Cops: Southold man lost control of motorcycle trying to avoid car
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | This Harley Davidson motorcycle nearly crashed into a car that was making a U-Turn in Jamesport Sunday morning. A Southold motorcyclist was taken to the hospital Sunday...
View ArticleRunning: Record turnout catches Sound to Bay organizers by surprise
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Gerry O’Hara of East Rockaway won the Sound to Bay 10K race on Sunday morning in 36 minutes 29.14 seconds. SOUND TO BAY 10K AND 5K Maria Pavkovitch had been through the routine...
View ArticleProtesters organize in front of Puppy Experience on ‘National Dog Day’
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Animal rights activists have been protesting in front of Puppy Experience in Aquebogue for the past few months. Motorists driving along Route 25 in Aquebogue Sunday afternoon...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man was boating drunk; children had no life vests
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a Riverhead man for boating erratically Sunday evening, only to learn he was intoxicated and his two young children were on board without life vests, Riverhead Town police...
View ArticlePhotos: Scenes from the firefighters memorial carnival
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | One-year-old Lucy Thiede of Southold, and her mom Kristen on the carousel at the Southold Town Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Carnival. The Southold Town Firefighters...
View ArticleLIPA Survey: Population decline continues across Long Island
BETH YOUNG FILE PHOTO | A LIPA survey shows the population is down all across Long Island. There are not as many people on the East End as we thought. That’s according to the latest LIPA Population...
View ArticleOysterponds-Greenport schools secondary contract vote postponed
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | The Oysterponds School District announced Monday it has postponed its secondary contract vote. The Oysterponds School District announced Monday that a public referendum...
View ArticleAgenda: Village Board to discuss wastewater treatment, roadwork contracts
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Tonight’s Greenport Village Board meeting is at 6 p.m. The Greenport Village Board is set to vote on wastewater treatment plant and roadwork contract proposals tonight...
View ArticleHudson City Savings to be taken over by Buffalo bank
Hudson City Savings, a New Jersey-based bank that completed a major expansion to the East End in the first half of the last decade, is to be acquired by M&T Bank of Buffalo in a $3.7 billion deal,...
View ArticleLIVE: Greenport Village Board discusses wastewater treatment, roadwork contracts
The Greenport Village Board is set to vote on wastewater treatment plant and roadwork contract proposals tonight at 6 p.m. during its monthly meeting at the Third Street firehouse. According to...
View ArticleMartin J. Waters Jr.
Martin J. Waters Jr. of Southold, formerly of Flushing, died at home Sept. 3. He was 90. Born May 23, 1922, in New York City to Martin and Bridget Waters, he was educated at St. Vincent Ferrer High...
View ArticleRobert W. “Hoppy” Hopkins
Robert W. “Hoppy” Hopkins of Cutchogue died August 31, 2012, at John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. He was 63 years old. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 27, 1949, to Robert and...
View ArticleGirls Tennis Preview: 2011 team left tough act for Mattituck to follow
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Shannon Quinn plays for Southold/Greenport’s first doubles team, which went 7-7 and reached the conference tournament last year. How does Mattituck top the wonderful high school...
View ArticleHarold Hansen
Harold David Hansen was a great raconteur who had a funny story about every phase of life. Father to three children and grandfather to nine, he was predeceased by his first wife, June Platt Hansen, and...
View ArticleAuto Racing: After six runner-ups, Christopher snags victory
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY After posting no less than six runner-up finishes, Ted Christopher of Plainville, Conn., finally hit victory lane on Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway. Christopher picked up his...
View ArticleGeorge Gatling Long
George Gatling Long, 62, of Rangeley, Maine, formerly of Greenport, Long Island, N.Y., sadly passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by his loving...
View ArticleVirginia A. Koch
Former Mattituck resident Virginia A. Koch of Bainbridge, N.Y., died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at the NYS Veterans Home in Oxford, N.Y. She was 93. She was predeceased by her husband, George J. Koch,...
View ArticleVeronica Barbara Bellefountaine
Longtime Greenport resident Veronica Barbara Bellefountaine died Sept. 4 at her home in Wanchese, N.C., where she had resided for the past eight years. She was 89. Born May 17, 1923, in Southold to...
View ArticleGirls Soccer Preview: Hansen brings ‘total football’ to Mattituck
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Lauren Guja, left, is a senior striker for Mattituck, which will play the Dutch style of “total football” under new coach Pete Hansen. The great Johan Cruyff and the Netherlands...
View ArticleVerizon offers $50K reward following botched copper theft
Most of the more than 135 Shelter Island homeowners who lost service after an unknown vandal severed a cable in hopes of swiping valuable copper last Wednesday night had seen their service restored...
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