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Greenport’s Mardi Gras party cancelled after slow ticket sales
The Mardi Gras party planned for Feb. 9 to help promote business in Greenport village during its slower season was cancelled, according to event organizer Rena Wilhelm, who also owns the White...
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An Orient man pulled over for a traffic violation on Orchard Street in Orient Thursday afternoon now faces a marijuana possession charge, Southold Police reported. The officer who stopped Alexander...
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Indiana man charged with aggravated DWI in Southold
An Indiana man was charged with aggravated DWI after he was stopped for speeding on Route 48 in Southold Thursday afternoon, town police said. Robert Howard, 45, was driving his 1999 Honda sedan...
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Girls Basketball: Upset in Sag Harbor dents Southold’s title chances
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Carley Staples of Southold is swarmed by Pierson/Bridgehampton’s Bridget Canavan (24), Emily Hinz (23) and Meg Evjen (00). WHALERS 44, FIRST SETTLERS 40 It’s doubtful that anyone...
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Project aims to bring wetlands back to life
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Bishop McGann-Mercy High School principal Carl Semmler (left) and Shawn Leonard, a Mercy graduate and architect for the school’s planned pond remediation project, at the foot of...
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Your guide to Super Bowl Sunday specials
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Legends bartender Jonathan Polistena behind the bar Wednesday afternoon. Legends has 23 TVs to watch the Super Bowl. There may not be a local team in this year’s Super Bowl,...
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Caribbean troupe to perform in Greenport
COURTESY PHOTO | The all-female Caribbean troupe Retumba will perform Monday at Greenport schools. The Greenport School District is holding its Black History Month assembly Monday featuring the...
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Mercy football player’s ‘exemplary character’ lands him scholarship
COURTESY PHOTO | Ray Ellis of Jamesport received the Positive Coaching Alliance Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship. Ray Ellis of Jamesport, a member of the Bishop McGann-Mercy football team, is among...
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Boys Basketball: First-place Babylon ends Mattituck’s playoff chances
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Mattituck’s Eugene Allen reaching for a rebound in the vicinity of Babylon’s Raymond Wardell (42) and Alec Zamet (10). PANTHERS 64, TUCKERS 37 There was no stay of execution, no...
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ELIH in ‘dire need’ of blood donations
Eastern Long Island Hospital has declared a blood shortage emergency and is in “dire need of blood donations,” according to the hospital. The hospital will hold a blood drive Thursday, Feb. 7, from 8...
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Special police DWI patrols planned for Super Bowl Sunday
Police will be stepping up drunk driving patrols on the East End Super Bowl Sunday, but they’re not saying where. Officers from the East End DWI Task Force will be out and about somewhere on the East...
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Long Island Winterfest provides a boon to local businesses
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | Papo Vazquez, left, with Willie Williams on saxophone at Raphael Vineyards during last year’s Winterfest. It’s that time of year again when visitors from across the...
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Robins Island owner honored by National Audubon Society
DIANE BONDAREFF/INVISION FOR THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY/AP IMAGES PHOTO | Louis Bacon, center, is presented the Audubon Medal Jan. 17 and is joined on stage by (from left) Paul Tudor Jones, Holt...
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Gustavson Column: Exploring a gun buyback program
A Bushmaster M-4 semi-automatic, similar to the one allegedly used in the Newtown school shootings. So I have this old, rusty, single-shot, 20-gauge shotgun sitting in the corner of our bedroom,...
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Artists explore personal diversity in East End Arts show
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Artist Frank Wimberley juried the show Friday night at East End Arts. “In which ways are you personally diverse?” was the question posed to artists for the all-media art show...
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Cops: Riverhead man caught driving without license in Greenport
A Riverhead man, wanted on a warrant, was arrested in Greenport Friday morning after he was caught driving without a license, Southold Town Police said in a press release issued Sunday morning. Sean...
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Meet the Greenport woman taking over as director of CAST
Sarah Benjamin is the new director of Community Action of Southold Town. After two and a half years of service, Linda Ortiz is stepping down as director of Community Action of Southold Town, which...
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Long Island National golf course up for sale
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The driving range at Long Island National Golf Course in Northville. The listing offers the potential for residential development next to an 18-hole course on 150 scenic...
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ESL teacher reflects on 10 years in Southold schools
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Southold English as a Second Language teacher John Myers (center) with ESL students (from left) Jonathan Escobar, 17; Muhammet Ilgin, 17; Southold graduate Jorge Sandoval,...
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The Suffolk Times honors 2012 People of the Year
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Southold Town’s Emergency Response Team was named the 2012 Suffolk Times People of the Year. BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | (Clockwise from bottom left) Jill Schroeder, Dan...
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