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Should Southold Justice Court have a metal detector?
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | Southold Town Justice’s Rudy Bruer, left, and William Price at Judge Bruer’s swearing in earlier this year.
Southold’s justice court, which conducts proceedings in the regular Town Hall meeting room, is one of the few East End justice courts that does not have a metal detector.
Town Justice Rudy Bruer asked the Town Board to reconsider a long-languishing proposal to install a metal detector for use while court is in session.
The town has been reluctant to do so in the past because two court officers are needed to operate it and because the entrance to the meeting room is not ideally configured for a metal detector.
Town board members said it can cost as much as $57 per hour to have a police officer on overtime act as a second courtroom officer.
Board members agreed to hold another meeting to discuss the metal detector, though they said they believed any changes would not be made in time to be included in the 2013 budget.
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Southold Town Board not sold on offshore wind farm
Southold Town is not sure what to make of a recent proposal by Deepwater Wind to build a 1,000 megawatt offshore wind farm, called the Deepwater Wind Energy Center, 20 miles east of Montauk.
Deepwater Wind recently contacted the town requesting a letter of support for the project, but Supervisor Scott Russell said Deepwater has not yet prepared an environmental impact report and the Long Island Power Authority has yet to decide whether to use the power the project would generate.
LIPA recently issued a request for proposals for new energy production facilities, Mr. Russell said, but was expecting bidders to prepare plans for conventional energy production, not a giant wind farm.
According to Deepwater Wind’s website, the farm, if built, would produce enough energy to power 350,000 homes.
“I was reluctant to write a letter of endorsement because I don’t know enough about it,” Mr. Russell said at a work session Tuesday.
Councilman Al Krupski said Deepwater Wind had previously proposed a wind farm off Plum Island that would have interfered with fishing and navigation.
The Town Board agreed to not send a letter of support.
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Update: Sandy to make landfall as Category 1, then stick around
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What’s being dubbed ‘Frankenstorm’ — the combination of Hurricane Sandy captured by an upper level trough coming from the Midwest — should begin to be felt on Long Island sometime late Sunday, with Sandy expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, weather officials said.
And it’s expected to stick around for awhile, at least through Tuesday, said Dan Hoffman, a meteorolgist with the National Weather Service station in Upton.
“Right now it’s forecast by the hurricane center to pass a little south of NYC and Long Island,” Mr. Hoffman said, “It’s important to focus, not the exactly on the center. This is a very large, powerful and expanding storm, so its effects will be felt hundreds of miles away. It’s expanding in size, over a larger area.
“This will be a longer duration event,” he continued. “I know people were comparing it to Irene, but if you remember with Irene, we had blue skies the day before and blue skies the day after. The worst of this may be half a day, but the overall impacts, which will be significant, will potentially last for a couple of days.”
Officials have been warning of heavy rain, damaging winds and the potential for coastal flooding from storm surges, as well as plenty of power outages.
As of 11 a.m. Friday, Hurricane Sandy was a Category 1 storm carrying 80-mph winds over the Northwest Bahamas, and growing in size.
The storm is expected to parallel the East Coast and then get caught by the trough, which will “draw the storm back to the coast,” Mr. Hoffman said.
Local highway departments and police forces are already gearing up for the storm in case it takes a turn for the worse.
Riverhead highway department workers are spending Friday getting the department’s many pieces of equipment and machinery ready, said Superintendent George (Gio) Woodson.
“We’re fueling up the trucks and greasing the equipment,” he said. “We’re getting water pumps ready in case we have flooding and lining up traffic cones and barracades. We’ll see what happens, but it may be pretty rough out there early next week.”
Mr. Woodson said he plans to place five highway department crews at strategic points across the town.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “So much for the hurricane season being over. But you do what you’ve got to do.”
Like many others, he’s keeping a close watch on the storm’s progress. While today emergency management personnel are left to speculate, “by tomorrow we should have a pretty good idea what’s going on,” he said.
In Southold, Police Chief Martin Flatley has been tracking the storm since 7 a.m.
“The model we’re looking at has it making a turn to the west and making landfall in southern New Jersey,” he said. “But the models have been changing every four to five hours.
“Even if it takes that path you know we’re going to get some wind and rain,” Chief Flatley said. “Flooding in low-lying areas could be one of our biggest problems.”
The chief said he’s heard from the Cross Sound Ferry Company, which said it may have to suspend service between Orient and New London on Monday.
The town has been in constant contact with the Suffolk County’s Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Department, which operates the county’s emergency operations center in Yaphank.
Southold’s emergency management team, which includes Supervisor Scott Russell, Greenport Mayor David Nyce, Highway Superintendent Pete Harris and representatives from Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, is scheduled to next meet this afternoon at 2 p.m.
As for the two storms meeting each other — which isn’t a rare event, though it doesn’t often happen along the coast — Mr. Hoffmans said that process “is not instantaneous.”
“They’ll start interacting later this weekend and then be completely merged…It will happen over a period of hours to around a day or so. Right now, that trough is pretty much over the northern Great Plains.
The cold front associated with that trough extends from the eastern Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley.”
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Sheriff’s Office urges residents to prepare for storm
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is urging residents to prepare for a potentially large storm headed toward the northeast. Hurricane Sandy is on course to impact the area as early as Sunday night into Monday and Tuesday.
The Sheriff’s Office offered some guidelines for residents to prepare:
Secure your home
Loose, lightweight objects, such as lawn furniture and garbage cans should be brought inside. Anchor objects that will be unsafe to bring inside, such as gas grills or propane tanks.
If your basement is vulnerable to flooding, move any valuable items to upper floors.
Stock up on non-perishable food and water
One gallon of water per person, per day.
Ready to eat food and a manual can opener.
Fill prescriptions for important medication
Have a supply of important medications. Don’t wait for the last minute.
Assemble an emergency supply kit
First-Aid kit, flashlights and extra batteries and a battery-operated radio.
Charge all cell phones
Help others prepare
Check on friends, relatives and neighbors, especially older adults and people with disabilities or health conditions and assist them with their preparation.
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Photos: Nancy Drew mysteries come to life tonight
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Southold and Greenport students teamed up to present “Trixie, Teen Detective and the Mystery of Gravestead Manor” beginning tonight.
Southold and Greenport High School students teamed up for the first time to present a fall comedy, “Trixie, Teen Detective and they Mystery of Gravestead Manor,” which is a spoof on the Nancy Drew mysteries.
The drama clubs will put on their first performance tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Southold District Auditorium. Additional performances are 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $10 or $6 for students and seniors. They’re on sale at Southold Pharmacy, the Southold Free LIbrary, Southold and Greenport High Schools and at the door.
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North Fork residents stockpile for Hurricane Sandy
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | Waldbaum’s staffers said people had already started cleaning out store shelves by Friday afternoon. But more provisions were on the way.
It was the calm before the storm in stores across the North Fork leading into this weekend.
Customers were beginning to buy up gas cans and flashlights by mid-day Friday, said Jamesport True Value Hardware co-owner Richard Dituso, who was expecting even more of a rush as Sunday approached.
Few shoppers were in the aisles at Waldbaums in Mattituck Friday afternoon, though the store had sold out of large bottles of water.
Scan administrator Patti Hooks said the store was expecting another water shipment later that afternoon, as well as extra shipments of canned goods and batteries.
“They’re sending in more pallets. We’re certainly getting prepared,” said the supermarket’s front end manager, Liz Lynch.
While she said there’d been chatter at the register about the hurricane between customers and cashiers, she said she believed most people were still at work and would not be coming in to stock up for the storm until the weekend.
“I’m not reacting myself. Maybe I should,” she said.
The store managers were planning to hold a conference call with regional managers later that afternoon to discuss storm plans.
Ms. Hooks said she doubted the store would change its hours of operation, which is currently 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
At the front registers, amid the displays of Halloween candy, store employees had modified their holiday greeting in anticipation of what’s being called “Frankenstorm.”
“Happy Hurricane,” said employee Karen Keller to a reporter as she cleaned up the register area in anticipation of the coming rush.
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Donald W. Scott
Donald W. Scott of Southold died at home on Friday, October 26, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was 84 years old.
Donald W. Scott
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 15, 1928, to John Taylor and Therese (nee Zillo) Scott, he was educated at Greenport Schools and Cathedral Prep. He attended the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Lloyd Harbor for a time and then attended St. John’s University College of Pharmacy.
In October 1963, he founded the Southold Pharmacy which is celebrating its 50th year of service to the community. In 1988, he acquired the Shelter Island Pharmacy.
Don was an active communicant of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church and will be forever remembered for his priorities which were church, family and business.
Predeceased by his first wife Ann (nee McCaffery) in 1979; he leaves his wife Carol (nee Perry) Scott; four daughters: Michelle (William) Metz, Paulette (Gregory) Ofrias, Suzanne (David) Fujita and Samantha Perry, all of Southold, and eight grandchildren: Kathryn Krakowka, Scott Ofrias, Nicholas Golanec, Patrick Ofrias, William Fujita, Kenji Fujita, Kimiko Fujita and Aiko Fujita.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 31, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, November 1, at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will follow at St. Patrick’s R.C. Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Patrick’s R.C. Church or Eastern Long Island Hospital would be appreciated.
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The Approaching Storm: Town reschedules budget session
SUFFOLK TIMES FILE PHOTO | Supervisor Scott Russell
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said Friday that a discussion on the 2013 town budget scheduled for Monday night has been rescheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Peconic Lane Community Center due to the impending storm.
Mr. Russell said Southold will decide tomorrow, Oct. 27, whether to open town emergency shelters during the storm. If so, an announcement will be posted on the town’s website and will be covered on this site
He said Suffolk County plans to open three shelters, in Hampton Bays, Brentwood and Sachem, and a shelter for people with special needs at the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank.
“Everybody’s been activated to stay ready,” he said.
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Sea turtle lecture series under way in Riverhead
RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION COURTESY PHOTO | Rob DiGiovanni and a volunteer apply a satellite tag to a rehabilitated green sea turtle.
Program these digits into your phone: 631-369-9829.
That’s the number of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, and you never know when you’re going to need it.
That’s what James Sullivan of the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle program told a small group of attendees last week at the first of four cold-stunned sea turtle lectures being presented this month and next at Long Island Aquarium.
“You never know when you’re going to come upon a sea turtle, seal or another marine creature washed up on a beach,” Mr. Sullivan said. When that happens, you’ll need the number of the Riverhead Foundation, the only entity in New York state certified to rescue stranded marine animals.
Four species of sea turtle can wash up on any of Long Island’s beaches — Atlantic green, loggerhead, leatherback and Kemp’s ridley — and all are endangered.
Mr. Sullivan said at last Monday’s meeting — attended by about a dozen people — that the foundation is predicting this year will be a bad one for turtles, similar to 1995, when more than 70 were found.
“We’ve already seen more sea turtles this year than all of 2011,” he said. Last winter, though, was unusually mild.
Lecture attendees asked several questions about sea turtles, including how to identify the different types, which beaches they can wash up on, and how long they can survive in a cold-stunned state, as well as what to do after a turtle is found.
Cold-stunned sea turtles may appear to beachcombers as if they’re already dead, Mr. Sullivan said, stressing the importance of calling the foundation even in those cases.
“The sea turtles that get washed up have likely already lost movement in their extremities,” he said. “At this point, the blood is focusing on getting between the brain and heart and their respiratory and GI tracts have shut down.” This happens, Mr. Sullivan explained, when sea turtles that have traveled into the Sound or other inshore waters fail to leave before water temperatures cool to below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
“This morning the water was 61.4 degrees, so we’re getting close,” he said.
Because turtles are cold-blooded reptiles, their bodies do not warm themselves but instead match the temperature of surrounding waters.
At 50 degrees, cold-stunning symptoms begin to hit smaller turtles first and then affect bigger ones.
“Eventually they just turn into a piece of driftwood, wash up on the beach and get deposited along the high tide line,” he said.
The rescue window for cold-stunned sea turtles, which can be found along any of Long Island’s beaches, is six to eight hours maximum from the time they wash ashore, Mr. Sullivan said.
Getting the turtle out of the wind and safe from predators, if possible, is as important to saving its life as is calling the foundation, he said. Equally important is not attempting to heat the turtle.
“If you can handle the turtle and they aren’t snapping, get them out of the wind and sheltered, but don’t turn on the heat in the car or inside because you can quickly send them into heat stroke,” he said. Those that remove turtles from the beach should keep them in a truck bed, unheated garage or shed until the foundation arrives.
The foundation’s process for safely warming up turtles takes hours, expertise and equipment, he said, including possible tracheal intubation if the respiratory system has completely shut down.
As the weather cools through autumn into the winter, the Riverhead Foundation is asking the public to comb the beaches and search for cold-stunned sea turtles over the coming months.
Mr. Sullivan said cold-stunned turtles can be incredibly hard to spot because they are often covered in barnacles and the same color as the seaweed deposited along the high tide line.
“We’ve had calls about a sea turtle and it’s taken four times up and down the beach to find it,” he said.
Rick Kedenburg, with the North Fork Audubon Society, said in an interview after the meeting that he hopes people will use their recreational walks on the beach to do some good by calling 369-9829 if they should see a marine animal in need.
“It’s very important to carry the number with you and call the Riverhead Foundation if you see a stranded turtle or anything else,” he said.
gvolpe@timesreview.com
Attend one of the upcoming cold-stunned turtle lectures in the Peconic Room at Hyatt Place East End, 451 E. Main St., Riverhead, to learn more about how you can help.
Sunday, Oct. 28, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25, 1:30 p.m.
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Greenhouses approved for Youngs Avenue
The Peconic Land Trust will be able to install two 16-by-24-foot greenhouses on its 21-acre Charnews Farm on Youngs Avenue in Southold, after the project received unanimous approval from the town Planning Board Monday night.
The project had come under fire from residents of the neighboring Founders Village retirement community, but was deemed by Planning Board members to be a minor project and in keeping with the land trust’s mission to maintain the land as a working farm.
Land trust representatives had said the greenhouses were sited near the retirement community because that area was reserved for agricultural structures when the development rights on the property were sold.
In a separate decision, Platinum East Properties also received approval to build a 2,880-square-foot electrical contractor’s office/warehouse just west of Ackerly Pond Lane on Route 25 in Southold.
A new application for a 3,780-square-foot agricultural storage building just down the street, at the corner of Route 25 and Ackerly Pond Road, was also received by the Planning Board this week from Surrey Lane LLC. That project is scheduled for a preliminary public hearing on Nov. 19.
Also at Monday’s work session, the Planning Board accepted a new application for a 1,244-square-foot retail convenience store in an existing 3,200-square-foot building at the southeast corner of Cox Lane and Route 25 in Cutchogue. The remaining space in the building will be used for storage.
The board also agreed to grant a one-year extension for an 8,635-square-foot private winemaking facility at the intersection of Bridge Lane and Oregon Road in Cutchogue. The project was initially approved two years ago, but the developers, N & L Properties, were unable to build due to the economic downturn, said town planner Brian Cummings.
The Planning Board will return to its winter meeting schedule with the Nov. 5 work session, which will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the board room of the Town Hall annex instead of at 4 p.m. in the Town Hall meeting room.
The next regular meeting will be held Nov. 19 at 4:30 p.m. (instead of 6 p.m.) in the town hall meeting room.
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County executive declares a state of emergency
TIM KELLY PHOTO | County Executive Steve Bellone
With Hurricane Sandy heading toward landfall early next week, County Executive Steve Bellone on Saturday declared a state of emergency for all of Suffolk.
The executive also ordered a mandatory evacuation of Fire Island, the thin barrier beach along the ocean shore, in Brookhaven and Islip towns. Residents there are required to leave the area by 2 p.m. Sunday.
The county opened its emergency operations center in Yaphank at 9 a.m. Friday and the center will be open throughout the weekend.
Mr. Bellone is urging all residents in low-lying and flood-prone areas to closely follow weather reports and emergency updates and to avoid making 911 calls except for life-threatening emergencies.
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Top town question: Do we or don’t we evacuate?
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | High water at Founders Landing in Southold during Hurricane Irene.
To evacuate or not evacuate? That is the question.
As they consider the most prudent response to the threats of high winds and flooding anticipated with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, town officials must first decide whether to require the evacuation of some areas, particularly low-lying regions, and then open shelters for the displaced.
Those decisions will be made during the next meeting of the town’s emergency management team this afternoon at 1 p.m., said Supervisor Scott Russell.
“We have everything covered,” the supervisor said. “Now we have to consider what we’re going to be dealing with.”
He said he’s been advised by LIPA that crews will be strategically placed to provide quick responses to any power outtages and those who in the past operated town shelters are on ready alert.
As a general rule the town’s position is that the safest place for residents to be during a major storm is in their own homes and in that regard evacuations are considered a measure of last resort.
“Obviously if we perceive the need to evacuate, well get that order out,” said Mr. Russell. In most cases, he added, “that’s an unlikely event.”
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Cross Sound Ferry cancels some Sunday departures
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | A Cross Sound Ferry boat rounds the Orient Point Lighthouse on its way to New London.
With rough seas and high winds expected when Hurricane Sandy approaches Long Island, Cross Sound Ferry has cancelled several Sunday afternoon and evening departures from both New London and Orient.
The 3:30, 7:30, 8 and 8:45 p.m. boats from New London and the 5:30 and 9:15 p.m. boats leaving from Orient have all been removed from the schedule.
To check on the status of departures, call 323-2525.
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State of emergency begins in Southold Sunday afternoon
TIM KELLY PHOTO | In a scene repeated many times across the North Fork, a boat is hauled out of the water in New Suffolk in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
The Town of Southold will be under a state of emergency as of 5 p.m. Sunday and and that status will continue until further notice, Supervisor Scott Russell said Saturday afternoon.
In addition, at 5 p.m. Sunday the town will open emergency shelters in the Mattituck, Southold, Greenport, Oysterponds and Fishers Island schools and in the town Human Resources building on Pacific Street in Mattituck.
The town is calling for a voluntary evacuation of low-lying and flood-prone areas.
Town Hall will be closed Monday, as will local schools, the supervisor said.
Under an emergency declaration all town roads are closed except for police and emergency response personnel.
“By all estimates we’re going to see damage, such as downed poles and trees, that at the least will be at the level we saw during Hurricane Irene, Mr. Russell said. “We expect a serious storm surge along with high winds and heavy rains. High tides are estimated to be 8 feet above normal.”
Sustained winds may reach tropical story-strength (from 39 to 73 mph) and continue for an extended period, the supervisor added.
The town will post updates on its website, www.southoldtownny.gov, and on Channel 22, the supervisor said.
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Football: OT loss leaves Porters winless
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island’s Billy McAllister looking for running room around Southampton’s Lyle Smith.
MARINERS 26, PORTERS 20 (2 OT)
Lyle Smith loves playing football so much that his coach joked that Smith saw to it that the final game of the season for both the Southampton and Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island football teams on Saturday went to overtime.
Overtime would have been unnecessary had the Southampton junior held on to a pass in the end zone in the fourth quarter with the score tied at 13-13.
“That’s why he dropped that pass,” Southampton coach Edgar Franklin said. “I just think he wanted the game to go a little longer. He didn’t want it to end, he was having such a good time.”
The drop, which Smith said was his only one of the season, might have been the only thing that Smith didn’t do right. Regardless, it didn’t hurt Southampton in the long run. Alex Halaka scored on a 10-yard run around the left side in the second round of overtime, lifting the Mariners to a 26-20 victory and closing the door on a winless season for Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island.
Southampton, which didn’t post a win last season, finished the season with a 3-5 record in Suffolk County Division IV. The Mariners saw their playoff chances dashed before they took the field, but that didn’t seem to deter their desire.
“Sometimes it isn’t always about making the playoffs,” Franklin said. “It’s about bouncing back from defeat, and that’s how life is sometimes. You got to bounce back when you get knocked down. These guys responded this week. They came out and they said they wanted to go out the right way.”
Halaka’s game-winning run followed a fumble by Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island that was forced by Nitauke Williams and recovered by Danny Claud.
Both teams scored touchdowns in the first overtime of the rare afternoon game at Greenport High School’s Dorrie Jackson Memorial Field. Southampton snapped a 13-13 tie when Williams broke free and caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Sanders (9 of 15, 131 yards). Then Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island (0-8) responded with Tyshe Williams banging into the end zone for a four-yard touchdown burst.
The loss was the 13th in a row for the Porters, who dropped three of their games this year by a total of 18 points.
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island’s Jack Volinski (No. 4) and Christian Angelson (No. 3) positioned themselves for this pass which a Southampton player tipped before Timmy Stevens caught it for a Porters touchdown.
“We really wanted the kids to be able to get one today,” Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island coach Jack Martilotta said. “Last year games weren’t that close. This year they’re heartbreakingly close.”
It looked as if the football gods might finally smile on the Porters when Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island’s Connor Anderson retrieved the short game-opening kick that teammate John Drinkwater lofted high in the air. That set up a one-yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown by Matt Drinkwater.
But Smith, the undoubted player of the game, was on Southampton’s side. By the game’s end, his dirty No. 27 uniform told the tale of how busy he was. The 5-foot-10, 195-pound Smith, a former offensive tackle, played running back and middle linebacker. He ran for touchdowns on two successive second-quarter touches, the second of which was an 85-yarder in which a block by Isaiah Johnson opened a clearing for him up the middle. Smith ended up with 141 rushing yards from 14 carries and made a 24-yard reception. If that wasn’t enough, he had a monster of a game on defense, and was involved in a game-high 22 tackles.
The Porters tied the score at 13-13 with 10 seconds left in the first half. Eugene Allen, who alternated at quarterback with Matt Drinkwater, scrambled before floating a 10-yard pass up for grabs into the end zone. A Southampton player got his hands on the ball while Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island’s Jack Volinski and Christian Angelson contested him for it. The ball trickled down — and into Timmy Stevens’ waiting hands for a touchdown.
Even without running back Frank Sierra, who sat out the game with a knee injury, the Porters still picked up 240 yards on the ground. That was thanks in no small measure to a pair of sophomores, Williams (25 carries, 125 yards) and Billy McAllister (14 carries, 72 yards).
Yet, it was a sad ending for the Porters and their five seniors, who wore their team’s uniform for the last time: Christian Davis, Chris Manwaring, Marc Proferes, Eddie Wright and Richie Wysocki.
“We almost had it,” lineman Codey Fisher said. “It was close.”
Martilotta said: “We’re an 0 and 8 team, and the kids are fighting, clawing and scratching to literally the last second of the last play of the season. We’re very lucky. I’ve been saying all year, we have a great group of kids.”
On the other side of the field, Franklin and his players were ecstatic, posing for a happy team photo.
“Words can’t even express the way I feel right now,” Franklin said. “… I can see no better ending to their season than a double-overtime win with a senior scoring the winning touchdown. It couldn’t have ended better for them.”
Overtime is pressure-packed and intense, but Smith didn’t seem to mind. And why should he? After all, it meant more football.
“It was exciting,” he said. “Most people get nervous, but I was excited. I couldn’t wait to play. I like playing football, so the more football the better. Anything to keep the game going.”
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LIPA: Outages could last more than a week
PETER BOODY FILE PHOTO | A LIPA crew at workng to fix an outage following Tropical Storm Irene last year.
The Long Island Power Authority said it is prepared for the damage expected when Long Island feels the worst impacts of Hurricane Sandy but residents should plan for power outages that could last from 7 to 10 days, according to a press release issued Saturday.
Storm safety tips, power outage information, preparedness tip, an informational video and guidance on LIPA and National Grid’s approach to storm restoration can be viewed on the LIPA storm center page.
The utility is encouraging its customers to pre-register their cell phones to report outages and receive restoration updates via text. To register, text REG to 695472 (myLIPA). After registration, to report an outage please text OUT to 695472 (myLIPA).
Customers without power can also call 1-800-490-0075.
LIPA’s walk-in customer service centers will be closed Monday and Tuesday and may be closed through the end of the week. Call 1-800-490-0025 to check if a center is open.
The utility offered several tips for weathering the storm.
Never touch or go near fallen wires, even if you think they are safe. If a vehicle that comes in contact with a downed wire, stay in inside until help arrives.
Be sure to have a working, battery powered radio or TV and a good supply of fresh replacement batteries.
Have flashlights available for all family members.
If an electric pump supplies household water, fill spare food-grade containers with water for cooking and washing in anticipation of a possible power interruption.
Make sure all motor driven equipment, such as garage door openers, can be operated manually.
When using a portable generator, make sure all LIPA-powered equipment is disconnected. This will avoid severe hazards when reconnecting the power to your home or business.
Have a first aid kit at home and check its contents to make sure they are complete and up to date. If you have family members with special medical needs, such as insulin or other prescription drugs, check to make sure you have an adequate supply.
Do not use charcoal to cook indoors; deadly carbon monoxide gas can accumulate in your home.
If you have an elderly neighbor, check on his or her status. Even a quick telephone call during a storm can provide much appreciated assurance that help is nearby if needed.
Should an electric power interruption occur, all sensitive equipment, such as computers and TVs should be disconnected until service is restored.
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Radar: Track Hurricane Sandy as it approaches
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Cops: Report of shots fired near Laurel gas station
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Southold Town police responded to a report of shots fired near the Empire Gas station on Main Road in Laurel Sunday afternoon.
Gun shots were reported in the area near the Empire gas station on Main Road in Laurel Sunday afternoon, Southold Town police said.
Capt. Frank Kruszeski said police have been investigating a report of shots fired since about 3:30 p.m. in the area near the gas station, including neighboring businesses and residences.
Capt. Kruszeski said traffic was temporarily closed during the investigation. It was reopened as of 4:30 p.m.
The town’s K-9 unit was on scene. No other details about the incident were immediately available.
The report comes about a month after a 24-year-old Shirley man was arrested for allegedly attacking a female companion and then reaching for a responding police officer’s gun at the same Laurel gas station.
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