Ekaterini Sakarellos of Greenport died Oct. 9 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 88. 

The daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pappadopoulou) Pedtridis, she was born March 6, 1928, in Russia.

Family members said Ms. Sakarellos was a homemaker and a devoted wife and mother who enjoyed cooking.

Predeceased by her husband, Georgios in 2015, Ms. Sakarellos is survived by her son, Konstantino, of Queens and her daughter, Elizabeth, of Greenport and two daughters.

Cremation was private, with internment following at East Marion Cemetery.

Arrangements were in the care of Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations may be made to jw.org.

In the acknowledgements of “Etched in Sand,” her 2013 memoir about her abusive Long Island childhood, New Suffolk author Regina Calcaterra said her youngest sister, Rosie Maloney, had “her own story to tell” — and that she would encourage her to write it “when she was ready.”

That time has come. Ms. Maloney, 44, is about to release “Girl Unbroken,” which she co-wrote with Ms. Calcaterra, 49. The book, which comes out Oct. 18, recounts the horrors Ms. Maloney endured after she and her brother, Norman, were separated from their three protective older sisters by social services and later kidnapped from foster care by their abusive alcoholic mother.

Ms. Maloney, who now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and three children, said she was initially reluctant to share that at 8 years old she and Norman were taken to Idaho by their mother, who beat them regularly. But she became emboldened after reading Amazon.com reviews for “Etched in Sand” in which many readers wondered what had become of her.

“Regina started sharing the magnitude of readers who were interested in my story,” Ms. Maloney said.

To write the book, the sisters held weekly Skype sessions, dissecting decades-old memories: going hungry more often than being fed, being abandoned by their mother for months at a time, living in cars and seedy motel rooms and being subjected to countless beatings. Ms. Maloney was also compelled to remember her horrific time in Idaho, during which she was molested by her stepfather and forced to work on the farm where her mother had settled.

“It was an interesting process with this whole thing,” Ms. Maloney said. “The more we started talking about it, the more I started recollecting.”

That’s not to say writing the book was easy.

“As opposed to sitting there with your sister and talking and laughing and watching horrible movies on TV, we had to be very disciplined,” Ms. Calcaterra said. “We had to work on it every single weekend and the entire manuscript was due the first week of January.”

Although it was painful for Ms. Maloney to revisit her past, Ms. Calcaterra said the project had a healing effect on her youngest sister, to whom she has always referred affectionately as “mia bambina.”

“I saw Rosie just absolutely own her story, own her background,” she said. “Own everything that happened to her. Accept it, embrace it and just start being so confident about the fact that she survived this.”

Ms. Maloney, who said she forgave her mother shortly before she died in 1999, agreed.

“It was such an amazing experience for me to be able to dissect everything and make sure I was good,” she said. “As Gi said, I owned it. I was over it before, but even more so now.”

Ms. Maloney, whose oldest children, ages 15 and 18, are aware of her past, said learning about their mother’s experiences has put their own lives in perspective.

“They really thought having to do homework and take a shower and do chores was difficult,” she said. “As a parent, I’m grateful they understand things can be so much worse.”

Although “Girl Unbroken” has already gotten a positive response, the sisters have no plans to write additional books.

“I think we have more than enough,” Ms. Calcaterra said. “For now, we’re just going to enjoy the success of ‘Girl Unbroken.’”

From noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Ms. Calcaterra, Ms. Maloney and their siblings, Cherie, Camille and Norman, will host a book signing at Laurel Lake Vineyards in Laurel. Free to the public, the event will include light refreshments and advance copies of “Girl Unbroken” will be available for purchase.

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Courtesy photo: Rosie Maloney of Salt Lake City, Utah, (left) with her sister Regina Calcaterra of New Suffolk. Next week, the pair will release ‘Girl Unbroken,’ a memoir about Ms. Maloney’s abusive childhood.

A Southold man with a previous conviction for driving while intoxicated was arrested Sunday for drunk driving, Southold Town police said.

Hector Castellon, 49, was stopped on Main Road in Mattituck shortly after 3 p.m. after police received a 911 call reporting a 2013 Ford pickup driving erratically, officials said. A police officer found the truck driving onto the shoulder and stopped Mr. Castello, police said.

An investigation reportedly revealed Mr. Castellon was intoxicated. He was charged with felony DWI due to a 2013 DWI conviction, along with unlicensed operation and a traffic violation, police said. His vehicle was also seized.

• A man stole two cans of Steel Reserve beer from a Greenport convenience store by hiding the drinks in his waistband, according to a police report.

On Saturday night, an employee at Layyah on Front Street said a man left the store around 7:30 p.m. without paying for the beer. Video surveillance showed he took the beers out of a cooler and hid them in his pants, police said.

No arrest was immediately reported. The two beers were worth $8, police said.

• A Mattituck woman was charged with petit larceny after she stole items from CVS in Mattituck last Wednesday, police said.

Maria Starostova, 31, was found to be in possession of various stolen items from store, police said. A data check revealed she had an active bench warrant out of Sag Harbor. Ms. Starostova posted bail for the misdemeanor petit larceny charge and was turned over to Sag Harbor police, authorities said.

Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime or violation. The charges against them may later be reduced or withdrawn, or they may be found innocent.

After years of ownership under the Pape family, Mattituck Inlet Marina has been purchased by Strong’s Marine, which has already folded the shipyard into its brand.

In an interview this week, Strong’s owner Jeff Strong said the newly redubbed Strong’s Yacht Center will be upgraded and refurbished in order to restore the once-bustling yacht repair center to its heyday.

The 16-acre shipyard was founded in 1961 and features 70,000 square feet of indoor storage space. Mr. Strong said the yacht center will become part of Strong’s group of locations on Mattituck Inlet, including Strong’s Water Club, which was purchased 3 1/2 years ago.

Strong’s other locations in Southampton and Port Washington will feed customers to the Mattituck site, where Mr. Strong has promised the continuation of “old-world quality and workmanship.”

Mr. Strong said the water club will continue to expand beyond offerings of summer music, pool access and more. Strong’s Yacht Center will be the home of the company’s commercial enterprises on the inlet, offering up two brands of yacht for sale and making customized repairs and upgrades to clients’ vessels.

“It’s exciting to offer that one-stop shopping,” he said.

Mr. Strong said it was important to retain the knowledge of those who had previously worked at Mattituck Inlet Marina under the Papes. Four of the five employees have at least 25 years experience in yacht sales and repair and all will remain with the dockyard.

Sal Messina of Riverhead, a friend of the Strong family from their church with more than 20 years experience in marine contracting, now heads the Mattituck yacht center.

“For us, the success of any one of our businesses is only as good as the people we have,” Mr. Strong said.

Mr. Strong said he also wanted to honor the Papes’ legacy, inviting them and longtime manager John Hallaman back to the marina after it was purchased late last month to get their blessings.

“They’ve been nothing but honorable and a pleasure to deal with, not just with the purchase and sale of the facility but with the transition,” Mr. Strong said.

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Photo caption: The former Mattituck Inlet Marina, now Strong’s Yacht Center, in a recent aerial photo. (Courtesy: Strong’s Marine)

A fictionalized version of Long Island Wine Country provides the backdrop for “Dandelion Dead,” the fourth book in Greenport author Chrystle Fiedler’s “Natural Remedies” mystery series.

“I think it’s just incredible how our region has become so popular and so good at making wine,” Ms. Fiedler said. “I think it’s a very good product, so I thought it would be fun to make that an element in the book.”

Like the three novels that preceded it, “Dandelion Dead” chronicles the adventures of Willow McQuade, a holistic doctor, natural café owner and amateur detective. In the latest whodunit, a woman is poisoned during a party at an organic winery.

Despite being released just two weeks ago, the book has already “been received really well,” Ms. Fiedler said. “It’s very, very exciting.”

She’s a successful author now, but Ms. Fiedler has been honing her craft for decades. A freelance journalist since the 1980s, the North Fork native is a regular contributor to USA Today and has also written for publications such as Woman’s Day, Better Homes and Gardens and Prevention. A natural remedies specialist, her articles have addressed topics like natural cold and flu remedies, yoga, coping with stress and non-chemical ways to boost your energy.

“When I was growing up, my mother would always be taking homeopathic pills for a cold,” she said, explaining her interest in alternative medicine. “If I had a really bad sunburn, she would cook up Lipton tea bags and put them in a bath with a lot of ice.”

In addition to magazines, Ms. Fiedler has expanded on her passion for clean living by authoring or co-authoring seven nonfiction books, including the recently published “The Compassionate Chick’s Guide to DIY Beauty.” She has also partnered with medical professionals on books about holistic remedies and conquering sugar addiction.

“Everything I use on my body is organic and I eat very little meat,” she said, adding that Shelly Scoggin, owner of Greenport’s natural foods and grocery store The Market, is a longtime role model. “I just try to be conscious. Nobody does it perfectly, but I’m trying.”

Fittingly, alternative medicine is a prevailing theme in Ms. Fiedler’s “Natural Remedies” mystery series, which debuted in 2012. So is animal rescue: Willow McQuade, who solves crimes with her boyfriend, Jackson Spade, has several adopted pets.

In a case of art imitating life, Ms. Fiedler’s two dogs were adopted from All American Dachshund Rescue and her two cats were rescued from the Shelter Island Webster Foundation. All four — Wallander, Murdoch, Tinker and Tuppence — are named after amateur or professional sleuths.

“Basically, I can have Willow or Jackson say the things that I believe about how animals should be taken care of,” Ms. Fiedler explained. “There’s a pet overpopulation problem that’s so, so, so severe. I always stress: Please adopt; don’t buy your next pet.”

In many ways, she continued, Willow McQuade represents a younger version of herself.

“She can say the things I want to say and teach people through writing,” she said. “But I can also get her into all these crazy adventures where she’s discovering dead bodies.”

Considering that “Dandelion Dead” was just published, no one would fault Ms. Fiedler for taking a short break from writing. But that’s just not her style.

Later this month, she’ll travel to England to begin research on her next project: a historical novel about a botanist during World War II.

“Will Simon & Schuster give me an advance to write this book? Please God, I hope so,” she said. “But it will get published. I never give up.”

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Meet the author Saturday, Oct. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Burton’s Books in Greenport.

Photo: Author Chrystle Fiedler and her dachshund, Murdoch, in her Greenport home’s healing garden. (Credit: Babaraellen Koch)

Suffolk County government for years delayed considering advanced wastewater treatment systems — to be installed at homes and featuring new technologies that reduce nitrogen discharges to a fraction of what traditional cesspools put out. Nitrogen discharges are considered a major cause of the brown and red tides and other algal blooms that have wreaked havoc in the bays and other water bodies of Suffolk.

Nearby states such as New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and Rhode Island have embraced the systems. They constitute a breakthrough in wastewater disposal.

In recent times, Suffolk government has finally moved toward accepting the systems.

At the request of County Executive Steve Bellone, the Suffolk Legislature this summer authorized a change in the county’s sanitary code to legalize the systems here. This came after the Bellone administration embarked on a “Septic Demonstration Pilot Program,” under which a variety of advanced systems were installed for free at an initial 19 homes. Those systems were to be monitored by the county to see how they worked.

In heralding the undertaking this summer, as 20 more homes were added, Mr. Bellone said: “The first phase of the septic demonstration project has been extremely successful as we received tremendous feedback from our residents who are currently participating in the program and from industry experts.” (The homeowners chosen were selected through a lottery and are located in all 10 towns of Suffolk.)

But is the county moving as strongly as it should in the endeavor?

Kevin McAllister, founder and president of the Sag Harbor-based organization Defend H2O, has long been a critic of Suffolk’s lack of movement on the advanced systems.

“I don’t agree with going slow with approving the new systems,” Mr. McAllister said. “The county has been dragging its feet since 2005 on this.”

Of the recent actions, he said: “I can’t get too excited about baby steps.”

Mr. McAllister complains that for the Bellone administration “sewering is the primary interest” to increase population density, hoping this would “promote economic development.”

He finds great fault in the standard set by the county for the advanced systems in the amended sanitary code — 19 milligrams per liter of nitrogen in the wastewater discharged. “They can do better,” Mr. McAllister said.

Some of the systems are capable of reducing nitrogen to five milligrams per liter “and lower.” Thus the Suffolk standard is, in Mr. McAllister’s view, “a half-measure towards efforts to reduce nitrogen. It’s more about public appearance.”

Further, there is “no mandate for using the systems” in new installations or the replacement of old ones. “The county would make that voluntary,” he said.

“This is why I’m trying to get the towns to adopt their own local laws which mandate the installation of advanced systems in new installations or when a cesspool is replaced, and also to establish more stringent standards than Suffolk County has,” Mr. McAllister said.

This is compounded by what he calls the county’s “dirty sewage secret” on the commercial side of the wastewater equation. The county allows “grandfathering” in the replacement of wastewater systems at commercial sites. The county is charged with enforcing a state standard of 10 milligrams per liter of nitrogen in discharges at commercial sites. But “Suffolk officials have turned a blind eye,” Mr. McAllister said, citing as an example a 1960s-era motel on 2.8 acres on the waterfront in Hamptons Bays replaced by a 23-unit condominium complex. But the “redevelopment was allowed without requiring advanced wastewater treatment.” He said there are numerous other examples of this county “grandfathering.”

Vanessa Baird-Streeter, a spokesperson for Mr. Bellone, emphasizes that the 19 milligrams of nitrogen per liter standard “can be changed” based on the county’s pilot project that’s underway.

“The point of the pilot program is to insure that we are getting the best results — and determining which technologies will provide that,” she said. As to mandating installation of the advanced wastewater treatment systems, because of their cost, the Bellone administration has been “looking for funding mechanisms that can assist homeowners” in installing them. They can carry a cost of $25,000.

Mr. Bellone in April proposed a referendum this year on a surcharge to water bills for customers of the Suffolk County Water Authority and other water providers — $1 for every 1,000 gallons used — to help fund clean water efforts. This could have provided funds for installation of the advanced wastewater treatment systems. Mr. Bellone dropped the plan, however, in the face of resistance from state lawmakers concerned that the $73 million estimated to be raised annually would be used for other purposes by a cash-strapped Suffolk government. His administration seeks to revisit it in 2017.

On the East End, passage of the referenda to be on the ballots in the five East End towns next month to allow Community Preservation Fund monies (raised by a 2 percent tax on most real estate transactions) to be applied to clean water projects would help finance the installation of the systems by homeowners.

Top file photo: Peconic Bay near Pine Neck Road in Southold. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

The author is a veteran journalist and professor and a member of the Press Club of Long Island’s Journalism Hall of Fame. His Suffolk Closeup column is syndicated in newspapers across the county.

St. Gabriel’s Chapel at Coecles Harbor on Shelter Island was demolished last week.

All that was saved from the Shelter Island landmark was its stained glass windows, some of which are to be incorporated into a new community clubhouse being built on the property. Others will be offered to the Shelter Island Historical Society for its collection.

“It breaks my heart,” said Kathryn O’Hagan, who led the effort to raise funds to move the building after it was learned that it wouldn’t be kept somewhere on the site.

“The old wooden landmark now rests in a dumpster. We’re very sad,” Ms. O’Hagan said in an email, speaking on behalf of herself and her husband, Dave Klenawicus, who had offered land on Ginny Drive as a new home for the structure.

The chapel, built in 1938, was revered by many Shelter Islanders as well as by members of the Passionist Fathers, who owned the property before selling it to developer Richard Hogan of Pandion Acquisitions, LLC.

Mr. Hogan’s initial plans were to retain the deconsecrated chapel and move it to another part of the approximately 25-acre property, where it would provide a basic structure for the clubhouse.

But a firm he hired to inspect the structure determined that it was too old and unstable to be moved. His attorney, William Fleming, told the Planning Board last March that it would have to be demolished.

An inspection by Shelter Island town engineer John Cronin Jr. a month later pronounced the building in shape to be moved, but that effort ran into two roadblocks.

The first was raising enough money, about $100,000, to move the structure. The second was complaints from residents of Ginny Drive, many of whom have young children. They feared relocating the building to the lot owned by Mr. Klenawicus would increase traffic on the street.

The St. Gabriel’s property, which was once a summer retreat for youths hosted by the Passionists, sold for $15.1 million in April 2015. It had been on the market since 2009.

Current plans for the property include six multi-million-dollar homes, a community clubhouse, a boathouse and docks.

As boards considering various aspects of the Pandion development acted to move that project forward, it became obvious the chapel’s days were limited.

“So many wonderful and kind islanders, friends and supporters, stood tall for us and our biggest fan was our incredible town supervisor, Jim Dougherty,” Ms. O’Hagan said. “He pushed hard for the project and we came within inches of making it happen.

“We raised enough funding to move the chapel and pour a new foundation in under 90 days, with our family matching every penny pledged.”

Ultimately, the money donated was returned to those who had contributed.

The plan called for the family to maintain the structure and lease it to the town for $1 per year for any purpose, she said.

“We live and learn in life [and] in the future, we need strategic town legislation to save precious Island history, so this never occurs again,” Ms. O’Hagan said.

Mr. Hogan couldn’t be reached for further comment on the demolition, but had said earlier there would come a point when he would have to move forward with it.

Photo caption: St. Gabriel’s Chapel fell to the wrecking ball last week as work to clear the site for the future Pandion housing development proceeded. (Credit: Julie Lane)

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With two games remaining in the regular season, Greenport/Southold/Mattituck high school football coach Jack Martilotta believes his team has one path to the playoffs. “We got to win out,” he said.

The Porters (3-3 Suffolk County Division IV) have home games remaining against Port Jefferson and Southampton/Pierson.

A win on Saturday would have been asking a lot of Greenport. Not only did they face Mount Sinai. but it was the Mustangs’ homecoming game, with all the juice that gives to the home team.

If the Porters were hoping to crash the party, it didn’t happen. The homecoming king, Jason Shlonsky, passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as Mount Sinai romped, 34-14.

Mike Carneiro ran for 122 yards from 10 carries for Mount Sinai (3-3), which also received touchdowns runs from JoJo Pirreca (a 38-yarder) and Richard Harris (an 18-yard sweep).

Mount Sinai jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. After Shlonsky’s four-yard plunge into the end zone, he opened the Mustangs’ next possession with a 41-yard pass to the streaking Andrew Fiore, who took the ball in for the score.

Shlonsky (3-of-4, 109 yards) threw a 20-yard pass to Jared Donnelly in the third quarter for his second TD pass.

Trailing 21-0, Greenport got on the scoreboard when Sean Sepenoski connected with Jordan Fonseca on a 48-yard pass 7 minutes, 11 seconds into the third quarter.

The Porters were down, 34-6, by the time Jake Skrezec (12 carries, 72 yards) took off on a 53-yard dash for a touchdown, followed by his two-point run, with 7:38 left in the game.

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Photo caption: For Greenport/Southold/Mattituck to reach the playoffs, coach Jack Martilotta believes the Porters must win their final two regular-season games. (Credit: Bob Liepa)

A tie with archrival Center Moriches felt more like a loss to the Mattituck High School boys soccer team Saturday.

The Tuckers squandered a two-goal, second-half lead en route to a frustrating 3-3 draw in Suffolk County League VII action in Mattituck’s homecoming game. Due to dwindling daylight, only one overtime period was played.

The deadlock also allowed the Red Devils (10-3-1, 7-2-1) to secure home-field advantage when the two schools meet again in the Suffolk Class B semifinals on Oct. 25. Mattituck (9-6-1, 6-3-1) needed to win to stay in contention to host the game.

It was the final regular-season league game for both teams.

Liam Pulseipher’s second goal of the second half, with 15 minutes, 37 seconds remaining in regulation, knotted things up at 3-3 for Center Moriches. Mattituck sophomore center back Bryce Grathwohl also struck twice, his first two goals of the season.

With the game only 84 seconds old, Grathwohl lifted the Tuckers into the lead. Defender Jack Wilsberg sent a long free kick that was knocked around in the penalty area. Axel Rodriguez-Canal found the rebound and fed Grathwohl, who scored from atop the box past goalkeeper Alec Maag.

The Tuckers used another set piece to double their lead with 8:41 left in the first half. This time Grathwohl knocked home a free kick from Wilsberg from the right side.

Center Moriches, however, pulled one back before the half as Eric Amaya tallied his 15th goal of the season with 4:39 to go, past sophomore James Jacobs.

Any momentum the Red Devils had was squashed by Jason Scalia, who took advantage of a poor clearance of a Wilsberg corner kick to boost the Tuckers’ halftime advantage to 3-1.

The Red Devils demonstrated their resilience in the second half. Only 40 seconds into the half, Pulseipher cut the deficit to one as he tallied on a half volley. He struck again with 15:37 remaining in the match as he converted a Ben Hamilton feed to the left side for a 3-3 deadlock.

The game started a half-hour behind schedule after the Mattituck-Center Moriches girls match kicked off 22 minutes late due to the Red Devils arriving late to because of heavy traffic on the North Fork. That encounter, which included a pair of 10-minute overtime periods, ended at 0-0.

Photo caption: Mattituck’s Tommy Sullivan goes airborne for a ball behind the back of Center Moriches’ Ben Hamilton. (Credit: Garret Meade)

Happy Fest — an obstacle course that encourages fitness and acceptance for all ages and abilities — was held Saturday at Long Island Sports Park in Calverton.

“You walk away with a medal on your chest, a new T-shirt, a little bit of dirt in your shoes and lots of big smiles,” said Happy Fest CEO Adam Stengel.

About 300 people attended the family-friendly event and also enjoyed music, food and games.

There are few places on the North Fork more beautiful than New Suffolk.

From the scenic drive along the causeway to the foot of the waterfront, beauty abounds in this small hamlet of fewer than 200 households.

With no main thoroughfares intersecting, New Suffolk’s views instead stretch across the Peconic Bay to Robins Island and the South Fork. Its waterfront was home to the USS Holland, the first commissioned submarine in the U.S. Navy, at the turn of the last century.

Today, the hamlet is noted for its beach, the non-profit waterfront property, two restaurants, a small schoolhouse and the quaint post office. The hamlet also hosts a Fourth of July Parade and community barbecue to rival any other small town.

Most of all though, what people recall about New Suffolk after they visit, is its peace and scenic allure.

One minute on the North Fork is a new series of six, 10-second clips filmed in one general area over a one-hour period. It will appear each Sunday on northforker.com.

Michael and Carol Malkush of Cutchogue have announced the marriage of their daughter Melissa to Don Peters, son of Ron and Pat Peters of Newtown, Ohio. The ceremony took place at New Suffolk Beach Sept. 10. The reception was held in the Malkushes’ backyard in Cutchogue.

Melissa is a graduate of Wake Forest University. She works for Norell Prosthetics. Don is a graduate of Ohio State University. He works for Trevet Civil and Environmental Engineering.

After honeymooning in Belize, they returned to their home in San Diego, Calif.

Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead unveiled its new on-site gym Oct. 4. The fitness facility, which features cardio machines and free weights, is exclusively for employees and serves as a platform for other Employee Wellness initiatives, hospital officials announced.

The gym, which employees raised $52,000 over the course of six weeks to create, previously served as a physical therapy area. The 450-square-foot space features a treadmill, rowing and elliptical machine, “next-generation” weight bench and two locker rooms.

Todd Gates, president of MCore Functional Training Systems of Hampton Bays, put together the fitness equipment. He said he concentrated on making the gym functional and efficient, using a minimal amount of space but offering multiple exercise choices.

During last week’s ribbon cutting, Patty Ward, a 10-year assistant physical therapist, tried out the elliptical machine.

“They did a great job,” she said. “I will absolutely use this.”

Top photo: Darrien Garay, center, special gifts officer with Peconic Bay Medical Center’s foundation office, speaks at last Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting for the Riverhead hospital’s new employee gym as CEO Andy Mitchell, left, gets ready to cut the ribbon and Todd Gates of MCore Fitness films the event with his phone. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

Patty Ward, an assistant physical therapist, tries out the elliptical machine. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

Community Action Southold Town (CAST) is hosting an open house at 2 p.m. Sunday to showcase its new location.

CAST executive director Linda Ruland said the move to 316 Front Street in Greenport, which is located across the street from its previous location, benefits the nonprofit in terms of safety and accessibility.

“We started to look for a place with better parking — and we didn’t have to look far,” Ms. Ruland said. “We love it here.”

CAST’s former location didn’t have a parking lot. Now the organization has seven spaces.

In addition, delivery trucks can park near the back door that leads right to the nonprofit’s pantry.

From left, Linda Ruland, Colleen Cummings, Elizabeth Petersen and Sarah Benjamin. (Credit: Krysten Massa)

The room in the middle of the building is what Ms. Ruland calls the “sharing room,” which is stacked with donated clothing.

CAST celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and has helped thousands of families. Throughout that time, the group has provided food for needy children. More recently, they have assisted non-English speakers with learning the language and offered computer learning programs.

[Related story: Not just surviving, but CAST is thriving on North Fork]

The organization was founded in 1965 through an alliance of concerned citizens and local church leaders as part of the “War on Poverty” movement launched a year earlier by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address.

Through CAST’s program, volunteer teachers also visit the homes of young children across the town to help them with reading, writing and other skills as part of the Parent-Child Home Program.

“Whatever people need we will try and do for them,” Ms. Ruland said. “We want to try and meet everybody’s needs.”

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The eponymous Long Island Rail Road bridge on Bridge Lane in Cutchogue will be closed later this month for repairs, according to a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The LIRR will be replacing the bridge’s timber frame and decking over two consecutive Saturdays, said spokesperson Salvatore Arena. Work will begin late Friday, Oct. 21, and continue throughout the day Saturday, Oct. 22.

The same pattern of work will continue Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, he said. Half the bridge will be completed over one weekend, while the other half will be finished the following Saturday.

During construction, the bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic, Mr. Arena said. The rest of the street will remain open.

The repairs won’t affect LIRR service, he added.

“Since Greenport trains do not run very often, there is plenty of time to work on the bridge and they can always stop work for the brief passing of a train if that is necessary,” he said.

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Photo: A cyclist rides across the Long Island Rail Road bridge on Bridge Lane in Cutchogue Tuesday evening. The bridge will be closed later this month for repairs, authorities said. (Credit: Paul Squire)

Aaron Paul, who you probably know best as Jesse Pinkman from “Breaking Bad,” was spotted on the North Fork Monday morning while filming scenes for the Hulu series “The Path.”

Rena Wilhelm, owner of The Weathered Barn, snapped the above photo of Paul and co-star Rockmond Dunbar filming in front of her Front Street shop.

A location scout dropped off his business card at the store several weeks ago, said Wilhelm, who is a fan of the series. She said she played it cool when she reached out to the scout and didn’t mention her love of the show or its star.

“I’m a huge, huge fan of Aaron Paul,” she told us. He and his wife Lauren Parsekian even stopped in her store and posed for selfies with Wilhelm and Lucharito’s bartender Sterling Smiley.

Read more on northforker.com

Courtesy photo: Aaron Paul and Rockmond Dunbar on Greenport’s Front Street Monday morning. (Credit: Rena Wilhelm)

Vincent John Krupski of Cutchogue died Oct. 15, 2016, at Stony Brook University Hospital after a three-month illness.

He was born in Mattituck Aug. 15, 1925, to Anna (Burkiewicz) and Andrew Krupski and was a graduate of Mattituck High School Class of 1943.

On Nov. 14, 1948, he married the former Helen P. Wojewocki at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead and together they made their home in Cutchogue.

For more than 40 years, he was a farmer with his family’s business, Krupski Farms.

He was a communicant of Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue.

Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Helen; four children, Jean Krupski of Baiting Hollow, Vincent J. Krupski Jr. of Orlando, Fla., Richard H. Krupski of Rehoboth, Mass. and David Krupski of Clifton Park, N.Y.; his brother, Walter Krupski; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by an infant daughter, Helen Krupski in 1956; his brothers, Joseph, John and Stanley Krupski; his sister, Sophie Stype and by a great-grandson, Jack Stepnowsky in 2005.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations to Cutchogue Fire Department Rescue Squad or Stony Brook University Hospital would be appreciated.

This is a paid notice. 

Lifelong Southold resident Kenneth Lee “Soup” Dickerson died at his home on Oct. 15, 2016. He was 88.

He was born Aug. 25, 1928, in Southold to Kenneth Orneau and Rhoda Jeanette (Foster) Dickerson.

During the Korean Conflict, “Soup” served for three years in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant.

“Soup” was the owner/operator of K.L. Dickerson Excavating for 40 years and enjoyed membership in the Mattituck Gun Club, Southold American Legion Post 803 and Southold Fire Department. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Southold.

Predeceased by his wife Shirley Elizabeth (née Worthington), he is survived by his children: Kenneth Lee Dickerson Jr. of Cutchogue, Susan Elizabeth Dickerson of Fredericksburg, Va. and Thomas Mark Dickerson of Southold and two grandchildren, Julia and Samuel Dickerson. He was also predeceased by his brother: Earl Orneau Dickerson.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. American Legion services will be held at 5:15, Southold Fire Department services at 6:45 and religious services at 7 p.m. conducted by the Rev. Peter J. Kelley. Interment will be private at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations to Southold Fire Department or Southold American Legion Scholarship Fund would be appreciated.

This is a paid notice. 

William R. Killian of Mattituck died at his home Oct. 14. He was 94. 

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Donations to Mattituck or Southold fire department rescue squads would be appreciated.

A complete obituary will follow.

Dig Pink? Dig this.

The Mattituck High School girls volleyball team dug its special black uniforms with the pink numbers and lettering for its annual Dig Pink match on Monday. Meanwhile, coach Frank Massa must have dug the way his team played.

The Tuckers were in firm control from start to finish, taking down Shelter Island in three games at Mattituck High School. Madison Osler drove down eight kills as Mattituck coasted in the non-league encounter, 25-16, 25-5, 25-15.

Ashley Chew (seven) and Cassidy Bertolas combined for 13 of Mattituck’s 23 assists. Bertolas went 13-for-14 serving.

The Tuckers (7-4, 6-3 Suffolk County League VII) substituted liberally after the first set, which saw them jump out to a 10-2 lead. They scored eight of the first nine points in the second set and stretched their lead to 19-3 on a kill by Riley Hoeg.

The third set was the most competitive, but after Shelter Island (2-5, 2-4 League VIII) took a 6-5 edge, Mattituck bounced back. The Tuckers snapped a 15-15 tie by scoring the last 10 points of the match, three on kills by Samantha Husak.

Sarah Lewis (three kills, two service aces, four assists) led Shelter Island.

Mattituck has won Long Island Class C championships in five of the past six years. Shelter Island, the only Class D team on Long Island, has won 12 straight Suffolk Class D titles and seven league crowns in a row.

The Dig Pink match raises money for breast-cancer research. Shelter Island also dressed for the occasion, wearing pink shirts and black shorts.

bliepa@timesreview.com

Photo caption: The Mattituck High School girls volleyball team shows off its special uniforms for its Dig Pink match against Shelter Island on Monday. (Credit: Bob Liepa)