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Listings prepared for Times/Review Newspapers by Suffolk Research Service, dated Feb. 15-21, 2014.

AQUEBOGUE (11931)
• Tooker, C to Michaels East End Enterpr, Colonial Dr (600-86-2-5.29), (V), $150,000

CUTCHOGUE (11935)
• Wankel, E & Gordon, J to Henchy, Dennis, 1200 Praity Ln (1000-109-5-26), (R), $825,000

FLANDERS (11901)
• Warren, G by Executor to Ceberek, Noelle, 223 Long Neck Blvd (900-123-5-9), (R), $205,000

GREENPORT (11944)
• Verni Family LLC to Suburban Renewal LLC, 160 Inlet Ln & lot 19 (1000-43-5-5), (R), $825,000

MATTITUCK (11952)
• Dodge Sr, D & D to Collins-Ferrara, Annette, 665 Gabriella Ct (1000-108-4-7.40), (R), $415,000

ORIENT (11957)
• County of Suffolk to Halkidis, George, 1600 Greenway East (1000-15-2-7), (V), $78,000
• Seeorient, LLC to Menegatos, Gerasimos, 415 Edwards Ln (1000-18-3-10), (R), $759,000

RIVERHEAD (11901)
• Ruth, B to Bohlen Enterprise LLC, 1232 Northville Tpke (600-65-5-9), (R), $150,000
• West Main St Realty to Thirty West Main, LLC, 30 W Main St (600-128-6-22), (C), $1,200,000

SHELTER ISLAND (11964)
• Almas Construction to Graf, Nathan, 12 Petticoat Ln (700-22-1-21), (R), $470,000
• Ruiz, T to Tran, Johnny, 14 Cozy Ln (700-22-1-84), (R), $475,000

SOUTHOLD (11971)
• Carrig, M to Richter, Dagmar, 610 Richmond Rd (1000-51-6-11), (R), $340,000
• Parson, A to Place, Robert, 3765 Wells Ave (1000-70-4-3), (R), $745,000
• Head, G & B to Rathborne-Head, Barbara, 1160 Goose Creek Ln (1000-78-8-5.1), (R), $1,050,000

WADING RIVER (11792)
• Kohlmann, T to Erario, Raymond, 25 Crescent Ct (600-26-3-74.10), (R), $595,000
• Kull, A & D to Bournias, Elefterios, 184 Creek Rd (600-29-1-34), (R), $455,000
• Connell V, J & A to Grimaldi, John, 12 21st St (600-52-2-50), (R), $300,000
• Fairway Rock by Referee to North Country Developers, Sound Ave & lot 75-2-3 (600-57-1-17.1), (V), $1,000

(Key: Tax map numbers = District-Section-Block-Lot; (A) = agriculture; (R) = residential; (V) = vacant property; (C) = commercial; (R&E) = recreation & entertainment; (CS) = community services; (I) = industrial; (PS) = public service; (P) = park land; as determined from assessed values in the current tax rolls.)

Touch of Venice in Cutchogue is one of 18 East End restaurants participating in Long Island Restaurant Week. (Credit: Smanatha Brix file)

Sunday night marked the beginning of Long Island Restaurant Week, which extends all the way through this coming Sunday. 

More than 150 participating restaurants throughout the island offer a three-course prix fixe dinner for $27.95 every night from Sunday to Sunday.

There are 18 East End restaurants participating this year, including eight in Riverhead and Southold towns.

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The prix fixe deal will only be offered until 7 p.m. on Saturday, sponsors say.

Long Island Restaurant Week started in 2006 and is derived from Hamptons Restaurant Week, which started in 2002. Both are sponsored by the Long Island Restaurant and Hospitality Group, which is a division of WordHampton Public Relations in East Hampton.

It’s a bi-annual event designed to garner business and positive publicity for the area’s restaurants, the group says. It was originally just a fall event, but in 2011, it added a spring session as well.

“Long Island Restaurant Week is a win-win for participants and consumers,” the group says on its website. “Much of the island’s population is provided the opportunity to save money while dining and sample restaurants they might not otherwise try.”

Sponsors say that since this a highly anticipated event, it is best to make a reservation as early as possible as dining rooms will be booked.

A Mattituck Sanitation Truck left a nearly 300-foot trail of garbage on Main Road in Southold Monday morning after a rear gate malfunctioned, Southold Town police said.

The road was closed from Town Harbor Road to Laurel Avenue as Mattituck Sanitation personnel and the New York State Highway Department cleaned up the debris.

The driver was operating a 1996 Mack Truck garbage truck eastbound on Main Road when the debris spilled just past 4 a.m., police said.

Fundraiser organizer (from left) Debbie Volinski and Hellenic owners Maria, George, Anna and John Giannaris. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

A fundraiser was held Thursday at Hellenic Snack Bar in East Marion to help a naturopathic doctor from Riverhead pay her medical bills after suffering a series of medical issues. 

Ashley Lewin had a mastectomy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year. Soon after, she suffered a broken neck and back related to seizures she had been suffering from.

Friends and family are now looking to raise $50,000 to help Ms. Lewin with her alternative care treatment. The Hellenic event was part of that effort, which to date has netted more than $27,000 in proceeds.

“Luckily for me I have the resources available to fully heal/recover from all of these unfortunate circumstances,” she said in a note on her fundraiser page. “The one thing I need more of is time; and this is where I ask for your continued patience.”

Guests at a fundraiser for Ashley Lewin hosted at Hellenic Snack Bar Sunday. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Robert Bayldon Sherwood passed away peacefully at the age of 72 on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. 

He was born on January 20, 1942, in Hamilton, N.Y. to Roland S. and Elizabeth L. Sherwood and lived on Shelter Island before moving to Mattituck where he graduated from high school in 1961. After high school he went on to graduate from Plattsburgh State University.

Bob lived in Manhattan for many years, holding several different jobs before beginning a 30-year tenure at Davis, Polk and Wardwell. He retired from there on disability, and eventually moved to The Lakeshore Adult Residence in Ronkonkoma.

Bob loved spending time with family, and enjoyed talking about politics, history, religion and cars.

He was predeceased by his brother, Roland S. Sherwood Jr. and a nephew, Donald L. Sherwood Jr and is  survived by his brother and sister-in-law Donald and Diane Sherwood of Southampton; a sister-in-law Eleanor S. Lemoine of Lake Charles, La;  four nieces and nephews and three great-grandnieces and nephews.

Arrangements were handled by Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A graveside service was held at the Sherwood family plot in Southampton Cemetery.

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Greenport Village Mayor David Nyce (center) discussing his proposed spending plan at the Little Red Schoolhouse earlier this month. (Credit: Cyndi Murray)

Greenport Village board members are expected to adopt the 2014-15 budget during tonight’s regular meeting at 6 p.m.

The proposed general fund budget of $2.9 million next year increases the local tax levy by 2.14 percent. However, the rate includes exemptions to bring the budget in compliance with the state mandated 2 percent tax cap. It will include payments such as contributions to the state employee retirement system that are not restricted by the cap, treasurer Robert Brandt said.

The proposed budget totals $10.4 million, and includes the general fund as well as other accounts under the village such as the electric fund ($4.35 million), recreation fund ($1.35 million), sewer fund ($1.34 million) and water fund ($461,500).

Under the $2.9 million general fund spending plan, residents would see an increase in property taxes of 1.54 percent as a result of a higher assessed valuation, Mr. Brandt has said. The current tax rate is $19.42 per $100 of assessed valuation. That amount has increased to $19.72 for 2014-15, according to the tentative budget.

The draft budget also includes the creation of two new positions: a code enforcer and paralegal for next fiscal year. Mr. Brandt said savings from the combining of administrative positions will be used to pay for the new positions.

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The fireboat Fire Fighter, when it was docked at Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file)

The nonprofit floating museum Fire Fighter is looking for skilled and unskilled volunteers, who would be trained to help out as needed.

Tasks would include chipping, sanding and removing paint from the vessel as well as painting. Administrative tasks include fundraising, website help, marketing and writing and researching grants.

The organization also seeks tour guides or docents to allow the rest of the volunteer force to get to the task of restoring the boat. Licensed marine engineers and captains are encourage to donate their time, as are welders, electrical engineers and marine electricians.

An accountant and professional fundraiser or special events person are also needed.

Those wanting to donate their expertise can do so directly at the boat or via the website, fireboatfirefighter.org.

A view of Peconic Bay from Mattituck Beach. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file)

An East End partnership is in the works that will take a regional approach to managing the harmful effects of stormwater pollution on the Peconic Estuary, one of 28 nationwide that’s considered to have “national significance.”

In coming weeks, the Suffolk County Legislature is likely to vote on a resolution to join the Peconic Estuary protection committee, thereby entering into a voluntary intermunicipal agreement with 10 East End towns and villages that have signed on to contribute funding to improve water quality and reduce pollution to comply with federal Clean Water Act regulations.

The Peconic Estuary comprises water bodies that lie between the North and South forks, including Flanders Bay, Great Peconic Bay, Little Peconic Bay, Shelter Island Sound and Gardiners Bay. It was designated an “estuary of national significance” in 1992.

In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a comprehensive conservation and management plan, developed by the federally funded Peconic Estuary Program, that set long-range goals for improving the estuary.

The PEP plan identified five major issues facing the estuary: brown tide, nutrient pollution, threats to habitat and living resources, pathogen contamination and toxic chemicals — many of which are connected to stormwater pollution. The protection committee was proposed in 2008 to help towns and villages meet stormwater management requirements, said PEP director Alison Branco.

The committee, said county legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue), who has supported the resolution, will help towns find efficient and cost-effective ways of meeting those goals by taking a regional approach. Last week, the measure was tabled in the county’s environment, planning and agriculture committee. According to Ms. Branco, county attorneys are still working out details of the language that will be included in the agreement.

“There are so many common issues. It is good to be able to speak to the county or the state with one voice,” Mr. Krupski said. “They will treat the area more as a region instead of as individual towns and villages.”

Working together on the committee would also allow its members to apply for grant funding cooperatively, according to the legislation, which specifies that no more than $100,000 in funding for the initiative will be solicited each year from participating municipalities as a group. The county will kick in up to $25,000 annually.

Ms. Branco said regional issues like training municipal officials, Canada goose management and public outreach, can be dealt with more effectively as a team effort.

All five East End towns, plus Brookhaven, have already signed on to collaborate for the cause, as have the villages of Greenport, Dering Harbor, North Haven and Sag Harbor. All have also have also passed resolutions to provide funding for the committee, which will be established officially with the passage of the resolution, Ms. Branco said.

The committee has been meeting informally several times a year since 2011, Ms. Branco said, though no funding has been collected to date from its participating municipalities.

At an April 8 meeting, the Southold Town Board agreed to contribute $6,000 toward the salary of a committee coordinator, who would paid about $60,000, Supervisor Scott Russell said

In August 2013, Riverhead agreed to contribute up to $7,500 in dues for 2014, Southampton agreed to contribute up to $10,000 and Greenport Village voted to provide $3,000 annually toward the effort.

The state Department of Transportation will also be represented on the committee, though it will not contribute to funding.

“There’s a lot of drainage [going into the estuary] that’s involved with state roads, so it was important to have them on board,” Mr. Krupski said.

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The crew from the Blue Canoe hands out chowder during the 2012 festival. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder file)

As the East End Seaport Museum begins to test the waters on new potential fundraising events it is receiving some resistance from the Greenport Village Board. 

On Tuesday the board approved road closures that will allow the nonprofit to host its first-ever June chowder contest, but denied the museum the use of Mitchell Park for a proposed yard sale fundraiser planned for Aug. 2.

The Maritime Yard Sale would have been another first for the Seaport Museum, which has been working to create new fundraiser events throughout the year rather than relying on revenue generated from its largest event — the Maritime Festival — like it has in the past.

While village board members said they support the concept of hosting events throughout the year, a majority believed Mitchell Park is not the right venue for a yard sale. Members said they didn’t want to set a precedent by allowing such an event at the park and they voiced concerns about traffic congestion.

“I don’t feel that Mitchell Park is the place to have a yard sale,” said Trustee George Hubbard. “[The museum has] space on [its] property. I don’t think it is appropriate.”

The board voted 4-1 against the proposal with Mayor David Nyce being the only supporter of bringing the new yard sale to Mitchell Park.

“It is my opinion that we should help them with those ideas,” he said. “I want to give them a chance.”

Although the yard sale will not be coming to Mitchell Park, the board voted unanimously in favor of closing roads near the Chase Bank parking lot on Carpenter Street for the chowder contest on June 8.

The competition is traditionally held during the Maritime Festival, but organizers did away with the event last year due to logistical reasons, a move that caused backlash from some residents.

The Seaport Museum vowed to bring back the chowder contest this year, but decided to hold it in June, a move they say will  allow more chefs to participate since their restaurants are busy during the festival.

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Carolie E. Jenner died peacefully, April 23, 2014, at her Greenport home, surrounded by loved ones after a courageous two-year battle with cancer. She was 52. 

She was born Nov. 16, 1961, in Melrose, Mass and grew up in Poughkeepsie. After graduating from Poughkeepsie High School she studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison, later earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts from University of California, Berkeley in 1987.

Carolie was an accomplished artist, jewelry designer and fabricator, and family members said this is where her passions lied. For many years she owned and operated Kahlie Custom Jewlery Studios in Brooklyn. For the last six years she had worked at Atelier Ten, New York City as a financial manager.

A natural leader who made friends everywhere she went, Carolie will be deeply missed by many whose lives she had touched.

Carolie is survived by her partner, Richard Starke of Greenport; her father, John Jenner and stepmother Moira Kelley Jenner of Sherman, Conn.; her mother, Jessica Renyolds Jenner of Castle Rock, Colo.; her brother, John Michael Jenner, his wife Vivian and their sons Jack and Will, also of Castle Rock, Colo.

Arrangements were entrusted to Horton-Mathie Funeral Home. A celebration of Carolie’s life will be held in Greenport at a later date.

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Lifelong Riverhead resident Judge Thomas M. Stark, died on April 27 of complications from cancer surgery. He was 89.

Mr. Stark was a long-serving New York State judge who presided over such notable Long Island trials as the 1974 DeFeo family murders in Amityville and the 1996 Lilco property tax challenge. 

After being appointed to the county court of Suffolk County by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1963, Mr. Stark served six years on that bench before winning election to the state Supreme Court, where he served for 29 years until his retirement in 1998. From 1978 to 1992, he was supervising judge of the Superior Criminal Courts of Suffolk County. From 1985 to 1998, he served as an associate justice of the Appellate Term, Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts. As vice chairman of the Criminal Jury Instructions committee of the New York State Office of Court Administration from 1972 to 1992, he helped draft uniform jury instructions for the state; he remained a member until his death. In 1984, he was named Judge of the Year by the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association.

A graduate of Riverhead High School and the College of Holy of Cross, Mr. Stark served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. Slated to be part of the invasion of Japan, he was en route to his ship when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in August of 1945. After the war, he attended Harvard Law School as part of the GI bill, receiving his degree in 1949. Upon graduation, he returned to his hometown of Riverhead  and joined a private law practice.

Mr. Stark was a former Riverhead Town Attorney and Justice of the Peace and a member of the Riverhead Board of Education. For many years he was a member of the No Doubt World Famous Monday Night Band and the frequent master of ceremonies for the popular Lions Club shows. Mr. Stark had a long history with the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts of America and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

In his retirement, he wrote the local history Riverhead: The Halcyon Years 1861 to 1919 and the forthcoming “Horrific Homicides”, a recounting of four of his most notable criminal trials.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jane Crabtree Stark, his daughters Elizabeth Stark Dugan of Chevy Chase, Md., and Ellen Gaynor Stark of New York City; his brother William Stark of Hampton Bays; and two grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, May 1, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m at Reginald H. Tuthill Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral mass will be held Friday, May 2, at 10: 30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead.

Memorial donations can be made in his name to the Suffolk County Historical Society, 300 West Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901, or Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

McGann-Mercy graduate Elizabeth Rossi was named co-MVP of the Mount Saint Mary’s tennis team this season. (Credit: David Sinclair, Mount St. Mary’s Athletics)

Elizabeth Rossi, a 2010 McGann-Mercy graduate, was named co-MVP of the women’s tennis team at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland. 

In her four-year career at Mount St. Mary’s, Rossi posted a 43-33 singles record and was 37-33 at doubles.

Mount St. Mary’s is a Division I school that competes in the Northeast Conference. Rossi shared the award with fellow senior Samantha Pinchoff. Rossi and Pinchoff were doubles partners.

Rossi posted a 12-15 singles record this past season, competing primarily in the No. 2 singles spot.

At Mercy, Rossi, who’s from Flanders, helped lead the Monarchs to league titles in 2005, 2007 and 2009. She posted an 83-13 record in singles and was 60-2 in league play. She was a two-time all-county player and was the school’s all-time leader in career wins.

Rossi is scheduled to graduate from Mount St. Mary’s May 13 with a degree in biology.

James E. Olsen of Laurel died April 28 at Mather T. Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson. He was 69. 

He was born Feb. 18, 1945, in Kew Gardens, N.Y. to James and Evelyn Olsen. Mr. Olsen received Bachelor of Arts and master’s degrees at C.W. Post and graduated from Suffolk County Community College with a degree in nursing. He was employed by Suffolk County Correctional Facility as a registered nurse.

Mr. Olsen served in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1970 and in the Navy Reserves from 1970 to 1993. During his military service, he received many awards, including a Combat Action Ribbon, a Presidential Unit Citation/Ribbon, a Vietnam Service Medal (two bronze stars.), a Bronze Star Medal with combat “V”, a National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Campaign Medal, a Good Conduct Award and a Purple Heart (two gold stars). He was a member of the Mattituck American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Mr. Olsen also volunteered with Suffolk County Boy Scouts, assisting with Mattituck-Cutchogue Cub Scout Pack 39 and Boy Scout Troop 39. He was also a former school board member in the Laurel school district and a coach with North Fork Soccer League.

He was predeceased by his  brothers, Richard and Arthur and is survived by his wife, Lynn (née Clement) of Laurel; his sons, James R., also of Laurel and Erik of Oregon; and his brother, Kenneth of Missouri.

The family will receive visitors Friday, May 2, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue, with visiting hours continuing Saturday, May 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. A funeral service will take place Saturday, May 3 at 4 p.m. the funeral home. Interment with military honors will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warriors Project or Suffolk County Boy Scout Council.

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A 33-year-old Greenport woman was arrested after allegedly stealing over $2,000 worth of designer handbags from a Tanger Outlet store last Wednesday, Riverhead Town police said. 

Deanna Yoskovich was charged fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony, and resisting arrest, police said.

Police said witnesses at Saks Fifth Avenue outlet store identified Ms. Yoskovich, who stole pocketbooks valued at $2,300 from the store before fleeing the area in a beige sedan.

The Tall Ships in Greenport Harbor from an aerial view in 2012. (Credit: Peter Boody, file)

Tall Ships are returning to Greenport next year to the disappointment of some locals who feel public money used to fund the $225,000 event largely benefits the business community instead of everyday citizens.

During its regular session Tuesday night, each Greenport Village board member voted in favor of bringing the event back to Greenport for the second time on July 4 weekend in 2015.

Similar to the Tall Ships event in 2012, Mayor David Nyce is expecting to spend roughly $225,000 and generate about $250,000. Expenses include the cost of signing on to become a host city, which helps Tall Ships America maintain the historic vessels, Mr. Nyce said.

The price tag was too steep for resident Bill Swiskey, who said it was unfair to contribute those taxpayer dollars to pay for an event that primarily helps support local businesses.

“I benefit nothing from Tall Ships,” Mr. Swiskey said.

Mr. Nyce disagreed saying the popular event helps to keep Greenport thriving.

“It is good for the entire village,” Mr. Nyce said. “This village remains vibrant and viable when its business district remains vibrant and viable.”

The star of next year’s tour is restored boat Hermione La Fayette frigate, which will be traveling from France. The Revolutionary- era vessel is famed for bringing French general Marquis de Lafayette to the United States.

In the early stages of planning, the village is looking to team up with its neighbors across Long Island Sound in New London, Conn. to jointly promote the 2015 Tall Ships Challenge. Preliminary discussions have been about using the Cross Sound Ferry to entice visitors to check out both Tall Ships events, Mr. Nyce said. He also said the village’s Business Improvement District is in favor of the New London partnership, too.

To help the village prepare for the event the mayor is scheduled to attend the Tall Ships Challenge Series reception at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on May 6.

More than 60,000 visitors were drawn to Greenport during the last Tall Ships Challenge.

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Southold Elementary School fifth graders Ronald Gonzalez and Danielle Henry make the obstacle course look easy. (Credit: Carrie Miller)

Southold Elementary School students celebrated as they made their way across the finish line of a more than quarter-mile long obstacle course Monday during the school’s pilot run of the Just Finish Kids program.

The program, developed to promote physical activity and nutrition, was funded through the school’s Arts in Education Enrichment Program, challenging their endurance, balance and coordination.

It was created by Nikita Dorcinvil, owner of a race timing and scoring company Just Finish.

“I noticed that while the bulk of the crowd sticks around to see the the winners of a race — the people that are finishing last in a race, those are the real heroes,” said Mr. Dorcinvil, adding that those coming in last have often conquered more than just a race.

“Many have just completed chemo or some other types of medical treatment,” he said. “Their goal was to just finish.”

Gym teacher Pete Salerno helped Mr. Dorcinvil with the educational aspects of the program, which has now been backed by Nassau Suffolk BOCES, he said.

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