Even after 32 years and a promotion to sergeant, no police officer is ever above a little ribbing from his fellow cops. 

So when Sgt. Henry Santacroce walked out of Southold Police headquarters for the final time Saturday afternoon, one of the first questions he had to answer from a colleague was if he ever had to change uniform size.

“No,” he quickly responded to the handful of laughing officers within earshot. “Thirty-two years and the same size. Only gained 20 pounds.”

“All muscle,” one of them snapped back.

Following in a police tradition shared across departments, Sgt. Santacroce “walked out” Saturday to the sound of bagpipes and was met with smiles, laughter and applause from his fellow officers, who gathered to send him off.

“It’s meant a lot to be able to serve where I’ve lived,” the 55-year-old Southold native said.

The sergeant gives one final piece of advice. (Credit: Grant Parpan)

The ability to help people in his community as a police officer and the friends he’s made on the force is what he said he’ll miss most.

Sgt. Santacroce, who followed his father, with whom he also shares a name and rank, into the department, initially joined as a part-time officer in 1984 — even serving about six years alongside his old man. He was promoted to a full-time role in 1986 and made sergeant in 2004.

Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley described Sgt. Santacroce as “mild-mannered” and said he served admirably as a supervisor for the patrolmen. He worked mostly nights, no easy task for a father of two girls, and also served as the property evidence officer. The sergeant said he’s most proud of the three years he spent as a D.A.R.E officer.

“In fact, one of my former students is here today as a fellow officer,” he said. “That’s nice to see.”

Three generations of Santacroces enjoy a special moment. (Credit: Grant Parpan)

Presented with an opportunity to lay low for awhile, Sgt. Santacroce joked that he’ll now do exactly that.

“What will I do now?” he asked back. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing.”

In reality, though, he said retirement will give him the chance to be there for his youngest daughter’s final years of high school and will also give him more time to spend with his wife, Ellen, who joined his parents at Saturday’s send-off. He also plans to do a little more fishing.

Chief Flatley said walkouts “aren’t much in the way of pomp and circumstance,” but they are a nice way to pay respects to a fellow police officer.

“It’s a great way for everyone to say goodbye,” he said.

And after 32 years on the job, a warm send-off and a few laughs would do any officer a little good.

Sgt. Henry Santacroce is sent off with applause Saturday afternoon. (Credit: Grant Parpan)

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A public hearing on a code amendment for accessory apartments will be held during the April 10 Town Board meeting. 

The proposed code change is meant to encourage more affordable housing options in accessory structures.

It strikes out a provision for a five-year requirement for certificate of occupancy, allowing a new CO to be issued after renovations are made to the accessory structure.

The current code limits the size of accessory structures in that it allows for dormers using up to 40 percent of the roof width. The proposed amendment calls for a bump up to 80 percent.

A requirement that the tenant must be a family member or someone who qualifies for the town’s affordable housing registry remains in the code, Chapter 280-13.

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The Mattituck Board of Education was presented with a $40.7 million budget for the 2018-19 school year at Thursday’s school board meeting.

The tax levy is 0.26 percent, or $93,062, keeping the district under its 0.97 percent allowable tax levy.

The budget, a nearly $49,000 decrease compared to the current 2017-18 budget, accounts for the addition of another security guard — the district’s second — another foreign language teacher, a new district-wide phone system and an upgraded security entrance.

Guests will still need to be buzzed into the buildings, but instead of getting into the schools, they will be in a holding area behind another glass door. The guests then will show their ID to someone sitting at a window, and once they are cleared will be buzzed through the second set of doors into the building, according to Kevin Coffey, the business and operations administrator.

Even with those additions, officials managed to decrease the budget, partly due to decreasing enrollment numbers, leading to a reduction in staff of “12.6 full-time employee positions.”

“When you look at enrollment declines and reducing staff, you look at the impact across all of our buildings,” Superintendent Anne Smith said, adding that the positions vacant due to retirees won’t be replaced. “So it’s not simply that there are fewer teachers, but we look at ways to be more efficient.”

The district is considering shifting the assistant principal position at Cutchogue East Elementary School to a part-time position, as well as reducing the workload of the junior high dean to reduce cost. First and third grade classes will each be reduced from four to three next year. Additionally, the district will eliminate a teacher position in math, special education, Academic Intervention Services (AIS), and English as a New Language teachers, among others.

With the impending closure of Our Lady of Mercy in Cutchogue, the district will no longer need to fund a nurse there as well.

The district is proposing to spend $275,000 for a VOIP phone system and an additional $168,000 for switch replacement for the phone system and other security upgrades, $140,000 on Chromebooks for students and staff and $180,000 to add a TV studio at the high school.

The district is also proposing to add a referendum to the budget to establish a capital reserve fund, which must be approved by voters. The district can put no more than $6 million into the fund, which has to be spent within 10 years of its inception, Mr. Coffey said.

Monies from the capital reserve can be used to pay for repairs, renovations and improvements “too costly to include in the district’s annual budget, at no additional cost to the taxpayers and without potentially increasing the tax levy,” he said.

Each time the district plans to use money from the reserve fund, the voters must also approve the amount in a separate vote.

According to the district’s architect, John Grillo, potential uses include replacing sidewalks and tennis courts at Cutchogue East, upgrading athletic fields, replacing ceilings, walls and roofing at Mattituck High School, fixing walls, flooring and hot water heaters at the administration building and more.

Budget presentations can be found on the district website. The next meeting is scheduled for April 19.

Photo caption: Kevin Coffey, the business and operations administrator, speaks at Thursday night’s meeting. (Credit: Nicole Smith)

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The Southold Town Board may consider additions to town code to make it clear that helicopter landings are not permitted in residential districts.

“We found according to our zoning code it wasn’t permitted to begin with,” said Councilman Bob Ghosio, who is the Town Board liaison to the helicopter noise steering committee.

Drafted language follows the reasoning that if landing helicopters in residential zones is not an allowed use in the code, it’s not an allowed use at all, town attorney Bill Duffy said at last Wednesday’s Town Board work session. It is also meant to show that no one can make the argument that doing so is accessory to an allowed principal use, Mr. Duffy said.

The helicopter committee also brought up the potential for problems with seaplanes, Mr. Ghosio said. Some real estate agents are advertising that seaplanes could be used to access waterfront homes, he said.

“You’ll start seeing applications come in for extra-long docks,” Supervisor Russell said. The Board of Trustees already received an application related to a seaplane, Mr. Duffy added.

“This is one instance where I think we can get in front of it,” Mr. Ghosio said.

Councilwoman Jill Doherty said she’d like to make sure the code specifies exceptions for landings currently allowed at helicopter pads in places under the town’s jurisdiction, such as Robins Island.

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The Greenport School District is depending on state aid to keep its proposed 2018-19 budget under the tax cap.

The proposed budget is currently at a $325,000 shortfall, Superintendent David Gamberg said.

Depending on what the state provides, the district may be able to put the budget before voters without needing to pierce the tax cap, which is set at 2.62 percent this year. Should Greenport not receive enough state aid, however, the district would either need to make cuts or keep the budget the same and propose piercing the tax cap.

Mr. Gamberg said in an email Friday morning that as of now, the district would consider making cuts to keep the budget under the tax cap if the state aid fails to cover the shortfall. Officials are hoping for more precise figures from the state by April 1.

The total proposed budget is currently just under $19 million.

“Seventy percent of every school budget, give or take a percent, is made up of the salaries and benefits portion of the budget, leaving just 30 percent remainder to deal with in terms of other things,” Mr. Gamberg said.

The proposed 2018-19 budget will preserve the current athletic teams and teaching staff, Mr. Gamberg said during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.

One of the most notable additions is that of a full-time security guard, the district’s first. Adding the guard, as well as switching the position of front desk greeter to full-time, is an added cost of $48,000.

Each administrator also gave a mini-presentation to the board on their budget.

Athletic director Chris Golden said monies will go toward purchasing new uniforms and live streaming athletic events. The buildings and grounds budget proposed a 1.7 percent increase for new equipment and higher sewer expenses.

Elementary Principal Joseph Tsaveras said his portion of the budget will not increase and would maintain all current programs and staffing while also extending recess for students, expanding after-school activities, introducing robotics, expanding the yoga and mindfulness curriculum and more.

As a cost savings, some students in the special education program will be tuitioned to Southold School District, Mr. Tsaveras said. Educating them at Greenport costs over $130,000 more than it does to send them to the neighboring district, he said.

At the junior high and high school, AP Capstone will be introduced, cameras will be added for the photography course and the GPOTV facilities will be updated, principal Gary Kalish said.

The district is also looking to purchase new chromebooks, iPads and staff office computers, said Ryan Case, the director of educational technology.

Voters approved to pierce the cap in May 2016 with an 8.52 percent increase. Doing so allowed the district to add teacher positions. Mr. Gamberg noted at the time that the teaching staff had reduced from 63 to 53 teachers, but enrollment had increased that year. The district hopes to keep all of the restorative positions it added two years ago.

“Each administrator has really done a diligent job of trying to put together as responsible a budget as they can,” said Frank Mazzie, district purchasing agent. “It’s very important to us to preserve the programs and staff that we have. And that’s our challenge.”

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Cynthia Caprise of Laurel died at home on March 24, 2018. She was 56.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, April 4, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Interment will be private.

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Frances M. Keogh, formerly of Mattituck, died in North Carolina March 24. She was 93.

The family will receive visitors Monday, April 2, 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.  Tuesday, April 3, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, officiated by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

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Jane K. Reilly of Mattituck died March 24. She was 90. 
The family will receive visitors Saturday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where religious services will be held during the visitation.m Interment will follow at New Bethany Cemetery in Mattituck.

A complete obituary will follow.

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Residents and officials discussed the pros and cons of reducing the speed limit in Greenport Village from 30 mph to 25 mph at a public hearing last Thursday night before the Village Board.

And while Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley didn’t support the idea, feedback from some speakers convinced him to take a second look at speeding issues in the village. 

“The reason I am here is to listen to your complaints and to listen to what your concerns are,” Chief Flatley said. “I thank everybody for getting up and telling me. That’s the kind of information I need, so we can address it.

“I always accept criticism or critiques of our department because we always need to improve,” he added, “and it seems like there’s a lot of different areas we have to improve in with regard to speed.”

The idea of a lower speed limit was suggested late last year by Greenport residents Bridget and Eric Elkin, who collected more than 100 signatures on a petition in support of reducing the limit from 30 mph to 25 mph.

Because the two main roads in the village, Front and Main streets, are state roads, a change in the speed limit would require state approval, officials said. But the board can lower the speed limit on other village roadways independently.

Chief Flatley, who has said he feels enforcement is the best means of patrolling speed, said at the start of the hearing that he doesn’t get a lot of complaints about speeding in Greenport Village and feels the stop signs at most intersections on the longer roads in the village have served to control speed. He said he didn’t have any accident data on village roads, however.

Trustee Doug Roberts asked if there are any risks or downsides to lowering the speed limit.

There are no downsides or risks, Chief Flatley said.

Trustee Mary Bess Phillips said traffic coming from Route 48 and entering the village on Main Street is often speeding. She feels there should be better signage to indicate where the speed limit drops to 30 mph in this area.

Chief Flatley agreed, saying this is one stretch of road in the village that’s not “restricted by stop signs.”
Main Street residents Jeanette Lamothe and Peter Clarke described serious accidents that have happened on that street in recent years, including one in 2011 when a truck crashed into a church.

Mr. Clarke said he’s asked the last three village administrations to do something about it, with no success, and feels there’s a reason the police don’t get complaints.

“Most of us are burned out from reporting it, so police probably don’t have an accurate picture of what’s going on,” Mr. Clarke said.

“Adopting a 25 mph speed limit will send a strong message to residents and visitors that they are not on a highway,” Mr. Clarke said.

Residents John Saladino and JoAnne Kehl said they don’t think lowering the speed limit will help.

“If they are going faster than 30, they’re going to go faster than 25,” Mr. Saladino said.

Ms. Kehl said that stop signs on 5th Avenue haven’t stopped speeding.

She said people drive the whole length of the road going 45 mph and running all the stop signs.

“Even if you changed the speed limit, those people are going to go the same speed regardless,” she said.

“More enforcement has to happen.”

Chief Flatley said that before stop signs were put up on First Street, “it was a raceway.”

Mr. Elkin said lowering the speed limit has other benefits, quoting statistics that show that a pedestrian hit by a car at 30 mph has a one-in-10 change of survival, whereas a pedestrian hit by a car at 25 mph has a one-in-five chance of survival.

The Greenport Business Improvement District sent a letter in supporting a lower speed limit.

“Speed can be the difference between an avoidable incident or a traffic accident,” it read.

Ms. Elkin said that radar speed signs, which show drivers how fast they are going, also cause people to slow down.

Chief Flatley said the police can place this type of sign in Greenport.

The department placed such a sign near Mattituck High School recently.

Last year, the chief said, the department did a speed survey on Manor Place, by Eastern Long Island Hospital, where there had been speed complaints. An officer in a unmarked car with a radar gun measured speeds for about an hour, he said.

“The majority were at or below 30 mph,” he said. “But the complaint was that they are going 50 mph.”

While some cars do go over 30 mph, that’s an issue in every community on the North Fork, the chief said.

Mayor George Hubbard said it’s difficult to drive at 25 mph.

“I go 30 mph coming home from work and people are on my butt, beeping the horn, saying I have to go faster,” he said. “When I go 25 mph, they’re on my butt all the time.”

The Village Board voted to keep the hearing open for additional comments at future meetings.

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Mother Nature threw a curveball at high school baseball teams throughout Long Island last week with its fourth snowstorm in March. One can envision coaches and players looking to the sky and angrily shaking their fists.

Welcome to baseball in the Northeast.

After the fourth nor’easter of the month struck, Mattituck coach Steve DeCaro had had enough. “I think at this point it’s more of a frustration thing,” he said. “We’re trying to get in a rhythm, get outside and do things, and we can’t do that … At this point we want to move on.”

As does Greenport coach Mike Sage. “I feel as though all teams have been dealing with the crappy weather and you can’t blame it on anyone,” he said. “It’s something you have to deal with.”

Mattituck (19-7 last year), which lost to Livonia in the state Class B semifinals in 2017, will have to deal with the addition of Elwood/John Glenn to League VIII. The Tuckers, coming off their second regional championship in three years, shared the league title with Southampton. It was Mattituck’s fourth straight league crown.

Senior Sam Dickerson (.320 batting average, 17 RBIs) and junior Bryce Grathwohl (.385, one home run, 16 RBIs), who both play third base and pitch, lead the team along with junior rightfielder Jon Lisowy (.290, 10 RBIs). All three were All-League players last year. Junior catcher Ryan Mahon (.305, 12 RBIs) was named MVP of the Suffolk County Tournament.

Grathwohl (7-1, 1.06 ERA, 62 strikeouts) will head the pitching rotation.

Sophomore Chris Nicholson moves from leftfield to become Mattituck’s third shortstop in eight years. Second baseman David Conroy, centerfielder Jason Scalia and outfielder Dom Skrezec offer senior know-how.

Mattituck has two juniors with nearly identical names: pitcher/outfielder Tyler C. Olsen and first baseman Tyler F. Olsen. They were brought up to the varsity team for the playoffs last year along with catcher Nate Demchak, second baseman Sean McDonald, pitcher/outfielder Tyler Cirincione and pitcher/outfielder Charlie Hasel.

“Last year we had some incredible seniors and some great leadership, and this year we’re starting to get that great leadership, too,” said DeCaro.

Greenport (7-13) is dealing with a number of unknowns. Asked for his outlook on the new season, Sage answered: “It remains to be seen. We have a lot of guys who are playing for the first time in a while. Guys like Sean McElroy and Myles [Murray], they played when they were younger but they haven’t played in a long time.”

Greenport’s co-captains, seniors Jordan Fonseca and Matt Tuthill, are both four-year starters. “I lean on them a lot,” said Sage.

Fonseca, who pitches and plays shortstop, was All-League, with a .364 batting average and 22 RBIs.

“He’s physically very fit and he’s very strong,” Sage said, adding: “I’m looking for him to have a big year. He’s got it in him. I’m looking for him to go out and shine this year. He loves to play and he competes his best every day.”

Tuthill, an All-League academic selection who catches and pitches, hit .345 with 15 RBIs.

Greenport has another big bat in senior third baseman/outfielder Jonathan Rodriguez (.311, 12 RBIs).

Senior infielder Sean Sepenoski and junior pitcher/catcher/first baseman Tommy Tsaveras (3-2, 4.14 ERA) are also returning starters.

McElroy and Murray, both outfielders, join the squad along with sophomore middle infielder/pitcher Joshua Santacroce, junior outfielders Colin Rossetti and Jacob Mazzaferro, freshman second baseman Jhon Ramirez and junior infielder Christian Romero.

But the youngest player of them all, may provide a jolt of excitement. Alex Maysonet, a seventh-grader, plays centerfield and pitches. “The big story of the year,” Sage said. “He’s the real deal … He’s a prodigy.”

Tsaveras, Fonseca and Tuthill are in the starting pitching rotation and Maysonet will see time on the mound as well, said Sage.

“I’m looking forward to us hitting a little more this year,” Sage said. “We were a little light in the hitting department last year.”

“Last year’s team … had more speed,” he continued. “We’re not as quick this year, but we might have a bit more experience this year. The baseball acumen is a little higher this year.”

This year Southold (23-2) has returning veterans Luke Hansen, Billy Burns and Joe Hayes.

Now, who is new to the team?

“Everybody else,” said coach Greg Tulley, laughing.

Tulley, the former junior varsity coach who takes over the varsity team from Mike Carver, isn’t exaggerating, either. Those three players are the only returners from last year’s squad, which won a third straight county championship and fell one win short of reaching the state semifinals for the second time in three years.

That’s a tremendous turnover.

“We’re still trying to put the pieces together here,” said Tulley.

Tulley is thankful to have those three veterans. Hansen, a 6-3 senior lefthanded pitcher who has committed to Sacred Heart University (Conn.), went 7-2 last year. His regular-season ERA was a miniscule 0.33.

Hansen, who will play centerfield when he’s not on the mound, had a .315 batting average with 16 RBIs last year.

Burns, a senior, will also be in the starting pitching rotation. He can also play first base, shortstop and catcher.

“I think Billy and Luke are going to give us a chance to win a couple of games a week,” Tulley said. “Those two guys are definitely going to keep us in a lot of games.”

Hayes, a junior who had played second base since he was a freshman, has been moved to catcher. He also pitches.

The newcomers are shortstop/pitcher Jake Okula, outfielder/pitcher Michael Daddona, outfielder Eric Connolly, outfielder Austin Dixon, outfielder Max Cichanowicz, outfielder Justin Hanold, third baseman/pitcher Nick Eckhardt, infielder Dylan Newman, outfielder/first baseman Brendan Duffy and second baseman Conor Wilinski.

“All the kids are open to playing more than one position,” Tulley said. “They’re all open to learning and improving and I’ve been impressed with the way that Luke and Billy have taken the turnover in stride and they’re really working to help the younger players improve their games, too.”

Now, what about the weather? Does Tulley despise snow by now?

“I think that’s a good statement there,” he said. “I definitely don’t like snow.”

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Photo caption: Mattituck junior Bryce Grathwohl had a .385 batting average with one home run and 16 RBIs last year. (Credit: Garret Meade, file)

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Gary R. Kron, former Mattituck resident, passed away on Jan. 24, 2018 after an 8 month battle with kidney cancer. He was 66.

He is survived by his wife, Bette Eckert Kron; his daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Andrew High; his son Peter Kron, and his grandchildren, Caitrin and Ronan High, all of Nashville, Tenn.

He is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Stephen Moody, and a niece, Megan Buchnor of Woodinville, Wash.

After receiving a master’s degree in counseling from Springfield College, Gary worked for several years in college administration before completing his MBA at Rider University, and beginning a career in financial management that continued for 36 years. Starting as an investment broker with E.F. Hutton in 1982, Gary ended his career as a senior vice-president and investment management consultant for Morgan Stanley in Riverhead.

Gary was an active member and Elder of the Mattituck Presbyterian Church for 35 years, where he was a member of the Haiti team, played with the worship band, and chaired several committees over the years. He was a longtime member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Riverhead Rotary Club, served on the board of directors for Long Island Youth Mentoring, and was a member of the Walk to Emmaus community. However, Gary’s friends and neighbors will remember him most for his thoughtful generosity and gentlemanly ways, his beautiful flower gardens, his love of playing the guitar, and especially his deep and unshakeable faith in God.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m. at Mattituck Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Long Island Youth Mentoring, Mattituck Presbyterian Church Haiti Project, or your local hospice organization.

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I’m Lauren Holz. I’m a server here at Lucharitos for almost three years now.

A day at Lucharitos is never boring. Every day brings something different.

I am a server here, so obviously my main responsibility is taking care of all the guests that come in. I try to give everybody an awesome, happy experience.

I’m really passionate about the food, so I like to describe the menu to everybody, make sure they’re picking the right things. And essentially it’s to rock out on the floor. Make sure everyone’s happy.

I actually started out in Southold. I worked for Sound View. I was the property manager over there for two summer seasons and I loved it but I kind of wanted to have a little bit more social activity and I went into Greenport and applied for waitressing jobs. I was finished and on my way out, I was like “Oh, I forgot about Lucharitos!” So I came to Lucharitos and handed my résumé to Marc, the owner, and I got hired on the spot. And I pretty much started the next day, and I fell in love from the second I stepped foot into this place.

This is the longest I’ve ever worked in any one place and the longest I’ve ever lived in any one place. So it’s very, very, very special to me. I’m very grateful to have found Lucharitos. We’re a big family here.

Picking a favorite dish is like picking your favorite child. Everything on the menu here is truly delicious. My favorite thing, I would have to say, is the scallop taco, but it’s not here all the time so I would say my second favorite is the chicken taco.

Normally I work full time here in Greenport, but with Little Lucharitos opening I did work two nights there. It’s similar and yet pretty different. The menu is a tiny bit different; it’s a smaller area, but same feel. You walk in and you’re hit with the colors and the art. It’s beautiful.

But Greenport is my home. I love Aquebogue but Greenport, for me, is where it’s at.

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After snapping a 20-year playoff drought and reaching a Long Island final for the first time in 30 years, what does the Southold/Greenport high school softball team do for an encore?

A repeat performance would be nice.

That’s precisely what the First Settlers have in mind. Of course, they have some adjustments to make. All-County centerfielder Toni Esposito, All-Conference shortstop Katie Tuthill and All-League first baseman Evelyn Cummings have moved on. They batted leadoff, third and fourth in the order, respectively.

That means new players must step into those roles.

Last year Southold (13-4) qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1997. Since no other Suffolk County Class C teams were in the playoffs, Southold advanced directly to the Long Island title game. Following a 24-day layoff, the Settlers lost to East Rockaway, 5-0, as righthander Emily Chelius threw a three-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts.

“It was a breakthrough season for Southold, the first time in 30 years that they got to the Long Island championship [game] and the first time in 20 years that they made the playoffs,” coach Skip Gehring said. “The biggest thing I would say about it is the girls [recognized] that they’re better than they think they are. The girls last year worked hard in practice every day and they’re looking to duplicate that this year.”

Southold can count on a corps of returning senior starters in All-League pitcher Ashley Hilary (12-4, 2.38 ERA, 56 strikeouts, six walks), shortstop Hannah Sutton (.479 batting average, 19 RBIs), centerfielder Grace Syron (.438, 16 RBIs, six doubles, eight stolen bases), second baseman Annie Lincoln, first baseman/third baseman Liz Clark (.374, 11 RBIs) and catcher Madison Hilton (.311, nine RBIs, seven stolen bases). Another returner is sophomore utility player Felecia Kayal.

Last year Gehring brought outfielder/first baseman Julia Jaklevic, third baseman Jenna McFarland and outfielder/infielder Olivia Daddona onto the varsity team for the playoffs. First baseman Reese Thompson, second baseman/first baseman Jessica Mele, pitcher Elizabeth Jernick and second baseman Ashley Payne join the team.

Once again, Southold, which turned 27 double plays in 17 games last year, will put a priority on defense.

“What I like the best is that they are driven to repeat what they did last year, to prove that last year was not a fluke,” said Gehring.

Southold’s Class C competition this year will come from Port Jefferson, Pierson/Bridgehampton and Bishop McGann-Mercy.

“I really think that we could actually not only make the playoffs, but could actually get back to the Long Island championship” game, Gehring said. “These girls are working extremely hard and they’re ready to come back and get to the states.”

Because of construction work being done at Southold High School, most, if not all of Southold’s home games are expected to be played in Greenport.

Like Southold, Mattituck (7-10) will play an 18-game regular-season schedule against 18 schools as part of a shakeup in Suffolk softball.

“It’s just going to be a strange year because we’re playing teams we never played before, so we’re going into every game basically blind,” coach Kim Gerstung said. “… We have to be better, basically.”

And the Tuckers look like they are better. They have some big bats in All-County junior third baseman Jaden Thompson (.554, four home runs, 27 RBIs, 21 stolen bases), All-League junior first baseman Ashley Perkins (.373, 16 RBIs) and All-League senior shortstop Ashley Chew (.403, 11 RBIs, nine doubles).

Mattituck received a pleasant surprise when Madison Osler, a senior pitcher who didn’t play last season, returned to the team.

“We have a pitcher again this year,” Gerstung said. “It’s going to be a huge difference. Not only can she pitch and get the ball over the plate, but I don’t have to move people around to get a pitcher.”

Senior catcher Jaime Gaffga, freshman second baseman Aniah Thompson (Jaden’s sister) and junior leftfielder Alexis Burns were starters last year. Others with varsity experience are utility players Cassidy Mullin and Julia Schimpf, and outfielders Jillian Gaffga (Jaime’s sister) and Catherine Thompson. Dominique Crews, a junior centerfielder, is a transfer from Riverhead.

Mattituck has five travel team players, including Jaden Thompson. “She’s very strong,” Gerstung said. “I can put her anywhere on the field. I wish I had nine Jaden Thompsons.”

In addition, Mattituck has a junior varsity team for the first time in five years. Gerstung said, “That’s going to make a huge difference.”

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Photo caption: Southold/Greenport’s All-League pitcher, Ashley Hilary, went 12-4 with a 2.38 ERA last season. She registered 56 strikeouts against six walks. (Credit: Garret Meade, file)

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How did it take 35 years for anyone to find out William Boken was dead?

It’s a question we’ve been asked often since news broke last week of the discovery of human remains believed to be Louise Pietrewicz buried beneath Mr. Boken’s former basement.

At the center of the discovery, is the death certificate of Mr. Boken, Louise’s boyfriend at the time of her disappearance. Ms. Pietrewicz had not been seen alive since October 1966.

A married man and a former Southold Town police officer, Mr. Boken’s death certificate was used by investigators to get more information out of his former wife, Judy Terry.

Specifically, upon learning of Mr. Boken’s death and seeing his death certificate for the first time, Ms. Terry revealed to police that she saw Mr. Boken bury a body in the basement of the home they once shared on Lower Road in Southold. The information she gave led police to the remains March 19.

Since the discovery, many people have asked how it’s possible that no one knew Mr. Boken had died in 1982, including his former wife, who is the mother of his two children.

So we put together the above video to better explain how Mr. Boken’s death was discovered.

When we began reporting on the case last June, it was assumed Boken might still be alive. That assumption was based on a 2013 summary report from the Southold Police Department that listed a last known address for Mr. Boken in New York City.

As we began to learn more about Mr. Boken’s likely involvement in the case, we started to dig more into his background.

Who is he?

Where is he?

William Boken in a photo that hung at Southold Police headquarters as recently as last October.

Lacking any contact information for Mr. Boken short of the last known address, we searched for ways to reach family members. While doing so, we learned of the death of one his siblings on the website findagrave.com.

On a whim, we searched the name William Boken on the same site and found two entries, both born in 1930. One of the deceased died in August 1982 in New York City. He was buried at Hart Island. That entry did not feature a date of birth at the time.

New York City’s only Potter’s Field, public records for Hart Island are scarce. Records are most accessible through an online database maintained by The Hart Island Project, a nonprofit, which according to its website, assists families and individuals with limited resources in accessing public burial records and information concerning burial procedures on Hart Island, and increases public awareness of the history of the island.

The Hart Island Project listing for William Boken revealed that he died on August 20, 1982 at the age of 52.

Our records indicated that Mr. Boken was born on August 28, 1930 and therefore wouldn’t have turned 52 for another week.

This was likely the William Boken we were looking for but without a date of birth, how could we be sure since all the information available currently suggested he could be, but his age was off by a year.

The Hart Island Project website also stated that Mr. Boken’s place of death had been redacted, a further hindrance in us obtaining more information about how he died.

In an effort to learn more about this Mr. Boken, we next tried the New York City Department of Corrections, which maintains records for the island. Its website also features an online database.

While that database still did not give us a date of birth, it listed Mr. Boken’s place of death as 97-35 75TH ST.

So we decided to check out that address.

We were told by the current homeowners that they had never heard of a William Boken. So we headed to Manhattan and the other address local police had on file. A longtime resident said he had never heard of a William Boken. The super, who’s worked there 40 years, said the same.

Police search the former Boken home on Lower Road last week.

Assuming now that our William Boken was likely the one on Hart Island, we called Melinda Hunt, who runs the Hart Island Project. We were looking for guidance on how we might find a date of birth for someone buried on the island.

Ms. Hunt advised us to use the address and date of death to obtain a police incident report. There would have to be one on file, she said, since Mr. Boken did not die in a hospital or nursing home.

She was right. There was a police report. But on our first attempt to obtain it under the Freedom of Information Act, we were denied by the NYPD, which said our request “would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.”

So on the advice of the New York State Committee on Open Government, we wrote an appeal, arguing that Mr. Boken is deceased and was estranged from his family. So whose privacy was being violated? We also stated that he was once a suspect in a missing persons case and locating his whereabouts was in the public interest.

Three weeks later, police released to us the incident report from his death, which confirmed his date of birth and also gave us additional details about the last two years of his life.

He drove a cab and lived in isolation, never bringing guests to the apartment he was renting. When he died, police were led to believe he had roots in Albany, so no one ever reached out to his family on Long Island to notify them of his death.

We used town and county records to further piece together how little contact he had with family members in the final 14 years of Mr. Boken’s life.

Zoning board records for the Southold home he had shared with Ms. Terry — the same property where remains were found last week — led us to the County Center in Riverside, where after hours of pouring through bound volumes we found a handwritten record of a real estate dispute between Ms. Terry and Mr. Boken. The file for that case showed that attorneys at that time had difficulty locating Mr. Boken to pay him when the house was sold. The file also contained the couple’s divorce papers, which stated they hadn’t seen each other since 1967.

Moving to Surrogate’s Court, we found the will for Mr. Boken’s father, which suggested the most recent contact any of his siblings had with him was from a sister who spoke with him in 1981.

In all of these court matters, Mr. Boken, his siblings and attorneys stated that he would not disclose his address to receive payments of a combined $24,000.

One attorney said in 1981 that all efforts to serve William Boken in order to settle his father’s estate had been futile.

Eighteen months later, Mr. Boken was found dead. His family wouldn’t find out for another 35 years.

Police also used The Suffolk Times’ reporting to obtain Mr. Boken’s death certificate from officials in New York City.

That death certificate, it now appears, will end up providing the answer to a question that has been asked for 51 years: What happened to Louise Pietrewicz?

Grant Parpan is the content director for Times Review Partners, a division of Times Review Media Group. Last fall he worked with executive editor Steve Wick and content producer Krysten Massa to produce Gone, a multimedia special report which sparked renewed police interest in the Louise Pietrewicz case.

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Eileen Charters was walking her dog on Front Street in Greenport Village Tuesday afternoon when the dog started acting up and pulling on the leash.

That’s when she came upon the carcasses of two dead animals between Fourth and Fifth Streets with a hand-written sign in black ink that read, “Anyone missing a cat?”

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“Wow. This is beyond bizarre,” she remembered thinking. “It was just so upsetting … I can’t wrap my head around it.”

She sent a cellphone picture to her husband, Gary Charters, and asked him to post something on “Let’s Talk Village of Greenport” Facebook page in an attempt to get them removed quickly, before children walking to school would see.

“This is not pretty and I’m disgusted that I’m posting this,” Mr. Charters wrote with the photo. “If someone thinks it’s a joke or funny they are very sick people.” He tagged Mary Bess Phillips, a village trustee, who responded less than 15 minutes later to let him know it had been removed.

Ms. Phillips said Pete Manwaring and the highway department crew, which report for work early, had already removed the skeletal remains, which she was told were an opossum and a cat. “The credit really needs to go to the road crew for taking care of this quickly.”

“I’m alarmed,” she added. “It’s annoying and it’s upsetting that someone in the Village of Greenport would have that kind of attitude … when the kids walk along that street to go to school.”

Thirty comments followed with many people using words like “sick,” “disgusting” and “sad.”

The dead animals pictured in front of a sign Tuesday morning in Greenport Village. (Credit: Courtesy of Eileen Charters)

The carcasses had been there overnight, it seems. One commenter wrote on Mr. Charters’ post: “My daughter came home from school yesterday, and told me about it, as she had seen this walking back from lunch. She was truly upset and disgusted by it. I wonder what goes through people’s minds when they do such insensitive, foul acts.”

Another commenter said someone she had spoken to had seen it on Sunday or Monday, but there was no sign.

“It looks like both animals are desiccated and may have died in a crawl space or under a porch and ended up mummified,” another poster said.

Reached at Village Hall Tuesday morning, Paul Pallas, the village administrator, said he was unaware of the incident, but would contact the police.

No report was immediately filed with the Southold Town Police Department, but Chief Martin Flatley said after the online post was brought to his attention, he was having the Greenport sector car check the area and ask around.

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The new Mattituck High School boys track and field coach, Kris Ocker, knows there are no shortcuts in the sport. A direct correlation can be made between training and performance.

“Track is tough, man,” Ocker, 35, said. “It’s a lot of hard work. Track is one of those sports where you can’t hide anything. The numbers don’t lie.”

Ocker should know. He was a member of Oyster Bay High School’s track team (he also played football for Nassau County Community College and SUNY/Cortland) and coached the Port Washington girls track team. Now Ocker takes over Mattituck’s top job from Karl Himmelmann, who remains as an assistant coach.

Mattituck (5-1 last year) is led by senior Stephen Nyilas and junior Christian Demchak.

Nyilas can just about do it all. He can sprint, run middle distances, long distances, throw. Last year he came in seventh in the pentathlon in the Section XI Individual Championships/state qualifier with 2,590 points. His best event was the shot put, which he threw 37 feet, 5 3/4 inches for second place. He was also eighth in the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 57.34 seconds, 10th in the 110-meter high hurdles in 17.83, tied for 10th in the high jump at 5-4 1/4 and 14th in the long jump at 16-11 1/2.

Nyilas was third in the Suffolk County Division III pentathlon.

Similarly, Demchak, while primarily known for long distances, can handle any running event as can senior Justin Lake, who also pole vaults. Lake was 24th in the 1,600 in the state qualifier in 4:44.93.

For long distances, Mattituck looks to senior Connor Smith, sophomore Chris Dinizio, sophomore Eric Palencia and senior Dennis O’Rourke.

Antonio Marine runs middle distances and the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Others to look out for are sprinters Eric Duerwald and Brian Nicholson, triple jumper James Kowalski and Kacper Michalak, a sprinter/pole vaulter/jumper.

“I just am excited to get into the divisional meets and see what the boys do when they get up there in the divisional competition,” said Ocker.

What would make this season a success for Mattituck?

“Win the division,” Ocker replied. “I feel like we have the talent. We have the talent to do it. It’s just a matter of putting the right individuals in the right event for the right meet.”

Greenport/Southold (2-5) has had a nice turnout with 35 athletes on the team (19 from Greenport, 16 from Southold). That’s an increase of about 10 from last year’s team, said coach Nick Fioretti, who attributes the increase to both the sport’s growth nationwide and the new, six-lane, all-weather track being built at Southold High School.

“I did expect a decent turnout,” Fioretti said. “A lot of kids prior to the track season said that they were interested. It’s a small school so that if kids say they have fun, the word spreads fast.”

The Porters have some fast runners, too.

Junior co-captain Mateo Arias, competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the first time last year, took third place in Suffolk Division III in 10:53.16. In the state qualifier, he was 18th in 11:09.55.

“He is motivated this year,” Fioretti said. “Last year, that kind of lit a fire under him.”

And then there is sophomore sprinter Max Pasko, one of top sprinters in the county this past winter in the 55-meter dash.

Senior triple jumper/sprinter Sean McCabe co-captains the team along with junior thrower Miguel Torres, who sat out last season with a torn ACL. Aside from McCabe, Christian Nikolov (400 IH) is the only other senior.

Sophomores Kenny Latham, a sprinter/hurdler, and Christian Ardiano, a middle-distance runner, also return. Good things are expected from sophomore sprinter Jorge Torrento.

“I think it’s going to be a good year for us as a team,” Fioretti said. “I know that some other teams have some strong returners, so the competition is going to be tough. The seniors that are leading this year were leaders last year so we’re kind of maintaining the same leadership, which is nice.”

He added: “I just want them to do the best that they can as a group. I have a group of individuals that are super dedicated.”

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Photo caption: Mattituck senior Stephen Nyilas was third in the pentathlon in the division meet and seventh in the state qualifier. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk, file)

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Times Review Partners recently spent time with registered nurse Paula Thorp at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport, where she’s worked for 25 years. 

Paula and the San Simeon team spoke to us about the difference the nursing, rehabilitation and adult day health care center makes in its community.

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This has been a good run for the Mattituck High School girls track and field team. Coach Chris Robinson sees no reason for it to end just yet.

Mattituck ran through all six of its Suffolk County League VIII dual meets last year, going a perfect 6-0 for a second straight league championship and seventh overall. “We plan to continue that,” said Robinson.

The Tuckers, who are 15-1-1 over the past three years (their last loss came in 2015), have lost some long-distance strength with the graduation of Melanie Pfennig and others, but hope to make up for it in the sprints, jumps and relays.

Meg Dinizio, a senior sprinter, has reached the state meet the last three years. “She’s probably been the most consistent performer that I’ve had,” said Robinson.

Last year Dinizio finished 19th in the state meet in 13.55 seconds. Her personal record is 13.0.

Dinizio was also a member of the 4 x 100-meter relay team that qualified for the state meet, along with freshman Bella Masotti.

Those two were also members of the 4 x 100 team, along with junior Miranda Annunziata and freshman Nikki Searles, that was a league indoor champion this past winter.

Also helping out in the sprints are senior Elvira Puluc and eighth-graders Aaliyah Shorter and Emily Nicholson.

For jumping events, Mattituck has senior Jordyn Maichin, junior Amber Rochon, junior Gabrielle Dwyer and sophomore Sarah Santacroce. Santacroce finished seventh in the discus at the Section XI Division Championships last year with a personal-best throw of 89 feet, 2 inches.

Mattituck looks in good shape in the 100-meter high hurdles, too, with junior Katie Parks, junior Courtney Trzcinski and Searles, who may also compete in the pentathlon. Senior Julia Vasile-Cozzo is a 1,500-meter race walker and runs the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Rebecca Foster and Jenny Rutkowski are senior throwers.

“We have a lot of talent returning,” Robinson said. “It’s just a good group of different ability levels kind of merging together.”

The Greenport/Southold team must feel like a kid on Christmas morning, excitedly looking at a wrapped present, yet unable to open it just yet.

That is what it’s like for the Porters (3-4), who are anxiously awaiting the completion of Southold High School’s new six-lane, all-weather track.

“It’s a torture,” acknowledged coach Mike Gunther, who said the base of the track is in place, but the actual running surface needs to be applied. For that, he said, the weather will have to cooperate. He said a straight week with temperatures of 50 degrees and above is required.

The track would be a significant upgrade from the outdated cinder track at Greenport High School, and the school parking lot and driveway the Porters sometimes train on, without lines to mark the handoff zones for relays.

Leading Greenport this year is a corps of athletes who qualified for last year’s division championships: senior Haley Brigham in the 400 IH and 2,000-meter steeplechase, sophomore Kathryn Kilcommons in the 400 IH, senior Blayr Corazzini in the walk, senior Zoe Medina in the high jump and junior Marie Mullen in the 100 high hurdles.

The Porters have other veterans, too, like sophomore Jessica Villareal (400, triple jump, steeplechase, walk), junior Andrea Skrezec (high jump), junior Briann Suskevich (long jump, sprints), senior Cinthia Gonzalez (discus, shot put), sophomore Sophia Watchel (high jump, hurdles) and sophomore Andrea Mena-Ochoa (4 x 400 relay, discus, shot put, long jump, triple jump).

“The story of our team is we’re a very small team — 18 girls — but everybody is prepared to do anything,” said Gunther.

Greenport may have three freshmen on its 4 x 100 relay team: Courtney Cocheo, Marley Medina (Zoe’s sister) and Kelly Torres. Junior Emily Russell and senior Katherine Jarvis are also candidates for that team. All five are new to the squad.

Long-distance runner Nercida Toribio and walker Lena Wolf will also help out.

“It’s really the new people who will make a really nice impact on this team,” Gunther said. “My returners will perform how they should perform. The new people will make us better.”

Of Greenport’s six scheduled dual meets, there is only one “home” meet. That April 14 meet against Ross is to be run at Mattituck High School.

Gunther is hoping his team will have its new track ready before the season ends. He said the target date is April 29.

“We are hoping that we can have a home meet before the end of the season, just so the seniors can have that experience,” he said. “We never have a home meet. My kids have been road warriors from the beginning.”

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Inspired by the survivors of mass shootings around the country, locals showed their support for gun control this weekend by walking in March for Our Lives events Saturday in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

March for Our Lives was organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who survived a mass shooting on Feb. 14. Seventeen students and educators were killed there that day.

Over 800 protests were planned in all 50 states, as well as on every continent except Antarctica, The New York Times reported.

The Southold Democrats chartered a bus for about 40 East Enders who are passionate about gun reform to travel to Washington, where they marched with over 850,000 people from across the country.

“We kind of wanted to go to the source, to the root of the movement,” said Mackenzie Daly, a senior at Mattituck High School. “I think it’s so monumental to be on politicians’ front lawns, the people who are failing us, to be there and for them to hear our chants in their offices. That’s something so special.”

Among the most notable speakers at the march in D.C. was Stoneman Douglas High School senior Emma González.

Her speech and a period of silence lasted 6 minutes and 20 seconds — the same amount of time it took for 17 of her classmates and teachers to be killed with an AR-15.

For Mackenzie, who boarded the bus around 4:30 Saturday morning with three of her closest friends, Emma’s speech was the most impactful.

“She’s such an empowering young woman,” Mackenzie said. “It was so poignant to see her speak and be in the same area as her.”

Other speakers included Yolanda King, granddaughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

Mattituck sophomore Jillian Orr, who made the trip to D.C. with her mom, said, “Instead of just seeing it on the news like you would see any other tragedy or any other headline, it was like you were living it. Because these children did live it and many of them described their experience. It touching and a little bit painful too to know they had to live through this.”

Greenport resident Jim Shaw echoed Jillian’s comments, calling the trip an “emotional experience.”

“The speakers really impressed me because it was truly all about the kids,” he said. “You can’t be in a crowd of people that size, hearing these stories of these children’s experiences of huddling in classrooms while this person is outside in the hallway killing their friends, without crying.”

A view of some of the thousands of people who participated in the rally in Washington Saturday. (Courtesy photo)

Many agreed that the focus of the day was the students, since that’s who many are trying to protect by lobbying for stricter gun laws.

Congressman Lee Zeldin said in a statement that he supports banning bump stocks, fixing the National Criminal Instant Background Check System and “ensuring lunatics manifesting violent criminal intentions to murder with firearms have access to none.”

He also said he introduced the Protect America Act of 2015, a bill that is aimed at preventing terrorists from acquiring firearms and explosives, and voted in favor of the STOP School Violence Act. Mr. Zeldin has received thousands of dollars in contributions from the National Rifle Association.

“The more people of all ages participating in our great American process the better,” Mr. Zeldin said.

South Jamesport resident Gretchen Renner took the bus to D.C. to march with her 13-year-old daughter, Kate.

“It was a great experience and it was worth the drive,” said Ms. Renner. “Kate is very outspoken. I think she benefits from the experience of the rally and learning that she has a strength in her voice.”

Ms. Renner said she carried a sign saying, “We have your back. We will help you.”

“That’s why we went,” she said. “I wanted the kids to know we have their back. It’s really all about the kids.”
Owen Searl of Mattituck, 11, attended the March For Our Lives event in New York City Saturday, and was moved by the number of people there and the message they were sending.

“I think it’s so great what people are doing to help stop gun violence,” said Owen, a sixth-grader at Peconic Community School. “I think kids are going to make the difference.”

Owen wanted to send a message to the Parkland school shooting victims and survivors that he stands with them and that this should never have happened.

“One of my favorite parts was when we were going past Trump Tower and everyone was just so alive,” Owen said.

“What we were doing right then and there, it felt like we were definitely going to make a difference.”

Photo caption: Mattituck students (from left) Joy Davis, Alex Bellavilla, Martha Terry and Mackenzie Daly at Saturday’s March for our Lives in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo)

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A Riverhead man was arrested on felony charges of handgun possession after Southold Town police said they spotted a pistol in his car earlier this month, police said in a press release Wednesday.

Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked at 56815 Route 25 in Southold on March 19 at about 10:10 p.m. The first arriving officer saw a handgun near the driver’s seat inside the car. No one was in the car at the time.

Gonzalo Figueroa-Marroquin, 26, arrived back at the vehicle, and identified himself as the owner. He did not have a permit for the pistol.

Mr. Figueroa-Marroquin was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, both felonies.

No further information was available.

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