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Crazy Fork, Mattituck’s new seafood place, open for business
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Chef David Distenfeld, co-owner of a new seafood restaurant in Mattituck called Crazy Fork, serves-up a fresh cold poached salmon salad with vegetable Israeli couscous tossed...
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Photos: Fourth annual Greenport Skate Park Festival
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Six-year-old Logan Kirshak of Brookhaven at the fourth Annual Greenport Skate Park Festival. The Fourth annual Greenport Skate Park Festival was held on Sunday after being...
View ArticleDoris P. Foster
Doris P. Foster of Southold, 91, died Aug. 9 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Visiting hours will be held Monday, Aug. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold,...
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Preview: Southold Town Planning Board meets today
The Southold Town Planning Board meets Monday afternoon at Town Hall. A work session is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. On the work session agenda are a discussion...
View ArticleAuto Racing: At Riverhead Raceway, the show goes on
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY With rain showers dotting the East Coast and several race tracks calling off their scheduled shows early Saturday, Riverhead Raceway rolled the dice and ran its NASCAR Whelen...
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Photos: Wild turkey makes a home in Southold couple’s yard
COURTESY PHOTO | A Southold couple had some company outside their home Sunday. A wild turkey trolling through a Southold neighborhood found one home particularly inviting Sunday. JoAnn Jahncke and her...
View ArticleSailing: After protest, Mattituck Y.C. prevails on fourth tiebreaker
After a protest hearing in their head-to-head race, Mattituck Yacht Club edged out the North Fork Sunfish Yacht Racing Association team in the fourth tiebreaker to win the 48th annual Aspatuck Team...
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Town Board recap: Solar landfill project dies, Ed Romaine talks ticks
The Southold Town Board will discuss the work of a tick borne disease task force with Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine at its work session Tuesday morning. Also on the agenda is a discussion of...
View ArticleCops: Greenport man tried to hide hash pipe in restaurant bathroom
A Greenport man was arrested for smoking a hash pipe on Front Street in Greenport Sunday night, Southold Town police said. Wayne E. Rogers, 55, was observed smoking the pipe by police, who said in a...
View ArticleCops: Tractor trailer was leaking fuel on Route 48 in Peconic
A tractor trailer’s failing drive shaft caused diesel fuel to leak onto Route 48 near the intersection of Peconic Lane Monday morning, Southold Town Police said. Just after 8 a.m. an officer observed a...
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Update: 72-year-old man injured in Route 48 motorcycle crash
GIANNA VOLPE PHOTO | Route 48 remained closed between Alvah’s Lane and Cox lane in Cutchogue late Thursday afternoon. A Southold man was operating his 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on...
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Dearth of jellyfish a real head-scratcher locally
TODD GARDINER/LONG ISLAND AQUARIUM PHOTO | Jellyfish, such as these moon jellies on display at Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, are a rare sight in local waters lately. If someone pens a folk song...
View ArticleCops: Woman arrested nearly two years after not showing up in court
A Flanders woman was arrested on a bench warrant Thursday morning, nearly two years after she failed to appear in court on a charge of operating motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, according to...
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Proposed Riverhead shopping center to feature Dick’s Sporting Goods
TIM GANNON PHOTO | A Christmas Tree Shops store is part of the proposed shopping center on Route 58 in Riverhead. A Starbucks coffee shop with a drive-through window, a Dick’s Sporting Goods store and...
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For over three decades, Mattituck lifeguard has kept swimmers safe
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | Ocean lifeguard Sue Halladay of Mattituck, who just turned 55, at work in Westhampton Beach Tuesday. When Sue Halladay scans the shoreline from her perch atop the lifeguard stand at...
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Town Hall Notes: LIPA pulls plug on solar project; tick task force launched
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | With no solar power installation on the horizon, the field above long-buried trash in Cutchogue will remain as is. There will be no electricity flowing from the old town dump....
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Founders Village residents object to land trust’s plan for farm
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | The contested greenhouse planned for the Charnews Farm in Southold would occupy the open space between these two buildings. Residents at Founders Village on Youngs Avenue in Southold...
View ArticleATV driver attempts to flee police, busted for 11 traffic violations
A 21-year-old Southold man operating an ATV on the road led Southold Police on a chase through the Bayview section of Southold Thursday afternoon, before he was stopped and issued 11 traffic...
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out Main Road Red’s picks
What’s happening this weekend on the North Fork? For starters, everyone’s favorite, the 38th annual Polish Fair, is Saturday and Sunday. My favorite? The kielbasa sandwiches and potato pancakes. Great...
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Local growers cultivating key ingredient in beer brewing process
GIANNA VOLPE PHOTO | While weeding, Jaclyn Van Bourgondien and fiancé Andrew Tralka examine the leaves of one of their hops plants. Between Greenport Harbor Brewing Company in Greenport Village and...
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