Greenport Village’s pump-out boat only temporarily returned to service after engine trouble kept it sidelined between the start of boating season in May and July 1.

The pump-out boat, designed to collect waste from boats toilets so it doesn’t get flushed into the bay, returned to service July 1 with its new engine, Mayor George Hubbard Jr. said at the July 20 village work session, adding that it “should be fully functional for the rest of the season.”

But that changed once a pump failed shortly after the boat returned to action, Village Administrator Paul Pallas said at Thursday’s regular board meeting. He said the village has ordered a new pump.

“It’s definitely a high priority on my list,” Mr. Pallas said.

Mr. Hubbard said the boat had some problems toward the end of the boating season last September, and then it had an issue with the motor in the spring.

He said the village then bought a new motor for the boat and put it back in service as of July 1.

“Then the pump broke,” he said.

Ian Wile, a Greenport resident and boater, said he was shocked to hear the boat had been out of service, especially given the high volume of boats on the water.

“I’m concerned for the quality of our waterfront and whether there’s a schedule or interim solution like contracting a pump-out boat from a private marina,” he said at the board meeting.

He added, “Despite whatever assurances the boat owners would give you, if there’s no pump-out boat, they are for certain going to empty their tanks, rather than wait for the Port-a-John.”

Greenport Harbor, Sterling Creek and the Peconic Estuary are federally- and state-designated no discharge zones, in which it’s illegal to dump waste from a boat into the water because of the negative impact that has on water quality.

Mr. Pallas pointed out that the village pump-out station, on the end of the Mitchell Park marina, is still working and available for boaters’ use.

Both Mr. Wile and village harbor patrol officer Peter Harris said most boaters prefer to have the pump-out boat come to them, become their boats get “banged around” at the dock if there’s a lot of boat traffic.

Mr. Harris also suggested that the village sign an interim agreement with a private marina that has a pump-out boat.

“I’ve had numerous boaters ask me about the pump-out boat,” Mr. Harris said.

“It boggles my mind,” said resident Bill Swiskey. “We knew what condition this pump-out boat was in last year when we put it away. We knew that it needed help. How do we get to May and start the season in that condition?”

Photo caption: A Greenport Village pump-out boat pictured Tuesday. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

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President Donald Trump said he has a message for violent gang members in the United States that he made clear during a speech Friday afternoon in Brentwood before an auditorium filled with local law enforcement: “We will find you, we will arrest you, we will jail you and we will deport you.”

Long Island has seen violence by the gang in recent months, including the killing of four young men in April in Central Islip and two teen girls last year in Brentwood.

“We cannot accept this violence one day more,” the president said.

Behind him dozens of law enforcement officers applauded, standing under signs that read “American heroes protecting American lives.”

“It is the policy of this administration to dismantle, decimate and eradicate MS-13,” Mr. Trump continued.

The North Fork has had signs of the gang’s activity in recent years. In October 2014, police arrested five men in connection with a Southold shooting in which alleged MS-13 members targeted members of a rival gang, police said. One victim was attacked with a machete, police said.

Earlier this year, the gang’s name was found written in pen on a bathroom at Tasker Park in Peconic, according to a police report.

MS-13, which is short for La Mara Salvatrucha is composed primarily of immigrants or their descendants from El Salvador, according to the federal Department of Justice.

Mr. Trump called for the end of sanctuary cities – where immigrant are promised “sanctuary” from federal officials – and said the country has been weak on enforcing immigration policy.

“Failure to enforce our immigration laws have predictable results: drugs, gangs and violence,” he said, adding that will change under the his administration. And he repeated a popular campaign promise and said the border wall between the United States and Mexico will be built.

The president thanked members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their increased efforts, which in the past six weeks has resulted in the arrests of nearly 1,400 persons and resulted in the recovery of illegal firearms and narcotics. He also thanked local law enforcement, saying “We have your backs.”

Before the president took the stage to chants of “USA! USA!” by the audience, acting ICE director Thomas Homan said gang members will not find safe harbor on Long Island. ICE’s efforts to target MS-13 would be successful because of partnerships between the federal, state and local levels of law enforcement.

“Let me be clear,” Mr. Homan said. “We will be relentless in our pursuit of every member, associate and leader of MS-13…We will target all of you.”

Congressman Peter King (R-Seaford) spoke before the president, telling law officials they have “no greater advocate” in the White House than Mr. Trump. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) was also to travel to Long Island with the president on Friday, his office announced Thursday in a statement.

“The rise in gang violence, which is ruining lives, wreaking havoc, and causing irreparable and devastating harm to families, is hitting home in the most personal and tragic way in Suffolk County, where we’ve seen ongoing violence perpetrated by MS-13 and other Central American gangs taking innocent lives and threatening the safety of our schools,” Mr. Zeldin said in the statement. “I thank President Trump for making it a priority to travel to Long Island tomorrow to address the administration’s determined efforts to eradicate this violent street gang.”

Mr. Zeldin referenced the Central Islip killings, which MS-13 members have been charged with, and said the effort to end the rise in gang violence on the island needs to be an “all hands on deck mission” from all levels of government. He said that effort should include enforcement of immigration laws, along with international efforts to combat related criminal activity as well as local education efforts.

Protesters, both pro- and anti-Trump, lined up across the street from the Suffolk County Community College campus before the event. Some still lingered after the speech ended. On one side, pro-Trump protesters shouted, “Go home,”, while anti-Trump groups yelled back, “Let them in,” both  chants referring to immigrants.

In a statement released after the speech, Mr. Zeldin said: “While some chose to line the streets and protest the President’s arrival with claims that his motives for coming were to ‘attack immigrants’, his words today proved that this was simply not true. This administration has taken a hard stance against gang activity, and it is imperative that we come together as one community in rejection of this violence which has claimed too many innocent lives.

“This President’s trip to our home was a sign that we have allies in this fight against evil; however, this is only the beginning. We must send a clear indication that gangs like MS-13 have no place here, and that we will never tolerate gang violence in our communities. It is our obligation to make eradicating this criminal organization a top priority.”

Southold Town police Chief Martin Flatley attended the speech. In a late-afternoon statement he said:

“The President’s remarks were directed at the MS-13 activity that Suffolk has been dealing with and the murders connected to their cases. The President spoke of supporting the police in their enforcement efforts against MS-13 and taking back the streets again from gangs such as this… Overall, it was an excellent experience to hear a speech from the President of the United States. I was also fortunate enough to hear President Obama deliver a speech at an International Association of Chiefs of Police conference that I attended several years ago.”

Top photo caption: President Trump speaks Friday in Brentwood on gang violence. (Credit: Kelly Zegers)

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Protestors outside the venue Friday. (Credit: Kelly Zegers)

Supporters of President Trump outside the venue. (Credit: Kelly Zegers)

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A desperate comeback attempt by the North Fork Ospreys fell short Friday night when they dropped the second and decisive game of their Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League semifinal series to the Long Island Road Warriors, 10-9.

Long Island held a 7-2 lead through three innings at Jean Cochran Park in Peconic before the Ospreys closed the gap, pulling to within 8-7 in the eighth and 10-9 in the ninth. The Ospreys cut Long Island’s lead to 10-9 by opening the bottom of the ninth with a Tom Brady double and a John Mead home run. Two outs after a walk by Alex Baumann, Chris Adams walked and Parker Bates was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But reliever Brandon LaManna got Mike Sciorra looking at a called strike to pick up the save and end it.

Long Island had won the first game of the series, 5-2, on Thursday.

Garrett Heaton drove in three runs for Long Island. Jeff Towle added three hits (one a double) and two RBIs while Marc Wangenstein and Michael Veit knocked in two runs apiece.

Sciorra brought the Ospreys three RBIs and leadoff batter Chris Adams went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Michael Delio was credited with the win. He gave up two runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Long Island advances to the best-of-three finals against the defending champion Westhampton Aviators, who will host Game 1 on Monday.

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It was quite unlikely for me, a vegetarian for 50 years, to be out shopping the other day for a gun to shoot squirrels.

But squirrels have been stripping our fruit trees. I’ve planted nearly 40 apple, pear, peach and plum trees, and last summer squirrels stripped all of them of their fruit. Squirrels scampered across the property with fruit in their mouths all day long.

I tried to solve the problem the way we try to solve many problems these days, seeking help through Google. One of its suggestions — ultrasound devices, “electronic repellers” that emit a sound various animals were said to abhor and humans can’t hear. I ordered four.

My nearly $100 purchase arrived and I carefully read the manuals. There was a dial on each that I set for what it said was the ultrasound that repels squirrels, as contrasted to other bothersome critters on the dial that included raccoons, possums and armadillos. I laid out wires that sent electricity to each device. The squirrels clearly hadn’t read the manual. The utrasound didn’t work.

I again pursued the issue this year, asking people who might have had experience with fruit-thievery-by-squirrel. A Havahart trap? You’d need to trap 30. A repeated suggestion: Shoot the squirrels either to kill them or shock them and thus discourage them. My choice was the non-lethal approach as someone who has not eaten steak or a lamb chop for a half-century, although I’ve been unable to resist a good meatball every few months.

Oh, and my wife was firmly against killing the squirrels.

John, who grew up in the Pennsylvania countryside, the son-in-law of Shelter Island friends, said he had plenty of experience shooting squirrels with a pellet/ BB rifle and if you didn’t pump it many times, he said the pellet or BB wouldn’t kill the squirrel but would do just what I wanted: scare the daylights out of the varmints.

I went to a sporting goods store. On the way, on my iPhone, I got an email from an editor, Tanya, saying she hadn’t received my column. I phoned to say I had sent it but would resend when I got home — noting I was out buying a rifle to shoot squirrels. She was … shocked.

I explained I needed to stop squirrels from going after fruit. She counseled that “you could buy fruit at a farmer’s market or the supermarket.”

At the store, I emphasized to the salesman how I wanted not to kill marauding squirrels but to scare them by not pumping the rifle too many times. He was aghast — even more than Tanya, but for a different reason. “That’s poaching,” he exclaimed. He believed that when you use a gun you need to go for the kill.

“I don’t know if I want to help you,” he muttered.

Also, he said, I should check with the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) about the season for shooting squirrels. I checked online and the squirrel hunting season on Long Island turns out to be in the winter, so no good for stopping the harvest-time fruit thievery. I telephoned the regional DEC office for more details and was told that squirrels are a “non-protected species” and if they were going after fruit on my property they’re considered a “nuisance” and it was always open season on them.

I went back to the store and bought a pump pellet/BB rifle. But when I got it home it was missing a part. On the phone the salesman said he had no more rifles of this type in stock and I could either call the manufacturer or return the rifle. I returned it and the salesman then slickly sold me another kind of pellet rifle, its power unable to be adjusted by pumping.

On its box was a picture in cross-hairs of one of the animals it was meant to kill — squirrels.

That evening I was reading the just-published (and excellent) autobiography, “Nevertheless,” by Alec Baldwin and came upon a poignant passage about finding a dead squirrel as a kid growing up in Massapequa and burying it. And then I told my wife about the second rifle I bought being able to kill squirrels and she gave a solid no. So I returned this rifle, too.

I went to Walmart and the salesman there appreciated my nonlethal squirrel scheme. “You want to just scare them, yes,” he said. At Walmart there were plenty of Daisy BB rifles — just like John had used — and I bought one. It was amazingly cheap: $35. But the squirrel-familiar salesman said I might also get a BB-pistol with a clip of 13 BB’s, considering that the rifle was only good for one shot at time. For those especially brazen squirrels that come to the fruit trees right in front of our porch, I figured this would be practical. So I bought the BB-pistol, too: $25.

I am well-armed with non-lethal weaponry when thieving squirrels return.

Top photo credit: flickr.com/thartz00
Karl Grossman 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.

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An Eastern Long Island Hospital nurse who specializes in emergency management earned a prestigious designation of Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional.

Patricia McArdle, the hospital’s director of infection prevention and control, earned the designation after years of experience in emergency management healthcare and an intensive written exam that covers emergency management, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and pandemics.

There are fewer than 60 medical professional in New York with the certification and about 1,000 nationwide, according to an ELIH press release.

At ELIH, Ms. McArdle is responsible for all aspects of infection control including prevention, surveillance, public education and outbreak investigation. A Cutchogue resident, Ms. McArdle has over 32 years of nursing experience, 25 of those spent in infection prevention and control, and the last 10 years in emergency management.

“I would say the exam was challenging,” she said. “But we definitely gain knowledge over the years doing that kind of roll.”

Ms. McArdle is unique in her role because she has a Master’s of Science in Homeland Security Management and Terrorism from LIU/CW Post. She completed this degree just last May.

“I just kind of morphed into it,” she said. “After 9/11, in about 2004, the state noticed the need that hospitals needed to be prepared.”

She was formerly the emergency management coordinator at Peconic Bay Medical Center.

“Healthcare organizations need professionals that understand how emergency management principles support the healthcare environment of care, the local community and the nation,” chief nursing officer D. Patricia Pispisa said in a press release.

Ms. McArdle has worked at ELIH as a part-time nurse and a consultant since 1999, but started working full time there in November.

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The marine program operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County received a grant of $65,000 to launch its Local F.I.S.H. project, which promotes eating fish caught locally on Long Island.

Local F.I.S.H. — which stands for fresh, indigenous, sustainable and healthy — received the funding in December from the New York Farm Viability Institute, a grant-making agency supported primarily by New York State, and the project is ready to launch with the summer fishing season. Cornell has partnered in this effort with several North Fork fisheries, including Blue Moon Fish in Mattituck, Braun Seafood in Cutchogue, PE & DD Seafood’s Little Fish Shop in Riverhead and Southold Fish Market.

“We’re marketing local seafood because 90 percent of the seafood that people eat in the United States is imported,” CCE fisheries specialist Jacqueline Wilson said. “We’re trying to work with fisherman to help them enhance their businesses.”

Local fisheries will receive help in promoting their businesses online as well as through tastings around Long Island. A Taste and Tour event, for example, will be held Friday, Aug. 18, the Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center in Southold.

“It would be great if people would buy local fish because it’s fresher, for one thing; it’s better for the planet,” Stephanie Villani of Blue Moon Fish said. “It’s helping the local fishing community. It’s nice to have the local support.”

Ms. Wilson said buying local fish is important, noting that fish imported into the country can be a week to two weeks old by the time it’s consumed, but buying locally ensures that it’s only a day or so old.

“It was very easy to match up with this because it’s something we do anyway,” Kenneth Homan of Braun Seafood said. “We’ve been promoting local fish. We want to help the local fishermen and it helps the community.”

More information can be found at http://localfish.org.

Photo caption: A fluke taco caught and prepared by Southold Fish Market to promote freshly caught local seafood. (Credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension courtesy photo)

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The Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association is now under new leadership, as its founder stepped down last month to assume the role of past president.

Mary Eisenstein of Mattituck, a Democratic candidate for Southold Town Board in the upcoming election, had served as president since organizing the association in 2015. John Carter of Mattituck, who was previously board member at-large, was elected president of the civic group June 26.

Ms. Eisenstein said a transition was always in the works, as the group set two-year term limits for its board positions, and that it is not related to her campaign for a Southold Town Board seat. She said the new board, which includes Laurel resident Susan Palmer, who was voted in as vice president last year, is of the “highest caliber.”

“They are so dedicated and committed to carrying forth our mission,” Ms. Eisenstein said. The civic association sums up that mission in three words: inform, enhance and preserve.

Mr. Carter said he was encouraged to run for the position, but also felt compelled to step up.

“I feel that what the civic association does is important for the community at large,” he said. He first became involved when he saw a need for traffic management.

“Anybody who drives through Mattituck and Laurel, and certainly anyone like myself who lives on a street with a double yellow line, knows that speed and volume of traffic are both safety and quality-of-life issues that extend to the broader community,” he said.

Ms. Palmer was looking to get involved in the community when she joined the group in March last year. The first meeting she attended dealt with a traffic calming project that in part called for safety improvement at the intersection of Main Road, Love Lane and Old Sound Avenue in Mattituck. She was impressed by the group’s ability to bring in experts, such as town officials, to discuss issues, she said.

“The important thing is the civic allows people to have a safe place to come, get informed and be better equipped to go out and discuss local issues,” Ms. Palmer said. One project she’d like to focus on is establishing a village green for the hamlets.

Ms. Eisenstein sought to launch the group after being inspired by how the East Marion Community Association was able to organize a meet the candidates event in 2013.

In more than two years since the Mattituck-Laurel group formed, Ms. Eisenstein said she is most proud of how quickly it got organized, called attention to traffic calming and held a public forum last month on maintaining the area’s rural character while planning for strategic growth. In addition, she said, she is proud of the group’s participation in the land use chapter of Southold Town’s comprehensive plan.

Moving forward, both Mr. Carter and Ms. Palmer see the civic association continuing what Ms. Eisenstein started, offering community members an opportunity to share their interests and concerns at monthly meetings.

“That sort of opportunity is lacking in many communities and I think we’re lucky that we’re able to bring enough people together that we can organize, sponsor and host these events,” Mr. Carter said.

Photo caption: Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association vice president Susan Palmer and president John Carter at the Love Lane street fair July 8. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo)

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The Greenport bookmobile is back this summer with a new component — five Little Free Libraries.

The freestanding kiosk-like libraries are constructed to look like books and will contain books for readers of all ages that can be borrowed by members of the community at any time, Greenport elementary principal Joseph Tsaveras said.

A sign at each Little Free Library location — the Greenport school, Mitchell Park, Fifth Street Park, Main Street outside Lucharitos and Floyd Memorial Library — will read “take a book, leave a book,” Mr. Tsaveras said.

The project is the result of a collaboration among the Greenport School District, Greenport Village and Floyd Memorial Library.

“That’s one of the most exciting parts, that it’s a joint venture,” he said. “We’re continuing to promote literacy for all in the community. Reading for yourself and reading to others is important.”

The book stands, which are in the final building stages, were painted and cut in June by Greenport High School students from technology teacher Mike Davies’ classes. Mr. Davies is finishing up construction of the stands and hopes to have them completed and installed this week.

Mr. Tsaveras said he was brainstorming with Jack Martilotta, a high school science teacher at Greenport and a village trustee, about ways to enhance the school district’s bookmobile effort, which launched last year, and decided to start the Little Free Library program.

“Then we came up with the idea of one that looks like a book. You just open the book and there are books inside, so it’s a pretty cool idea,” Mr. Tsaveras said.

Mr. Martilotta and Mr. Tsaveras then reached out to Poppy Johnson at Floyd Memorial Library to suggest that the library partner with them.

“The three of us put our heads together,” Mr. Tsaveras said. “We thought going into our second year of the bookmobile we’d try and enhance and promote literacy in the community as well.”

Last summer, Mr. Tsaveras began driving a minibus loaded with more than 600 books for students through grade 6 throughout the village. In its second week, the bookmobile goes around on Tuesdays this year. Students are able to borrow a book free of charge and exchange it for a different one the following week.

The Little Free Library program is slightly different in that the books inside the kiosks are for people of all ages and don’t have to be returned. People can keep a book they’ve enjoyed, but are encouraged to leave a book for others to read whenever they pick one up for themselves.

Greenport’s Little Free Libraries are part of a national program created in 2009 by Wisconsin resident Todd Bol. There are now over 50,000 Little Free Libraries throughout all 50 states and in 70 countries worldwide.

Douglas Attridge of Mattituck built Long Island’s first Little Free Library in 2012 at his Bergen Avenue home. Since then more have popped up, including one at a bus stop on Main Road in Jamesport.

Photo caption: One of the five Little Free Libraries that will be placed around Greenport Village this week. (courtesy photo)

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Bishop McGann-Mercy High School will start the 2017-18 school year with a new leader. Rev. John Hogan, a Catholic deacon, will become the school’s interim principal next month.

He will be the first deacon to serve as the principal at the school and has nearly 40 years of experience working in both Catholic and public schools across Long Island and New York City.

We sat down with him at his office to discuss his new role at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School. Here are some excerpts.

Q: What’s your professional background?

A: I was ordained just this past June by Bishop John Barres. This is my 40th year in education, the majority of which was spent in high school education either as a teacher or as an administrator. I also served as assistant superintendent of schools in the Elwood School District. I retired in June 2016, but I was superintendent of the West Hempstead School District from 2007 to 2016. I was also the director of religious education at Holy Spirit parish in New Hyde Park.

Q: Why did you decide to come to Bishop McGann-Mercy High School?

A: I spent the first 18 years of my career in Catholic education in Brooklyn and the last 20 years in public education. The opportunity to come back to Catholic education and the opportunity to work in a high school again, along with the junior high students, was just an opportunity I couldn’t resist. I’m very happy to be here. I’ve done some research and I just think McGann-Mercy is a diamond. It’s just a wonderful place for Catholic education on the East End.

Q: What are your goals as principal?

A:  My goal for this school year is to first and foremost provide some stability in the administration and to continue to oversee and provide the students with the best possible educational experience they can have in terms of their faith, their academics, their athletics and their social interactions. There’s truly a Catholic presence here, a Christian presence. That’s something that we’re going to be sure continues and infuses everything we do everyday. I think Catholic education on Long Island can really help [missionary growth,] in terms of evangelizing not just our own students, but us as well. If I can play a small part in that, that’s good. 

Q: What are you looking forward to most in your new role?

A: I’m excited not just to be at McGann-Mercy, but I’m excited to be in Riverhead and in Suffolk County again. I expect that people will get to see me around at various events because I believe McGann-Mercy is very much a part of this community. So I’m looking forward to those interactions and getting to know not just the people in the building, but the people in the community and give them the opportunity to get to know me.

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Photo: Rev. John Hogan will serve as Bishop McGann-Mercy High School’s interim principal during the 2017-18 school year. (Credit: Nicole Smith)

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The neon lights — a mix of red, yellow and blue — glow against the dark sky each night as drivers approach the iconic sign in Aquebogue. Over the past six decades, the vintage sign at Modern Snack Bar has become a North Fork landmark. 

“Because [the sign] has been there for so long it’s become iconic,” said Otto Wittmeier, who owns the restaurant with his younger brother John.

Now 77, Mr. Wittmeier said he remembers when the sign was first installed. It was 1956 and he was 16.

“It was a momentous thing,” he said, adding that at the time, his family didn’t have much money. His parents, Wanda and John, worked hard to be able to purchase the sign, he said. He’s not sure what the cost would have been back then, but when the brothers had the sign serviced recently it cost them around $5,000. He said it’s a lot to maintain, but worth it to do so.

The sign has become a part of the town’s history.

In 2007, the Riverhead Town Board voted to grant the sign landmark status, so it would be exempt from newly passed town code requirements on signage. A Town Board resolution from that time called the sign “a piece of 1950s roadside architecture and a unique piece of Riverhead culture,” according News-Review archives.

That same year, the sign appeared in a Toyota TV commercial that aired in the fall to launch Toyota’s 2008 Highlander. As the story goes, crew members from the filming wanted to eat inside the restaurant rather than eat the catered food supplied for them.

John Wittmeier said the sign is a landmark for local residents, a compass point that alerts drivers to precisely how much farther they have to go in their travels. The younger Wittmeier was only 1 year old when the sign went up. He said anyone who was involved with the decision making at that time is now gone.

“I’m not sure where ‘modern’ came from,” he said while sitting in the restaurant Tuesday morning before the lunch rush.

Otto and John Wittmeier outside their iconic Main Road restaurant. (Credit: Krysten Massa)

He said the sign came from the Niemeyer Sign Company of Patchogue and he thinks they could have made the decision on its design. At the time, he said, that style of sign was popular.

“It’s back in the ’50s so it has a ’50s flavor because that’s what was happening at that time,” he said “It’s not a reproduction; it’s the real deal.”

He said he’s happy the sign is so recognizable and plays a role in the lives of locals. The same is true of the restaurant’s interior.

Walking through the doors of the Modern Snack Bar today is not much different than it was 10 years ago. Visiting it is like walking into a time capsule, John said. The brothers have worked hard to maintain the essence of the original restaurant their parents ran for so long. The brothers officially partnered in 1989 when their parents retired after running the business since the early ’50s.

The Wittmeiers sat in the back corner of the restaurant at a table they call “Wanda’s table” because it’s where their mother would sit to fold the napkins and prepare the silverware — even after she officially retired.

Reminiscing about the origins of their iconic sign brought up other fond memories. Otto recalled beginning to work at the restaurant when he was only 14 years old. He said he remembers working the grill with two cooks who retired after working there for 47 years.

John recalled the brothers’ unique experience growing up in the apartment right above the restaurant.

He said he remembers “midnight snack runs” where he could raid the refrigerator and find ice cream.

(Credit: Krysten Massa)

Even older memories include his recollection that the staff was like one giant family and he had many “aunts” who would watch him as he ran around among the tables in the restaurant.

“I do that now,” he said. “But I’m not wearing a onesie anymore.”

The brothers also highlighted how the employees have remained with the business through the years. They said about 13 current employees have been there for over 10 years, and three have been with them for over two decades.

When they open each year in April, they said, it’s like a big reunion. The same staff and customers always return. On any given August afternoon they can find a family with multiple generations sitting together at the same table they always have.

There wasn’t an open seat in the house Tuesday afternoon, and the Wittmeiers said this year, the restaurant’s 67th, has been very busy.

Doug and Carol Winsko of Aquebogue sat the at the end of the counter Tuesday joking with the brothers. The couple said they eat at the Modern Snack Bar at least three times a week.

“Good food, good service. What’s not to like?” Mr. Winsko said. Their designated spot is at the far corner of the counter.

It’s customers like the Winskos who give the Wittmeier brothers a rewarding feeling. They said they try to keep things simple and their consistent customers come back just for that. Though they have made some changes since they officially took over — like accepting credit cards and getting a full liquor license — they try to stick to what their parents built for them.

“We miss those days. We miss Mom’s presence but I think she would be proud of how things are going since her passing,” John said. “We’re always going to try and do our best to be better today than we were yesterday and we’re grateful to our customers for sure.”

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For one weekend of the year, Greenport is the lacrosse capital of Long Island. This past weekend was that weekend.

The 24th annual lacrosse festival known as the Greenport Shootout transformed Greenport High School into a mini-lacrosse city. Six fields accommodated 72 teams for Saturday’s and Sunday’s games, which drew between 4,000 and 5,000 visitors, according to Mike Nelson, vice president of the Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation. Altogether, about 1,440 players participated.

“It’s more fun than anything else,” Nelson said. “I look forward to this event every year.”

The LIMLF and Nassau County Police Athletic League sponsor the tournament, which raises money for scholarships that go to two Greenport High School seniors. Some of the proceeds are appropriated for the Jill Howell Fund, which supports other charities and special needs for Nassau County PAL, said Nelson.

Two of the founders of the tournament were Harvey Cohen and Jimmy Howell. Cohen died a year and a half ago. Howell is battling health issues, said Nelson. “Our hearts are definitely with them,” he said. “Last year was our first year without Harvey. This year is our first year without Jimmy. They’re both on the Mount Rushmore of lacrosse.”

The name of the game of the Greenport Shootout is fun. It doesn’t have playoffs or championship games. Teams played three 40-minute games amid a festive setting, with tents set up near the fields and retractable safety nets providing protection from wayward balls.

“In lacrosse, you’re one or two people away from knowing everybody,” said Craig Papach, who coached the Macarthur Generals in the boys junior varsity division. “It’s really a reunion. It’s a party.”

Players may feel pressure in some tournaments that are showcases for college recruiters, with playoffs and championships. This one, though, is different.

“This is just like for fun,” said Jameson Willey, 15, of Southampton, who played attack for the South Fork Lacrosse JV team. “Since we’re a newer program, it’s helping us build it.”

One can watch an open men’s division game on one field, a JV boys game on another field and a third-grade girls contest on yet another. The players come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from incoming third-graders to 30-year-old athletes.

“It’s the ultimate end-of-the-year tournament,” Nelson said. “It’s a feel-good thing.”

On sun-splashed Sunday morning, one of the most colorful teams in action was the Jesters, a sixth-grade girls team with a uniform lit by vibrant colors.

“I had fun with my team, and we played really hard this tournament, so it was good,” said Brianna Wendling, 12, of Bethpage, who played midfield for the Jesters. She continued: “Each tournament we practice harder. We have to work harder to win the games, but if we win or lose, it’s still a lot of fun.”

Her coach, Peter Scavone, sees the value in it for the development of his players. “It gets them more experience, playing other teams,” he said. “It helps them when they go back to their town team. We’re just trying to get them to develop to be good high school players eventually.”

Game officials enjoy the surroundings, too. Before taking the field for the first of six games he planned to work on Sunday, Danny Haas, a board member of the Nassau County Women’s Lacrosse Officials Association, said he’s a fan of the location. “I like coming out here,” he said. “I like Greenport. We know the winery set up and farms and everything else.”

South Fork Lacrosse coach Matt Babb, who had played in the Greenport Shootout as a player, plans to return.

“It was just great being here,” he said after his team’s final game. “I can’t wait to come back next year.”

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Photo caption: Lacrosse players of various shapes and sizes took part in the 24th annual Greenport Shootout this past weekend. (Credit: Bob Liepa)

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My name is Debra Holder, and I’m a waitress at the Cutchogue Diner. 

I’ve been working here for about 27 years. It was just very convenient, I like working here.

I’m only here Saturdays and Sundays, and I got to know a lot of the customers. I’ve been a local for awhile, having graduated from Southold High School.

I started working here when I was 25. My sister worked here, she was actually managing at the time when I started working here. And I started by accident, because the original waitress had left and I was a fill in for Saturdays.

(Credit: Sascha Rosin)

My daughter got involved just by bussing tables and then eventually started waitressing. She went to Riverhead High School and Stony Brook University.

I’m only here Saturday and Sunday, so I usually open up the restaurant, and I do all the prep work, as far as getting ice, making sure everything is full. I cut lemons, make sure there’s coffee ready and then it’s waiting on people. That’s my day to day.

My favorite part is the socialization, I do enjoy people. I like the breakfast shift. I think it’s a lot easier, for me, it’s pretty self explanatory. Breakfast is breakfast, lunch there are more variations and it gets a little more complicated.

Quite a few people come back every year and say “Oh, I remember you!” or “How long have you been here? You’ve been here for a while.”

I enjoy being recognized, and for people to come back year after year, and they recognize me just as well as I recognize them.

‘The Work We Do’ is a Suffolk Times multimedia project profiling workers on the North Fork. Read it first and see more photos every Monday on Instagram @thesuffolktimes and watch the video on facebook.com/thesuffolktimes.

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A Southampton resident is exploring his own identity by exploring and documenting significant Native American sites around the North Fork and the rest of Suffolk County.

Jeremy Dennis, 27, has mounted an exhibit called “On This Site: Indigenous People of Suffolk County,” which will run until Sept. 30 at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, where he gave a presentation on his findings last Thursday.

Mr. Dennis was one of 10 recipients of a 2016 Dreamstarter Grant from a group called Running Strong for American Indian Youth, a national not-for-profit organization. He was awarded $10,000 to pursue his project, which uses photography to showcase culturally significant Native American sites on Long Island, a topic with significant meaning for Mr. Dennis, who was raised on the Shinnecock Nation Reservation.

“The project came out of asking myself questions about my own identity,” Mr. Dennis said. “I hope that this project can help others learn about themselves, too.”

Mr. Dennis started college at Stony Brook University as a computer science major, but soon changed gears and graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in studio art in 2013. Last May, he earned an MFA degree in photography from Pennsylvania State University. He worked with his mentor, Lonnie Graham, a professor at Penn State, throughout this project.

“Most of the information shown in the exhibit is new and exciting history that I never knew growing up,” Mr. Dennis said. “It’s really empowering to know more about myself, along with being able to recognize and share the overarching ancestral history.”

Several North Fork locations are featured in this exhibit, including the Orient Site, which is known as one of four burial grounds on eastern Long Island. Mr. Dennis discovered that during the period it was in use, 1300-1000 B.C., the site was separated from habitation areas, suggesting that Native Americans respected the land and kept it preserved.

Another featured site is Fort Corchaug in Cutchogue, where archaeological digs have shown evidence of contact between Native Americans and Europeans in the 1600s. It is now a national historic landmark.

Mr. Dennis’ presentation brought together around 25 people who took interest in native cultures.

“I have lot of interest in native cultures and peoples because it’s one of the most significant things as far as what’s going on in the world today,” said audience member Walter Harris of Selden . “I have a lot of native friends, so I like learning things from their perspective and connecting with someone locally is always good.”

The entire project comprises about 120 photos taken by Mr. Dennis. He hopes to continue westward with this project, moving westward to document all Long Island sites that are important to Native Americans.

Other significant locations have not been preserved. The Wading River Site, for example, was destroyed by the installation of a power plant in 1986 but had been a village during the Archaic Period (3500-1300 B.C.) and was used in winter months because it provided protection from cold north and western winds.

The Horse Barn Burial Site on Shelter Island has also gone unpreserved. In 2003, a group burial dating to between 1400 and 1640 was discovered on residential property there during construction of a barn. Although Shinnecock tribal members argued that the area should be preserved, the property owners continued development.

“I feel like this project is not complete until everything that can be represented is represented,” Mr. Dennis said.

He added that you can’t walk away from this exhibit thinking you know everything about native culture on Long Island, but it is a start to get people to be more aware of the topic.

“The native history that is connected to each picture is fantastic,” said Victoria Berger, executive director of the Suffolk County Historical Society.

A book of the photos taken by Mr. Dennis is available for purchase on his website jeremynative.com/onthissite, where the photos and an interactive map can also be viewed.

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Top photo: Jeremy Dennis. (Credit: Rachel Siford)

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Susan H. Sargent died peacefully at home July 22, 2017, in Townshend, Vt. at the age of 63, with her husband Chris Robison by her side. She fought a two-year battle with cancer with courage, grace and humor.

Susan was born Sept. 1, 1953, in Wilmington, Del. to Epes W. Sargent and Gloria M.(Jones) Sargent. She grew up in Southold, and graduated class of 1971 from Southold High School, where she continued to have many friends and loved returning to South Harbor Beach whenever she could.

Although she left us too soon, her adventurous spirit helped her live a full and interesting life. At a young age she hitchhiked to Woodstock. She tackled many occupations: joining the circus, working as a truck stop waitress, working at U. Mass library, a flagger on road construction (her favorite) and many jobs in the antiques business.

After moving from Massachusetts to Vermont she met Chris and together they worked at a variety of antique shops and The Townshend Auction gallery before they eventually opened their own place, Twitchell House Antiques, where they worked, lived and kept each other clean and sober for past 15 years.

Susan loved creating metal sculpture, collected stray animals, saw art in everything, had an amazing knack for interior design and had a fearless love of the ocean.

Susan leaves behind her heartbroken family: her husband, Chris Robison and her stepdaughter Sarah  (Robison) Sargent; sisters, Alison Sargent and Sarah (Sargent) Leonard, a daughter, Heather (Korzenowski) Clark, her beloved grandson, Harrison Korzenowski and granddaughter, Lexi Wapner, nieces; nephews and all the many friends she made along the way.

There will be a memorial service held for Susan at a future date.

In lieu of flowers please donate to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, elephants.com.

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Priscilla B. Duff, beloved wife of the late Daniel V. Duff, passed away Tuesday, July 25, at the age of 96 at her home at Peconic Landing in Greenport.

She is survived by: her nine children, Daniel, David, Michael, William, Priscilla Perkins, Paul, Carolyn Bunn, Elizabeth McCarthy and Stephen; her 27 grandchildren and her 28 great-grandchildren.

In addition to caring for and guiding her children, Priscilla was active in community and church service, including her work at St. Joseph Church in Garden City and Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre. She greatly loved and was loved greatly by her family and her many friends.

Arrangements were entrusted to Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

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Beloved by family, patients and colleagues, Dr. Roger A. MacKinnon, professor emeritus at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, passed from this world peacefully in his home July 24, 2017, at the age of 90.

He was born in Attleboro, Mass., Feb. 13, 1927, to Dr. Irville H. MacKinnon and Helen Junk MacKinnon. He graduated from The Taft School in 1944 and attended Princeton University as a select member of the U.S. Navy’s V-12 program. He obtained his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1950, completed his internship in internal medicine at Sparrow Hospital at Michigan State University in Lansing, Mich., and served his residency as a lieutenant at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in California.

Upon completion of his military service, he and his first wife, Florence Helen Lundgren, returned to northern New Jersey, where they raised two children and he combined teaching at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, department of psychiatry with a private psychoanalytic practice in Manhattan, the latter continuing until 2014.

Dr. MacKinnon was acknowledged by colleagues to be one of the most skilled clinicians of his era. His remarkable capacity to listen and observe enabled him to understand patients’ most painful emotions and distressing life experiences. His creative clinical approach generated powerful interventions and desirable outcomes — even in the most challenging cases. Frequently asked by colleagues to consult on cases where there was a therapeutic impasse, he generously offered his time and consistently made suggestions that helped therapists offer renewed hope to their patients.

One of Dr. MacKinnon’s greatest loves was teaching. His discussions in cases conferences were considered to be a tour de force. Many of our current generations’ most outstanding clinicians remember these conferences and recognize Dr. MacKinnon’s inspiration as a teacher and mentor. At Columbia University Dr. MacKinnon was honored by the graduating residents with the department’s first Teacher of the Year award, named in his honor in perpetuity.

Dr. MacKinnon’s father served as director of New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, and Roger followed in his father’s footsteps in a number of administrative leadership roles — including director of the Vanderbilt Outpatient Clinic and Director of the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. A member of the New York Psychiatric Society, he served as its president. He also led the residency training program and chaired the department of psychiatry for many years. He authored numerous seminal professional papers and co-authored two widely read textbooks. “The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice,” recently published in its third edition, was widely translated and read by clinicians around the world.

While cognizant of the many important advances in biological psychiatry, Dr. MacKinnon staunchly defended the value of “talk therapy.” His comments were featured in a story in the Sunday New York Times magazine, where he was quoted as saying, “I tell the residents that if they don’t want to be replaced by a pill, they better learn something pills won’t be able to do for a long time. There will always be a need for the healing of the soul.” The article refers to Dr. MacKinnon as “John Wayne in a blue suit.”

In addition to his many professional accomplishments, he was a dedicated father and playful grandfather, master of both storytelling and listening. Dr. MacKinnon relished the opportunity to teach his grandchildren the art of crafting a perfect slingshot, discovering constellations, and exploring nature. He often enjoyed long walks while discussing the world around them. He instilled in them the patience required to complete tasks “the right way,” and his life lessons resonated deeply. At times, his grandchildren truly believed that he had super powers.

One of Dr. MacKinnon’s greatest pleasures was spending time at his summer residence in Southold, which he maintained for over 50 years. It was at that special spot where he enjoyed boating, fishing, wake-surfing and sailing. His other interests included woodworking and photography, which he did with perfection. He was also an active member of the Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, N.J.

Dr. MacKinnon is survived by his daughter, Carol L. MacKinnon of Tacoma, Wash. (William Broadhead); his son, Stuart A. MacKinnon of Wellesley Hills, Mass. (Beth MacKinnon); four grandchildren, Elizabeth Broadhead, Sarah Broadhead, Kyle MacKinnon and Cameron MacKinnon; his wife, Cynthia D. MacKinnon of Brunswick, Maine; three adult stepchildren, Doug (Ann), David (Jen) and Melinda Porter, and many step-grandchildren; his sister, Marilyn Montague, a niece, Elisabeth Manning, and two nephews, James and Roger Montague and their children. Dr. MacKinnon is also survived by Nadine MacKinnon and her daughters. The family would like to thank Yanique Malcolm, his full-time care provider, for her dedicated assistance. Condolences may be left online at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Roger A. MacKinnon M.D. Scholarship Fund, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 63, New York, NY 10032.

A memorial service is planned for October.

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Some words of wisdom adorning the home page of the American Youth Basketball Association website say a lot: “It’s not the size of the player in the game; it’s the size of the game in the player.”

No question about it, the Boulevard Boyz have game, especially Julian Swann. At 6 feet, 4 inches tall, Swann has size to boot.

It was because they wanted to include Swann, 16, in their numbers that the Boulevard Boyz entered a team in the 16-and-under division and not a younger age group in the AYBA National Championships. The arrangement worked out well for both parties. The Boulevard Boyz won a national championship and Swann was named the MVP of the five-day tournament that concluded Friday in Ocean City, Maryland.

The Boulevard Boyz swept through the tournament, winning all six of their games thanks in part to Swann, who averaged over 20 points and close to 20 rebounds per game. He was selected to the all-tournament team along with his younger brother, Jaxan Swann.

Among those on the team’s 12-player roster were Xavier Allen, Sylas Shelby, Nick Grathwohl, Brandon Clark and Jaxan Swann, all of whom played for the Boulevard Boyz 14-and-under team that won an Amateur Athletic Union national championship last summer.

Julian Swann didn’t get to experience that. This tournament was his chance to shine, and he didn’t disappoint.

“I could see the fire in his eyes,” coach Rodney Shelby said, adding, “Julian, he definitely was the best big man there throughout the tournament.”

Unlike the undersized team that brought the Boulevard Boyz their first national title last year in Hampton, Virginia, size wasn’t an issue for this group. In addition to Julian Swann, the team could also count on the 6-3 Tyrus Smiley, 6-2 Steven Russell and 6-6 Lucas Micheels for inside presence.

“When you can control the boards and limit teams to one shot, the odds are in your favor,” said Rodney Shelby.

With the team’s speed, fast-breaking offense and in-your-face defense, Rodney Shelby said he had felt good about its chances of winning it all.

Joshua Santacroce, Joseph Wysocki and David Carroll were also on the team.

Rodney Shelby, who also coached last year’s 14-and-under team, was asked what it takes to win a national championship.

“What does it take?” he answered. “It takes players buying into the coaches, players making sacrifices, parents making sacrifices for the players.”

“You could tell it meant a lot to the boys,” he continued. “From the first tip-off to the last second of the game, the boys gave me everything that they had. It felt good.”

Younger Boyz take third. The Boulevard Boyz 14-and-under team, led by all-tournament selection Dayrien Franklin, went 4-2 and took third place. Joshua Santacroce and Sylas Shelby played on that team as well. The other members of the squad, coached by Ryan Creighton, were Everett Corwin, Luke Woods, Joel Treadwell, Bryce Hansen, Declan Martin and Rashad Lawson.

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Photo caption: The Boulevard Boyz won all six of their games to grab the 16-and-under title at the American Youth Basketball Association National Championships in Ocean City, Maryland. (Credit: courtesy photo)

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Former Longtime Greenport and East Marion resident Susan Elizabeth Long of Dexter, Maine, died July 8 in Bangor, Maine. She was 65.

The daughter of Edward Edwin Kart and Benedicta Gertrude Binkis Kart, she was born June 6, 1952, at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport and graduated from Greenport High School.

Susan was a woman of strong faith and her love of God shined through her. She was kindhearted, sweet and giving. She had a love for life and spent most of her years caring for and giving selflessly to all in need. Susan’s most recent endeavor for her compassions was volunteering to help change lives for Sarah’s House of Maine.

Susan worked as a legal secretary and owned S.E.L. Environmental Permits for 32 years. She was also employed by Costello Marine and retired in 1999.

Susan loved entertaining, cooking, canning, gardening and making arts and crafts, which were all created with Long Island sea glass and flowers from farms from her childhood on Long Island.

Susan was predeceased by her father Nov. 27, 1985, and her mother, Dec. 18, 2003. She is survived by her sons, Mark, of Mattituck, Michael, of Dexter, Maine, and Brian, of Norfolk, Va.; her grandson, Mark Jr., of Mattituck; her granddaughter, Kasey, of Oswego; and her sisters Margaret Dow of Dunnellon, Fla., Carol Standish of Monroeton, Pa., Patricia Cochran of Omaha, Neb., Nancy Capobianco of Peconic, Kathryn Kart of Southold and Barbara D’Ambrosio of Aquebogue. She was also predeceased by her brother and sister Carl Kart and Charlotte Van Brunt Oct. 6, 2006; her brother William Kart, Nov. 1, 2012; and her longtime companion, Paul Bake, April 13, 2016.

The family will receive visitors Friday, Aug. 11, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at St. Agnes R.C. Cemetery in Greenport, the Rev. Thomas LaMothe officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to Sarah’s House of Maine, 346 Main Road, Holden, Maine 04429; sarahshouseofmaine.org; sarahshouseofmaine@gmail.com.

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Winifred B. Riches of Laurel died at her home Sunday, July 23, 2017. She was 104.

She was born in Northern Ireland on Feb. 19, 1913, to Anne (Fee) and Patrick McLaughlin. At the age of 17, she immigrated to Canada and seven years later to New York City.

She married Thomas J. Riches, a U.S. serviceman, after World War II and they lived in New York City for many years where she was a secretary for Columbia Carbon.

Many weekends were spent in Laurel before moving here permanently. She was a member of senior citizen clubs and the Columbiettes of the Marian Council.

Family members said his free time was spent golfing and playing bridge.

Predeceased by her husband, on Jan. 11, 1992 and also by a sister and seven brothers; she is survived by nieces, Marion McKeone and Una Cassidy both of Ireland; nephews, Thomas McLaughlin Jr. of Ireland and Jack Clark (Pat) of Mattituck; a cousin, Frank Fee and a friend, Carol Loschen of Laurel.

The family received visitors July 30 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where Father Joseph Staudt and the Columbiettes conducted services. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated July 31 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, officiated by Father Joseph Staudt. Interment took place at Calverton National Cemetery.

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Lorraine “Lorrie” Monsell-Capuano died July 28.

She was born in Greenport and was the daughter of James and Jacqueline Monsell. She graduated from Greenport High School in 1972 and worked in a number of local restaurants for many years.

Ms. Monsell-Capuano is survived by her sons, Benjamin Doroski of Cutchouge and Joseph Capuano of Mattituck; her brother, Roger Monsell of Seattle Wash. and her sister, Carole Monsell of Greenport.

The family will hold private memorial services.

Memorial donations may be made to Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport.

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