong. What a wonderful world indeed.
Earl married Connie K. Richardson in 1953 and, before the marriage ended, they had two sons: Kirk A. Reed, 60, of New Corydon, Ind., and Sean M. Reed, 56, of Oxnard, Calif. Earl leaves four surviving grandsons; Kerry, Kristopher, Kevyn and Kelly Reed and seven great-grandchildren. Connie Vorhees predeceased Earl.
Earl Vorhees studied acting in Cleveland. He received an associate degree from Orange County College in Santa Cruz, Calif., which he attended on a football scholarship. But New York City was his real education. He arrived in 1959 and took up residence in Greenwich Village, where he pursued his stage acting career. He was a regular in the White Horse and the Cedar Bar with like-minded actors, writers, musicians, painters, seamen and dock-workers. In the Village, his shared concern for racial equality and social fairness forged his lifelong Democratic principals.
In the mid-1960s he met and married a Brazilian dancer and actress named Maria De Oliveira, and because neither wanted to pursue a film career, they moved upstate to Chichester, N.Y. Earl was hired on in a local manufacturing plant that produced custom hardwood library furniture for large architectural firms. The plant fueled its steam boilers with its own sawdust, which in turn powered its machinery with leather belts. Fascinated by the green energy model, aware of the decline of small American shops, and motivated to preserve the craftsmen’s jobs, he became the factory’s manager until it closed in the early 1970s.
Earl and Maria moved to her native Rio De Janeiro and lived the Carioca lifestyle together until the marriage dissolved. She later predeceased him. An ex-pat bachelor’s life agreed with Earl. The country was in great political strife then and Earl sympathized with the displaced poor and under-represented indigenous peoples. In the late 1970s, he taught at a language institute, where his fellow teachers described him as a labor organizer. During his Brazilian residency, Earl became a connoisseur of Brazilian music, culture and dance. Earl spoke Portuguese well.
After returning to New York in 1980, Earl met his soul mate and 32-year partner, Pat Mundus, in SoHo’s Fanelli’s Café. Pat introduced Earl to the East End’s natural environment and the serenity of exploring intertidal estuaries by small boat. They fell in love while hanging over the side of a small rowboat wearing diving masks in Northwest Creek (East Hampton), watching the blue-eyed scallops dance in the eelgrass. The two eventually bought a piece of land on the east side of the Creek. With the goal of re-creating an old Northwest settlement, the couple dismantled five antique barns from Chenango County, N.Y., documenting and labeling them to be restored and re-erected on the Creek. With Earl’s carpentry skills and Pat’s seaman’s rigging skills, they formed a synergistic couple beyond compare, and conducted the timber framing project the “old-fashioned way” — without the use of cranes or mechanical assistance. Their relationship and joy in planning and performing honest — and heavy — work with gin poles, come-alongs and block-and-tackles was as artful as the project itself. The couple fondly described each other as “the one on the other end of the beam.”
Earl gained his appreciation of the marine environment in East End waters, sailing an engineless 28-foot Rozinante ketch for over a decade. They named the boat Pearl, a contraction of Pat and Earl combined. Earl and Pat shared a mutual love for self-reliance in the wild, catching their own food en route and propelled solely by the wind. Twice they sailed their 17-foot custom-rigged sailing kayak through the length of the Exuma chain of the Bahamas, diving up conch and lobsters and camping on the beach without much more supplies than a few onions, some olive oil, rice, and a bottle of Mount Gay rum. Later, having restored a 57-foot wood-cruising ketch, the couple returned several times to spend winters in the Bahamas and southern U.S. waters. During the last third of his life, Earl became an experienced offshore sailor. He completed a transatlantic voyage in 2000 and sailed on oil tankers with Pat, a seagoing ship’s officer. However, his real love remained the simplicity of a good small boat. Paddling his kayak out into the liquid gold of Northwest Creek’s sunset, just to sit immersed in the moment — solitary and timeless — was Earl’s daily ritual every summer evening for two decades.
After 25 years of living on Northwest Creek, Earl and Pat sold their barns and moved to Greenport, where Earl hiked the entire waterfront every morning. Earl was a self-taught student of yacht design and classic yacht history. He possessed a razor-sharp memory and could discuss yachting history with ease. Dinner party conversations often involved friendly challenges about yachting esoterica and design details, resolved by delving into Earl’s extensive library. Earl was an integral part of his wife’s crewed yacht business, East End Charters LLC.
After a five-month chemotherapy battle against acute myeloid leukemia, Earl Vorhees passed away July 10, 2013, surrounded by love and with his wife at his side, at home in Greenport. He directed his family and friends to celebrate life, not mourn death. He asked that no funeral or memorial service be held. His remains were cremated. A celebration of his life is being planned for the fall.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048.
This is a paid notice.
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Riverhead Town Board members and representatives from Saber Real Estate Advisors, LLC break ground at the new 119,000-square-foot shopping center on Route 58.
A Route 58 shopping center that will include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Buffalo Wild Wings and Starbucks is inching closer toward completion later this year.
Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony today to commemorate the construction of the final businesses being built in the 119,000-square-foot Riverhead shopping center.
Representatives from Saber Real Estate Advisors, LLC and members of the Riverhead Town Board, including Town Supervisor Sean Walter and Councilwoman Jodi Giglio, attended the event.
The shopping center, which is adjacent to the Riverhead Raceway, will house Christmas Tree Shops, ALDI’s and Five Below. Construction is expected to be completed later this year. Dick’s Sporting Goods and Christmas Tree Shops will open in November and the remaining stores will open early next year, said John Zaher, president of Saber Real Estate Advisors.
Charles Kwon, who owns Buffalo Wild Wings franchises in Suffolk County and Connecticut, said the restaurant’s Riverhead opening will be his sixth overall.
“I’m probably the most excited about this location,” he said. “I anticipate it will be very successful.”
Former Southold resident Frederick J. Cardinal died July 7 at Arrowhead Regional Hospital in Colton, Calif. He was 79 years old.
He was born May 18, 1934, in Southold to Frederick L. and Helen (Dapsis) Cardinal. He attended Southold schools, where family and friends say he excelled in playing baseball and basketball. Following his high school graduation in 1952, Mr. Cardinal enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as a ship machinist. He later moved to California, where he married Patricia Bradbury of Chula Vista.
Family members say Mr. Cardinal’s ambition and interest in industrial arts, which he developed in high school, stayed with him throughout his life. As a high school student, he worked summers farming and carpentering. He attended San Diego State University and begin a career teaching industrial arts at Big Bear Lake High School in California, as well as teaching part-time at the junior college level. After earning a master’s degree, he continued working for the school as a guidance counselor. Family members said he had a reputation for his vast knowledge and ability to fix most things.
Mr. Cardinal enjoyed spending time in nature, clamming and small game hunting while living in Southold and bow-hunting in California, where he established a wood business, cutting and supplying firewood to vacationers in the Big Bear Lake area.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia; daughters Tracy Enden and Shawn; sons Fred, Tom and Steve; a sister, Dorothy Cardinal of Southold; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July 12 at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Big Bear Lake, Calif.
Memorial donations may be made to Community Action Southold Town, P.O. Box 159, Greenport, NY 11944, at the C.A.S.T. office, 314 Front St., Greenport, or by calling 477-1717.
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Congressman Tim Bishop announces his new bill to lift the congressional mandate to sell Plum Island.
Congressman Tim Bishop (D- Southampton) Tuesday announced the introduction of “Save, don’t sell Plum Island,” a bill designed to overturn the 2008 congressional mandate for the federal government to sell the island, for decades the home of an animal disease research laboratory, at public auction.
The bipartisan legislation would help prevent non-research development on the 840-acre island, preserving what Mr. Bishop called a biodiversity “treasure.”
The federal General Services Administration recently released an environmental impact statement supporting construction of up to 500 dwellings on the island, which in addition to animal disease center is home to an abandoned military installation.
The congressman was joined at a morning press conference on the beach in Orient by state Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), Southold Supervisor Scott Russell and representatives of several environmental groups, including the Group for the East End, the Nature Conservancy and Citizens Campaign for the Environment.
Connecticut Democratic Congressmen Joe Courtney and Rep. Michael Grimm, a Staten Island Republican, have signed on as cosponsors. Companion legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate by Democrat Richard Blumenthal.
Its purpose is to reverse the 2008 bill requiring the island’s sale to help finance a new $1.2 billion animal disease research center in Manhattan, Kan.
Mr. Bishop’s bill contends cleanup costs from past island activities, including the operation of Fort Terry, a WWI-era Army base, coupled with Southold’s pending island zoning prohibiting new development, would dramatically reduce the island’s commercial value.
Mr. Bishop said the Kansas research facility would “duplicate many of the research functions currently served well by other research facilities, including Plum Island,” and would be unaffordable given the nation’s budget constraints.
According to Mr. Bishop’s bill, the Plum Island facility has been well maintained.
He added that more than $23 million in federal funds have been invested in laboratory upgrades since January 2012, with additional significant expenditures likely in the future.
“If the federal government did not already own Plum Island, it would be seeking to purchase it for conservation,” Mr. Bishop said.
Marilyn Lois Grumet of Cutchogue and New York City died July 12 at her Cutchogue home. She was 72 years old.
Funeral arrangements, incomplete at presstime, are in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.
A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Suffolk Times.
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | Village board members are tightening up security at Mitchell Park Marina following an attack Sunday.
The Greenport Village Board is looking to ramp up security at Mitchell Park Marina after a man police said was “highly intoxicated” climbed aboard a 55-foot yacht and during an argument and struck the man onboard over the weekend.
On Sunday Southold Police arrested 23-year-old Michael Doroski of Southold, who is also accused of striking a police officer. He was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing and two counts of harassment, police said.
Village Administrator David Abatelli said the village has been in discussions with Southold Police Chief Martin Flatly since the incident. The village and police agreed to rope off the docks after the marina officially closes for the evening.
Mitchell Park Marina has 60 slips available for visiting boaters. The docks are opened to the public between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., otherwise they are restricted to paying customers.
“It’s not a good situation when a guest is hurt,” Mr. Abatelli said during the Village Board’s Monday night work session. With a rope barrier “it will at least not be so obvious that you can walk on to the docks [after hours.]”
Village board members said the ropes were a temporary solution and called for tighter and more permanent security measures. Suggestions included adding surveillance cameras and new gates.
