Susan E. Miller, 1954-2014
The North Fork community lost a bright light last week with the passing of 59-year-old Cutchogue resident Sue Miller. Until she departed the staff nearly 10 years ago, Sue was a longtime and valued...
View ArticleGreenport DECA students visit ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn.
(Credit: Courtesy) Twenty juniors and seniors from Greenport High School’s DECA Club traveled to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., March 20 to visit with Greenport graduate Lee Fitting, a senior...
View ArticleBoys Track and Field: Clippers high jumpers reach new heights
ROYALS 112, CLIPPERS 18 Mike Insogna sprinted to second-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 meters for Greenport/Southold’s boys track and field team, which saw two of its high jumpers set personal...
View ArticleGirls Track and Field: King leads Clippers’ sweep of discus points
ROYALS 98, CLIPPERS 38 The Greenport/Southold girls track and field coach, Mike Gunther, has the gift of voicing a memorable phrase of words, often with some wit attached to it. “He came up with ‘just...
View ArticleNeighborhood News: Southold student gives teacher a new look
Lots to cover this week, so I’ll start with belated birthday wishes: Savannah Alexander turned 10 March 25, Melissa Grzegorczyk turned 10 March 29 and Brendan Mullen turned 9 March 31. Frank Savits...
View ArticleSouthold students teaming up with Juilliard musicians
Five Southold High School orchestral students will join four Juilliard School musicians in a ‘Great Music Sunday’ concert presented by the cultural arts committee of Congregation Tifereth Israel...
View ArticleEditorial: Another hurdle passed and a job well done
Work was completed March 27 on the Mattituck Inlet dredging project. (Credit: Carrie Miller) Most anytime a civic endeavor requires cooperation from the federal government, there will be plenty of...
View ArticleSBU hosting ‘State of the Bays’ seminar Friday
Professor Christopher Gobler will lead the Long Island Coastal Conservation and Research Alliance (Credit: Gordon M. Grant / Stony Brook University) Experts at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine...
View ArticleFast Chat: Greenport Village administrator Paul Pallas
Greenport Village administrator Paul Pallas. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) Paul Pallas of Manorville officially began his new role as Greenport Village administrator two weeks ago. Following a “great first...
View ArticleDiscounted greens fees for vets made permanent
A pilot program that offered reduced greens fees for veterans was expanded to permanent status this golf season by Suffolk County lawmakers, and is now in effect as the weather starts to turn and...
View ArticleState audit finds Oysterponds school board maintained excessive funds
Oysterponds Superintendent Richard Malone, left, and school board president Dorothy-Dean Thomas, right, at a recent school board meeting. (Credit: Rachel Young, file) The Oysterponds Elementary School...
View ArticleNorth Fork Bacon & Smokehouse opens in Wading River
Patrick Gaeta preparing his North Fork Bacon last year. (Credit: Rachel Young, file) Get your wet naps out, barbecue fans: North Fork Bacon & Smokehouse has opened its doors in downtown Wading...
View ArticleBoys Lacrosse: Another slow start doesn’t help Tuckers
Pat Robbins scored one of Mattituck/Greenport/Southold’s goals against Kings Park on Friday at Mattituck High School. (Credit: Garret Meade) KINGSMEN 13, TUCKERS 4 Progress requires patience. It’s a...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Wellness seminar scheduled for April 10
Health coach Amanda Andruzzi-Toussaint will hold a wellness seminar on ‘Cleansing & Fasting in the Spring’ on Thursday, April 10, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Riverhead Town Senior Center in Aquebogue....
View ArticleMay Mile & 5K race set for May 10
The start of the last year’s 5K race in Greenport at the May Mile. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) The ninth annual Peconic Landing May Mile & 5K race scheduled for May 10 in Greenport will again...
View ArticleNew Suffolk News: David Christianson’s Posters on the Hill exhibit
David Christianson David Christianson of New Suffolk, a student at the University of South Dakota, has been chosen to participate in the annual Posters on the Hill exhibit in Washington, D.C., April...
View ArticleThe story of the Saint Thomas Summer Home
In this undated postcard, campers play on the lawn of the Saint Thomas Home in East Marion, which provided a summer respite for hundreds of New York City children from 1893 to 1925. (Credit:...
View ArticleGuest Column: Please consider hiring a homeless person
Former taxi driver Charlie, homeless since September, sits outside the Riverhead Free Library one recent afternoon. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) John’s Place and Maureen’s Haven are programs whose...
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