The streak lives on.

That’s six straight.

The Mattituck High School girls cross-country team won a sixth straight Suffolk County championship Friday.

With a first-place finish by Payton Maddaloni and three Tuckers among the first five Class C finishers, Mattituck retained its hold on the county crown in the Section XI Championships at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park.

“Yeah, it feels nice,” said coach Julie Milliman, whose team had taken the League VII championship earlier this season. “I think they’re excited about it. Obviously, I think any team would be. I know they run for each other. They like going up as that unit, that team that they’ve trained with all year. So, I just think that they’re happy, and they should be.”

Maddaloni, a sophomore, led the way with her winning time of 21 minutes, 36.26 seconds on the five-kilometer course. She was followed by Center Moriches sophomore Cassandra Cosma (21:44.58), Bishop McGann-Mercy sophomore Grace Hayes (22:20.33) and Mattituck freshmen Bella Masotti (22:28:28) and Kylie Conroy (22:33.96).

The other Tuckers in the race were senior Meg Dinizio (12th in 24:09.59), freshman Abby Rosato (24:26.50), senior Jane DiGregorio (24:35.84) and freshman Emma Reidy (18th in 25:41.59).

Mattituck won the title with 35 points. Center Moriches was second with 45.

For the sixth year in a row, Mattituck will compete as a team in the state meet that will be held Nov. 11 at Wayne Central School in Ontario Center.

“It’s all about our dedication, our team unity and our confidence,” Maddaloni said. “I feel like the reason why we’ve done so well is because of our chemistry, but also at the same time, mentally we’ve been a lot stronger and through these past couple of weeks, we’ve tried to really put in the miles and say, ‘Hey, it’s not going to be as easy as it was past years.’ ”

Masotti, who is in her first year on the team, said, “I think it’s really cool that we had it for that long.” She said the Tuckers don’t take winning for granted. “We don’t try to get ahead of ourselves because we know that we still have to try our hardest,” she said.

Has winning become expected by the Tuckers?

“I would hope not, actually, to just expect good things to happen to you,” Milliman said. “I think that would deter them from working so hard.”

Unseasonably warm and humid weather didn’t help times. The temperature reached the mid-70s.

“I like it a little bit colder, so this was kind of more of a challenge for me to fight through the elements,” said Maddaloni.

But the weather didn’t prevent the Tuckers from reaching their goal.

Said Milliman, “I just think that they know what it takes to win and they like to win.”

Southold sophomore Olivia Lynch is in her first full cross-country season and she is headed to the state meet. Lynch (22:04.48) was second in Class D to Shelter Island senior Lindsey Gallagher (20:56.70).

“I am beyond happy,” she said. “I can’t even describe it. No words. It’s incredible.”

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Photo caption: Mattituck sophomore Payton Maddaloni won the Class C race and led the Tuckers to their sixth straight county championship. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk)

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Next stop, Cortland.

The Southold/Greenport girls continued their historic and magical season Friday by reaching the New York State Class C soccer tournament for the first time.

Grace Syron and Jill Golden scored second-half goals to help the First Settlers erase a halftime deficit and register a 2-1 Southeast Regional triumph over Haldane High School at Diamond in the Pines in Coram.

They will participate in a semifinal game in upstate New York on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Golden, who tallied the game-winner on a penalty kick, said she felt “bliss, amazement.”

“I don’t believe it. I do believe it,” the junior added with a smile. “We made history. We’re the first [Settlers girls’ soccer] team to go to states. I just feel energetic. I had this adrenaline rush like I can do anything. I feel like a million bucks.”

So did her teammates.

“I talked during preseason and this is what I said our goal was,” said center back and co-captain Annie Lincoln. “First of all, it was counties. It’s been 30 years since we won counties. It just kind of snowballed. We’re going to states and it’s just unbelievable.”

Added Syron: “I cannot be more happy. I’ve never been more excited in my life. The feeling of getting to go with the team I’ve been working with so long just means the world to me.”

After celebrating on the field, the entire team ran toward the sidelines to hug coach Chris Golden.

“I couldn’t be more happy for these girls right now,” he said. “At the beginning of the season, I thought we had a special group that could surprise some people. You know what? This is the culmination of a lot of hard work. A good group of kids.”

During a frustrating first half, it didn’t look like Southold would feel that elation. Despite dominating the opening 40 minutes and outshooting a young Blue Devils (7-11-2) team — that had only three seniors in their starting lineup — the Settlers found themselves trailing 1-0.

On a rare foray deep into the Southold end, sophomore striker Jade Villella weaved through the defense before shooting from atop the penalty area past goalkeeper Hayley Brigham to give the Section I team a surprising lead on its first shot of the game with 17 minutes and 42 seconds remaining in the half.

“She just weaves really well and we were lunging and we shouldn’t have been doing that,” Lincoln said. “Hats off to her. She was awesome.”

At halftime, the Settlers (14-4) regrouped.

“Personally, I was frustrated, but also the team I knew we were winning every ball, dominating,” said Jill Golden, who endured another physical game. “It was if we were winning. No team has shut us out. I wasn’t worried about us tying it or getting another once we figured it out.”

That happened with 31:08 left in the second half when Syron, who had three shots saved in the first half, found the range as she drilled a 20-yard shot past keeper Abigail Platt to equalize with her 18th goal this season.

Syron said she was thinking of her shot “just don’t go over the goal again.”

“As soon as I made it, it was honestly the biggest feeling of relief I had this whole game,” she said. “Thank gosh I was able to pull it together and get it in.”

Five minutes later, Jill Golden got a measure of revenge from the rough play after she was pushed down to the ground in the box for a penalty kick.

Golden fired her penalty kick to the lower left corner with 26:09 to go to register her 33rd goal, which leads all girls’ goal-scorers on Long Island.

“I was nervous, but also confident,” Golden said. “I am very confident taking PKs.”

The Settlers were unable to add an insurance goal to help them breathe easier, so they defended. Syron, who played a good portion of the game at midfield and forward, was pulled back to assist the back line, helping defend the elusive Villella and strip her of the ball on several occasions.

“When we’re down a goal or tied, she pushes forward to try to put us into the lead,” Chris Golden said. “Then she sinks back into a more defensive position. She wins 90 percent of the balls in the defensive third. She’s big and strong and she’s not going to get beat. And if she does, she recovers. And then she plays those balls long. She’s all over the field. Vintage Grace.”

Chris Golden was enjoying watching his girls celebrate their historic achievement.

“This team has exceeded the expectations for the first time in the history of the program,” he said. “For these girls, this is a once in a lifetime … For these girls to be able to win the Suffolk County championship, win this game and then to go upstate and see what that’s about, with the banquet and all that, I’m so thrilled for them. I couldn’t ask for anything more. It’s a great group of girls. They deserve it.”

Photo credit: Garret Meade

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Christian Demchak spent his 16th birthday Friday in possibly the best way possible for a cross-country runner. He ran in a big race.

The Mattituck High School junior had to wait a little bit, though, afterward to see if he was going to receive the birthday gift he was hoping for — a return trip to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships.

In time, though, the news came down that Demchak had indeed qualified for the state meet by virtue of his seventh-place finish in the Class C race in the Section XI Championships. His time on the five-kilometer course at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park was 19 minutes, 17.74 seconds. Port Jefferson senior Sam Walker won in 17:48.17.

“It’s one opportunity,” Demchak said. “Either you make it or you don’t. The rest of the season doesn’t matter, other than this race, really.”

The state meet will be run Nov. 11 at Wayne Central School in Ontario Center.

Demchak and all the other runners had to contend with warm, humid weather that made a demanding race on a demanding course even more demanding.

“I like it when it’s definitely colder,” Demchak said. “I definitely wasn’t happy about the weather, but made the most of what we got.”

“It definitely affected running up and down the hills,” he continued. “I could have definitely done better. I tried as much as a I could. I pushed myself through the hills.”

Mattituck coach Mike Jablonski said: “It’s really too hot for Christian. Christian likes to run in the cold weather.”

A week earlier at the Division Championships, Demchak ran the same course 65 seconds faster in cooler conditions.

“It’s a hot day, but Christian made it,” Jablonski said. “He’s going up to states.”

So is Southold junior Michael Daddona.

It’s only Daddona’s second year in the sport and he is already heading to his second state meet.

“It means a lot,” he said. “I knew I had a good chance.”

Daddona was ninth in Class D in 19:54.00. Shelter Island sophomore Kal Lewis was first in 17:05.79.

What was Southold coach Karl Himmelmann’s reaction to Daddona’s qualification?

“It was not a surprise at all,” Himmelmann said. “Michael has been a portrait of consistency all year. He has not missed a single practice. He was running over the summer, and his times gradually increased a little bit every week and he was ready to have his best race of the season today.”

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Photo caption: Mattituck junior Christian Demchak, charging toward the finish line, qualified for his second state meet on his 16th birthday Friday. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk)

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“Beer, wine, tacos and stargazing? Sign us up.” 

That’s what was running through the heads of the northforker team when we first heard about Taps, Tacos and Telescopes, a first time event held Thursday evening at the Tap Room at Corey Creek in Southold.

A Custer Observatory volunteer brought a telescope to the event and dozens of participants sipped on wine and beer in the tasting room and purchased tacos from Noah’s on the Road.

The winery hopes to host the event again in the future.

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It’s likely that local drivers have noticed “Vote No!” bumper stickers and lawn signs around town, but what do they refer to?

New York State’s constitution requires that every 20 years the people decide if a constitutional convention should be held to consider amendments, according to the state Board of Elections.

On Nov. 7, voters will have the chance to decide if the constitutional convention should happen.

Some groups, many of them labor unions, are advocating that people vote no. Organizations such as the United Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO are concerned that a convention would put workers’ benefits, wages and rights at risk while also raising taxes.

Meanwhile, there are also groups favoring a convention. The coalition “NY Votes Yes” is calling for a convention to eradicate corruption and government dysfunction. The groups are looking for fixes to the constitution’s judiciary language, added environmental provisions, election reform and a number of criminal justice adjustments, according to the coalition’s website.

Should a majority of citizens vote “yes,” three delegates from each of the state’s 63 state senatorial districts would be chosen in the 2018 election. Fifteen more at-large delegates would be selected statewide. If the convention is approved by voters, those delegates would meet in Albany in April 2019, according to the Board of Elections. Delegates would then adopt amendments that would be submitted to voters on the ballot the following November.

In 1997, the last time this choice appeared on the ballot, New Yorkers voted down the prospect of a 1999 convention to amend the state constitution.

The last state constitutional convention was held in 1967 and all proposed changes that emerged from it were voted down in the general elections that followed.

There are other statewide proposals on the ballot this year, including a measure that, if approved, would allow a court to reduce or revoke the pension of a public officer convicted of a felony directly related to their duties a public officer, according to the Board of Elections.

Another proposed amendment calls for the creation of up to 250 acres of forest preserve land for use by municipalities that “have no viable alternative to using forest preserve land to address specific public health and [highway] safety concerns.” It would also allow bicycle trails and some utility lines to be located near highways that cut through preserves, according to the BOE.

All three proposals are on the back of the ballot.

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A Mattituck couple called police last Monday when a man entered their apartment unannounced, then left after he realized the apartment was occupied, according to a Southold Town police report.

The couple stated that nothing was taken from the residence and the man left in a vehicle around 11:30 a.m., the report stated. Police canvassed the area and could not find anyone.

• An Orient man called police Friday when he saw smoke coming from the apartment above his garage, police said. The stove top was on, causing household items to ignite around 5:30 a.m., police said.

The Orient Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire.

• A Medford man called police last Wednesday to report political campaigners in front of the Peconic post office that were very close to the road, police said. The crowd disbursed when officers arrived around 10:30 a.m., the report stated.

• A Southold man reported a scam last Wednesday after he received a call from someone claiming to be his son saying that he had been arrested and needed $2,100 for bail, police said. The man sent the money order at Walmart to another Walmart in Georgia around 5 p.m., the report stated.

• Last Thursday, a Greenport man who said he bought a dog from a breeder six months ago, according to a report, told police that a woman came to him three weeks ago showing papers and claiming the dog was hers and then took the dog with her around 1:30 p.m.

• An anonymous man reported a loud party at Cedar Beach County Park Friday night around 10:45 p.m., police said. Police responded and advised a group of people to leave the area, officials said.

• A “Vote Democrat” sign on Main Road in Laurel was vandalized Saturday around 9:30 p.m., police said.

• Several reports were filed Sunday regarding hazardous conditions resulting from the storm. A branch was reported in the roadway on Peconic Lane in Peconic and the highway department removed it around 7 p.m., police said.

A tree was reported down on Holden Avenue in Cutchogue around 8:30 p.m., the report stated. Branches were reported blocking the railroad tracks in Cutchogue and part of Cox Lane around 9 p.m. Another report at 10 p.m. said a tree was leaning into Aldrich Lane in Laurel, but the highway department said it was tangled in another tree so it was not removed at that time, police said. Around 10:45, someone called police about a tree blocking the roadway on Youngs Avenue in Southold.

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.

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Mattituck High School graduates who have since served as active members of the armed forces will be honored for their service this week in a ceremony at the school.

Coordinated by Barbara Sheryll, graduates from any year will be recognized with plaques bearing their name, picture, year of graduation and military branch. The plaques will be displayed on a Hallway of Honor at the school.

“This way, it’s an ongoing thing,” Ms. Sheryll said. “There’s no ranks, no dates served. It’s just the year they graduated and the branch they’ve served in. It’s a living, breathing project, so the dedication is not a culmination of the project. It’s the beginning of what will be a lifelong acknowledgment.”

Ms. Sheryll said she got the idea during a conversation with her 19-year-old son, Greg, now a sophomore at Rochester Institute of Technology.

She said Greg was telling her how grateful he was for all he learned as a Mattituck-Cutchogue student, and credited a lot of his work ethic to his participation in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps.

After speaking last December with Maj. William Grigonis, senior instructor of the NJROTC program, and high school principal Shawn Petretti, Ms. Sheryll began putting out calls to the community for the names of past or present military servicemen and -women.

As a result, there will be over 40 plaques, representing alumni veterans from as early as 1937 to the present.

“This is really a labor of love for our school and our military,” Ms. Sheryll said. “This is a collaborative effort among community organizations and ourselves to honor the people who were educated in our community and have chosen to serve us and protect the values we are able to live by.”

She said the wall was originally supposed to be dedicated in May, but she and Mr. Petretti decided it would be better to hold the dedication in November around Veterans Day. She added that she will put out a request to the community every few years for more veterans’ names to add to the wall.

Those recognized must have served actively in a military branch at some point in their lives. People serving in college ROTC programs don’t qualify for the plaque until they begin active duty, Ms. Sheryll explained.

She added that the plaques are free to the veterans recognized. They were paid for through donations from the Mattituck Lions Club, Kait’s Angels and the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association, she said, acknowledging the specific contributions of Jim Hinsch, Darla Doorhy and Ned Grathwohl from those organizations, respectively.

“There’s this sense of being able to do something good for the community and to honor those that have chosen to serve and protect us,” Ms. Sheryll said.

The Wall of Honor, located in the corridor between the old and new buildings near the guidance office, will be dedicated at 8:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9.

Those interested in being added to the Wall of Honor can contact Ms. Sheryll at bsheryll@optonline.net.

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The beauty of the McCall Wines property in Cutchogue is that it’s more than just a vineyard with a rustic tasting room. 

It’s also a ranch with charolais grazing. The organic beef is then sold among the wine in the tasting room.

The historic breed of cattle is symbolic of this historic property adjacent to Downs Woods, where an Algonquin tribe established Fort Corchaug.

The McCall property celebrates both the old and new North Fork in a way that’s as aesthetically pleasing as just about any other vineyard property in the region.

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After commissioner and ex-chief Andrew “Drew” McCaffery of the Cutchogue Fire Department died Aug. 12 at 41, his family wanted to find a way to honor his memory by raising money for some of his favorite charities. He was best known in his community for lending a helping hand whenever needed.

“He loved being in the fire service, he was very compassionate,” said Lauren McCaffery, Drew’s wife of 10 years. “If he knew someone was going through a rough time, he would always reach out to them just to see how they were doing.”

His brother Michael McCaffery has organized the Drew McCaffery Memorial 7K, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 11, at 8:30 a.m. Online registration is now open; entry is $30 in advance or $35 on race day. Proceeds will go to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue and Fred’s Team-MSKCC.

“The important thing is to continue his legacy for other people,” Mr. McCaffery said of his brother. “That is really the whole idea, to run or walk help these charities that meant so much to him.”

The event will follow quite an odd route and also an unusual distance, in order to pass special landmarks that were significant to Drew and his wife.

It starts at the corner of Route 48 and Bridge Lane, then heads west toward Cox Lane and through the Mathews Lane cul de sac, where he lived. From there it runs up to Oregon Road, to Depot Lane, across Route 48, past Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church, where he and Lauren were married, then onto Schoolhouse Road, turning on North Street, then onto Main Road and finishing at the Cutchogue firehouse.

“There’s a method to that madness,” Mr. McCaffery explained. “Drew was Cutchogue Fire number 437, and this distance is roughly 4.37 miles.”

Before his death, Drew was heavily involved in the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, an organization that helps firefighters and their families cope with cancer.

“Even when he was going through his chemo treatments, he was mentoring people from the [network],” Ms. McCaffery said. “He would always reach out to them even if he was feeling crummy. He got really involved with that organization after he was diagnosed and ended up mentoring a lot of people over the years.”

His mother, Carol McCaffery, is excited about the event and happy to honor her son’s memory.

“We do not want him forgotten. If others needed him, he was always there. He was a good guy,” she said. “The biggest thing is that we were so surprised, we didn’t realize how many lives he touched until everyone came to his wake.”

Online registration ends Friday, Nov. 10.

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Courtesy photo: Michael McCaffery (left) and Drew McCaffery after the 2015 New York City Marathon. A memorial run will be held Nov. 11 in honor of Drew, a former chief of the Cutchogue Fire Department.

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Polling in Southold Town will take place at the following locations. Voting is from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. everywhere.

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

• ED 11: Cutchogue firehouse, 260 New Suffolk Road, Cutchogue

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

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

• ED 6: Greenport firehouse, 236 Third St., Greenport

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

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

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

• ED 8: Southold firehouse, 55135 Main Road, Southold

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

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

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Hi, I’m Colette Steele and I am a barista at North Fork Roasting Company in Southold. 

On an average day, I come in at 6:45 a.m. and I brew the coffee, bake the pastries and put everything in order. Then I wait for customers to come.

My favorite part is learning about speciality coffee. My bosses actually sent me to barista camp this past year, where I studied with the Specialty Coffee Association. It helped me get really in depth with the whole coffee world, learning about single-origin coffees and the different flavor notes they have … and making all different beverages that way.

I started working here and the coffee world found me. We offer all traditional espresso beverages, we have drip coffee and an extensive tea menu.

The customer will tell me what they want or I’ll help them decide. My favorite drink to make is the Dirty Pumpkin. It’s our homemade pumpkin purée, house-made chai latte and then a shot of espresso. You mix all three of those together for the perfect fall beverage. I’ve made like 30 today (we interviewed her on Halloween).

Steaming the milk is pretty easy, you just pour it and aerate it a little bit and it becomes nice and frothy. Latte art is super fun to try and make. It doesn’t always work, but sometimes I get lucky and then I get a pretty leaf.

A great part of working here is having such a great team. My bosses and coworkers are amazing. It really makes work feel like not work. I enjoy basically every moment here.

I think my favorite part of the job is being close with the community, because those regulars do come in every day and I get to have that little conversation with them.

It’s a comforting part. I feel like a part of the community.

‘The Work We Do’ is a Suffolk Times multimedia project profiling workers on the North Fork. This weekly feature is made possible by Peconic Landing. See more photos on Instagram @thesuffolktimes. See the complete list of previous profiles here.

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Election Day 2017 has arrived.

The Suffolk Times has you covered with everything you need to know before voting.Scroll below for profiles on the candidates, a list of polling places, Suffolk Times endorsements, an explanation of three propositions and a sample ballot.

Voting begins at 6 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m.

Polling Places

• Find out where to vote

Southold Candidates

• Town Board
• Trustee
• Highway Superintendent
• Town Justice
• Assessor

Who else is on the ballot?

• Read about the candidates of DA, sheriff, county legislator and more

Three propositions

• Learn more about the constitutional convention and other propositions

On the issues

• Coverage of the Town Board race
• Coverage of the Trustee race

Endorsements

• The Suffolk Times’ picks for Town Board, highway superintendent, town justice and county legislator

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A proposed gas station at the southeast intersection of Route 58 and Ostrander Avenue in Riverhead was granted preliminary approval by the Riverhead Town Planning Board Thursday. 

The board also ruled that the proposal will not require an environmental impact study.

A former Gulf gas station at that site has been abandoned for years and will be demolished to make way for the new one. Officials have said the fenced-in site became an eyesore.

A group called TSA Capital is now proposing to reopen it in conjunction with BJ’s Wholesale Club, which has a store just east of the gas station site in the shopping center that also includes Kmart.

The new gas station will have four fuel pumps and eight fueling stations, along with a 2,628-square foot canopy, and a 165-square foot attendant kiosk.

Members of BJ’s Wholesale Club will get a discounted rate on the gas, according to company representative George Goff.

BJ’s has more than 120 gas stations nationwide, but most of them are on the same property as the stores.

TSA Capital recently completed a land exchange with a church to the south of the property to make the gas station conform with zoning.

The Costco on Route 58 also has gas pumps, but they are only available to members of the wholesale club.

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Stanley J. Harris of Greenport died at his home Oct. 15, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was 94.

He was born at the family home in Peconic Oct. 24, 1922, to Peter and Marianna Harris.

Stanley was employed, as was his father, for Long Island Produce Fertilizing Company in Southold. There came a point in time that he was transferred from the fertilizer operation over to the farm machinery repair shop. He became so good at his trade that many local farmers would come knocking at the door for his help. The family garage would be full of farm equipment all winter. He later moved his employment to Plum Island Animal Disease Center as a boiler operator, where he was employed until his retirement.

Stanley was a World War II veteran, having enlisted in the U.S. Navy Dec. 11, 1942, and was assigned aboard the USS Boise. During World War II, he attained the European Theater Ribbon (two stars), the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon (four stars), the Philippine Liberation Ribbon (two stars), the Victory Ribbon, and the Good Conduct Medal. Stanley was honorably discharged Dec. 26, 1945.

Following Stanley’s return home from active service in the U.S. Navy, he met the love of his life, Jeanne Marie Webb of Greenport. They were married Feb. 8, 1948, at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. They were married for 69 years.

Stanley is survived by his loving wife, Jeanne; his children, Keith (Kathy), of Wading River, Mary Ellen Gaylord of Shirley and Pete (June), of Greenport; his grandchildren, Dr. Keith (Vanessa), of Wading River, Cliff (Kelly), of Greenport, Nick (Kim) Gaylord of Bastrop, Texas, SSG Jack (Kim) Gaylord of New Hampton, N.Y., and Kristy (Kameron) Kaiser of Hampton Bays; great-grandchildren, Naomi, Keith III, Georgia, and Donovan, who was born on Grampy’s 95th birthday. Also surviving are his brother Barney Harris of Mattituck and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by brothers John and Edward and sisters, Helen Andruski, Frances Walsh and Vera Powers.

Stanley enjoyed many hobbies, including spinning on the dance floor dancing the Polka, fluke fishing in the Peconic Bay, scalloping, splitting firewood, New York Mets baseball and, of course, shooting off fireworks displays with his son Pete and grandson Cliff.

The family received visitors Oct. 18 at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A U.S. Navy honor guard performed a flag ceremony to honor Stanley’s past service as a sailor during World War II, with the flag being presented to his widow in appreciation from a thankful nation. Graveside services were held at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue, Father Richard Hoerning of St. Agnes R.C. Church officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to Phenix Hook & Ladder Co. 1 and Relief Hose Co. 2 Fourth of July Fireworks Fund, P.O. Box 58, Greenport, NY 11944 or East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton, NY 11978.

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Regina A. DeDuck, a longtime resident of Greenport, died in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 4. She was 95.

The daughter of Maryanna and Boleslaw Perzan, she was born in New Britain, Conn., on Feb. 8, 1922.

Regina “Reggie” graduated from New Britain High School in 1940 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a WAVE in 1943. She served as an aviation storekeeper at Sanford Naval Air Station in Florida, where she met her future husband, Peter. They were married in 1945 and, after being discharged, they settled in Peter’s hometown of Greenport.

Regina worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Plum Island, where she was a purchasing agent until her retirement in 1982. In 2013, she moved to Rochester, N.Y., to live with her daughter, Andrea.

Regina was predeceased by her husband, Peter, in 2003 and six brothers and sisters, Waldaslaw, Cecelia, Elizabeth, Henry, Boleslaw and Chester. She is survived by her children, Peter Jr. (Susan), Mary, Barbara (Mark) Collins and Andrea, and by her grandchildren, Michael, Kristina, Matthew and Sam.

Regina and Peter enjoyed dancing and traveling in their retirement. She also enjoyed sewing, reading, cooking and spending time with family and friends. She will be deeply missed for her infectious smile, laughter and positive attitude that she maintained even as her health declined in later years.

A memorial visitation will take place Monday, Nov. 13, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

This is a paid notice.

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Eleanor Kinscherf of Greenport died at her home Nov. 4. She was 82. 

Predeceased by her husband, Edwin, in 1998, Ms. Kinscherf is survived by her son, Ronald Cusack; stepchildren Susan Jencen, Karen Weigand, Edwin Kinscherf, Alice Luciano, Candace Murray; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was also predeceased by her stepdaughter Debora Maguire.

The family received visitors Nov. 7 at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service took place Nov. 8 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport. Interment followed at St. Agnes R.C. Church Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.

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A memorial visitation for West Needham Ruroede of Greenport will take place Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport, where a chapel service will take place at 6 p.m.

Mr. Ruroede died Oct. 21 at the age of 58.

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Joanne M. Solo of Southold died Nov. 6 at her home. She was 64. 

The daughter of Conrad and Gloria Poisson, she was born May 22, 1953, in Brooklyn.

Ms. Solo worked as a teachers’ aide at Greenport School District.

On March 10, 1984, she married Mark Solo in Rosedale, Queens.

Family members said Ms. Solo had a “strong religious faith” and that she knitted blankets for newborns and enjoyed gardening, walking and cooking.

She is survived by her husband, Mark, and daughters Lauren and Jacqueline, all of Southold and her brothers, William and Michael Poisson.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Nov. 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 10, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will follow at St. Charles Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or Memorial Sloan Kettering.

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Elizabeth A. Hulbert of Cutchogue died Nov. 7. She was 82. 

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Nov. 10, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, officiated by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt. Interment will take place at St. Patrick’s R.C. Cemetery in Huntington.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

A complete obituary will follow.

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The two Republican incumbent Southold Town Board members won re-election Tuesday night, as the GOP swept the three open trustees positions, town highway superintendent, town justice of the peace and the assessors races.

The top vote getter for the Town Board race was Councilman James Dinizio, with 28.3 percent of the vote with 18 of 19 election districts reporting. He was followed by his GOP colleague, Councilman Robert Ghosio, with 26.3 percent of the vote. Four years ago, Mr. Dinizio was also the top vote getter.

Democratic challenger Mary Eisenstein, who ran unsuccessfully in 2013 when she captured 23 percent of the vote, was a close third behind Mr. Ghosio, with 25.33 percent of the vote in those same 18 election districts.

“This was the tightest race I’ve been in, and I’ve been [in races] since 2006,” Mr. Ghosio said. “Mary and Debbie [O’Kane] ran a good, hard campaign and I squeaked it out. I’m honored the folks in town trust me to do a good job and I hope to continue to do the good work I’ve tried to do all these years.”

For his part as the Town Board’s top vote getter, Mr. Dinizio said, “I appreciate everyone going out and voting for me. I want to get the accreditation for the police department. That’s the most important thing to me. It might not be the most glitzy, but that’s my most important thing – to keep the police safe.”

Art Tillman, the Southold Town Democratic Party chairman, said he would likely challenge the Town Board vote totals, as well as town highway superintendent, where Republican incumbent Vincent Orlando beat Eugene Wesnofske, 52 percent to 47 percent.

“Some of our candidates may still win,” Mr. Tillman said. “This is the best group of candidates we’ve ever had. There will be no regrets. They gave their all for everything they did.”

Speaking to a reporter, Mr. Tillman added: “These are good numbers; they’re the best we’ve seen in ten years, maybe.”

Candidates and supporters watch the results at the Southold Town Democratic Committee Election Day event at American Beech. (Credit: Rachel Siford)

Speaking to a crowd at a Greenport restaurant, Mary Eisenstein sounded a strong note, saying the fight to preserve Southold would go on.

“We are at a crossroads,” she said. “We know that being reactive and complacent cannot continue for the protection of what Southold Town is. We are a wonderful community, the last undeveloped place on Long Island … We are going to fight to protect what we have left here with everything in us. We are going to keep on moving forward.”

The newly elected town justice, Eileen Powers, who beat Democratic challenger Robert Meguin by a 65 percent to a 34 percent margin, thanked the voters of Southold Town, happily pointing out that “it’s the 100^th anniversary of the women’s right to vote in New York.”

Three Republican candidates swept the open trustees seats. Re-elected Trustee Mike Domino said: “I’m looking forward to being a little more productive on alternate septic systems and redefining the role of the Conservation Advisory Committee, and working with the Shellfish Advisory Committee to open up more creeks to shellfishing.”

The top trustee vote getter was Mattituck businessman Greg Williams, with 23.8 percent of the vote, ahead of GOP incumbent John Bredemeyer, with 22.9 percent of the vote.

Kathryn Casey Quigley, who will become the vice chair of the town Democratic Party, also sounded optimistic about the future.

“We will keep fighting,” she said.

Ms. O’Kane sounded a similar note: “We will continue to grow and continue to be a force to be reckoned with. There are a lot of new faces and a lot of younger people who have joined the party as well and it leads us to a place where we can be optimistic about the future.”

As for her loss, she said, “I’m not discouraged. I am disappointed, but not discouraged.”

For Ms. Eisenstein, the night’s results point to a community that wants ideas and actions.

“I think the community is saying that they want our elected officials to be paying attention, to be present, and planning to come up with new ideas, and to be proactive.”

Here are the vote totals from 19 of 19 precincts:

Town Board (Two open seats)
James Dinizio (C,R) 3,805
Bob Ghosio (R) 3,540
Mary Eisenstein (D) 3,417
Debbie O’Kane (D) 2,694

Town Justice
Eileen Powers (R) 4,354
Robert Meguin (D) 2,394

Highway Superintendent 
Vincent Orlando (R) 3,626
Gene Wesnofske (D) 3,331

Town Trustee (Three seats)
Greg Williams (R) 4,367
John Bredemeyer (R) 4,185
Michael Domino (R) 3,972
Elizabeth Smith (D) 3,147
Derek Bossen (D) 2,613

Assessor (Two seats)
Kevin Webster (R) 4,760
Charles Sanders (R) 3,936
Damon Rallis (D) 3,033

In other races, Suffolk County police commissioner Tim Sini was elected as Suffolk County district attorney, earning an overwhelming majority of the votes (62 percent) against Republican Raymond Perini.

Mr. Sini said in his victory speech that his mission was to restore integrity to the DA office.

“We have a lot of work to do and this work begins immediately,” Mr. Sini said.

The race for sheriff showed Democrat Errol Toulon Jr. with a very slim lead over Republican Lawrence Zacarese. Mr. Toulon had 141,006 votes (49.41 percent) to 139,652 (48.93 percent).

In the Suffolk County Legislature, incumbent Al Krupski easily won re-election against Republican Remy Bell with 70 percent of the votes.

The proposal for a constitutional convention faced a steep backlash in Suffolk County with 86.6 percent of voters turning it down.

Top photo: Southold Town Republican chairman Pete McGreevy and Councilman Bob Ghosio track the Election Day results with supporters at the American Legion in Southold Tuesday. (Credit: Nicole Smith)

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