People love to hate pushups.

And why shouldn’t they? Pushups are hard. They hurt and are difficult to execute correctly. 

But that didn’t stop Southold’s Jason Leonard from doing more than 500 of them in a 60-minute span. A contractor and a personal trainer at JABS in Cutchogue, Mr. Leonard’s “pushup-a-thon” at the gym raised about $1,600 for the Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.

“It was very challenging, but it was a lot of fun,” he said after the fundraiser. “A lot of people came down and watched and even joined in to do some pushups with me.”

PBMC is sponsoring Mr. Leonard in the Nov. 1 New York City Marathon, and between his past fundraising efforts and Friday’s events, he has raised almost $3,000 for the hospital.

Mr. Leonard said about 30 people came down to JABS to watch and donate, some offering an amount per pushup and some contributing lump sums.

“The financial support was incredible,” he said. “I was amazed at how many people contributed and came down, even just for support to root me on.”

JABS owner Jill Schroeder first cooked up the idea and monitored the event. Some people, including his Mr. Leonard’s wife, jumped in to do pushups with him as motivation.

“I figured we would make him work for the donations rather than just ask our clients for it,” she said. “He was game for that.”

Mr. Leonard is no stranger to tests of endurance. An avid runner, he participates regularly in Spartan races and even completed a 50-mile ultra-marathon in Vermont this past spring. Sunday’s New York City Marathon will be his second 26.2-mile race.

This hasn’t always been the case, however. Six years ago, Mr. Leonard’s physicians told him his cholesterol level was on the high end and he should consider exercising.

“I never really considered myself to be out of shape,” he said. “My doctor said that before trying medication, the best thing was to get some physical activity.”

In addition to jogging, Mr. Leonard began attending classes at JABS. He enjoyed working out so much that he became a personal trainer there 18 months ago.

Before Friday’s event, he had been “throwing around” the idea of 1,000 pushups as a possible goal, but he was plenty satisfied with what he did accomplish. Hours after the event, he felt good, and he said he expected any soreness to take a day or so to set in.

But there is little rest on the horizon for Mr. Leonard.

“It was all for the New York City Marathon on Sunday, so that’s my celebration,” he said. “I get to enjoy that.”

Photo Caption: Jason Leonard, a personal trainer at JABS in Cutchogue, completed more than 500 pushups on Friday. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

For the third consecutive year, the Southold boys soccer team claimed the Suffolk County Class C championship Saturday.  

The First Settlers received second half goals from seniors Peter Fouchet and Joey Woryz to notch a 2-0 victory over Pierson/Bridgehampton at the Diamond in the Pines in Coram.

Southold (14-2-1) captured the county Class C crown for the seventh time in 11 years. The First Settlers have earned 21 county titles — at the Class C and D levels — since 1978. Read more about the game.

Southold’s Peter Fouchet maneuvers around Pierson’s Johann Cardenas in Saturday’s Class C final. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Pierson’s Kevin Feliciano makes a save on a corner kick. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Noah Mina of Southold and Pierson’s Sam Warne compete for the ball. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Senior Peter Fouchet on the header. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Southold’s Walker Sutton controls the ball against Wilver Garcia-Juarez of Pierson Saturday. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Southold keeper Dylan Clausen makes the save as Pierson sophomore Grady Burton charges the net. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Dylan Clausen extends for a save for Southold. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Charlie Pintado of Pierson puts a foot on the ball in front of Southold senior Aidan Walker. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Joey Worysz and Peter Fouchet celebrate their second goal of the game, scored by Fouchet on a Worysz free kick. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Peter Fouchet and Charlie Pintado battle for a header. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Southold’s Joe Berry and Mario Contreras celebrate the championship game victory. (Credit: Garret Meade)

The Settlers celebrate the boys soccer program’s seventh title in 11 seasons. (Credit: Garret Meade)

The Southold Historical Society displayed its first ever pumpkin patch on society grounds Halloween night. 

The society invited everyone to carve jack-o’-lanterns which were then artfully arranged and lit with LED battery powered candles.  After nightfall, folks visited the pumpkin patch and enjoyed free cider and treats.

The side of the Pine Neck Barn was lit up with an animated jack-o’-lantern face. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

A small crowd admires the display. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Karen Lund Rooney, society director; Ben Gonzalez, volunteer; David Daly, trustee. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

John McLane came with his costume on. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Sophie Heidemann, 6, of Southold with the kitty pumpkin she carved. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder0

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Some of the carved pumpkins. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)

Listings prepared for Times/Review Newspapers by Suffolk Research Service, dated Sept. 5-11, 2015. 

BAITING HOLLOW (11933)
• Casper, A to Tochman, Marcin, 149 Jakes Lane (600-99-2-4.10), (V), $135,000

CALVERTON (11933)
• Packingham, J to Thompson, Paul, 7 Black Pine St (600-81.1-1-23), (R), $487,500

CUTCHOGUE (11935)
• Bergmann, D to Gealy, Mark, 26915 CR 48 (1000-84-2-4.2), (R), $425,000

FISHERS ISLAND (06390)
• Fishers Island Utility to Coleman, Suzanne, Crescent Ave & lot 2-15 (1000-9-2-150), (V), $30,000

FLANDERS (11901)
• LaMontagne, D to Kim, James, 12 Glen Ave (900-148-4-22.1), (R), $235,000

GREENPORT (11944)
• Cronin, W & L to Skountzos, Emmanouel, 770 Moores Ln (1000-33-2-41), (R), $578,000

MATTITUCK (11952)
• O’Neill, T to Budis, John, 555 Jacksons Landing (1000-113-5-5), (R), $941,000
• Campbell, B & M to Ward, Michael, 620 Meday Ave (1000-113-10-15.8), (R), $735,000
• Meyer, G to Dafonte, Marco, 4220 Sound Ave (1000-121-3-5.3), (R), $439,000

ORIENT (11957)
• Albino, M & A to Gemma & Weitzner, Jon & Nicole, 80 Greenway W (1000-15-1-16), (R), $525,000

PECONIC (11958)
• Sachey Beyers, C to Heus, Richard, 1720 Indian Neck Ln (1000-86-4-6.2), (R), $850,000

RIVERHEAD (11901)
• Moisa Jr, W & M to Bouchard, Charles, 270 Newton Ave (600-127-3-43), (R), $310,000
• Steiner, J & K to 20 West Main LLC, 20 W Main St (600-128-6-25), (C), $636,000

SHELTER ISLAND (11964)
• Lenox, S & P to CCAK Holdings LLC, 63 N Ferry Rd (700-15-1-7.4), (C), $928,000
• Stiber, S by Executor to Seiberling, Dorothy, 5 S Menantic Rd (700-18-3-10), (R), $809,999
• 8 Coveway LLC to Hanami Realty LLC, 8 Cove Way (700-18-3-56), (R), $1,940,000
• Picker, J to Aronow, Holly, 47 H South Ferry Rd (700-20-1-10), (R), $1,525,000

SOUTHOLD (11971)
• Donopria, C to Andrinopoulos, George, 3075 Old North Rd (1000-55-1-1), (R), $365,000
• Feeley, Smith, et al to Siskind, David, 95 Long Creek Dr (1000-55-3-22), (R), $435,000
• Cooper, L & L to Benson, Keith, 1710 Tucker’s Ln (1000-59-4-5.1), (R), $385,000
• Stankevich, G & M to Aleet Enterprises Inc, 260 Horton Ln (1000-61-1-3.1), (C), $275,000
• Miller, M to Ramsey, James, 1475 Waterview Dr (1000-78-7-20), (R), $1,250,000
• Potts Jr, W & A to Coonan, Sally, 2662 Paradise Shore Rd (1000-80-1-4), (R), $706,000
• Rowan, C & O’Hagan, C to Anderson, Joseph, 740 Longview Ln (1000-88-4-50), (R), $475,000

WADING RIVER (11792)
• Condon, F & C to Frost, Edward, 68 Woodchuck Hollow Ln (600-55-3-38), (R), $460,000
• Ruiz, A by Referee to US Bank National Association, 4 Indianwood Ct (600-115-1-19), (R), $649,000

(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.)

Two North Fork men face misdemeanor drug possession charges after they were allegedly caught with heroin and hypodermic needles during a traffic stop in Peconic early Sunday, Southold Town police said.

According to a police news release, Marcais Smith, 23, of Greenport and Jeremy Garretson, 31, of Orient were pulled over about 12:50 a.m. while driving on Route 48. Police said the vehicle they were driving had tinted windows and brake lights.

When police had the passenger step out of the vehicle, an officer spotted a marijuana pipe “in plain view” in the door pocket. Police searched the car and found 46 packets of heroin, hypodermic needles, a prescription drug pill and marijuana.

Both men were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

A Southold man was arrested early Sunday morning for driving drunk near the intersection of Route 25 and Hortons Lane in Southold, police said.

According to a police press release, 30-year-old Robert Desimone was seen speeding and failing to maintain his lane of travel about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. An officer pulled him over and determined he was intoxicated.

Mr. Desimone was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DWI and speeding. He was held overnight for a Monday morning arraignment.

A Mattituck house was reduced to just a chimney and a pile of ash in a fire early Monday morning that sent embers floating around the neighborhood.

Southold Town police responded to a report of a fire at 2820 Stanley Road just before 1:30 a.m. and found the home fully engulfed in flames, according to a police press release. No injuries were reported in the blaze.

Mattituck, Cutchogue and Jamesport Fire Departments responded to the scene. Southold police and the Suffolk County Police Arson Squad are investigating the cause, though police said “the fire does not appear to be suspicious in nature.”

Lisa Hellermann, who lives about a mile away on nearby Breakwater Road, said she saw the fire burn for “quite a while.”

“It was quite a fire,” she said. “It’s down to the ground. There’s nothing left but ash and a chimney.”

Ms. Hellermann said she had originally thought the fire was closer to her home because the smell was so strong and because burning embers were hitting her house. On Monday morning, she also noticed charred pieces of wood, some as big as two or three inches across, on her property.

“I guess the wind was blowing the fully lit embers all over the place,” she said. “It was actually quite dangerous because of those embers. This was a fully engulfed big home.”

Cindy Suozzi, who lives directly across the street, said the house “heavily burned” for at least an hour and a half.

“It was scary and it was sad — it was such a beautiful home,” she said. “It was very eerie that in the smoke, all you could see was the chimney.”

Ms. Suozzi said the house was unoccupied and unfurnished at the time of the fire because its owners had it listed for sale.

“It was just a shell,” she said.

The 7,000-square-foot home was listed on real estate sites as a newly built, six bedroom home selling for $849,000.

Video Courtesy of Victoria Hellermann

Fire crews on scene early Monday morning of a house fire in Mattituck. (Credit: Cindy Souzzi, courtesy)

The remains of the home on Monday morning. (Credit: Chris Lisinski)

Southold Town residents’ tax bills may be higher than originally expected next year thanks to an emergency budget transfer to pay for road repairs, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said.

In an email, Mr. Russell said the Town Board will hold a discussion about the town’s reserve funds Wednesday before its budget hearing. The board decided last month to spend $250,000 of its reserves on the highway department, which had run out of money to repair local roads damaged in last winter’s brutal storms and temperatures.

The highway department crews needed the money this fall to finish up as many repairs as it could before the winter arrives, which is bound to do more damage to local roads.

“Having to transfer $250,000 of the highway fund so late in the fiscal year put us in a very difficult spot,” Mr. Russell said.

The state’s “tax cap” law set the amount the town can increase its tax levy — the total amount collected by the town through taxes — by .73 percent next year. But that figure contains several exemptions and is contingent on other factors as well.

So far, Mr. Russell has proposed increasing next year’s tax levy by 1.36 percent. But a line in the town’s budget accounting for Suffolk County tax settlements will drop by about $1.3 million this year, Mr. Russell said. Since that budget line is decreasing by roughly 60 percent, the town could theoretically raise the tax levy up to 5.38 percent this year and still be in compliance with the law.

Mr. Russell said the board will discuss whether to return $250,000 back to the town’s reserves, or potentially add more — up to about $500,000. If the Town Board chooses to take action, the tax levy would rise anywhere from to 2.16 or 2.93 percent, respectively.

Mr. Russell said he wanted to make residents aware of a change to potentially raise taxes more than originally believed, “before an election, not after.”

Photo credit: Paul Squire

Shirley Wells Parker Tuthill, age 87, passed away in her sleep Oct. 29 in Glen Mills, Pa.

She was born in Brooklyn in 1928 to Marjorie Ewart Wells and H. Sterling Parker.

Shirley graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y. and Dean Junior College in Massachusetts. She worked for 45 years as a receptionist at P. Lorilllard Co. in New York City while living in Crestwood, N.Y.

Shirley was a descendant on her mother’s side of William Wells (1604-1671), one of the founders of Southold Town. On her father’s side, she was a descendent from John Parker (1758-1839) who fought during the Revolutionary War in Connecticut.

Shirley is survvied by her brothers H. Craig Parker (Marjorie Sullivan) of Saint Augustine, Fla. and R. Bruce Parker (Barbara Mazura) of Wilmington, De.; four nieces and ten grandnieces and grandnephews.

Her final resting place will be in the Ewart-Wells family plot in Cutchogue Cemetery Nov. 2, 2015.

Arrangements were entrusted to Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

This is a paid notice.

Polling places in Southold Town are at the following locations. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. everywhere.

• Election Districts 17, 18: Cutchogue East Elementary School, 34900 Main Road, Cutchogue

• ED 11 Cutchogue Fire Department, 260 New Suffolk Road, Cutchogue

• ED 3: East Marion Fireman’s Hall, 9065 Main Road, East Marion

• ED 1: Fishers Island Community Center, 66 Hound Lane, Fishers Island

• ED 6: Greenport Fire Department, 236 Third St., Greenport

• EDs 4, 5 and 7: Greenport High School, 720 Front St., Greenport

• EDs 12, 13, 15 and 16: Mattituck High School, 15125 Main Road, Mattituck

• ED 2: Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Village Lane, Orient

• ED 8: Southold Fire Department, 55135 Main Road, Southold

• EDs 9, 14 and 19: Southold High School, 420 Oaklawn Ave., Southold

• ED 10: Southold Town Recreation Center, 970 Peconic Lane, Peconic

To find your polling place, visit the Suffolk County Board of Elections website.

The former Southold High School math teacher arrested following a fatal crash in Jamesport this past January pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated charge in connection with the crash.

With her change in plea, Diane O’Neill, 66, of Farmingville will avoid jail time. She was ordered to pay about $1,200 in fines.
The crash claimed the life of George Kurovics, a 90-year-old barber who was believed to have gotten out of the truck he was driving after spotting the family’s cat walking along Main Road in Jamesport. Ms. O’Neill had been westbound in her 2007 Mercedes-Benz on Main Road near Herricks Lane shortly after 7:15 p.m. when the crash occurred, according to a police report.

Appearing before Judge Allen Smith in Riverhead Town Justice Court Monday, Ms. O’Neill admitted to drinking two glasses of white wine before getting behind the wheel to drive home. In a statement, she said she wished to express her “deepest sympathy to the Kurovics family.”

“I lost my mom, my dad and my husband of 40 years so I know how to grieve loss,” she said.

Police investigate the scene of the fatal accident Jan. 13. (Credit: AJ Ryan/Stringer News)

Assistant District Attorney Daniel Cronin said there was not enough evidence to consider an upgraded charge against Ms. O’Neill. He added that Ms. O’Neill’s blood alcohol level of .08 percent and the fact that she immediately stopped and notified police made the prosecution comfortable accepting the guilty plea Monday.

Speaking both inside and outside the courtroom, Mr. Kurovics’ family expressed disappointment with the disposition of the case.

“Diane O’Neill, your personal connection to George doesn’t compare to that of the people who love and miss him,” Mr. Kurovics’ wife Joyce, read aloud in the courtroom. “You took his life and the punishment doesn’t equal the pain and suffering we endure. We lost someone irreplacable, a valued life and you still have yours.”

His son, George Jr., later told a reporter he wishes there were “more justice.”

George Kurovics at work in his Rocky Point barbershop. (Credit: Courtesy photo)

Mr. Kurovics’ daughter, Linda Shropshire, said not a day goes by she doesn’t think of her father, who at the time of his death was still working five days a week at George’s Rocky Point Barbershop on Broadway in Rocky Point.

“He was a great guy,” she said. “I loved him and he touched so many lives.”

Ms. Kurovics said she hopes other drivers learn from what happened to her husband so that “something good comes out of it.”

Ms. O’Neill, who had entered a not guilty plea in January, retired from her job in the Southold School District soon after her arrest. She had taught there for more than 20 years.

Top Caption: Diane O’Neill enters court in Riverhead January 14. (Credit: Paul Squire)

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Former Mattituck resident Anna Orros of Port Washington died Nov. 1. She was 94.  

The family will receive visitors on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Roslyn Heights Funeral Home in Roslyn Heights.

On Friday, Nov. 6, family will receive visitors from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Divine Liturgy will follow at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Mattituck. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.

A complete obituary will follow.

Verizon cell service in East Marion is about to get better.

The East Marion Fire District has submitted an application to add Verizon Wireless to its existing 110-foot tower located behind the firehouse. The Mattituck Fire District is also in the process of constructing its own communication structure.

The Southold Town Planning Board discussed both proposals at its meeting on Monday and found the East Marion application is ready for review once the fire district pays the remaining balance of the application fee.

Town planner Brian Cummings said the size of the tower, which currently carries T-Mobile and AT&T, won’t change. However, he said the plan does include adding a diesel generator and other equipment, as well as landscaping.

“This will have a public hearing because it’s expanding the compound,” Mr. Cummings said about the proposal.

As for Mattituck, a new communications pole — complete with emergency transmittal services and wireless providers like Verizon — is under construction and will replace an existing 20-year-old pole.

Fire district officials have requested the application process be expedited since the tower will be delivered on Nov. 16 and they’d like to have construction completed before the winter weather rolls in.

Planning Board president Donald Wilcenski said the earliest a decision could be made would be Dec. 7, about two weeks later, since a consultant’s review of the proposal is in the works.

“I feel more comfortable to have the evaluation from Cityscape before we give the OK,” he said. “We don’t make it a practice to have special meetings.”

The rest of the Planning Board agreed to wait for the consultant’s report. Member Bill Cremers, who’s retired from working at Verizon, recused himself from both discussion on Mattituck and East Marion’s applications.

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Trying to separate the Port Jefferson and the Greenport/Southold high school girls volleyball teams isn’t easy.

It goes beyond the fact that both teams share the same purple and white colors and virtually identical uniforms. When these teams face each other on the court, their matches have tended to be thisclose.

Just look at the numbers. Both teams shared 4-4 records in Suffolk County League VIII and overall marks of 4-6 during the regular season. They split their two regular-season matches, the second one being a five-game affair. So, was anyone really surprised that they extended themselves to five games once again in their Suffolk Class C Tournament outbracket match on Monday?

Not likely.

As is customary when these teams meet, it was a competitive match at Greenport High School’s Richard “Dude” Manwaring Gymnasium. The last momentum swing went in the Clippers’ favor. It wasn’t until Port Jefferson smashed the ball into the net on a hitting error at match point that coach Mike Gunther and his Clippers could breathe easy and rejoice in their victory, 18-25, 25-21, 25-20, 12-25, 25-21.

With their first playoff triumph since 2012, the fourth-seeded Clippers (5-6) advance to a semifinal against No. 1 Mattituck (14-4) on Wednesday. The other semifinal on Wednesday will pit No. 3 Center Moriches (5-9) against No. 2 Babylon (7-8).

After taking a two games to one lead, the Clippers collapsed in Game 4, falling behind by 24-8 as the Royals went on a 10-0 run behind the serving of Katie Chorao, who went 24 of 24 serving.

The fourth game was an aberration. Before the Clippers eventually folded, they ran off 4 straight points on game point, giving themselves some momentum heading into the final game.

Port Jefferson scored the first point of the fifth game. The Clippers never trailed again, building leads of 16-10 and 23-18. Gina Anasagasti’s fifth and final kill of the match was the biggest one of the day, making the score 24-21.

In a match that didn’t produce eye-popping statistics for the Clippers, Anasagasti, a senior playing in her final match in her home gym, turned in a strong performance, making timely plays.

After Sidney Mulvaney handled most of the setting in the first four games, Mercedes Edwards took over the setting in the pivotal fifth game for the Clippers.

Defensively, the Clippers received eight digs apiece from Rosa Hernandez and Monique Smith.

No. 5 Port Jefferson (4-7) lost despite outpointing the Clippers, 112-105. The Royals also had more assists (20-14), more kills (18-15) and a better serving percentage (94.7 to 80.8 percent) than the Clippers. Unforced errors proved to be their undoing.

Chorao produced 14 assists and helped Leslye Rosario put up 7 kills.

During the first game, one of Port Jefferson’s starting outside hitters, Marianna Spentzos, landed awkwardly after swinging at the ball and crashed to the floor in obvious pain, hurting her left knee. She walked off the floor and later twice entered the match before determining she couldn’t continue.

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Photo: Greenport/Southold following its five-game playoff victory over Port Jefferson on Monday. (Credit: Bob Liepa)

When Erika Cabral began singing the Star Spangled Banner at basketball games during her years as a student at Greenport High School, she never knew where that song would take her. 

Last week, the 36-year-old music teacher performed the National Anthem at the Long Island Association’s Fall Luncheon, where among the more than 1,000 people to hear her voice was retired Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.

It was the third time she sang the anthem at an LIA event with a famous keynote speaker. She previously performed in front of presidential candidates and former governors Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney.

“[Wednesday’s] performance was especially nerve-wracking just because [Mr. Jeter has] heard everyone under the sun that are the best singers ever sing that song,” Ms. Cabral said. “It actually was a more packed event. I think the two other events that I did were around 900 people and this one was around 1,200 people. So more nerve-wracking, but also more exciting.”

Prior to each performance, Ms. Cabral was treated to a VIP experience where she got to meet the guests of honor. The nicest and “most open to talk to,” she said, was Mr. Romney. Her favorite speaker to listen to was Mr. Jeter.

“He was captivating,” the Cutchogue resident said. “He was just a very smart, very respectable person … He was really a class act. He’s just a nice guy.”

Ms. Cabral was originally invited to perform at a 2014 luncheon after LIA president Kevin Law saw her singing at a holiday party at the North Fork Country Club.

“She’s the best singer I have ever come across here on Long Island,” Mr. Law said. “We were lucky to have her.”

Numerous guests at Wednesday’s luncheon validated his opinion, as praises of Ms. Cabral were the second most talked about topic of the event. The first, he said, was about how great Derek Jeter was.

The LIA is a business organization “that acts as Long Island’s chamber of commerce,” Mr. Law said. The luncheons are fundraisers where people from local businesses, as well as national figures, are treated to showcase of what the island has to offer.

These events are not Ms. Cabral’s first brush with celebrities, however. After graduating from Northeastern University with a degree in Music Industry, she moved to New York City and began touring across the Northeast.

“I was really just trying to make a name for myself in the music industry,” she said. “I did a lot of song writing and I did a lot of tours with Radio Disney and all the clubs in the city.”

Allure, Jordan Knight, Jesse McCartney and Lil’ Romeo are just a few of the names she’s toured with. In some cases she opened for them. In other instances, they opened for her. She has also performed at Mohegan Sun arena during basketball games and performed the national anthem at professional hockey games.

The Star Spangled Banner is definitely one of her most sung, but the Greenport music teacher said her favorite songs to perform are “At Last” by Etta James and “Summertime” by Ella Fitzgerald.

She got her start at a young age when her dad, Jerry Tuthill, put her onstage with the bands at Claudio’s Clam Bar, which he co-owns, and she still continues to perform there, as well as other places, today.

“I’m way more comfortable performing in front of thousands of people than speaking in front of thousands of people,” Ms. Cabral said. “I love performing, that’s my thing. I love performance, everything about it.”

Photo Caption: Erika Cabral holds up a picture of the guest of honor at the Long Island Association luncheon she performed at earlier this week (Credit: Courtesy).

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A 24-year-old man was arrested on a drunk driving charge late Monday, according to Southold Town police.

Police said Justin Urick of Mattituck was seen speeding on Cox Neck Road in Mattituck about 11 p.m. while driving a vehicle with a modified exhaust. He was pulled over and cops found he had slurred speech and “bloodshot, watery eyes,” was unsteady on his feet and had breath that smelled like an alcoholic beverage, according to a news release.

Mr. Urick failed sobriety tests and was arrested. He was charged with misdemeanor DWI and held for arraignment.

Gurly Marion Maus of Southold died Oct. 31 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 88.

Ms. Maus was born Oct. 14, 1927, in Staten Island to Nils and Gurly Osterberg. She graduated in 1945 from Curtis High School in Staten Island.

She married Robert June 20, 1948, in Jackson Heights.

A homemaker, Ms. Maus enjoyed stained glass, gardening and sailing.

She is survived by her husband; her children, Thomas, of Massapequa Park, Roy, of North Bellmore, Paul, of Cutchogue and James, of Florida; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A memorial service will take place, Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport.

As this year’s first crop of bay scallops came in to Southold Fish Market Monday, the baymen agreed: this season could have started better.

“We actually thought it was going to be good,” said Charlie Manwaring, owner of the fish market, “but a lot of guys are coming in, many guys not [reaching] their limit.”

The bay scallop season kicked off Monday, with many bemoaning a lackluster start that didn’t match up to the success of years past.

Read more about the slow start to scallop season on northforker.com. Looking for some yummy recipes to try? Click here for a roundup of scallop dishes on the North Fork.

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Photo caption: Lisa Kaytis of Southold stands near a pile of scallops at Southold Fish Market. (Credit: Paul Squire)

Southold resident Fortuna A. Maney died Oct. 30. 

She was born Sept. 6 in Sparkill, N.Y. to Anthony and Rose Bosco.

Ms. Maney worked at Southold Free Library. She was a member of the Southold Sunshine Society, the Eastern Long Island Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold.

Family members said enjoyed life, especially gardening, reading and the beach.

Predeceased by her husband, James, in 2000, Ms. Maney is survived by her sons, John, of Connecticut and James, of Washington and her sister, Lucy Bosco of Sparkill.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Nov. 5, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the funeral home. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Eastern Long Island Hospital Auxiliary Southold West Branch or Southold Free Library.

The polls will close at 9 p.m. on Election Day 2015 in Southold Town. The Suffolk Times will be reporting live from the town Democratic and Republican committee election night events.