Martha Spiess
Martha Spiess passed away July 31, 2013, due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 88 years old and had been a resident at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport for six years. Predeceased by...
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Bill would ban mosquito-control pesticide use in Suffolk waters
SUFFOLK TIMES FILE PHOTO | The Peconic Bay in Aquebogue. Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk) has introduced a new bill aimed at restricting the use of the pesticide Methoprene within...
View ArticleRobert A. Potdevin
Robert A. Potdevin of Laurel and Ridgewood, N.J., died Aug. 11 at his Laurel home. He was 86 years old. Arrangements, incomplete at presstime, are in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes. A...
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Rescue crews call off L.I. Sound search after finding balloons
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Greenport Fire Department second lieutenant Jeff Weingart. Local police and firefighters were called to the bluffs in Greenport Monday afternoon for reports of a glider crashing in...
View ArticleBaseball: Even in defeat, young Ospreys have a lot to smile about
When the Boys of Summer League 18-and-under National Division championship game ended, the losing manager was smiling. And it wasn’t a feigned or a forced smile on John Tardif’s face. In light of all...
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Town holding hearing on Plum Island, vote on leash law tonight
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | The town is expected to vote on a proposed law to regulate dogs on the beach. The proposed zoning of Plum Island is back up for a public hearing tonight at Southold Town Hall. The...
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Last chance to enter northforker.com’s Harvest East End ticket giveaway
DAWN WATSON PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS| The scene at the 2012 Harvest East End. The event moves to Cutchogue for the first time this year. We’re raffling off two tickets to Harvest East...
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Southold man charged with DWI after Monday night crash
JERRY DONAHUE COURTESY PHOTO | Monday’s nights crash scene on Main Road in Aquebogue. A 34-year-old Southold man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after crashing a work truck into a telephone...
View ArticleLaura G. James
Laura G. James of Southold died Aug. 6 at The Shores at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 91 years old. She was born in Connecticut Jan. 29, 1922, to Jesse and Nellie Heidtmann and married Thomas...
View ArticleJoseph A. Catalano
Joseph A. Catalano of Calverton died Aug. 6, 2013, at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 70 years old. He was born in Brooklyn Aug. 6, 1943, to Anthony and May Catalano and married Theresa Brienzo...
View ArticleJennie F. Pawluczyk
Jennie F. Pawluczyk of Cutchogue died Aug. 2, 2013. She was 97 years old. She was born May 21, 1916, to John and Josephine Buzilek and later married Bennie Pawluczyk. She loved being a farmer’s wife,...
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Mary Ellen Malinauskas
Mary Ellen Malinauskas of Greenport died Aug. 8 at the Westhampton Care Center. She was 87. Mary Ellen Malinauskas She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Greenport to John and Gladys (Macomber) Davis. She left...
View ArticleNicholas Karas
Former Orient resident Nicholas Karas died Aug. 11 in Center Moriches. He was 81 years old. He was born Dec. 13, 1931, in Binghamton, N.Y., to Stephen and Anna (Nider) Karas. He served in the Navy’s...
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Firm says town should consider second jetty at Goldsmith Inlet
FILE PHOTO | The pollution of Goldsmith Inlet has been an ongoing concern for the town. An environmental engineering firm has recommended that Southold Town consider building a second jetty at...
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Update: Southold Town Board approves new dog leash law
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | The Southold Town Board approved a law to regulate dogs roaming free on the beach at its meeting Tuesday. More than a year after it was first proposed, the Southold Town Board...
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Auto Racing: Lack of license doesn’t slow raceway’s hottest young driver
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | From left, three generations of family race car drivers: Mark Stewart, Roger Turbush, Chris Turbush and Dan Turbush. It’s ironic that one of the hottest new drivers at Riverhead...
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Town sets new public hearing for Mill Lane parking ban
The Southold Town Board scheduled the next public hearing on a proposed revision to a parking restriction on Mill Lane in Peconic at its meeting Tuesday. The latest reversion of the draft law would...
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Town revises draft legislation for Plum Island zoning
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | The Southold Town Board could adopt a bill to zone Plum Island at its next meeting on Aug. 27. The Southold Town Board appears poised to approve a bill later this month that will...
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Born during the blackout, Victoria Rose turns 10
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | On Aug. 14, 2003, Marena Watson gave birth to her daughter Victoria Rose during the blackout. Mr. Watson, joined by her mother Maggie, thought at the time her phone call...
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New Suffolk teachers to split duties under restructuring plan
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | The New Suffolk school board Tuesday night discussed splitting various duties among its teachers. New Suffolk Elementary School District head teacher Holly Plymale detailed a...
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