Light-filled, airy and luxurious are just a few adjectives that come to mind when describing The Reserve at Baiting Hollow, a fully renovated condominium complex overlooking Long Island Sound.

“Everyone gets that contact with the outdoors, which is what these homes are really all about,” said Lee Passavia, founder and principal of Domus Group, the Stony Brook real estate development firm that purchased the property’s existing eight-unit building and two cement foundations in April 2015.

The units, which offer three different floor plans, all have skylights and sliding glass doors that span the width of each bedroom. Upstairs residences also feature private balconies with composite decking material and maintenance-free railings.

Mr. Passavia said Domus Group tracked the property for a couple years before the opportunity to purchase it “finally arose.”

“When we came to this community, we could see it was beautiful already,” he said. “It’s extremely well-kept with spectacular views throughout, including the common spaces.”

To blend in with its neighbors at The Knolls at Baiting Hollow, which was built in the 1990s, The Reserve at Baiting Hollow building features light gray vinyl siding. Craftsman-style details, like gabled roofs, have also been incorporated to the structure’s exterior.

Inside, units are outfitted with quartz kitchen countertops, solid wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Master bedroom suites all have walk-in closets and double bathroom vanities equipped with Kohler faucets and trim, Mr. Passavia said.

“We really didn’t spare any expense,” he said. “We did this at a quality level that would apply to much higher-end product.”

Construction on the condominiums, which offer two bedrooms and two or 2.5 baths and are located adjacent to the 84-unit Knolls at Baiting Hollow community, initially commenced in 2009.

“A developer had started this project and ran into hard times during the recession years and ended up not being able to complete it,” Mr. Passavia said. “He started and there was quite a lot left to do, so we took over from where they left off.”

After the incomplete work left neighbors dissatisfied, The Reserve at Baiting Hollow’s eight-unit building was gutted by Domus Group in January and is now ready for occupancy. Construction of two additional eight-unit condominiums will begin later this year atop two existing foundations on the three-acre property, Mr. Passavia said. Those buildings are slated for completion sometime in 2017.

The existing condominium units are listed between $379,000 and $429,000.

“We’re taking over and starting everything fresh, modern and new, with all of today’s technologies,” Mr. Passavia said.

Mr. Passavia, a green-certified builder who sits on the board of the Long Island Real Estate Group, said it was important that the condominiums offer the latest in environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems. To that end, he said, the units have natural gas and 90-percent-plus efficient furnaces.

“Your cost of living here is going to be significantly decreased,” he said.

In addition to amenities and water views, Mr. Passavia said The Reserve at Baiting Hollow offers buyers a location that is at once convenient to the Long Island Expressway and a stone’s throw from the area’s bucolic farms and vineyards.

“You have everything the North Fork has to offer,” he said. “But you can still get to all the shopping, all the restaurants.”

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Photos: (Top) Like the other floor plans, ‘The Meritage’ features an open layout with solid wood kitchen cabinets and quartz countertops. (Middle left) Lee Passavia, founder of Domus Group, points out the cement foundations where two additional condominium buildings will be constructed at The Reserve at Baiting Hollow. (Middle right) The living area in ‘The Meritage,’ one of three floor plans offered by The Reserve at Baiting Hollow. Mr. Passavia’s mother, Cindee, who owns CG Design in Stony Brook, staged the space. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

Neal Catapano has figured out a way to harvest strawberries about six weeks before the traditional season on the North Fork begins.

He grows strawberries at his farm in Southold in a cold frame under a woven fabric cloth in order to trick the plants into flowering and bearing fruit early.

“We don’t call them greenhouse strawberries because people associate greenhouse grown fruits and vegetables with the terrible greenhouse tomatoes the supermarkets sell all winter,” Catapano said. “These strawberries are grown in the soil, with natural compost fertilizer, covered with a special blanket for the winter and covered again by a cold frame. The extra warmth makes the strawberries think they are in the Carolinas.”

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Photo: Fresh strawberries at Catapano Farms. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

The graceful tones of Bach’s Minuet III in G Major echoed at Jamesport Meeting House, where a dozen young violinists gathered Saturday morning to rehearse for a performance at New York City’s esteemed Carnegie Hall.

“A little better, huh?” their instructor, Daniel Gladstone of Southold, told the students, who murmured in agreement after playing the 18^th century composition a second time.

As the month of May draws to a close, it’s particularly important for the musicians, who range in age from seven to 19, to perfect their repertoire. In June, they will play alongside nearly 1,000 fellow violinists from across the country at The School for Strings’ 45^th anniversary concert.

“It gives the kids an opportunity to play beautiful music with the excitement of being in one of the most venerable concert halls in the world,” said Mr. Gladstone, 68, a School for Strings alumnus.

Mr. Gladstone has played the violin nearly all his life and taught the instrument for the past 35 years. In late 2015, he extended an invitation to all 40 of his local students to perform at the concert, which is held at Carnegie Hall every five years and is open to the pupils of those who have trained at The School of Strings.

But the offer came with a catch. Mr. Gladstone told the 17 violinists who ultimately accepted the invitation that they would “have to play all their pieces from memory.”

One of those students, 9-year-old Leo Lopez of Hampton Bays, was up for the challenge.

“I know that Carnegie Hall is this famous place where musicians and stuff go and play,” said Leo, a fourth-grader at Hampton Bays Elementary School who began playing violin when he was around four years old. “You have to be really, really good to play there.”

At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, Leo and his peers will play 17 selections at Carnegie Hall, including the aforementioned Minuet III in G Major and Vivaldi’s Concerto in A Minor, First Movement. Students like Aiko Fujita of Southold, who said she’s “nervous and excited” about the concert, are doing their best to prepare for the ambitious set list.

“Some weeks I practice every day, but some weeks I can’t because, like today, I have my dance recital,” she said Saturday.

Juggling school and extracurricular activities isn’t the only challenge posed by the performance. Each of the students interviewed this past weekend agreed that memorizing the songs has been difficult.

But James Robert Fry II of Hampton Bays, 12, said Mr. Gladstone makes the process enjoyable.

“He makes funny jokes,” the sixth-grader at Our Lady of the Hamptons said. “He kind of entwines them with the songs we’re playing to make us play better.”

Despite the pressure, students like Leo are savoring the opportunity they’ve been given.

“I’m like, ‘Is my life a dream?’ ” he said.

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The following local students will perform in The School of Strings’ 45^th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall in June:

• Victoria Alvarez of Hampton Bays

• Dylan Amerese of Quogue

• Joe Barisic of New Suffolk

• Kate Bohner of Cutchogue

• Jay Chen of Mattituck

• Ben Eager of Riverhead

• Sadie Heston of New Suffolk

• James Robert Fry II of Hampton Bays

• Aiko Fujita of Southold

• Mia Kraus of Southold

• Leo Lopez of Hampton Bays

• Jess McKnight of Southampton

• Robby McKnight of Southampton

• Ella Neese of Southold

• Lauren Schaefer of Calverton

• Camille Valdespino of Southampton

• Emmett Wetter of Southampton

The quickest solution to alleviate North Ferry traffic might simply be to do a better job with educating drivers, according to Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley.

During the Greenport Village Board’s work session Thursday, Mr. Flatley said he believes motorists heading to and from the ferry aren’t following the directions posted on street signs in the area.

“In my opinion,” he explained, “the short-term solution would be to better educate the motorists that use that roadway and are using the ferry.

“The Wiggins Street and ferry line issue is very much like just about every traffic issue we had on the North Fork … It’s really only needs to be effective for two or three months out of the year and the rest of the year it’s not that big of an issue.”

Signs on Front Street direct ferry traffic to head south on Sixth Street and then head east onto Wiggins Street, where there’s a specific lane for ferry street on the south side of that road.

The chief suggested using signage, pamphlets and other means as a way of better educate drivers as to the correct way to access and exit the ferry.

Traffic coming off the ferry is prevented from using Wiggins Street by the one-way designation, and it is all directed up Third Street, which has a traffic signal at the intersection with Front Street.

Wiggins Street resident Ron Nelson, a retired physicist, said he believes the problem is the traffic getting on the ferry — not the traffic getting off.

He said he measured the average length of a 25-car cue getting off the ferry and found it’s about 415 feet.

Since the ferry can hold up to 25 cars, he said, and the distance from the ferry to the traffic light on Third Street is 520 feet, he believes there’s enough room for all the cars getting off the ferry.

Mr. Nelson said it takes about six minutes for all the cars getting off the ferry to turn left at Front Street.

The problem, he said, is loading cars onto the ferry, and specifically, big tractor trailer trucks, which he said have been as long as 73 feet.

“They get special treatment,” he said, adding tractor trailer trucks are picked out of the ferry line and told to wait at the corner of Wiggins and Third until ferry personnel gives them instructions.

“This morning, there were three of them,” he said.

Mr. Nelson also said he believes there should be a separate line designated for those types of vehicles, he said.

Other suggestions discussed Thursday were making the summertime restriction of parking on the south side of Wiggins Street a year-round ban; making Wiggins Street one-way in the opposite direction; and using an adjacent MTA parking lot as a staging area for the ferry traffic.

Trustee Mary Bess Phillips said she believes its unfair to Wiggins Street residents to make that road two-way, adding traffic getting off the ferry will turn up Wiggins if the Third Street traffic is jammed.

The Village Board has been discussing a proposal to make the roadway a two-way street again in hopes of easing ferry congestion. It’s been a one-way street since 2001, when the Village Board made the road one-way in the direction of the ferry terminal in an attempt to deal with ferry traffic then.

The idea behind making Wiggins Street a two-way again is to give traffic exiting the ferry an option of going north on Third Street or west on Wiggins Street if Third Street is congested, according to Mayor George Hubbard, who works on Shelter Island and rides the ferry on a regular basis.

But he admitted it’s not an easy problem to fix.

“This is something that’s been thrown around for 40 years and there’s never been a perfect solution,” the mayor said. He added that the problem only exists for about two hours in the morning. By 9 a.m., he said there’s no ferry traffic jam.

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Photo: Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley discussing ferry traffic during the Greenport Village Board meeting Thursday. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

Nick Timpone realizes school-age children don’t necessarily equate learning mathematical concepts with having a good time. He also understands that some students have a natural affinity for arithmetic but would benefit from additional engagement outside the classroom.

That’s why the longtime educator plans to accommodate both types at his new venture, the aptly named Let’s Enjoy Math Learning Center in Southold’s Feather Hill plaza.

“It’s ideal for students who love math and want enrichment and it’s also ideal for kids who need a little remediation,” said Mr. Timpone, 56, a 20-year middle school math teacher and education consultant who recently relocated to Mattituck from New Jersey.

Beginning July 5, Let’s Enjoy Math will offer students in grades 1 through 8 a six-week summer math program with a curriculum that’s both innovative and engaging, Mr. Timpone said. Classes will be taught according to grade level, with no more than 12 students per session.

“The summer program will focus on the most important topics from the past school year,” said Mr. Timpone, who will teach alongside his 26-year-old daughter, Brittany, a New Jersey high school math teacher.

“My father brought the idea to me as a summer program to combat summer backslide,” Brittany Timpone said. “No standardized test prep, no tests at all. An hour a day, two days a week, of enriching, motivating and enjoyable lessons focused solely on strengthening skills and gaining a better understanding of math. He had me at no tests!”

Beginning in September, Mr. Timpone plans to provide after-school classes for grades 1 through 8 at Let’s Enjoy Math. If parents express interest in one-on-one tutoring or test preparation, those services will also be offered.

In addition, Mr. Timpone hopes to synchronize lesson plans with local school districts.

“If they’re doing fractions at Cutchogue East [Elementary School] in November, I’ll be supporting teachers by also doing fractions,” he said.

High school students won’t be left out of the mix. Beginning this fall, Let’s Enjoy Math will provide students in grades 9 through 12 with an upstairs loft area where they can study in a relaxed, collegiate environment.

“The loft looks out onto the back of the train tracks,” Mr. Timpone said. “We’re really excited about that.”

Mr. Timpone, whose brother, Chuck, owns Mattituck-Laurel Veterinary Hospital, said he hopes to “become part of the education community out here.”

“I love education, and I especially love math, and I don’t want to be isolated,” he said. “I want to work with the schools so that I can support the work the teachers do. It’s so hard, what teachers have to do.”

For now, Mr. Timpone’s biggest challenge is getting the word out about Let’s Enjoy Math. Once he does, he’s confident it will be a hit.

“Once I get students in there, they’re going to tell their friends about it and they’re going to say, ‘You have to come to this math learning center. We’re learning and having a lot of fun,’ı” he said. “Because that’s what the kids in my classrooms and my daughter’s classroom say. They love to go to math class.”

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Photo: Longtime math teacher Nick Timpone of Mattituck at Let’s Enjoy Math, the Southold learning center he’s opening in July. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

When does renovation become demolition?

Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals chair Leslie Kanes Weisman and Board of Trustees president John Bredemeyer say some homeowners are barreling through the fine line that answers such a question by using loopholes in the town code to do far more construction work than would ordinarily be permitted.

At a Town Board meeting Tuesday, Ms. Weisman and Mr. Bredermeyer used the example of a home construction project which was approved under the town’s house expansion rules. This code allows a 25 percent addition to a home without having to address water, sewer and other concerns.

In the example the pair showed Tuesday, the unidentified homeowner apparently gave the ZBA a site plan showing the floorplan of the house, but then used the opportunity to tear down the existing walls and replace them in the exact same locations, Mr. Bredermeyer said.

As a result, the property owners — whom he said were basically demolishing the house — were using a “workaround” to avoid more scrutiny by the Board of Trustees.

“The code is simply not adequate to do what its intent was,” Mr. Bredermeyer said. “We’re looking at a house that looks like it’s about 95 percent brand new.”

Ms. Weisman said the house was basically “a teardown” and might not have received approval had the full extent of the construction been disclosed.

“We would have looked at it differently had someone said they were demolishing the dwelling,” Ms. Weisman said.

The duo also showed examples of construction projects that they say violate the spirit of the law. Mr. Bredermeyer said a construction project involving similar accusations of circumventing the town code concerning demolition of sand bluffs went unnoticed because it was located “off the beaten path … beyond the eyes and ears of the trustees and the [bay] constables.”

Mike Verity, a town building inspector, said the examples shown Tuesday were from years prior and that the town has cracked down on violators.

“We’ve since calmed this down quite a bit — now we view these as teardowns,” he said. “We somewhat have cleaned up the process, but the 25 percent [rule] is a problem.”

Mr. Verity said it’s still possible for homeowners to circumvent the town codes by invoking the 25 percent expansion rule and suggested adopting the uniform standard used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The calculations for that standard would be easier for the ZBA and Board of Trustees to digest, the board representatives said.

Mr. Bredermeyer suggested the trustees, who serve on a part-time, could do a better job of following each construction project if they were counted as full-time workers.

“They could find more before they become problems,” he said. He also suggested that the trustees gain more jurisdiction over water quality concerns, saying the town’s stormwater runoff rules could give the trustees a way to “compel” uncooperative property owners to follow the law.

Town Supervisor Scott Russell said their concerns and others about water quality could be discussed at a future code committee meeting.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the building inspector’s last name.

Helen T. Gajeski of Laurel died May 21, 2016, at Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 88 years old.

She was born in Southampton July 13, 1927, to William and Olga (née Kazel) Dull and later married Felix Gajeski. They were married for 56 years until his passing on April 29, 2006.

Together they made their home in Laurel where she assisted her husband in farming. Family members said she could clean shallots faster than anyone.

Helen was a communicant of Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue where she faithfully attended the 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening mass and was described as a very prayerful woman.

She also enjoyed cooking – especially pierogis and turkey stuffing. Above all was her love of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her sons Felix “Babe” Gajeski, Jr. (Gwen) of Northville and Bill of Laurel; three grandsons Brian (Deborah), Gary (Sarah) and Keith (Kerri) and six great-grandchildren Autumn, Brooke, Emberly, Abigail, Allanah and Gavin.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, at  at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church. Father. Mariusz Gorazd will officiate. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

In lieu of flowers, donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, would be appreciated.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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Design your home in this active, adult community.

Moving to a new home can be a tedious experience, but it can also be one of the most exciting. This is a chance at a fresh start, and an opportunity to make your new abode the place you are happy to call home. Decorating possibilities are endless when you start with a clean slate, no matter the size of your living spaces. Make your new humble home yours with these tips on brightening and expanding the different areas in your new house.

Clean Slate

Before you make the big move, give the rooms in your home a clean slate with a fresh coat of paint. Light colors such as off-white, beige, and even subtle grays can open up a space, and offer a neutral backdrop to accommodate various home furnishings. If you’re not in the market to do a complete home makeover, this simple step will allow for your existing furniture to fit in well, and create a bright atmosphere that makes the room feel larger. Cooler shades like blues and greens are other options, and are the perfect shades to complement North Fork living.

Less Is More

Over the years we accumulate precious mementos from our lives. Family photos, heirlooms passed down from parents and grandparents (which we later pass down to our own children and grandchildren), knickknacks, and more serve as fond reminders of days past. While these are things we long to hold onto, they can take up a great deal of space, making rooms feel small and cluttered. Keep spaces open and free by utilizing furniture that can often double as storage. Trunks and ottomans as coffee tables are a great way to tuck away these treasures, along with dressers that can serve as chic TV stands in the living room.

Large Accessories

Adorning the walls in your home with large art prints or mirrors can do wonders to open up a space. Mirrors placed on walls adjacent to windows can brighten up a room and add more natural light, and reflect the cool tones of the painted walls as well. Just a couple of these strategically placed items can make a big statement, so choose one large piece of artwork as opposed to several smaller pieces. Give the illusion of higher ceilings with floor-length curtains regardless of window size. Choose these window fixtures within your light color palette to give the feeling of the easy breezy summer days we love on the North Fork.

New Furniture Style

Modern pieces are trending in interior design, and work well in both large and small spaces. Give your living room an airy look with raised furniture such as accent chairs with longer legs in light colors. Glass dining tables give the appearance of more space than there actually is, and are easy to clean. A good bedframe is multifunctional in that it makes the room look larger the higher off of the floor it is, and will also give you additional storage space. Keep it light and bright here too by sticking with shades of cream, pastels, and other cool colors.

There are an abundance of family-owned antique shops, furniture stores, home improvement options on the East End of Long Island to help you create the cozy home of your dreams. Keep these fun yet simple steps in mind when decorating your new home, and add touches of personality with your favorite accessories and furnishings. Welcome home!

To find out more about Glenwood Village “Design your own home” possibilities click here. Design your own home.

A second emergency first responder vehicle from Stony Brook University Hospital will be operating in the area starting Monday, the university announced in a press release.

The new vehicle operated by Stony Brook paramedics will help Greenport, Orient and East Marion fire departments by giving them added emergency medical response coverage between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, which is when many local volunteers work outside of the area.

The arrangement will not replace existing fire departments’ roles and will provide additional EMS services when local volunteers are unavailable, officials said.

The first responder program was recently developed in partnership with the six North Fork fire departments. The Mattituck, Cutchogue and Southold areas are already covered by a Stony Brook first responder vehicle, which started in February.

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Photo: (Credit: Stony Brook University Hospital)

A Bay Shore woman was charged with misdemeanor drugs possession after police investigated a report of drag racing on Breakwater Road in Mattituck Friday night, according to a Southold Town police press release.

A police officer was called to the area about 10:15 p.m. and found a vehicle parked at the end of the road, police said. The officer went to check that the vehicle had the proper town parking stickers and found 20-year-old Jameela Charles inside, according to the release.

After questioning Ms. Charles, the cop found she was “in possession of mushrooms and marijuana,” according to the press report.

Ms. Charles was arrested, charged with misdemeanor drug possession and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, and released on cash bail with a date to return back to Southold Town court, police said.

A Southold man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and resisting arrest, Southold Town police said.

Police pulled over a red Dodge pick-up truck at approximately 12:33 p.m. and found the driver was in possession of heroin, according to a press release.

The driver, 34-year-old Daniel C. Tomasky, was originally stopped for swerving through lanes while heading eastbound on Route 25, police said. He resisted arrest when police found the heroin, according to a release.

He was arrested on multiple charges and processed at police headquarters, police said.

Mr. Tomasky was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest — all misdemeanors — as well as two traffic violations.

Her formal first name is Isabella, although just about everyone calls her Izzy, which Izzy Sorgi prefers.

The Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School softball pitcher can be called something else: fearless.

Pitching isn’t for everyone. It requires a mentality willing to deal with pressure and adversity. Sorgi relishes it.

“I love a challenge,” she said.

This season provided no shortage of challenges for Sorgi. The sophomore righthander, in her second varsity season, faced some formidable teams like Center Moriches, Babylon and Southampton. Some might shy away from facing that sort of competition, but not Sorgi.

“I love it,” she said. “I prefer the games where you have to get every play, you have to be in every pitch, you have to stay in the game the entire time. Those are the games that I enjoy.”

That attitude is one of the things sophomore center fielder Olivia Valle likes about Sorgi. Valle said Sorgi’s mental toughness is her greatest strength.

“So many people break down if they throw one ball, but I’ve never seen Isabella even flinch,” said Valle.

Valle, who along with teammate Kate Wilkie call their pitcher Isabella, readily admits she is a big Sorgi fan. “Isabella and I have been best friends since we were in preschool together, so I have nothing but good things to say about her,” Valle said. “She is definitely our most solid player, on and off the field.”

And a big reason why Mercy enjoyed a successful season, reaching the Suffolk County Class B playoffs before losses to Center Moriches and Southampton ended the Monarchs’ season with a 12-10 record. Sorgi has proven to be one of Mercy’s most valuable players.

“She’s taken a few line drives and she doesn’t come out of the game,” coach Jackie Zilnicki said. “She’s tough. She has a lot of heart, you know. That’s what you want in your players.”

Sorgi has been pitching for a handful of years and plays club ball. Her repertoire includes a fastball, changeup and drop. What makes her effective is her ability to locate the ball.

“My whole life I’ve never been the fastest pitcher,” she said, “but I focus on hitting spots, outside corner, inside corner, up, down.”

Sorgi handled most of Mercy’s pitching this year. Eighth-grader Sarah Penny is the team’s No. 2 pitcher.

What is the biggest thing Sorgi has learned about pitching?

“You can’t be fazed by anything,” she said. “You’re going against great teams, great hitters and you just have to understand that sometimes things happen, but you just need to stay in the game, stay with every pitch and you’ll be fine. The majority of pitching is a mental game.”

As Valle sees it, Sorgi is on the rise.

“She can only go up from here,” Valle said. “The more experience she gets, the better she gets.”

Sorgi is making a name for herself, whether it be Izzy or Isabella.

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Photo: Bishop McGann-Mercy sophomore Izzy Sorgi enjoys the challenge of pitching against tough competition. (Credit: Garret Meade)

New York State will have a new Class B baseball champion.

A state championship can be a fragile thing. It unquestionably takes a wealth of talent to win one, but a team also needs to get hot at the right time. A little luck here and there along the way doesn’t hurt, either.

As impressive as Mattituck was during the regular season, winning its third straight league title and going 18-2, the Tuckers ran into trouble in the playoffs, going 1-2. Top-seeded Mattituck was dethroned by No. 4 Center Moriches, 7-3, in a Suffolk County elimination game that took 10 innings and 2 hours 54 minutes to settle on Monday.

The end of the road for the Tuckers came on their home field in Mattituck, not in Binghamton where they wanted to lift the state championship plaque again. That’s the problem with reaching the top of the mountain one year and then not making it the next. It’s quite a fall.

“The playoffs are a whole new ballgame,” coach Steve DeCaro said. “We all live for the playoffs, and we just didn’t step up. It’s kind of sad.”

A bunt may be part of small ball, but Center Moriches’ bunting was big. After a leadoff walk by Center Moriches’ Liam Pulsipher to start the 10th inning, Justin Wilson popped an unusual bunt over third baseman Bryce Grathwohl’s head. No play could be made on the ball. Then a bunt by David Falco was fielded by relief pitcher Victor Proferes, whose throw to third base wasn’t in time for the forceout.

With the bases loaded, Center Moriches (12-9) went to work. The team’s leadoff hitter, David Franchi (4 for 6, three runs batted in), belted his second double of the day, scoring two runs to snap a 3-3 tie. Ryan Vetack followed up by bringing a run in with an infield single. Later, Nick Fiscina knocked a hard liner past the diving Grathwohl for a 7-3 lead.

“We couldn’t defend their bunt, and we couldn’t bunt ourselves,” said DeCaro.

In the bottom of the inning, Mattituck managed to load the bases before Grathwohl flied out to center field on a 3-2 pitch, ending the game, and Mattituck’s season.

It closed the curtain on the high school careers of Mattituck’s eight seniors, including players like second baseman Jon Dwyer, catcher Mike Onufrak and center fielder Joe Tardif, the state Class B player of the year in 2015.

“My whole career went as fast as a blink of an eye,” said Tardif, who first joined the team as an eighth-grader. “It felt like yesterday I was in ninth grade saying, ‘I’m so happy I have three more years of this.’ Today I’m saying, ‘I’ll never play high school sports again.’ ”

Center Moriches, which advances to play No. 2 Babylon Tuesday, is the only team to have beaten Mattituck twice this year. What’s the secret?

“I wish I knew,” Center Moriches coach Dennis Donovan said. “They’re an awesome-coached team. He’s probably the best coach on Long Island right now. We were able to just get one more hit today. That was really it.”

Mattituck never led Monday and continually seemed to be playing catchup. After Franchi’s RBI double in the third, Mattituck evened the score that same inning on a Proferes RBI single, but left the bases full.

Dylan Heinz landed a two-out, two-run single into right field for a 3-1 Center Moriches lead in the fourth. Mattituck drew within a run in its half of the fourth when Tardif scored on an error.

Mattituck forced extra innings by producing a tying run in the seventh. Dwyer’s ground-rule double and Proferes’ bunt single set up a sacrifice fly by James McDonald.

Center Moriches overcame five errors with smart pitching from Ryan Adell, who allowed one earned run and six hits over four and one-third innings.

Dwyer took a bright view of things when it was over.

“We’re going to have so many memories from this,” he said. “You know, it’s sad right now, but when I look back, it’s a fun year. We could have done better but, hey, we could have done worse. I love every guy on this team. No matter what, we’ll still be a team.”

A 3-1 loss to Babylon on Saturday dropped Mattituck into the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament. Monday’s defeat was the coup de grâce.

Before heading for a postgame meeting with his players, DeCaro said, “We’re going to say in a few minutes that our time has come to an end, and that’s the worst part about it.”

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Photo caption: Jon Dwyer strokes a leadoff double for Mattituck in the seventh inning. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Winning can be so sweet.

Winning a second year in a row is so much sweeter.

Just ask Riverhead High School senior Curtis Flippen, who won the Suffolk County Division II triple jump championship for the second consecutive year at Centereach High School Monday afternoon.

“It’s the greatest feeling in the world,” Flippen said.

Flippen won with a leap of 43 feet 2 inches on his second attempt of the competition, beating Copiague senior Marcus Weeks (42-11 3/4).

“I’m so excited right now because this year is better than last year,” Flippen said. “Last year was no competition. This year I was seeded second, which gave me more motivation. I took this week to prepare to get ready for the biggest battle of my life. This is what mattered the most. I wanted it so badly.”

By finishing first, Flippen earned 10 team points for Riverhead.

Freshman Kian Martelli, who had a jump of 40-2 1/2 for a seventh-place finish, missed out on earning another point for the Blue Waves by an inch.

Flippen wasn’t the only Blue Wave to win a county title.

Senior Luke Coulter also secured 10 points for Riverhead by winning the 800-meter run in 1 minute 55.27 seconds, which was 19/100ths of a second ahead of West Islip’s Kyle Kelly. Teammate Eric Cunha added a point by finishing sixth in 1:58.33.

Several other local athletes and teams qualified for Wednesday’s finals in their respective specialties:

• Bishop-McGann Mercy senior Alex Frabizio captured his heat in the 400-hurdles run in 58.12.

• Riverhead took fourth in the 4×400-meter relay in 3:26.58. The quartet included Chjuvaughn Cameron, Coulter, Eric Cunha and Marcus Reid.

• Shoreham-Wading River still has a chance to win the Division II title in the 4×100 relay as it qualified with a time of 46.52 behind Luke Rey, Daniel Montenegro, Kenneth DeGolyer and Jalen Wright.

• Mattituck reached the Division III final in the 4×100 relay in 46.49. The Tuckers’ foursome included Joseph Kelly, Zachary Bokina, Pandeli Pando and Darius Brew.

Photo caption: In the 4×100 relay, Mattituck’s Joseph Kelly held a slight lead over Shoreham-Wading River’s Anthony Guzzone. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk)

CORRECTION: Alex Frabizio’s time was in the 400-hurdles, not the 400-dash.

As Southold Town finalizes its long-awaited comprehensive plan, Orient residents have nearly completed a land use policy of their own.

During the Orient Civic Association’s annual meeting Saturday at Poquatuck Hall, civic president Bob Hanlon gave an update on the “Orient Plan,” which is nearly a year in the making and spearheaded by a working group of more than a dozen volunteers.

While the civic applauds the town’s efforts — such as recently holding public workshops to gain feedback on its tentative land use chapter — Mr. Hanlon said the purpose of the Orient Plan is to identify specific concerns critical to Orient residents and is designed to “complement” the Southold Town Comprehensive Plan — as opposed to hijacking it.

“We would love to speak to every single resident in Orient — that’s not quite possible, but we’re doing the best we can,” he said, adding the Orient Plan working group is in the process of soliciting as much feedback as possible in order to answer the question: “What do you want Orient to be like in 25 years?”

After enough feedback is gathered, Mr. Hanlon said the working group will attempt to poll every Orient resident through such means as hardcopy and electronic mailings.

Although the civic will present all vote tallies to the Town Board for review, the civic will only ask the Town Board to adopt the suggestions into law if there’s overwhelming community support, he said.

As Mr. Hanlon outlined the process, he gave several “theoretical examples” of “propositions” the civic may ask residents to vote on.

Before Mr. Hanlon presented the examples, he stressed they were meant to be “illustrative only” and weren’t the working group’s specific recommendations at this time. Among the policy suggestions he outlined were to limit housing size in order to maintain the community’s rural character and cap commercial activity along Main Road as a way to prevent additional traffic congestion.

After the community is polled and if there’s overwhelming support for the working group’s recommendations, then the civic plans to draft “sample laws” for the Town Board to adopt. One of Mr. Hanlon’s examples included ensuring property owners who have sold their farmland development rights keep the land visible from public roads.

Group member Drianne Benner said that suggestion stems from a trend in the Hamptons where property owners are fencing or planting hedges around protected farmland — which was funded with taxpayer money — to block the public’s view of the land.

“On the South Fork, all of that preserved land is turning over to millionaires who are turning it into a lawn or polo field,” she said. “The good work of the [Peconic Land Trust] has been fabulous, but it could happen here, too.”

Following the Orient Plan presentation, audience members broke out into groups to discuss what they’d like to see addressed in the report.

Some of the suggestions included enhancing a more neighborly atmosphere by including last names on mailboxes. Others said they agreed with the working group’s findings of how the presence of hedges doesn’t fit with the community.

But it was 87-year-old Walter Strohmeyer’s vision that received the longest applause from the audience.

“I don’t think we should be in the mode of ‘change Orient,’ ” he said. “We should stick with what we have. It’s a very special community and we’d like to keep it the way it is.”

The Orient Plan working group welcomes feedback on its outline, which is also available to view in its entirety below.

jnuzzo@timesreview.com

Photos: (Top) An illustration of potential development for the tiny hamlet of Orient prepared by the Orient Plan working group. Click on map to enlarge. (Credit: Orient Civic Association, courtesy); (Middle left) Orient Civic Association president Bob Hanlon presenting the Orient Plan at Poquatuck Hall on Saturday. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo); (Bottom right) Walter Strohmeyer. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo)

Orient Plan Handout Final (dated May 16, 2016)

Orient Plan Addendum

Orient Civic Association Pres Report 2015-16

Orient Civic Association 2016 Annual Treas Rept

Beatrice Richman Lipman, a former resident of Southampton for nearly 40 years and of Greenport for 20 years, died May 13 in her home in Silver Spring, Md. at the age of 91. 

With her husband, the late Jerome Lipman, she operated a women’s clothing store, The Style Shop, and later, Harry Frank Men’s Shop on Main Street in Southampton. She also worked in Lady Billing’s and in Billing’s Lingerie for two decades and was a substitute teacher in Southampton High School as well as in Greenport High School.

Mrs. Lipman was a 1945 graduate of New York University where she studied retailing and became one of the first female assistant buyers at Abraham & Straus (A&S) in their flagship department store in downtown Brooklyn. She married Jerome Lipman in 1948 and lived in Greenport before moving to Southampton in 1969. Mrs. Lipman was active in Rogers Memorial Library, the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, and Parrish Art Museum, among other organizations.

She was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Queens, next to her husband. She is survived by her children, Daniel (Jacquey) of Pittsburgh and Barbara of Washington, DC and three grandchildren, Benjamin, Joshua and Elena.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton or to a favorite charity.

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Leonard Pavlakis of Riverhead died May 20, 2016, at the Riverhead Care Center. He was 89. 

He was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn April 25, 1926, to John and Julia (née Zervakos) Pavlakis.

After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he became a police officer with the Riverhead Town Police Department and was also an employee of Northville Dock.

Leonard was a member of the Suffolk County Police Association, Suffolk County Police Conference and the Riverhead P.B.A.

Leisure time was spent playing tennis and riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

He is survived by his wife Ann Regina (née Robinson); children, Jon Pavlakis (Elizabeth) and Patricia Brown (Arthur) all of West Palm Beach, Fla.; his sister, Catherine Meyer of South Palm Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother, Constantine Pavlakis of Poughkeepsie.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, May 24, from 3 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, at the funeral home, officiated by Father Jerasimos Ballas. Interment, with U.S. Navy honors, will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.

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Longtime Greenport resident Aaron Jackson died May 22 at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 53.

The son of Mammie Watson and Aaron Jackson, he was born April 2, 1963, in Plainfield, N.J., and attended Plainfield High School.

He married Joanne “JoJo” (née Shelby) April 8, 1988, at the Elmwood Garden Projects in Plainfield.

Mr. Jackson was a retired chef, who family members said enjoyed boxing, cooking, writing poetry, singing and studying the word of God.

Predeceased by his stepfather, Maurice Joseph, and his stepmother, Margret Jackson, Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife; his sons, William and Carl Cosby and Christian and Michael Davis; his parents; his brothers, Wade and Dwayne Jackson and Tyssin Hamlett; his sister, April Redfern; and five grandchildren.

A funeral service will take place at noon Friday, May 27, at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport, the Rev. Nathaniel Heyward officiating. A repass will follow at the Pringle residence, 617 Second St. in Greenport.

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

Grace Dorothy Greet of Southold died at her home May 20. She was 106. 

The daughter of Grace (Brazec) and August Henry Struve, she was born April 27, 1910, in Brooklyn.

On Feb. 14, 1935, she married William Greet at Church of the Nativity in Brooklyn.

Ms. Greet worked as a secretary at the Woodhull School in Hollis, N.Y. She was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport.

She was predeceased by her husband, William, in 1993.

A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport, officiated by the Rev. John Walker. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 768 Main St., Greenport, NY 11944.

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

Vincent Louis Tirelli of Southold died peacefully at his home with his loving family surrounding him May 23, 2016. He was 84 years old.

He was born on Oct. 25, 1931, in Bronx, N.Y., to Michael and Irene (Garzilli) Tirelli. He married his beloved wife of 63 years, Louise (LaFalcia), on April 11, 1953.

Vincent served as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Buckner from 1951 to 1955. Upon his discharge, he returned to New York and worked as a Union Marble setter, helping put the marble facades on many buildings in and around Manhattan. He joined the Fire Department of New York in 1962, serving with Engine 88 and as an inspector in District Office 7, both in the Bronx, until his retirement.

After his retirement in 1976, Vinny and his family moved to Southold, where he began a 30-year career as owner/operator of Vincent Tirelli Marble and Tile Company. He was an active member of the Southold Kiwanis, rising to the role of president. He was a lifelong New York Yankees and New York Giants fan.

In addition to his wife, Vinny is survived by his sister, Marie Bernasconi (Bruce) of West Nyack; two daughters, Laura Witek (Tony) of Ridgefield, Conn., and Valerie Tirelli Hallock of Southold; two sons, Vincent (Kristin) of Mattituck and Robert (Sherry) of Middleton, Mass. Also surviving are his nine beloved grandchildren, Katelyn Ettenger (Will), Evan Witek (Maggie), Vincent M. Tirelli (Sara), Sarah, Matthew and Brian Hallock, Olivia and Samantha Tirelli and Nicole Seay; and four great-grandchildren, Sean and Hanna Tirelli, Sydney Ettenger and Jordan Poole; as well as many loving nieces, nephews and cousins in the United States, Italy and Belgium. In addition to his parents, Michael and Irene, he was predeceased by two brothers, Anthony and Angelo.

He was much loved by many and will be remembered for his engaging nature, zest for life, witty repartee and the endless love and devotion he had for his family.

The family will be receiving visitors Thursday, May 26, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A Mass of Christian Burial with military and fire department honors will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold, with interment to follow at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad.

This is a paid notice.