John Galt Fisher
John G. Fisher, known as Jack, died Nov. 17 at Peconic Landing in Greenport, N.Y. He was 90 years old. Born May 14, 1922, to Grace (Hatfield) and George Franklin Fisher, he graduated from Scarsdale...
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Greenport board to discuss electric transmission contracts tonight
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Greenport Village utilities director Jack Naylor is expected to discuss power transmission contracts tonight. Greenport utilities director Jack Naylor is expected to...
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Vaudeville, burlesque coming to Riverhead’s Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
SUNSHINE BURLESQUE COURTESY PHOTO/DALE HARRIS | Performer Little Brookyn of Brooklyn-based Starshine Burlesque. A Coney Island burlesque troupe will be bringing strip-teases, magic acts and live music...
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Concerns over Sandy-damaged cars at EPCAL
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Some 5,000 cars had arrived at EPCAL by Monday. Cars damaged in superstorm Sandy have begun arriving by the thousands to the Enterprise Park in Calverton, both on town land and...
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Recap: Greenport board discusses electric transmission contracts
Greenport utilities director Jack Naylor discussed the village’s long-term electric transmission contract options at tonight’s Village Board work session. Click on the blog below for a recap. Read...
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Southold Town Board discusses budget, boat ramps & bridges
The Southold Town Board meets this morning to discuss the proposed 2013 budget, a bridge on Pipes Neck, a boat ramp at the Fishers Island Ferry District and LED lighting. The work session begins at 9...
View ArticleDaniel P. Ramos
Daniel P. Ramos of Southold died Nov. 19. Visiting hours and funeral arrangements, not available at presstime, are being handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. A complete obituary will...
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Blue Duck owners: ‘Every village needs a bakery’
BARBARELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Blue Duck Bakery owwner Keith Kouris (left) and manager Victoria Bragg at the new Riverhead location. When Blue Duck Bakery owners Nancy and Keith Kouris of Aquebogue started...
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Three men rob Mattituck gas station at gunpoint
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Three men robbed this Mattituck gas station of more than $4,000 worth of cash and cigarettes. A Mattituck gas station was robbed of thousands in cash and cigarettes by three masked...
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Greenport Village Trustee won’t seek reelection
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Greenport Village Trustee Chris Kempner confirmed Tuesday she won’t seek reelection in March. Greenport Village Trustee Chris Kempner confirmed Tuesday she will not seek...
View ArticleMattituck Park District elections today
Three candidates are running for two seats on the Mattituck Park District board in an election today, Tuesday, Nov. 20. Voting hours are from 4 to 8 p.m. at the park district office at Veterans...
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New DSW shoe store opens in Riverhead
TIM GANNON PHOTO | The new DSW shoe store in Riverhead open where Borders used to be. There’s one less vacancy in Riverhead Centre. Designer Shoe Warehouse, also known as DSW, officially opened for...
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Girls Basketball: Southold has a new coach
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Joe Read, Southold’s fourth coach in three years, making a point during Monday’s practice. To watch a Southold High School girls basketball practice is to watch Joe Read in action,...
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McGann-Mercy alumni flag football game Saturday
JOHN NEELY FILE PHOTO | Mercy graduates squared off on their old football field last year in a game of flag football. They play again this Saturday. Bishop McGann-Mercy alumni from all classes are...
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String of stickups have North Fork police on alert
FILE PHOTOS | Four armed robberies have been reported at local businesses in the past month. Police officials say they are stepping up patrols. An armed robbery at a Mattituck gas station Monday night...
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Deegan retains parks post, but just barely
TIM KELLY PHOTO | Nick Deegan with then county executive candidate Steve Bellone in April 2011. Officially, he was running unopposed to regain the Mattituck Parks District commissioner’s seat he was...
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Amper calls on environmentalists to draw up EPCAL plans
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Long Island Pine Barrens Society head Dick Amper says town officials are looking to get exemption from environmental laws. Environmentalists, grab your pens and pads and...
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Mattituck teachers show up to support superintendent
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | English teacher Tom Brennan praised Superintendent James McKenna as a group of teachers looked on in support at last Thursday’s school board meeting. Mattituck-Cutchogue teachers...
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Pulling together to offer free Thanksgiving meals on the North Fork
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Culinary students Stacey Green (left) and Chadrick Brittan carving up turkeys Wednesday morning in Riverhead. Suffolk County Community College’s Culinary School in downtown...
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Fishers Island getting some love from the town
BETH YOUNG FILE PHOTO | Officials crossing the Fishers Island ferry ramp on the way to last year’s annual Town Board island meeting.The Fishers Island ferry needs a new ramp before next season to allow...
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