Greenport superintendent plans to retire next summer
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Greenport Superintendent Michael Comanda plans to retire next year, according to Wednesday’s school board agenda. The Greenport school board is expected to vote on a...
View ArticleAuto Racing: Three inducted onto track’s Wall of Champions
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY ROUNDUP Riverhead Raceway provided 194 laps of feature event racing during a fast-paced Wall of Champions night NASCAR Whelen All-American Series program Saturday evening. Dave...
View ArticleEight North Fork vineyards make grade for sustainable wine growing
GIANNA VOLPE FILE PHOTO | Vistors to the Bedell Cellars tasting room in Cutchogue in January. Eight North Fork wineries can now add a L.I. Sustainable Wine logo to their 2012 vintages. On Friday,...
View ArticleFlorence V. Belletti
Florence V. Belletti of Mattituck died Aug. 15, 2013. She was 85 years old. She was born in Brooklyn Aug. 11, 1928, to Thomas and Mary (Pelo) Arpino. Formerly of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, she moved to...
View ArticleDon’t rush out to re-register for STAR just yet
A new state re-registration program to catch residents defrauding the STAR property tax break kicked off this week in parts of New York. But North Fork residents don’t need to worry: the program won’t...
View ArticleGreenport school officials set public meeting to discuss track project
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | From left, three Greenport students — Nick Wallace, Justin Bracken and Bayron Rivas — during practice in March. The school is planning to restore its own track in time for the...
View ArticleBarney V. Oates
Former Cutchogue resident Barney V. Oates passed away Aug. 4, 2013, at his home in Lehigh Acres, Fla. He was 71 years old. He was born in Greenport Sept. 7, 1944, to Jenny and Barney Oates Sr. of...
View ArticlePhotos: All for the East End dance party at Martha Clara
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Swedish DJ sensation Avicii at the All for the East End dance party at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead Monday night. The All for the East End dance party brought more than...
View ArticleSusan Reeves Dunn
Susan Reeves Dunn of Laurel died Aug. 18, 2013, at Stony Brook University Hospital. She was 70 years old. Born in Buffalo July 23, 1943, to John and Clara Reeves, she married Tom Dunn in Manhattan on...
View ArticleOysterponds school board to reinstate first-grade teacher
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | In a 2010 photo, Oysterponds teacher Jenny Schoenstein helps a student with a writing exercise. The school board is expected to vote on her reinstatement Tuesday night....
View ArticleFootball: How did Porters spend summer? Camping, of course
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Gene Allen said coming off an 0-8 season has given the Porters more motivation for the coming campaign. Perhaps nothing fosters team bonding better than going away to camp like the...
View ArticleRichard Walter Sledjeski
Lifelong Greenport resident Richard Walter Sledjeski died Aug. 19 at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 72 years old. Born June 3, 1941, to Walter and Sophie (Slavonik) Sledjeski, Richie, as he...
View ArticleJoel Elliot Kobrin
Joel Elliot Kobrin of Mattituck died Aug. 18, 2013. He was 66 years old. He was born March 5, 1947, in Brooklyn to Herb and Kitty Kobrin and worked as a cabinetmaker in Brooklyn. He also owned Majestic...
View ArticleCatherine Tracy
Catherine Tracy of Cutchogue died Aug. 19 at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She was 84 years old. She was born Nov. 20, 1928, to William D. and Mary (Crimmins) Tracy and had been an...
View ArticleJohn F. Irving
John F. Irving, a 17-year resident of Nassau Point, Cutchogue, died July 30 at his home. He was 71 years old. He was born April 29, 1942, in Rhinebeck, N.Y., to Muriel (Payton) and John F. Irving Sr....
View ArticleAnne Marie Carpenter
Anne Marie Carpenter of Founders Village in Southold died Aug. 16, 2013. She was 78 years old. She was born June 13, 1935, in Cohoes, N.Y., to Armand and Anne (Bounne) Delisle. Formerly of Centereach...
View ArticleElizabeth A. Terry
Elizabeth A. Terry died Aug. 19 at her home in Greenport. She was 85 years old. Born in Calcutta, India, to British parents stationed there, she spent her early years growing up in a convent near the...
View ArticleVillage proposes skate park committee
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Trustee George Hubbard Jr. suggested Monday that local skateboarder Beau Pollock (pictured) would made an excellent skate park committee member. Following reports of...
View ArticleTall Ships returning to Greenport Harbor in 2015?
FILE PHOTO | The Tall Ships Challenge could be returning to Greenport in 2015. The Tall Ships Challenge could be returning to Greenport Harbor in 2015. During Village Board work session Tuesday night,...
View ArticleRobert Hogan
Robert “Bob” Hogan of East Marion and Wallingford, Pa., passed away July 24 at the age of 86. He was born July 14, 1927, and grew up in Syracuse before joining the Coast Guard during World War II and...
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