Cutchogue resident Susan Campbell (née Ffoulkes-Jones) Young, died Oct. 6, 2018.

Susan was born Oct. 4, 1938, (at tea time) in the Cottage Hospital in Llangollen, Wales. As war seemed imminent in Europe, she was fitted with a gas mask while still in the hospital nursery.

Although both of Susan’s parents were from Llangollen, they had been living in Egypt where her father was a petroleum engineer with Shell Oil Company. Two months after her birth they were transferred to work in the oilfields of Trinidad. Her early life was spent in oilfield camps in Trinidad and Venezuela. To complete her education she attended boarding schools in Barbados and England.

In 1955 she returned to Venezuela where she met her future husband Herbert Young. They were married in Caracas in 1957. Herb had been a summer resident of Cutchogue in his childhood, and his parents retired there, so Cutchogue became home base for the family during overseas postings.

The Young family spent eight years in the United States during Herb’s career and the remainder overseas. In addition to Venezuela they lived in Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, and England. Sue traveled extensively through her life always meeting interesting people, many of whom became lifelong friends. Her charm and gracious demeanor made those around her feel welcome.

Sue found a spot in Cutchogue where in 1992, she and Herb build their retirement home with a beautiful view of Peconic Bay. Their home became the gathering place for the whole family.

Sue is survived by her husband, Herbert; brother Rob (Shelagh); children Roger (Linda), Brian (Carol), and Kathryn (Jeff); grandchildren Bradley (Olivia), Steven (Ally), Caroline and Matthew; and three great-grandchildren: Owen, Elizabeth and Madelyn. Bubba, as the kids lovingly called her, will be greatly missed.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck.

Arrangements were entrusted to Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

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Rosario Marina Menjivar Alfaro of Long Island City died at Elmhurst Hospital Oct. 5. She was 60 years old.

The family will receive visitors Friday, Oct. 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Mas Que Vencedores Church (formerly East Marion Community Church) in East Marion. Funeral services will be held towards the close of visitation, officiated by Pastor David A. Menjivar. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Laurel Cemetery on Aldrich Lane in Laurel.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold is assisting the family.

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Edward Bernard Kirby of Denison, Texas, formerly of Round Rock, Texas passed away July 18, 2018.

Ed is survived by his wife, Debbie; son, Christopher; daughters, Cindy Richard and Kandy Kamper; stepchildren Aimee, Chad, Ryan and Mark; and siblings Don Kirby and Judy DeLuca.

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I’m Edwin Moran. I’ve been working for Burt’s Reliable for the last 18 years.

I’m a heating and air conditioning technician. I first started working for Burt’s doing water mains when they were digging all the roads. That’s actually what I got hired for.

Luckily, thanks to the Romanelli family, they gave me the opportunity to learn the business by sending me to school for heating first. And after that they sent me to school for air conditioning. I’m very loyal to this family. There’s not too many out there like them anymore. The training was for a full month in Massachusetts. It was a really good experience. Of course, most of the work is done in the field and learn that way.

My favorite part about the job is that especially in the winter time, when it’s 10 degrees out there and it’s a 70 or 80-year-old person, freezing and they need heat. That’s one of the things that make me the most happy. I like helping people and make them have what they need. It makes me very happy and proud that I can get there and give them heat.

Edwin Moran of Burt’s Reliable. (Rachel Siford photo)

On a normal day, I get in around 7:30 or 8 a.m. If I’m not doing annual service on units, I’m doing an installation, so every day is different, which makes it interesting because I’m not doing the same thing over and over everyday. We do heating and air conditioning, so both seasons we’re busy. I’ve been here for 20 years. I was born and raised in Guatemala. Basically, not knowing any of this business of course, because we don’t have heating and air conditioning equipment in my country.

I finished high school back there and decided to come here for a couple years.

Twenty years went by, and I don’t regret it. I have a set of beautiful triplets. And that’s what keeps me going everyday. That’s my goal, to have them grow up, go to school, college and the whole nine yards.

“The Work We Do” is a Suffolk Times multimedia project profiling workers on the North Fork. It is made possible by Peconic Landing in Greenport. See photos on Instagram @thesuffolktimes.

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The Riverhead PBA is hosting a fundraiser for the 14-year-old son of a Riverhead Police Department dispatcher who is battling cancer.

Dylan Newman, the son of Southold residents Tanya and Todd Newman, has been receiving treatments for a rare bone cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma, since May. The Team Dylan fundraiser, planned for Friday, Oct. 19 at Duck Walk Vineyard in Southold, aims to help defray the costs associated his medical care.

A $50 ticket includes beer, wine and light fare from CJ’s American Grill. There will also be live music by Southbound, a chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle. The event is from 7 to 11 p.m.

Tickets are available by calling Charles Mauceri, 631-484-1730; Charles Cichanowicz, 631-918-2529; John Morris, 631-478-5410; or Roman Wilinski, 631-484-0161.

Photo caption: Dylan Newman (center) surrounded by friends and family who packed the Southold High School gym during the ‘Dash for Dylan’ fundraiser May 31. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson) 

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The Greenport Rotary is chugging along in hopes of getting the “Greenport Express,” a miniature train and railroad it plans to run in Moore’s Woods, up and running soon.

In addition to two upcoming fundraisers, the proposal is now subject to a state Department of Environmental Conservation comment period that began Oct. 3 and will run though Oct. 18.

“We’re inching along,” said Rotarian Joe Cherepowich. “We have progress.”

The Greenport Rotary is buying one of the miniature trains that Frank Field used to run on his Greenport property before discontinuing the practice in 2012.

The Rotary, working with Greenport Village and the Railroad Museum of Long Island, plans to construct a 1,500-foot miniature railroad through a section of Moore’s Woods, complete with a railroad station.

DEC approval is needed because the project will need a wetlands permit to run the train near a freshwater wetland. It also will involve some removal of trees and brush, according to the notice.

But the DEC, in its hearing notice, said the project is what’s known as an “unlisted action” and will not have a significant impact on the environment, and it will not need a coordinated review with other agencies.

In addition, the DEC said it will not need to be reviewed under the State Historic Preservation Act.

It is located in a Coastal Management area and is subject to the Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act, according to the DEC notice.

Mr. Field had offered rides to local kids for nearly three decades on his “Peconic County Miniature Railroad,” which he ran on his property beginning in 1982.

In 2016, Mr. Cherepowich ran into Mr. Field at a Rotary meeting and brought up the idea, which Mr. Field was amenable to. Greenport Mayor George Hubbard Jr. announced the proposal at a village board meeting and the idea took off.

“It’s really taking shape and it looks like its really going to happen within a year or so, or a year and a half,” Mr. Hubbard said at a recent village board meeting. “We’re getting close.”

He said the DEC review has taken a long time.

The first fundraiser is a concert by Cold Spring Harbor, a Billy Joel tribute band, on Oct. 27 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Greenport High School auditorium. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door, Mr. Cherepowich said.

The next fundraiser will be a “Monte Carlo” night Nov. 2 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Kontokosta Winery in Greenport. The event is being held by the AIA Peconic, the American Institute of Architects’ local chapter.

Tickets are $100, featuring wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres, or $150 with the inclusion of $500 worth of playing chips. There also will be sponsorship opportunities ranging from $1,000 to $6,000.

Mr. Cherepowich said there’s no time estimate for when the train will be up and running. Once they get DEC approval, they still need to get the train engine rehabilitation so as to change the electrical system from 6 volt to 12 volt.

After that, they need to put stakes in the ground and figure out the layoff of the tracks, and then, after that, become installing the tracks.

“A lot depends on timing and weather,” he said.

Written comments to the DEC can be addressed to: Elyssa E. Hopkins, NYSDEC Region 1 Headquarters, SUNY @ Stony Brook, 50 Circle Rd Stony Brook, NY 11790. They can also be made by phone at 631-444-0365 or by email at R1DEP@dec.ny.gov.

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Longtime Mattituck resident Thomas “Tom” P. Sidlauskas, 70, passed away Sept. 27, 2018, at Hope Hospice House in Bonita Springs, Fla., surrounded by loved ones, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was born in Newark, N.J., Dec. 4, 1947, to John and Anna (Kandrotas) Sidlauskas.

Raised in Bloomfield, N.J., he graduated from Trenton State College in New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education and loved playing football. He married Deborah “Debbie” Timpone March 4, 1972.

After a 20-year career in construction, Tom traded in his hard hat, work boots, and Long Island-New Jersey commute to follow his passion for sports and physical fitness. He received his Master of Arts degree in special education at Stony Brook University and became a health and physical education teacher, teaching first at Laurel School and then for BOCES. His kindness and enthusiasm were an inspiration to his students and co-workers alike. His optimism was truly contagious.

Tom also shared his passion with his family. As a father of five, he always went above and beyond in everything he did: from repairing and making improvements in the home to coaching wrestling, soccer, baseball, basketball and softball to being a great problem-solver! He was selfless and giving and always stayed positive despite any challenge he faced.

Tom also had a passion for the outdoors. He loved hiking, camping with his family, traveling around the country and spending days on the beach. His lifelong dream was to retire to Florida. Last year he and Debbie sold their home in Mattituck and moved to Fort Myers Beach, Fla., making Tom’s dream a reality. He enjoyed long walks on the beach, boating, fishing and basking in the Florida sunshine. He and Debbie enjoyed their freedom, welcoming visitors and traveling up and down the East Coast visiting their children and grandchildren.

Predeceased by his parents, Tom is survived by his wife, Deborah; his children, Jessica (Allan Macomber), Thomas J., Laura (John Barrow), Daniel and Angela (George Ksenics III); his grandchildren, Emily Fliss, Reese and Wesley Barrow; and many brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.

A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, N.Y.

Special thanks to the staff at Joanne’s House at Hope Hospice for their compassion and care and for making Tom and his family feel so loved and cared for during such a difficult time. Memorial donations may be made to Joanne’s House at Hope Hospice, 27200 Imperial Parkway, Bonita Springs, FL 34135.

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Longtime East Marion resident Alicia Marie (Gabel) Doucett died Oct. 7. She was 63.

The daughter of Theodore Gabel and Mildred (Cartledge), she was born Aug. 4, 1955, in Glendale, N.Y. Ms. Doucett attended high school and later worked in food service for Southold School District.

On Sept. 27, 1984, she married Robert W. Doucett Jr., officiated by a Southold Town Justice of the Peace.

Ms. Doucett was a past president of Greenport Fire Department.

Family members said she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Predeceased by her mother, Ms. Doucett is survived by her husband; her father; her children, Heather Gabel of East Marion, Philip (Ece) Doucett of Salem, Conn., Jason Doucett of Greenport and Ashley Doucett of East Marion; her siblings, Janice Gabel of Bellerose Terrace, Claire (Bill) Anderson of East Marion and Lorraine Sweat of South Carolina; and her grandchildren, Denise, Leanne and Aliya.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Oct. 1o, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A prayer service will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home, officiated by Father Richard Hoerning. Interment will follow at St. Agnes R.C. Cemetery in Greenport.

Memorial donations may be made to the East Marion Fire Department, P.O. Box 162, East Marion, NY 11939.

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Midway through the opening half, Mattituck High School boys soccer coach Will Hayes looked down at the grass on the field.

“Gee, a penny,” he said, pocketing it.

Up until then Hayes did not need much luck — his team had rolled to a three-goal advantage over Greenport — but perhaps he could have used a little later Tuesday afternoon. The Tuckers lost senior goalkeeper James Jacobs to a sprained right ankle early in the second half of their 3-0 Suffolk County League VII victory.

Junior Emmett Ryan, who had seen little playing time as a backup, did well, making three saves after Jack Burkhardt, Alp Kilinic and Dane Reda had given the hosts a sizable cushion.

After a mediocre 3-4 start, Mattituck (9-5, 8-3) has been on a roll of late, winning six of seven games. The Tuckers’ lone defeat was a 1-0 loss at Babylon in which the hosts scored the game-winner with four minutes remaining.

“I thought we played a lot better this time than last time,” Burkhardt said about the 1-0 loss at Greenport (8-6, 6-4) on Sept. 20. “We’re a lot better squad now. We’ve recovered since the last time we played them. I think we’re going good places now.”

Porters coach Sean Charters thought so.

“Mattituck came to play,” he said. “They came strong. I knew they would come strong. They’re a good group of guys. I think they’re starting to get their ball rolling. I think they’re going to hit their peak and hopefully they make a run in the postseason.”

Jacobs, who needed one crutch to walk after the game, hoped that he will be back by then, specifically for the Suffolk Class B semifinals on Oct. 24.

“I’m happy we got the win, happy we kept the shutout,” he said. “I’m upset that I had to go down like that. I wish I stayed in. It’s not looking too bad, but it’s not looking too good. Hopefully I’ll be back for the playoffs. Hopefully.”

Jacobs incurred his injury when Jason Cruz collided with him while going for the ball in the penalty area as the Greenport midfielder’s studs went into his foot 1 minute and 58 seconds into the second half. Jacobs tore ankle ligaments while playing for the varsity baseball team two years ago.

Hayes was more optimistic.

“He was on his feet after the game,” he said. “He will be fine for Friday. He’ll be fine for Monday when we play against Wheatley. So, it’ll be nice. For the guys to band together and to play their hearts out to get him that shutout [was good].”

Jacobs has 19 career shutouts and is one shy of the school record set by Cody Huntley from 2009-10.

The Tuckers could not have asked any more of Ryan, who did not miss a beat in the net. He caught Drew Wolf’s long, high shot from just about the center line with 3:02 remaining in the match.

“He did amazing,” center back Bryce Grathwohl said. “He was very good at communicating. When they played a through ball … he came out and dove on it. He made a nice save on his line.”

“He came into a situation where he’s behind a goalkeeper who has been starting for four years,” Hayes said. “In order to take your chance, you have to be mentally strong and he’s done that. Today was his moment, to get into a game and prove what he could do. He acquitted himself really well. He caught all his balls, he distributed well. His goal kicks were fine. Everything you look for in a goalkeeper.”

The Tuckers made quick work of the Porters (8-6, 6-4), scoring twice in the opening four minutes. Only 61 seconds into the game, Burkhardt scored straight off a corner kick — an Olimpico goal — that hit the far right post and bounded into the net for his 14th goal.

“I was trying to hit a teammate,” Burkhardt said. “I guess it was a gust of wind that kind of pushed it in or something. Got a little lucky.”

Added Hayes: “We work very hard on set pieces. We expect to score off of them, but not directly from them, from the corners.”

Kilinic put home a rebound past goalkeeper Miguel Torres with 36:16 left in the first half before Reda tallied with 20:15 remaining in the half after Berkan Ilgin won the ball with Burkhardt making the last pass.

“They grew into the game after we scored,” Hayes said. “By then they were chasing the game.”

The Porters clinched a playoff spot last week so there is a good chance there could be another Class C showdown against Southold in two weeks.

“So far, this year’s been great,” Charters said. “We’re having a great season. I think we’re still putting our pieces together right now … I think we have a good shot at going into the county playoff game and hopefully making some noise.”

Photo caption: Mattituck  goalkeeper James Jacobs covers up a loose ball in the vicinity of Greenport’s Josue Gomez (14) and Mattituck’s Josh Starzee. (Credit: Garret Meade)

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Southold Town fire districts will hold public hearings Tuesday, Oct. 16, for their 2019 proposed budgets. 

Fire districts are the taxed entities that fund local fire departments. They are run mostly by volunteers but receive tax money to maintain facilities, purchase equipment and pay certain employees.

Following are the budget proposals for each district, and the hearing times and locations.

East Marion

The proposed budget calls for $630,950 in spending, up 1.8 percent over 2018’s budget. Of that amount, $520,700 is estimated to be raised through taxes, a 1.8 percent increase over the current year.

A public hearing on the budget will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 at the East Marion fire station, 9245 Main Road.

Cutchogue

The proposed 2019 budget is $1.59 million, down .11 percent from the current budget. All but $1,000 will be raised through taxes — a .11 tax levy decrease over the current year.

A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Cutchogue firehouse, 260 New Suffolk Road.

Orient

The proposed 2019 budget calls for $731,680 in spending, up 2.1 percent from the current budget. The amount to be raised through taxes totals $659,280 — up 2 percent from 2018.

A public hearing will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Orient firehouse, 23300 Main Road.

Mattituck

The proposed budget calls for $2.05 million in spending, up 3.2 percent increase from the 2018 budget of $1.98 million. The entire budget amount will be raised through taxes.

The public hearing is at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at Mattituck Fire Department headquarters on Pike Street.

Southold

The proposed budget calls for $2.01 million in spending, 3.3 percent more than in 2018. All but $26,433 of that total will be raised through taxes, also a 3.3 percent increase over the current year.

The public budget hearing is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Southold fire station, 55135 Main Road.

Fishers Island

The proposed 2019 budget calls for $423,146 in spending, down .3 percent from the current year. 

A public hearing on the budget will be held at 5 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Fishers Island firehouse, 250 Athol-Crescent Ave.

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At a work session Tuesday, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell unveiled a tentative budget for 2019 of $47.3 million.

The proposed spending plan calls for a 3.7 percent increase in spending and a 2.3 percent tax increase. For homeowners with an average assessment of $6,000, that means an increase of $45 per year, the supervisor said.

“The principal drivers there are that we settled two union contracts,” Mr. Russell said of a recently settled PBA contract, the anticipated CSEA contract and a nearly 10 percent increase in medical costs.

The town also increased the debt service by approximately $225,000 to help cover the cost of purchasing the former Southold Savings Bank and Capital One building. “That’s money that was not part of the budget in 2018 because you cannot foresee the opportunity to buy a structure that comes up on the market midway through the year,” he said.

The town closed on the former bank building for $3.1 million in July; it will eventually house a new justice court.

Board members agreed that it was money well spent.

“This is an investment in our community and the future of the town,” Councilman Bill Ruland said.

The budget will potentially fund hiring a fire marshal. “It was asked for year after year,” the supervisor said. “If we’re going to adopt a new rental permit, the fire marshal would give [the town] the resources to get those inspections done,” and can help with other aspects of code enforcement, he said.

A proposed law floated earlier this year would have required owners of rental properties to apply for a permit, adhere to property maintenance guidelines, and allow official inspections of the property, with heavy fines for violations. The board did not act on the measure following a public hearing in June.

A second public hearing on the proposal will be held Oct. 23.

In the budget, Mr. Russell included potential revenue generated from rental permits to offset hiring a fire marshal if the law is approved. “It’s an issue of compliance” he said. “I estimated that we’d get compliance, immediately at least, from at least a third, so I budgeted revenue based on 800 permits being issued in the first year.”

One issue raised during the first public hearing was that houses that were updated or changed without approval would have to go through the process of legalizing them. According to Mr. Russell, property owners who come in for building permits for these ‘as-built’ structures are required to pay twice the amount of the building permit fee.

He is proposing doubling that fee for the Zoning Board of Appeals, for property owners who are seeking variances for already-built structures.

“The other departments have a double fee, too, so it makes sense,” Councilwoman Jill Doherty said.

Salary increases for elected officials are modest, with the supervisor projected to earn about $109,000, each Town Board member making $36,000 and the highway superintendent making $109,000, for example.

Last year, the supervisor and highway superintendent made approximately $108,000 and Town Board members made $35,000.

Mr. Russell said town department heads worked hard to keep spending in check. “They knew they were going to have to go through a gauntlet with me and then again with the review of the Town Board. I think they did the best they could to get whatever cutbacks they could,” he said.

The preliminary budget will be available online this week. Under state law, the final budget must be adopted by the Town Board by Nov. 20.

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Jerry Bares of Hobe Sound, Fla., formerly of Cutchogue, died Oct. 8. He was 77.

Graveside services with U.S. Navy honors will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Calverton National Cemetery. The funeral procession will leave DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck at 1:15 p.m.

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Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Research Service, dated Aug. 13-19, 2018.

Brought to you by:

AQUEBOGUE (11931)

• McCrea, D by Admr to McGann, James, 6 Summerfield Ln S (600-45.1-1-6), (R), $375,000

BAITING HOLLOW (11933)

• Carrera, G & A to Peconic Bay Builders, 56 North Woods Rd (600-80-2-3.20), (R), $185,000

CALVERTON (11933)

• Lague, R & C by Referee to Manufacturers & Traders Trst, 2169 Sound Ave (600-61-1-5.4), (R), $420,865

CUTCHOGUE (11935)

• Hargrave Family Trust to Cusack, Heather, 2000 Alvahs Ln (1000-102-4-7.4), (R), $365,000

• Russell, G to DeMartini, Ray, 800 Haywaters Rd (1000-111-3-5), (R), $600,000

• Morris, K & B to Lockwood, Anne, 435 Oak St (1000-136-1-27), (R), $465,000

FLANDERS (11901)

• Abolafia, M by Admr to Orilia, Joseph, 187 Evergreen Rd (900-120-1-3), (R), $515,000

• Ditte, J to Aquino, Tony, 29 Laurel Ave (900-123-4-25.1), (V), $107,000

GREENPORT (11944)

• O’Leary, K & L to Martinez, A & Werstein, M Trst, 220 Oak St (1000-42-1-23), (R), $535,000

• JEMCAP SD II LLC to Pezzino, Peter, 75500 Route 25 (1000-48-1-7), (R), $605,000

• Walsh Jr, R & T to Barszczewski Jr, Joseph, 110 Lawrence Ln (1000-53-2-7), (V), $35,000

JAMESPORT (11947)

• Gandolfo, S & D to Lin, Zhao, 27 Kimmel Ln (600-90-1-34.2), (R), $532,000

• MJW Properties LLC to Piccoli, Joseph, 158 8th St (600-90-2-22), (R), $412,000

MATTITUCK (11952)

• Zippel, P to McPeak, James, 320 Inlet View E (1000-100-3-10.12), (R), $761,500

• Canaris, M to Biniaris, Antonios, 835 Sound Beach Dr (1000-106-1-44), (R), $977,000

• Wells Jr, J by Executor to McDaniel, Timothy, 325 Howard Ave (1000-113-11-7), (R), $415,000

ORIENT (11957)

• Callhome LLC to Filipkowski, Karol, 505 Plum Island Ln (1000-15-5-34), (V), $245,000

RIVERHEAD (11901)

• Aweh, M & M to Rigas, Dimitrios, 39 Starflower Row (600-18-5-3), (R), $595,000

• NF Development LLC to Paglia, Paul, 16 Tyler Dr (600-64-1-6.7), (V), $137,500

• NF Development LLC to Goldberg, Harvey, 32 Tyler Dr (600-64-1-6.15), (R), $502,000

• F.W. Sims Inc to First Blue North LLC, 1258 Middle Rd (600-81-1-20.4), (V), $700,000

• F.W. Sims Inc to First Blue North LLC, 1258 Middle Rd (600-81-1-20.5), (V), $1,375,000

• Golden, J to Solano, Henry, 31 Fanning Blvd (600-84-4-16), (R), $299,000

• Biancone, P & E to Meservey, Michael, 300 Howell Ave (600-127-5-10.3), (R), $295,000

• MTGLQ Investors, LP to Silver III LLC, 48 3rd St (600-128-5-16), (R), $225,000

SHELTER ISLAND (11964)

• Weisenfeld, J & Zelenko to Tait, Stephen, 4 Crab Creek Rd (700-21-1-67), (R), $1,725,000

SOUTH JAMESPORT (11970)

• FHP Enterprises Inc to Kelly, Paul, 50 Tepee Trail (1000-87-2-19), (V), $357,500

SOUTHOLD (11971)

• Bonilla, J & Wolf, L to Ferderigos, Danny, 2070 Hyatt Rd (1000-50-3-6), (R), $650,000

• Pastrano, J & J to Decker, Benjamin, 15725 Soundview Ave (1000-50-4-7), (R), $495,000

• Carrig, M by Executor to Quigley III, Michael, 475 Richmond Rd (1000-51-6-22), (R), $525,000

• Verity, GS & W & W to Golz, Nathaniel, 305 Main Bayview Rd (1000-70-5-27), (R), $400,000

• Florida Dreams Capital to Chudzik, Roger, 625 Corey Creek Ln (1000-78-4-25), (R), $540,000

WADING RIVER (11792)

• Foster, D to Giraldo, Anita, 24 Oak Ln (600-25-1-14), (R), $311,000

• Tressler, D to Blahut, Peter, 48 Greenbrier Rd (600-49-2-10), (R), $480,000

• NJ 4 Inc to Asllani, George, 11 Megans Way (600-115-1-2.11), (R), $542,500

(Key: Tax map numbers = District-Section-Block-Lot; (A) = agriculture; (R) = residential; (V) = vacant property; (C) = commercial; (R&E) = recreation & entertainment; (CS) = community services; (I) = industrial; (PS) = public service; (P) = park land; as determined from assessed values in the current tax rolls.)

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During her lunch breaks at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, Yolanda Miranda would sit in the lobby and study. There were questions about the Constitution, Congress and U.S. history dating back to the Colonial period.

Here she was, 61 years old, nearing retirement from her housekeeping job, and cramming American history like a high school student preparing for the upcoming Regents.

As the days crept closer to the date of her naturalization test to officially become a U.S. citizen, Ms. Miranda’s co-workers made it a mission of their own to guide her to the finish line. They would help by looking up answers to questions and quizzing her. They’d offer words of encouragement. She recalled that her boss, Ray Eble, vice president of the support service division at ELIH, kept reassuring her: You will pass, you will pass. “Everybody in the hospital helped me,” she said.

At home, her daughter, Ramona, kept pushing her.

“Thank God for my daughter,” Ms. Miranda said.

The journey that landed Ms. Miranda at the federal courthouse in Central Islip on a recent September morning was decades in the making. A private woman who values her family above all else, she kept a low profile in Greenport Village, where she’s made a home for three decades with her husband, Jose, and their four children, all now adults.

“Greenport is very nice. It is my town,” she said.

A native of Nicaragua, which sits in Central America between Honduras and Costa Rica, Ms. Miranda survived two harrowing trips of thousands of miles, traversing the Rio Grande to bring her children to America. She dedicated her life to providing them with an opportunity to succeed. She never worried about herself. It was always about family.

So how did the journey begin?

“That is a good question,” Ms. Miranda replied as she sat on the couch in her home, where the walls are decorated with photos of family members.

In Nicaragua, Ms. Miranda’s husband had worked as a chemist. The Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, causing upheaval that spiraled into civil war. An altercation in 1985 with a Sandinista soldier put Mr. Miranda’s life in jeopardy. He was threatened and faced no choice but to flee the country.

He traveled to America and was granted asylum by the Reagan Administration in 1986, his daughter said. At the time, the couple had two boys, Oscar and Mo, and Ms. Miranda was pregnant with Ramona.

As time passed, Ms. Miranda was torn by seeing her family separated. One day, more than a year later, she called her husband and said that somehow, they needed to be reunited.

“My daughter, she needs a father,” she said.

A coyote, or smuggler, brought Ms. Miranda and her 1 1/2-year-old daughter with a group of 14 and began the journey on foot from Nicaragua to America. She was forced to leave her two boys behind with her mother, knowing the trip would be too challenging with three kids. Her first goal was to bring the youngest child.

“I was scared leaving my two boys,” she said, knowing that, at ages 10 and 9, they weren’t far from potentially being recruited into the armed conflict.

After Ms. Miranda’s mother died in an accident in 1990, she needed to return to Nicaragua and prepare for a second trip to rescue the boys. Once again, she endured hunger and sleep deprivation and at one point was assaulted, Ramona said.

“This is the purpose coming to this country — my kids,” said Ms. Miranda, who lived in the U.S. under resident status.

Oscar Aguilera (from left), Mo Aguilera, Ramona Miranda and Joseph Miranda. (Courtesy photo)

Oscar Aguilera, 38, who now lives in Pittsburgh with two children, was 11 when he began the journey with his mother. They left in June 1991 and arrived in the United States in late July. Much of the trip was on foot and, when possible, they’d hop on a train or board a bus. They were deported three times from Mexico, he recalled, and once from Guatemala, which forced them to keep starting over.

He was old enough to understand why they needed to leave, but said it was still tough to comprehend the process and “how hard and difficult it would be.”

Having grown up so close in age to his brother Mo, the two formed an inseparable bond.

“Every chance we got we were able to just be grateful that our mother was doing something great,” he said. “She was sustaining the family while she was over here, sending us money.”

When Jose Miranda arrived in the U.S. in 1986, he landed in Dallas and first worked as a carpenter. It wasn’t for him, and he moved into Louisiana and worked on the Gulf aboard a boat. After one trip during a wicked storm, he realized that wouldn’t work out either. He soon met a man who offered him a job in New York working on a party boat that docked in Port Washington. That job lasted until the boat got a new captain, who didn’t speak Spanish. From there, Mr. Miranda made his way east, eventually landing a job he’s held for 22 years at the IGA on Shelter Island, where co-workers and customers helped him learn English by pointing out all the different items in the store. He became an American citizen in 1995.

Greenport became home.

Fast-forward three decades, and now, the question Ms. Miranda hears is: Why wait 30 years to pursue citizenship? Now was simply the time, she said.

“I think Mom worried about her family before she worried about herself,” Ramona said.

Oscar Aguilera, center, served in the Marines through 2013. (Courtesy photo)

She had actually tried once before, years earlier, to pursue citizenship. In 1999, when her son Oscar graduated from Greenport High School, he told his parents he planned to join the Marines. The news shocked Ms. Miranda. She had sacrificed so much to keep her children safe and out of harm’s way, and now she was seeing her son volunteer to serve.

For Oscar, it was an easy decision.

“I’ve always been inspired by the fact that I was given a second chance to overcome and get past these struggles that I had,” he said. “I didn’t think there was a better way than to serve the United States. That took a toll on my mother.”

She lived in fear that one day, a knock on the door would bring the news every parent dreads.

Oscar served multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait as a staff sergeant and would ultimately spend 16 years in the Marine Corps until 2013. Serving in the Marines also helped him fast-track becoming a U.S. citizen.

It was not long after he first joined the Marines that Ms. Miranda began to pursue her own citizenship. 

But she failed the written portion of the test. 

“She couldn’t write properly” ‘My son is in Iraq,’ ” Ramona said.

s. Miranda’s co-workers at Eastern Long Island Hospital celebrated with a cake after she passed her naturalization test. (Courtesy photo)

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On Sept. 18, the day of the test, Ms. Miranda, her husband and her daughter arrived at the courthouse in advance of the 10 a.m. start. Ramona, who works in Riverhead as a bilingual family advocate while pursuing a master’s degree, took off from work to support her parents. The schedule was running behind, so they waited more than 90 minutes before being called.

As Ramona waited with her father, she noticed he had brought his passport with him. She wondered why he would have needed that. When Ms. Miranda went in for the test, he revealed his reasoning to his daughter.

“In case they deported your mom, I was going to go straight with her,” he told her. 

They laughed at it afterward. After all, Ms. Miranda had never had more than parking ticket, at a beach nonetheless, in her decades in America.

The naturalization test has 100 possible questions and the interviewer asks up to 10 of them. The applicant must answer six correctly. The moment she saw her interviewer, Ms. Miranda’s heart sank. It was a woman they had heard was notoriously tough.

But one question after the next, she answered correctly, straight through the 10. 

“She kept going and made her answer all 10,” Ramona said of the interviewer.

Back at ELIH, Ms. Miranda’s co-workers threw her a party with a cake decorated with American flags.

“The cake was amazing,” said her granddaughter Aly. 

As much as she had loved her native country and all its beauty, the time had come for Ms. Miranda to fully embrace her life as an American. For her children, it had become a running joke whether their mother would stay in America or go back to Nicaragua. Her priority was always to care for her kids first, Mr. Aguilera said. 

“My mother, first-generation Latino here, she’s really grounded to her roots,” he said. “I know that in her mind, it’s like kind of giving up a piece of her roots. But at the end of the day, she’s been here long enough, sacrificed enough. So I was really happy for her.”

Ramona echoed those statements, praising her parents for what they accomplished. 

“You found the American dream — a family, a house,” she said. “And then you put kids through college. It’s not about becoming rich. It’s about family. I think that’s the fundamentals that we all have now.”

When they reflect back on the past three decades, the family is grateful for the open arms that received them in Greenport. When they arrived in the village, very few people there spoke Spanish. The four children — the youngest, Joseph, was born in America — all graduated from Greenport High School and have gone on to successful careers.

“We were part of [the community] and they were able to learn from us just the way we learned from them,” Mr. Aguilera said.

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Photo caption: Yolanda Miranda of Greenport poses with her certificate after passing the test to become a U.S. citizen. (Courtesy photo)

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As Vineyard View, a proposed 50-unit affordable housing development in Greenport, moves through the planning stages, the Southold Housing Advisory Commission says there has been a spike in applicants to their affordable housing registry.

“I’ve been fielding a lot of phone calls and each day quite a few forms come in on the registry,” said government liaison Denis Noncarrow at Tuesday’s Town Board work session. “It’s a very good thing. We’re seeing what’s out there with rentals skyrocketing and the availability not there.”

The commission keeps a current registry of residents who would like to be informed when affordable housing becomes available.

He said there are currently around 200 residents opted in to the registry.

The Housing Commission will assist those on the registry with entering a housing lottery once Conifer Realty, the developer for Vineyard View, is prepared to make selections, Mr. Noncarrow said.

The project, which is still moving through the town planning process, is expected to break ground in early 2019.

Councilman Jim Dinizio said he’d like to see more outreach to help locals understand the process. “I want to try and get the information out as to what will qualify them for these types of homes,” he said, such as income requirements and other qualifications. 

Mr. Noncarrow pointed out that Conifer Realty recently held a lottery process for its new mixed-income Peconic Crossing apartments in downtown Riverhead.

That development drew 901 applicants for the 45 apartments located on West Main Street.

“It’s gorgeous, they really did a great job and we watched their process. The lottery was interesting and professionally done,” he said.

Councilman Bill Ruland agreed, noting that it keeps the local character in tact; something he’d like to see in Southold. 

“When it’s done, it will benefit people in our town greatly, and that’s the goal,” he said. “I think when it comes to fruition a lot of people’s fears will be put aside,” he said.

Mr. Noncarrow said that public response to the project has been overwhelmingly positive.

“The biggest complaint I get by far is ‘Where’s the vineyard?,” he said with a laugh.

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Fifty-seven elementary and high school students stand in messy lines, each tightly gripping an instrument or flag. The Guatemalan heat beats down on their blue and white uniforms, and a group of judges stares at the students. The students’ eyes are glued on German Rossberth Divas, their music teacher of four years, waiting for his signal.

“Uno, dos, tres —”

The back row of students bang on drums in sync. Xylophones, brass instruments, and five woodwinds begin to play a fast-paced song called “Chichicastenango.” As they play, students wave their flags and dance along to the beat. They continue with “El hijo Chapin,” then “Luna de Xelajú.”

Later that day, Sept. 30, the band was awarded first place in the “Centra Norte” competition and beat out 17 other student bands. This marching band, Sueños, hail from the San Antonio School in the small village of San Antonio el Angel, Guatemala.

But this was not the band’s first win, Mr. Divas, a Guatemala City native, said. He has led Sueños to win multiple competitions throughout Guatemala, including one Aug. 19 in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Mr. Divas said the five new wind instruments given to them by Programa Sueños, a nonprofit organization founded by Mattituck resident Jazmin Carrillo, helped the band win the Centra Norte competition.

“It is very expensive to win competitions, since we do not have what [our competitors] have,” Mr. Divas said. “But with few wind instruments and the help of Jazmin … thank God, we have won.”

The band receives all its instruments, uniforms, and other supplies from Programa Sueños, which aims to give a quality education to low-income students in Guatemala. Ms. Carrillo founded Programa Sueños, from which the band takes it name, after she visited her hometown of San Antonio el Angel in 2013 and saw the declining quality of the school.

“I just knew I had to do something,” she said.

The organization flourishes through donations, Ms. Carrillo said, and fundraising events held on the North Fork allowed her to steadily pay Mr. Divas and buy the band new instruments, uniforms and school supplies.

Ms. Carrillo, 29, said since the band’s formation in 2014, it has motivated students and parents in San Antonio el Angel to be more invested in their education.

“The community became one,” Ms. Carrillo said. “Thanks to these kids, the parents became very involved in their education. In a village like San Antonio … you don’t see a marching band with kids playing these beautiful instruments with their neat uniforms.”

John Baglivi, a Mattituck resident and close friend of Ms. Carrillo, has contributed donations and assistance to Programa Sueños. He said getting involved in the organization was a no-brainer.

“They’re a really great family,” Mr. Baglivi said. “It’s inspiring to see all this love and concern for communities in a time of great political hatred.”

Luz Angélica Véliz Ochoa rests three trophies awarded to Suenos on her xylophone. Divas said she has become more motivated in school since getting involved in the band. (German Rossberth Divas courtesy photo)

Mr. Divas, who studied music at the University of Guatemala, said the group formed in 2014 with 22 skeptical elementary school students and instruments in poor condition. It has since expanded to 57 students and engaged the village. He said he believes the students are invested in the success of the band.

“This program has changed the way many students think,” he said. “The students listened to melodies, learned more, and they started to believe in this project.”

But two years ago, when Ms. Carrillo, a Riverhead High School graduate, began working in New York City for the Guatemala Consulate, the amount of donations decreased, she said. Though her family stayed in Mattituck, she could no longer host regular fundraisers at Bedell Cellars for Sueños, nor maintain the relationships with donors on the North Fork.

“My job became my whole life,” Ms. Carrillo said. “I needed to get myself established, in order to keep helping Sueños, otherwise I was going to fall apart, and then the whole thing was going to fall apart.”

Currently, Mr. Baglivi said, the band is mainly funded through 24 donation boxes located on the North Fork. With fewer donations, Programa Sueños is making the band their top priority because of how much it has benefited the village, Ms. Carrillo said.

“The idea is to continue with the music program because it’s really making a huge difference on these kids,” she said.

Despite the lack of resources, Mr. Divas said he sees a bright future for the children.

“The most rewarding part of my job is to see happy children making music, to see children of limited resources believing that they can achieve many dreams in life, that there are no limits if you work as a team and believe in what you do,” he said.

Cash and instrument donations for Programa Sueños can by made by emailing program.suenos@gmail.com or Jazmin@programasuenos.org.

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Photo caption: Emerson Valdemar Herrera Veliz (left) and Joel Véliz Ochoa (right) smile bright after receiving new trumpets from donations through Programs Sueños. Both are current student musicians in the band, Sueños. (German Rossberth Divas courtesy photo)

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Town engineers Michael Collins and Jamie Richter gave an update on several ongoing projects — mostly funded through grants — that the town took on this year.

Completed projects in 2018 include the Pike Street parking lot in Mattituck and new ADA doors and ramp at the recreation center in Southold. The town is awaiting a $60,180 reimbursement from Suffolk County for the parking lot upgrade and a $40,000 reimbursement from the Community Development Block Grant for the recreation center.

An improved Love Lane Traffic Study examining the three-way intersection at Love Lane, Main Road and Old Sound Avenue in Mattituck is expected to wrap up shortly, Mr. Collins said at the work session.

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A large tree was uprooted and smashed into a parked Jeep Grand Cherokee outside a Southold home when the remnants of Hurricane Michael swept across the area early Friday morning.

The front of the Jeep was elevated a few feet off the ground after the tree came crashing down on its roof. No injuries were reported. It was unclear exactly when the tree fell, but Southold Town police were alerted around 10 a.m. About 1/2 hour later, crews from the Southold Highway Department responded. PSEG-Long Island was also responding to fix the downed power lines. A transformer was lying on the street amid the dangling wires.

An outage map for PSEG showed 38 customers without power on North Parish Drive where the tree fell at 10:30 a.m. Power was expected to be fully restored by 2 p.m., according to PSEG.

Photo caption: The Jeep was elevated off the ground Friday morning. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister)

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Dennis Reichardt of Mattituck, a retired Suffolk County Police sergeant who responded to Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a bomb technician, was laid to rest Friday.

Mr. Reichardt died at his home surrounded by family on Oct. 4. His death was the result of 9/11-related cancer, according to Suffolk police. He was 64.

Hundreds of police officers lined up outside Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church Friday morning for the funeral services. Sgt. Reichardt was laid to rest at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A police motorcade escorted the funeral procession. Two Suffolk police helicopter performed a flyover as pallbearers carried the casket.

Sgt. Reichardt, who spent most of his career as a supervisor in the Emergency Service Section, retired from the department in 2011 and was diagnoses with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in April 2017, police said.

“Nearly two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks, we are still losing first responders who are dying from 9/11-related illnesses,” said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart. “Dennis Reichardt responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11 and continued to work at the Fresh Kills Landfill to screen debris in the months that followed the attack. He served his country in its greatest hour of need and his sacrifice will never be forgotten.”

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In high school girls soccer, there are no golden goals — and there was no Golden goal Friday night, although Jillian Golden made her return to Mattituck/Southold/Greenport following an injury. But after 80 scoreless minutes, East Hampton and MSG went to 20 minutes of mandatory overtime. It was during the added time when MSG did what it couldn’t do during regulation time: score.

Overtime goals by Amber Rochon and Claire Gatz carried MSG to a 2-0 victory in a homecoming game at Mattituck High School. The result earned MSG a home playoff game, said coach Chris Golden.

Despite throwing just about everything it could at East Hampton goalkeeper Julissa Fajardo (four saves) and dominating the second half, MSG (5-8, 5-7 Suffolk County Division II) had to wait until OT for Gatz, a junior forward, to supply the spark it needed.

Some nice work on the left side by Gatz set up her pass to Rochon for a tap-in by the far right post 7:23 into OT.

“That’s Claire,” Chris Golden said. “Claire works hard. Claire is one of the hardest-working girls we have. That’s a work engine right there.”

Gatz then provided the insurance with a fortunate bounce. Her right-footed shot took a funny, high bounce over Fajardo and floated into the goal with 4:09 remaining.

Jillian Golden, who missed the previous six games with a fractured right wrist, received medical clearance and returned to the field. Wearing a half-inch of foam over a cast on her arm, the senior forward began the game sitting on the bench. When her coach and father, Chris Golden, gave her the nod to warm up, she immediately popped up off the bench and ran on the side. Golden entered the game at 22:38 and made an instant impact, attacking and putting pressure on the East Hampton defense. She played about half the match.

“We’re really good with her on the field,” said Chris Golden.

MSG put Krissy Worysz in goal in place of regular goalie Sarah Santacroce. Santacroce, wearing No. 13, played the sweeper position normally held by Marie Mullen, who has been dealing with a thigh injury. Worysz made three saves for the shutout.

The best scoring chance of the first half actually belonged to East Hampton (6-7-1, 5-6-1). Sofia Garcia cranked a right-footed attempt off the right post 2:14 before halftime.

The second half saw MSG throw just about everything and anything it could at the East Hampton goal. Rochon, on the doorstep of the goal, pushed an effort off a corner kick wide. Later, Santacroce drove a long free kick that Fajardo managed to block on a tricky short hop; the ball ricochetted over an MSG player and was cleared away.

“We threw everyone forward,” Gatz said. “I could tell it was coming.”

MSG outshot the visitors, 18-7, and held a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks.

As he headed to his truck for the drive home, Chris Golden seemed content. He said, “It was a good night.”

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