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Times/Review classifieds offers local companies a place to advertise their job openings each week, and this week close to 40 positions are available from a bookkeeper, to an engineer, to restaurant positions.

And for anyone interested in submitting a classified ad, email: classifieds@timesreview.com.

Check out the listings below:

ASSISTANT: Seasonal. Multi-tasker, able to decorate wreaths, make bows, gift shop work. Stop in at Shamrock Christmas Tree Farm or call Joe or Kathy, 631-298-4118, 631-298-4619.

AUDIO-VIDEO TECHNICIAN: F/T. Minimum of 5 years’ experience. East End Long Island. Excellent salary, health benefits, profit sharing. Email resume, Gary@nfav.com or fax 631-298- 2174.

BARTENDER: Experience preferred. Four Doors Down Restaurant, 631-298-8311.

BARTENDERS: P/T, days and nights. Recent experience preferred. Call daily, 2- 7 p.m. 631-779-3482.

BOOKKEEPER/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: For limo company. Must have strong administration skills/excellent customer service skills. Responsibilities include: Limo Anywhere software, enter confirmation/jobs, process payments, maintain clients’ accounts, email clients’ receipts. QuickBooks, data entry, bank reconciliation. Banking, accounts payable, pay drivers, auto loans, insurance, taxes, any other bills/maintain driver contracts. Accounting: forward all tax correspondence to CPA, email monthly sales report so sales tax can be filed/paid. Insurance: upon renewal quote out current policy, pay policy payments, maintain insurance cards, have drivers report any incidents to insurance company. Maintain owners’ personal bills/payments. 1099 will be issued. Email cover letter/resume to Tommyhill85@yahoo.com

CABINET INSTALLER: Custom millshop seeks experienced cabinet-maker for busy Southampton shop, specializing in high-end residential cabinetry. English-speaking a plus and being able to work on employee basis. Email info@jjetmillshop.com (S)

CAR DEALERSHIP POSITIONS: Lucas Ford is seeking people with a positive attitude looking for a full-time position with a growing com- pany. Auto sales person, commercial sales person, auto detailer. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Top pay for the right person, medical and 401(k) retirement. Southold, 631-765-9200. www.lucasfordlm.com

CERTIFIED AEROBIC/SPIN INSTRUCTOR: P/T or F/T sub. 631- 734-4042.

DAY SPA POSITIONS: Message therapist and/or acupuncturist. Licensed. Needed for busy day spa in Cutchogue. Fax resume to 631-734-8365, 631-734-7727 or email to adagiodayspa@aol.com

DISHWASHER: F/T, Wednesday-Saturday, year round. With benefits. Fax resume 631-288-1638; call 631-288-1122, ext. 1036; apply in person, 7 Seafield Lane, Westhampton

DRAFTSPERSON/CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR: P/T, F/T. Residential experience helpful. 631- 734-7455.

ELECTRICIAN: F/T. Minimum of 5 years’ experience. East End Long Island. Excellent salary, health benefits, profit sharing. Email resume, Gary@nfav.com or fax 631-298- 2174.

FIRST MATE: F/T, on charter fishing boat. Orient. 2015 fishing season. Experienced required. Email, captainsloan@gmail.com

HOME HEALTH CARE: F/T or P/ T. Licensed CNA. CPR certified. Flexible hours. Doctors’ appointments, prepare meals, light cleaning. Cheryl, 631-461-5157. (S)

HOUSE MANAGER: F/T, including Saturdays. To run our intermediate care facility. Prior supervisory and OPWDD experience plus a bachelor’s degree required. Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River, N.Y. Fax resume to 631-929-6203 or email wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org EOE

HVAC/PLUMBING COMPANY POSITIONS: A growing heating, air conditioning and plumbing company is looking to add two new positions, a technician and helper. Please call, 631-369-5448 for an interview.

LANDSCAPE COMPANY POSITIONS: For Summerhill Landscapes Inc., based in Sag Harbor. Looking to fill the following positions: Landscape estimator/CAD draftsperson: Assist project managers with estimating, drafting, scheduling, etc. Ability to fully comprehend architectural plans and shop drawings. 2 years’ experience preferred. Assistant plant buyer: Plant knowledge and computer skills a must. Office assistant: Assist with purchase orders and inventory tracking. Please fax resume, 631-725-8669 or email info@summerhilllandscapes.com (S)

LMSW/LCSW/LMHC: Needed for two fee-for-service positions to provide mental health therapy for children and adults at North Fork Counseling in Mattituck. Some evening hours and/or Saturday mornings are needed and there is some flexibility in terms of hour and schedule. This is an opportunity for excellent supervision and to be a part of a great team. Candidate needs to possess excellent computer skills and demon- strate proficiency in completing client documentation to meet Office of Mental Health and agency guidelines. Please email your resume/cov- er letter to kmalcomson@fsl-li.org

MARINE MECHANIC: F/T for Coecles Harbor Marina and Boatyard on Shelter Island. Salary commensurate with experience. Email resume/references to sneedham@chmb.net

MEDICAL ASSISTANT: P/T, Monday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, 2-7 p.m., Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Southold. Experience preferred. Reply to nfresume@aol.com

Mattituck’s three captains, from left, Colby Prokop, Carly Doorhy and Emilie Reimer picked up the Long Island Class C championship plaque, the Tuckers’ fourth in five years. (Credit: Garret Meade)

LONG ISLAND REGION FINAL | TUCKERS 25, 25, 25, ROCKS 21, 18, 20

The Mattituck High School girls volleyball team has developed something of a habit in recent years, and it’s not a habit the Tuckers want to break.

Another year. Another regional championship plaque. Another trip to Glens Falls.

The Tuckers didn’t care much for the way their Long Island region final match against East Rockaway started on Sunday, but they had to love the way it ended. It ended with the Tuckers securing their fourth appearance in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships in five years.

This could be considered the golden age for Mattituck volleyball. After having never reached the state semifinal pool before, the Tuckers made history when they did so for the first time in 2010. They then repeated the feat in 2011, did it again in 2013, and are headed back to the state stage yet again next weekend.

After Emilie Reimer slammed down her 24th kill to end the match, the Tuckers flooded the court at SUNY/Old Westbury’s Clark Athletic Center, joined in a large group hug and waved their forefingers, signifying Mattituck as Long Island’s top Class C team. All the while, their sign-holding fans cheered and cheered.

Mattituck outside hitter Lizzie Wilcenski called the trip to Glens Falls for the state tournament “the long nine-hour road trip that everybody is so happy to take, just the feeling in your heart that you literally feel like you’re flying.”

With their 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 triumph, the Tuckers (10-9) not only gave themselves a winning record, but they punched a ticket to the Glens Falls Civic Center on Saturday.

“It’s incredible, so exciting and overwhelming,” said Mattituck setter Meghan McKillop.

The Long Island final didn’t start promisingly for the Tuckers. Perhaps nerves had something to do with their slow start, which saw them fall behind, 8-1.

Even a veteran player like Reimer wasn’t immune to the weight of the pressure that was felt. “Even being in the situation before, I was more nervous than anything because I knew what was on the line,” said the senior middle hitter.

But the Tuckers gradually chipped away at East Rockaway’s lead. They battled back, tying the score at 12-12 on a kill by Lisa Angell.

“We knew right then and there that this was the make or break” game, said Reimer.

Later, they pulled ahead for good while Wilcenski (17 of 17 serving) was at the service line. The Tuckers closed out the opening game on a 9-1 run, with a dink by Reimer sealing the comeback.

If the opening setback was dispiriting to East Rockaway (6-13), it didn’t show. The Rocks played the Tuckers fairly evenly in the second game before the Tuckers finished that game with a 10-3 burst, punctuated by Reimer’s crushing hit of a misplayed ball by the Rocks on game point.

Except for when they trailed at 1-0, the Tuckers were never behind in Game 3, but the game was close. The Tuckers twice held 6-point leads.

The Tuckers must have sensed themselves moving closer and closer to Glens Falls with each point.

Recollecting her reaction to the final point, Reimer said: “I honestly forgot the score. I looked at [setter] Carly [Doorhy] and she gave me that look and I was like, ‘We did it.’ ”

Reimer, who has accounted for 75 of Mattituck’s 84 kills in its three playoff matches, was once again a major factor. She was fed a steady supply of sets by Doorhy, who had 26 assists.

Receiving serves had been a problem for the Tuckers earlier in the season. Apparently no more. They conceded only 3 service aces to East Rockaway.

“These last two weeks, they have played their best volleyball of the season,” said Mattituck coach Frank Massa.

Reimer, whose voice was hoarse by the time she spoke in a postmatch interview, said going to the state tournament is the best experience a player can have. “You’re all together and you’re on the bus,” she said. “There’s nothing compared to it. You’re in an arena, you’re not in a gym.”

Although she confessed to having harbored doubts at the start of the season that the Tuckers had what it takes to advance this far, Reimer was overjoyed that those doubts have long since dissipated. She said, “You’ll see us at the states 2014.”

bliepa@timesreview.com

Here are 10 Suffolk Times stories you might have missed over the past week. To make sure you stay on top of breaking North Fork news, follow @thesuffolktimes on Twitter.

Girls Volleyball: Tuckers take fifth county title in 12 years http://t.co/JRd5nQsy3C pic.twitter.com/NwI1DvHBBk

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 4, 2014

Boys Soccer: Ilgin's two goals carry Mattituck to Long Island title — http://t.co/v4ZtIjKtX8

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 4, 2014

Boys Soccer: Moran plays starring role in this drama as @SoutholdSports wins county title — http://t.co/RIqEOpr9Ky pic.twitter.com/N6XakQ3WI2

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 4, 2014

LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: Stay tuned tonight as reporters check in from Greenport to Patchogue to Islandia: http://t.co/POW8m24VJI

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 5, 2014

Peconic Landing expansion approved by Planning Board http://t.co/NwlIU9alf4

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 3, 2014

#Orient residents concerned with scenic vista call for preservation #NorthFork http://t.co/a4cDYZZTT7

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 4, 2014

Your electric bill is expected to increase by about $15 next month. Find out why here — http://t.co/HAvG6Asfr9

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 6, 2014

No beer here: now under corporate ownership following a raid last year, Greenport 7-Eleven's beer license expires: http://t.co/cEBGl51yDc

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 6, 2014

Reporter @carriemiller01 spent a day on the water for the opening of scallop season — http://t.co/OOMqTEd8Hd pic.twitter.com/EDIanTr55I

— Suffolk Times (@thesuffolktimes) November 7, 2014

Five Peconic Bay scallop recipes you should try at home via North Fork Chef John Ross http://t.co/SajQPWhdm8 #northfork #scallops

— northforker (@northforker1) November 3, 2014

A helicopter crash-landed in an Aquebogue field Sunday afternoon. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo)

A helicopter pilot was taken to a local hospital after he crash-landed the chopper on an Aquebogue sod farm on Sunday, authorities said.

The single-seat helicopter crashed about 4 p.m. in a field off Church Lane near Vineyard Way in Aquebogue, according to fire officials on the scene.

The pilot, who has not been identified, was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment of unknown injuries, according to an official at the scene.

“[He] did not appear to be badly injured,” said Riverhead Fire Department second assistant chief Pete Jackman.

Firefighters were called to the scene to stop a fuel leakage from the vessel’s damaged parts, Mr. Jackman said. The helicopter did not catch fire following the crash.

No additional details were immediately available.

jnuzzo@timesreview.com

A list of events for this week at each of the local schools, as listed on school calendars.

MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

SOUTHOLD SCHOOL DISTRICT

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

Thursday, Nov. 13

• 11:30 a.m. — Early dismissal

• Parent-Teacher Conference

Friday, Nov. 14

• No school for students

• Parent-Teacher Conference

• 1st quarter report cards

• 7:30 a.m. — Junior High Awards Breakfast, high school cafeteria

GREENPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Monday, Nov. 10

• Early winter sports begin

• NJROTC Veterans Day Ceremony, Southold American Legion

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

• NJROTC Southold Legion Veterans Day Memorial Service

Wednesday, Nov. 12

• NYCAME Music Festival

• 7:45 a.m. — NHS Blood Drive

• 6 p.m. — PTA meeting

Thursday, Nov. 13

• 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. — “A Modern Christmas Carol,” auditorium. Performance by members of Elementary Drama Club (grades 4-6).

Friday, Nov. 14

• Picture Retake Day

• 1st quarter report cards available on Parent Portal

OYSTERPONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Monday, Nov. 10

• Superintendent’s Conference Day

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

Friday, Nov. 14

• 1:35 p.m. — Reach for the Stars

NEW SUFFOLK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

OUR LADY OF MERCY REGIONAL SCHOOL

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

BISHOP MCGANN-MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

Monday, Nov. 10

• No classes

• Faculty-Staff Retreat Day

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

PECONIC COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Monday, Nov. 10

• 9 a.m. — Morning Gathering

Tuesday, Nov. 11

• School closed

Baggies of Hollywood-branded heroin seized by the East End Drugs Task Force during an investigation into a Riverhead drug ring. (Credit: Paul Squire file)

Tuition and books will be cheaper over the next three years at Suffolk County Community College for students looking to study drug and alcohol counseling.

SCCC recently received nearly $850,000 from the federal government to go toward its Chemical Dependence Counseling program, which “prepares students for employment or advancement in the field of chemical dependency counseling.”

The grant funding will go toward 120 students each year who are enrolled in the program, which is taught at SCCC’s Brentwood campus. The college was one of 18 programs awarded the grant nationwide, and the only program in New York State to receive the aid, which comes through the Department of Health and Human Services.

“This grant comes to us at a time when we’ve seen a record number of heroin deaths on Long Island and drug abuse, sadly, continues to rise,” said SCCC president Dr. Shaun L. McKay. “This federal award will allow Suffolk County Community College to train and certify compassionate professionals who will help Long Islanders fight the scourge of chemical and drug dependency.”

Heroin addiction has taken center stage on Long Island — and even New York State — over the past year. State leaders passed a series of bills over the summer aimed at tackling the “public health crisis,” as Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the problem.

The 11 bills were designed with four particular goals in mind: assisting enforcement against illegal trafficking of such drugs, helping with emergency response in overdose situations, improving treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction through insurance reforms, and creating public awareness campaigns with reach to school-age children, adults and even prescribers, who are the legal gatekeepers to opioid drugs.

SCCC’s grant fits into the third goal.

The CDC program trains students to become a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Trainee, preparing them to take the exam required to ultimately become a fully-credentialed counselor in New York State.

Locally, East End law enforcement officers — often the first to arrive at the scene of a heroin overdose — are now equipped with Narcan, a life saving drug which is given to individuals who have a heroin overdose.

According to data released at the beginning of the year by Dr. Michael Lehrer, chief toxicologist with the ME’s office, heroin-related deaths in Suffolk County had increased from 28 in 2010 to 64 in 2011 and 83 in 2012.

The $847,059 coming to the program will expand the college’s program by over 70 percent.

In addition to helping with tuition and book costs, career development and job placement services are going to be expanded as well, according to the college.

Luchi Masliah of Gula Gula Empanads at the Riverhead Farmers Market on Saturday. (Credit: Vera Chinese)

Gula Gula Empanadas, purveyor of the appetizing Latin American stuffed pastry and a favorite at the weekly Riverhead Farmers Market, will soon open its first storefront in Mattituck.

Owner Luchi Masliah recently signed a lease on a 1,400-square-foot space on Pike Street where she hopes to offer prepared meals to go, a market and of course, her fresh empanadas, when the store opens sometime in March.

Read more at northforker.com

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Southold freshmen and faculty members planted dozens of American flags outside the high school for Veterans Day. (Credit: Cyndi Murray)

There are several ceremonies scheduled for Tuesday in recognition of Veterans Day on the North Fork. There’s also a “Veterans Day Dinner” event that’s running from noon to 9 p.m. today, Monday, in Greenport.

See below for a complete list of events.

• In Southold, the American Legion Post 803 Ladies Auxiliary is hosting a ceremony at 11 a.m. in front of the post.

During the event, the auxiliary will present Sgt. Luis Remache with a $3,500 gift card to Raymour & Flanagan to purchase furniture for his new home. Sgt. Remache lost both his legs in Afghanistan in June 2o11 and Homes for Our Troops is building a house for him and his wife in Manorville.

• The annual Veterans Day ceremony is at 11 a.m. Tuesday  at the World War I monument in Riverhead, on the grounds of the Suffolk County Historical Society at 300 West Main Street. Refreshments follow at American Legion Post on Hubbard Avenue.

• There’s an 11 a.m. skating rink dedication being hosted by member of the Greenport American Legion. The ceremony will be held at 102 3rd Street and honor the memory of George David Costello Sr., who was a U.S. Marine.

The Greenport event will be held rain or shine, with the ceremony moving indoors if there’s inclement weather.

Call Pete Reiter for more information at 477-9729.

• There’s an ongoing “Veterans Day Dinner” event at Skipper’s Restaurant from noon to 9 p.m. today, Monday, at 4545 Main Road in Greenport.

Proceeds benefit the Greenport American Legion Hall. Tickets are a $20 donation. Call Pete Reiter at 477-9729.

• Southold Rotary Club is welcoming veterans in the area to attend a special dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Soundview restaurant in Greenport. The dinner is free to veterans.

The event will also feature an expert speaker on veteran affairs, and literature outlining benefits for veterans.

Greenport Village Board Mary Bess Phillips. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo, file)

A fish shop operating in a building owned by the husband of a Greenport Village Board Trustee has been open for business since the summer without receiving proper permits — and a decision made last week doesn’t require it to close while that paperwork is sought. 

North Fork Smoked Fish House, located on First Street in Greenport, is renting space from K & M Properties, for which Village Board Trustee Mary Bess Phillips is the secretary/treasurer and her husband, Mark, is president.

The issue was discussed at Thursday’s Planning Board meeting, where an extension to review the application was agreed on by both parties.

Village building inspector Eileen Wingate said the fish house will need a variance since it’s “processing on a wholesale level,” and does not comply with village zoning. The space had previously been used as a retail market, she said.

On Aug. 25, the Planning Board received from the fish house a “use evaluation” application, which Ms. Wingate described as an abbreviated site plan for smaller commercial properties. The board has also sent the application to the Village Zoning Board of Appeals for review, because the Planning Board believes the fish house’s proposed use isn’t appropriate for the current zoning.

Ms. Wingate said after last week’s meeting that the Planning Board sought an extension through January to review the application because state law says “if the Planning Board doesn’t act in 60 days [from when the application was filed], then it’s considered approved.”

She declined comment when asked by a reporter about the fish house operating without proper approvals.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, Greenport residents and Village Board watchdogs John Saladino and Bill Swiskey criticized the Planning Board for allowing the fish house to remain in operation.

“[Ms. Phillips] should have never opened before she had the use of evaluation,” Mr. Saladino said. “She should have never have opened if that operation isn’t zoned for that.”

At one point during the meeting, Planning Board president Peter Jauquet said the board should directly address Mr. Saladino’s concerns.

“It appears to me that it would be satisfactory to you … that the fish house should be shut down and anybody else who’s in violation should be shut down,” Mr. Jauquet told Mr. Saladino. “The building code enforcement officer puts a padlock on the door and we’re the ones that ask them to do that.”

Planning Board member Pat Mundus interjected during the discussion to say “that’s not the scope of the Planning Board.”

Mr. Swiskey said he disagreed with Ms. Mundus and said he believes the Planning Board “has the power” to get involved.

“You did shut down that surf shop, didn’t you?” he asked, referring to Flying Point Surf Shop, which opened up in May prior to receiving final approvals. The shop was forced to close at the time until it received approval from the Planning Board to open up shop — which it eventually did.

Both Mr. Jauquet and Ms. Mundus had expressed concern about Flying Point’s opening at a May meeting.

Ms. Mundus had described the situation at the time as “another example of lack of enforcement in the village of Greenport.”

Mr. Jauquet had told a Flying Point co-owner: “It is not a ‘maybe.’ You have to get approval before opening.”

When contacted by a reporter Thursday night, Ms. Phillips, who wasn’t at the meeting when the comments were made, declined comment.

Smoked Fish House owner Phil Karlin did not return a phone call seeking comment for this story.

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story misidentified the owner of Flying Point. We regret the error.

jnuzzo@timesreview.com

Anne Anasagasti of Southold died Nov. 9 at The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. She was 77. 

She was born Aug. 4, 1937, in East Meadow to John and Laura Quigley and worked as a check filer at North Fork Bank Data Center.

Ms. Anasagasti was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 2004 and is survived by her children, Charles, Stephen, and Carolyn, all of Florida and Michael of Southold; her brother, John Quigley; her sister, Susan Quigley; and four grandchildren.

A Mass was held Nov. 11 at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold. Ms. Anasagasti was cremated and a private burial will take place at Calverton National Cemetery at a later date.

Dolores J. Fenn, formerly of New York City and Sag Harbor, passed away Nov. 4, 2014, at Stony Brook Hospital on Long Island. For the past three years, she had been a resident of Peconic Landing in Greenport. 

Born in Patterson, N.J., in 1925 and growing up in Lincoln Park, Dolores lived a rich life with interests in world travel, photography, fine arts, fashion, gourmet cooking, and needlecraft. In the early 1950s, she had the opportunity to live in Rome, Italy, holding a job with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. She lived in Rome for five years, using vacation time to travel throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East. When she returned to the United States, it was with a copious amount of slides, colorful tales, and a lifelong interest in international cooking.

For over 50 years, Dolores lived in Manhattan and weekended in Sag Harbor, home of her sister, Camille Fenn Hedges, and her brother, Otto Fenn. She frequently visited Paris, where another brother, Gene Fenn, was a prominent fashion photographer. During her years in New York, she took Chinese cooking lessons and would do her “homework” on weekends by cooking elaborate Chinese feasts for her family. She became an avid collector of cookbooks, fine tableware, postcards, artists’ books, and children’s books.

Dolores earned a bachelor’s degree in art history from Columbia University and later got a master’s in library and information science. Knitting, embroidery, and other types of needlework were favorite pastimes of hers.

In late 2011, she put the family home, Sag Harbor’s Gingerbread House, up for sale and moved to Peconic Landing. She joined many interest groups and took many classes there, including fine art, music appreciation, needlework, and history. Dolores was an active member of the art committee, took many trips to New York City, and painted portraits of her friends’ pets. She lived an active life up to her last day and passed away with her makeup perfectly done, as she would have wanted.

She was buried Nov. 10, in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Arrangements were in the care of the Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

This is a paid notice. 

Guardian Angel Benjamin Garcia talks with two women at a Greenport laundromat Monday night. (Credit: Guardian Angels)

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa will give a public presentation in Greenport tonight to gauge how receptive residents are to having his volunteer-led community protection group return to the area.

In 2005, after former mayor Dave Kapell invited the group to help tackle the area’s drug problem, Long Island’s first Guardian Angels chapter was established. Residents who were involved in that effort, recently approached Mr. Sliwa again, after four alleged members of MS-13 attacked two men from a rival gang with guns and a machete last month in Southold. 

A small group of Guardian Angels visited Greenport and Southold last Monday to canvass the area and hand out fliers. They started at the Mitchell Park carousel around 5 p.m., then went to the Third Street playground and basketball courts before heading to Main Road in Southold. They left the North Fork around 11 p.m., Mr. Sliwa said.

And what the group found didn’t surprise their leader.

• Hear what Sliwa says at 7 p.m. tonight, Nov. 11, St. Agnes R.C. Church, Greenport

“They came across quite a few young ladies who are definitely involved with MS-13,” said Mr. Sliwa, 60, who founded the organization in New York City in 1979. “They bragged about it through the gang signs, had the tattoos. They weren’t posers or wannabes.”

Mr. Sliwa said the teenagers, who were hanging out near Third Street Park, approached the Guardian Angels and asked where they were from.

After they explained they were from New York City, the Guardian Angels asked the group of girls about their tattoos, which Mr. Sliwa described as “MS-13 tags.”

He said he believes MS-13 — a gang comprised mostly of Salvadorans — is present in Greenport and “looking to expand.”

MS-13 was formed in the 1980s when refugees fled El Salvador during its civil war and came to Los Angeles.

“The Mexican gangs were preying on them because Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are much smaller — not as stout, not as big as the Mexicans,” Mr. Sliwa said. “In order to protect themselves, they formed MS-13.”

In addition, the 18th Street gang, which was founded by Mexicans in Los Angeles in the 1960s and has expanded to include members from other Central American countries, now has a presence in Southold and Riverhead and is very strong in Huntington Station, Mr. Sliwa said.

Mr. Sliwa said he believes gang-related incidents are sparking throughout the country in conjunction with the latest wave of immigration and that rival gangs are starting to fight one another for new recruits.

“It’s either join 18th Street, join MS-13 or you’re an enemy of both,” he said. “Also, there’s the intimidation of gang-bangers. They follow one code, whether they’re white, black or Hispanic: Snitches get stitches and end up in ditches.”

Mr. Sliwa said Greenport resident Douglas Roberts helped organize the upcoming meeting, during which Mr. Sliwa will make a presentation to local educators about the Guardian Angels’ junior program. He said Tuesday’s presentation will determine if the Guardian Angels will return to the area for an extended period.

“If at that point the community green-lights us to go to the next step, then it’s incumbent upon me to reach out to law enforcement,” he said.

David Gamberg, superintendent for both Greenport and Southold school districts, said Monday that no one had contacted him yet about the Guardian Angels having a presence in the area or Mr. Sliwa wanting to give a presentation about the group’s program.

Mr. Gamberg said faculty and administration from both districts are working closely with law enforcement officials and had participated in an Oct. 30 training session with Southold Town police and Suffolk County detectives to discuss the prevalence of MS-13. Mattituck and Oysterponds school district officials also attended the meeting, he said.

“I’m certainly open to exploring the possibility of getting whatever support we can to make our community aware and safe and able to address the situation in the best way possible,” Mr. Gamberg said. “I speak as a school superintendent of two districts, as well as a resident of the North Fork. I am concerned and I want to make sure we prepare our staff and our residents of the community in conjunction and in concert with the Southold Town Police Department.”

Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley said Monday that he hadn’t been contacted by the Guardian Angels either, but didn’t consider that unusual, based on his memory of the organization’s previous presence on the North Fork.

“It was my experience in their previous visit to Greenport that they operated independently without coordinating any of their efforts with local law enforcement,” he wrote in an email. “I do remember sitting in on their community meeting with previous Greenport Village mayor Dave Kapell and I feel there was some value in the message they were trying to convey to the general public. But I also felt that they lacked specific knowledge about the criminal behavior we were experiencing in Southold Town at the time.”

Mr. Kapell wrote in an email Monday that he believes the formation of the neighborhood watch volunteer group in 2005 helped tackle the village’s “acute drug problem.”

“Their efforts, in combination with the work of the Southold police, working with the District Attorney’s East End Drug Task Force, solved the problem,” he said. “This type of collaboration between the police and the people they protect should be ongoing.”

Mr. Sliwa said he believes his group was successful the last time around because both the community and a high-ranking official supported its plan.

He said Guardian Angels were present for about two years. As the open drug dealing began to subside, Mr. Sliwa said, he approached community members to warn them that he had noticed gang members in the area.

“When we were there [in 2005], I was telling people, ‘Hey, you’ve got gang problems here. I see the tattoos on the necks. I see the gang signs,” he said. “There were many who thought it was an overreaction and many businesses told Mayor Kapell, ‘Calling in the Guardian Angels is like yelling ‘shark’ on the beach in the summer.’ ”

This time around, Mr. Sliwa said, his approach will focus on educating public school officials about gangs.

“You as a good parent could do everything that you can do in the Hispanic community to protect your children and shield them from gang activity on the streets or in the mall,” he said. “But then you’ve got to send them to school — and that’s where gang-bangers go, too. That’s where they do their best recruiting.”

Mr. Sliwa described his group’s job as “recruiting the young men and young women who might normally be joining MS-13 or 18th Street.”

“If we can’t recruit them, at least we can try to keep them out of harm’s way — away from the gangs,” he said.

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Longtime North Fork resident Carol-Lynn Manno passed away June 30, 2014,  in the care of Spartenberg Hospice in South Carolina in the arms of her mother and sister. She was born Feb. 23, 1956. 

Carol struggled with a rare cancer that left her paralyzed, yet to the end she was determined to beat the cancer and walk again.

Carol was a loving daughter, hardworking, loyal to many friends, an avid motorcyclist and member of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE). She will be missed by many for her sincere acts of kindness and thoughtfulness to others.

Carol leaves behind her stepfather and mother, Christopher and Catherine (née Cuozzo) Gawelko; sisters, Cynthia and Mary-Ellen Manno; nephew, Jeremy (Daci) Slater; niece, Christina Chadwick; two great-nephews; two great-nieces; her uncles James and Dominick Cuozzo; and many cousins. She was predeceased by her father, Thomas Manno; and her grandparents Frank and Wanda Cuozzo and Sebastian and Louise Manno.

The request for no services was honored by Carol’s family. She wanted to remembered as she was before the illness ravaged her body.

“Ride Hard – Live Free,” My beloved daughter, my “Rebel With a Cause.”

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Longtime Greenport resident Rosemary Hughes died Nov. 9 at San Simeon by the Sound. She was 76. 

She was born Aug. 15, 1938, in Greenport to Mary and Edward Reiter. After graduating high school, she married Russell Hughes in 1957 in Greenport.

Ms. Hughes was a member of First Baptist Church in Greenport.

Predeceased by her husband, Ms. Hughes is survived by her sons, Daniel, Joe, Ted, and James, all of Greenport, John of Florida, and Tom of East Marion; her daughters, Jane Parker of Greenport and Nancy Wolfteich of Florida; her brothers Ted and Robert Reiter; 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren..

A memorial service will be held Sunday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Greenport, officiated by Pastor Thomas LaMothe.

Arrangements were handled by Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

Sgt. Luis Remache was recognized at Tuesday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Southold. (Credit: Paul Squire)

A U.S. Marine who lost both legs in 2011 while serving in Afghanistan was handed a $3,500 Raymour & Flanigan gift card that he can use to furnish his new Manorville home at a Southold ceremony for veterans Tuesday morning.

But the Marine sergeant said that it’s those who lost their lives serving their country that truly deserve the special recognition.

“It’s not me, it’s all the people,” said Sgt. Luis Remache. “It’s for them.”

The Southold ceremony — hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 803 — was one of several across the North Fork honoring servicemen and women for Veterans Day.

The event was held in front of the post and was attended by more than 100 people, including many students from the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. As American flags were paraded past the crowd, many local veterans and Boy Scout troops saluted.

“The sacrifices people make, they mean something,” said American Legion Post 803 Vice Commander and Historian Charles Sanders. “This shows [locals] actually care. They understand what veterans have done.”

Sgt. Remache, who was wounded by a grenade and small arms fire while on an overnight mission during his third deployment, will be living with his wife Cynthia — also a Marine — in a new house in Manorville being built by Homes for Our Troops.

Money for gift card came through a year’s worth of fundraising events run by the Ladies Auxiliary, which included yard sales, raffles and arts and crafts shows, said Dot Charnews, the group’s co-president.

“It worked out beautifully,” she said.

Nearby at the Cutchogue Presbyterian Church, the annual Field of Flags memorial, which this year features over 200 tiny American flags, was dedicated. Each flag represents a veteran or veterans and the fundraiser helped raise over $1,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project, organizers said.

More than 200 flags adorn the lawn outside the Presbyterian Church in Cutchogue. (Credit: Paul Squire)

Mr. Costello was a Vietnam veteran and active volunteer for the Greenport American Legion. He had helped lead the restoration of the historic rink at the Burton Potter American Legion Hall on Third Street, and was honored as one of The Suffolk Times’ Civic People of the Year in 2011.

Mr. Costello died suddenly in 2012. He was 63.

George’s brothers, John and Tom Costello, unveiled the memorial plaque during the Tuesday morning ceremony, where Tom spoke about George’s dedication to his community.

“If George was still here, he would say ‘Thank you for allowing me to be on your team to help Greenport,’” Mr. Costello said.

Later tonight, Tuesday, the Southold Rotary Club will be hosting a special dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Soundview restaurant in Greenport. The dinner is free to veterans.

The event will include an expert speaker on veteran affairs and literature outlining benefits for veterans.

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Several dozen people, including members of the NJROTC, attended the dedication of the George D. Costello Sr. Memorial Skating Rink. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

George’s brothers John, left, and Tom Costello unveil the memorial plaque. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

The interior of the skating rink. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

George’s brother Tom gives a touching speech about George’s dedication to his community. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

McGann-Mercy quarterback KJ Santacroce lets go a pass as running back Reggie Archer blocks in the Monarchs’ Week 8 loss at Glenn. (Credit: Bill Landon)

Having to face Elwood/John Glenn once on the football field is tough enough. Bishop McGann-Mercy had to do it twice in as many weeks.

McGann-Mercy coach Mike Buck took a philosophical approach toward his team’s Suffolk County Division IV qualifying-round game at Glenn this past Saturday. “You got to go through them anyway,” he said. “That’s how I look at it.”

In the final regular-season game between the teams on Nov. 1, Glenn handed the Monarchs a 41-13 thumping in the rain.

When the teams returned to the same East Northport field for their playoff rematch on Saturday, Buck hoped the odds against the Monarchs might be trimmed down a little since they had already seen the Knights once and could make adjustments.

But there was no way to adjust for the physicality of Glenn’s line, which helped the second-seeded Knights (8-1) break out to a 28-0 lead and go on to roll to victory, 47-21.

“Everything had to do with up front,” Buck said. “We had a hard time running the ball. We relied a little bit more on the pass and we just could not stop them defensively. Most football games are all decided up front.”

Kevin Santacroce threw two touchdown passes to Marco Sciara and Reggie Archer ran for another touchdown for the No. 7 Monarchs (4-5).

“It was tough to come back from 28 points” down, Buck said. “We tried. The kids didn’t give up.”

The Monarchs made considerable strides, one year after they went 1-7, their only win coming on a forfeit by Southampton. But the Monarchs are also facing a lot of change next season. The team loses 12 seniors, including six starters on offense and five starters on defense. Among them are Archer and Andrew Glasgow, who are both interested in playing in college, said Buck.

Buck knows the Monarchs have a way to go before they can play at the level of Division IV powers like Shoreham-Wading River, Glenn, Bayport-Blue Point and Babylon.

“The top four teams, everything was expected,” Buck said. “They were bigger than us. They were stronger than us. They were faster than us.”

While Glenn prepares for a county semifinal against No. 3 Bayport-Blue Point on Saturday, McGann-Mercy can look ahead to its future, which Buck hopes will grow out of the school’s new state-of-the-art weight room.

He said, “If we’re going to compete with these big teams, I think the weight room is where we have to start.”

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Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa at Tuesday’s community meeting in Greenport. (Credit: Grant Parpan)

Nearly a decade after they first arrived in Greenport, the Guardian Angels will once again maintain a regular presence in the village, this time hoping to deter gang violence.

The organization’s founder told a crowd of more than 40 at St. Agnes R.C. Church that walking the streets of Greenport will be the first step in the red berets’ return to the community.

“The patrols will be here,” Guardian Angels CEO Curtis Sliwa said Tuesday night. “That’s one major step in the right direction.”

• Audio recording of Tuesday’s meeting

• Guardian Angels recent visit to the North Fork and initial reaction from local leaders

Mr. Sliwa said after the meeting that the patrols will consist of visits from the New York City-based Guardian Angels every Saturday night, which he referred to as a prime time for “gang banging.” The primary focus for the men and women roaming the streets will be to cultivate relationships with school-age youths from the Latino community, whom Mr. Sliwa said are prime targets for gang recruitment.

Another key component in making sure the village addresses its gang issue, he explained, is establishing a presence within the schools. He asked the community to encourage local youths to sign up for the Guardian Angels’ junior program, which he said provides students with an alternative to joining a gang. He said the program, based in Washington Heights, is flexible and can be integrated into existing school programs.

While Mr. Sliwa, who founded the organization in 1979, said he believes gangs are less prevalent on the North Fork than elsewhere on Long Island, they are definitely present here and community action is necessary to combat the issue.

“For those that do something, they have less of a problem,” he said. “For those that don’t, you know what, they’re going to have continued problems. It’s not going away.”

The Guardian Angels established its first Long Island chapter in 2005, after former Greenport mayor Dave Kapell, who spoke at Tuesday’s meeting, invited the organization to help tackle the issue of drug sales in the village.

Residents involved in that earlier effort contacted Mr. Sliwa last month after four alleged members of MS-13 attacked two men from the rival 18th Street gang with guns and a machete in Southold. Police say the fight started at Third Street Park in Greenport and one of the four suspects charged in the shooting is a 16-year-old student at Greenport High School.

A small group of Guardian Angels visited Greenport and Southold last Monday to canvass the area and hand out fliers. They started at the Mitchell Park carousel around 5 p.m., then went to the Third Street playground and basketball courts before heading to Main Road in Southold. Their initial visit lasted about six hours, Mr. Sliwa said.

“They came across quite a few young ladies who are definitely involved with MS-13,” Mr. Sliwa said last week. “They bragged about it through the gang signs, had the tattoos. They weren’t posers or wannabes.”

Mr. Sliwa said the teenagers, who were hanging out near Third Street Park, approached the Guardian Angels and asked where they were from.

After explaining that they were from New York City, the Guardian Angels asked the group of girls about their tattoos, which Mr. Sliwa described as “MS-13 tags.”

Mr. Sliwa said that although community members, mostly business owners, gave him the cold shoulder when he pointed out a growing presence of gangs last time around, he described Tuesday’s meeting as “positive.”

Sister Margaret Smyth of the North Fork Spanish Apostolate was also present at the meeting and vowed to organize a group of volunteers to open up communication with the Greenport School District about the possibility of bringing the Guardian Angels’ junior program into the schools. Mr. Sliwa said the program is free and includes self-defense classes.

Local Board of Education representatives Heather Wolf from Greenport, Laura Jens-Smith from Mattituck and Janice Caufield from Oysterponds, also attended the meeting. No school superintendents were present.

Ms. Wolf described Tuesday’s discussion as “outstanding” and said she looks forward to sharing details about the Guardian Angels’ plans with fellow board members and parents.

“I’m in no position to talk about what’s appropriate for the school, but I was impressed by their proven ability to reach the Latino community,” she said. “That, I believe, isn’t being done any other way within the school.”

Greenport Village deputy mayor George Hubbard, who attended with village Trustee Julia Robins, said he doesn’t anticipate too much pushback from the community over the Guardian Angels’ presence this time around.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a bad thing,” he said. “Anything that will make the community safer is a good thing.”

As for the next step, Mr. Hubbard said the village and Southold Town boards plan to meet with police and school officials to discuss the Guardian Angels’ plans. That meeting, he said, will not be open to the public.

A follow-up meeting with the Guardian Angels will then be scheduled, according to Mr. Hubbard.

Mr. Sliwa said he isn’t surprised by that timeline and looks forward to working with the community.

“I know we don’t get invited right from the jump street,” he said. “Once we’re here and we’re doing things, which we’ve already started to do, then I would expect that we would become a participant, especially because of our experience in this area.”

No Southold Town Board or police department representatives were present Tuesday, but town officials said after the meeting that they are taking the gang issue seriously.

“I have been discussing the issue daily with Chief [Martin] Flatley,” Supervisor Scott Russell wrote in an email. “I know that he is coordinating his efforts with [District Attorney Thomas] Spota and other law enforcement agencies. I am quite confident that this approach will be most effective at addressing the issue of gang violence in Southold.”

Chief Flatley wrote in an email that he wasn’t sure it would have been appropriate for the police department to attend the meeting.

“I was not certain as to the agenda,” he wrote.

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Editor’s note: The initial version of this web article published Tuesday night was replaced Wednesday with an updated story, which will also appear in Thursday’s edition of The Suffolk Times newspaper.

A screenshot of Matt Rohde’s video,”Vanished.”

South Ferry Captain Matt Rohde has completed another of his beautiful videos of Shelter Island and the East End, part of his “Osprey Project.”

This one is his impressions of one of the most beautiful Island summers in memory.

Captain Rohde uses a “quad copter” with a GoPro Hero 3 camera attached. He remotely guides the copter as it records video and he does all editing himself plus synchs music to make the incredible art works celebrating the beauty and mystery of Shelter Island and the East End.