Health: Changes coming to your food labels
Maybe you never realized or, as in my case, chose not to care, those small bags of chips and bottles of soda are not designed to be enjoyed in one sitting — at least not according to their nutrition...
View ArticleHelga Michel
Helga Michel of Southold died March 13 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 89. She was born April 14, 1924, in Berlin, Germany; immigrating to the United States in 1928 after her...
View ArticleGreen groups seeking signatures for November referendum
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO Saying a lawsuit against the Suffolk County isn’t quite enough, environmentalists have taken to parking lots from Southold to Huntington to get a referendum on this fall’s...
View ArticlePotluck memorial luncheon for Paula Westbury
A potluck memorial luncheon will be held in memory of Paula Westbury, Saturday, March 22 at 11:30 a.m. at First Universalist Church in Southold. Paula was a part-time resident of Southold who died Jan...
View ArticleScrimshaw’s end of winter peking duck dinner giveaway
Northforker.com presents our latest “Experience North Fork” Giveaway. We are giving away great prizes through rafflecopter, which means you “like,” “follow,” “pin” or “join” to enter to win. To...
View ArticleDon’t forget about these on St. Patrick’s Day
A reuben club at Digger’s. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today? Don’t forget a few Irish items that come straight from the North Fork. No St. Patrick’s Day celebration is...
View ArticleReal estate transfers, Jan. 5 – 11
Listings prepared for Times/Review Newspapers by Suffolk Research Service, dated Jan. 5-11, 2014. AQUEBOGUE (11931) • Orlando,T & Pedersen, J to Ramnarine, Val, 116 Crystal Dr (600-67-2-16.32),...
View ArticleMary Patricia Cecilia McHugh Mazzaferro
Longtime Greenport resident Mary Patricia Cecilia McHugh Mazzaferro died March 17 at her home. She was 63. Ms. Mazzaferro was born Jan. 10, 1951, in Toledo, Ohio to Maryanna (Pfeiffer) and Thomas P....
View ArticleVillage notes: Tall Ships 2015, peaker plant and new administrator
Tall ships like these could be heading up the East Coast to Greenport in 2015. (Credit: Courtesy Tall Ships America) Greenport Village officials are looking into partnering with New London, Conn. to...
View ArticleBernard A. McCafferty
Bernard A. McCafferty of Southold died March 16, 2014. He was 89. He was born in Brooklyn Jan. 20, 1925, to Bernard and Margaret (Gallagher) McCafferty, Irish immigrants who met in Boston. Raised and...
View ArticleGirls Lacrosse Preview: Tuckers’ new coach is pleasantly surprised
Audrey Hoeg, left, and her cousin Katie Hoeg are two of Mattituck/Greenport/Southold’s top-line middies. (Credit: Garret Meade) Meghan Cereola, the new coach of the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold high...
View ArticleBurton’s Bookstore owner selling shop, hopes to pass the torch
Burton’s Bookstore, on Front Street in Greenport, is up for sale. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro) It might take a village to save one of Greenport’s bookstores. George Maaiki of Orient, who has owned...
View ArticleTheater Review: Actors do justice to Kesey play at NFCT
Alan Stewart (from left), Derek Hoffman, John Hudson and Rusty Kransky in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at North Fork Community Theatre. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel “One...
View ArticleHelp bring the North Fork’s bluebird species back to life
Eastern bluebirds were near extinction in the 1970s. The population on Shelter Island has increased by over 300 percent in the past 12 years. (Credit: courtesy) The Eastern Bluebird Conservation...
View ArticleCops: After skipping bill, man caught with revoked license
An 80-year-old Central Islip man was caught driving with a revoked license after he and another man skipped out on a bill at a Southold restaurant last Tuesday, Southold Town police said. John Rizzo...
View ArticleGame of Hamlets: Eight move on to quarterfinals
After nearly 3,700 votes were cast over six days, the first round of voting in northforker.com’s Game of Hamlets concluded Tuesday afternoon. The field of 16 was trimmed to eight as the quarterfinals...
View ArticleSufffolk Legislature approves measure to raise age on tobacco sales
Suffolk County is poised to be the first county nationwide keeping cigarettes out of the hands of teens as the county legislature approved a measure which will raise the age one can purchase tobacco...
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