Greenport to charge more for time-consuming Freedom of Info requests
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Bob Freeman, who heads the state’s Committee on Open Government, speaking during a meeting in Greenport last year. Greenport Village plans to start charging people who file...
View ArticleReader photos: Seals take a break in Cutchogue
WENDY ZUHOSKI PHOTO | Eleven seals could be spotted resting on a rock in the water in Cutchoue, not far from a sea gull Suffolk Times reader Wendy Zuhoski captured frozen beauty along the Cutchogue...
View ArticleLegislators to vote on sex offender policy Tuesday
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | Police Chief James Burke (right) and Parents for Megan’s Law director Laura Ahearn (left) before the public safety committee this morning. The 38 homeless sex offenders in Suffolk...
View ArticleLetter: Thanks to all who helped during tragedy
To the Editor: I would like to thank the Southold Town Police Department, the Southold Fire Department, Eastern Long Island Hospital staff and my community members for all of their help last July 31....
View ArticleHenry Pierce
Henry Pierce of Peconic died Feb. 1 at Riverhead Care Center. He was 90 years old. He was born May 17, 1922, in Elmhurst, N.Y., to Julian and Josephine Pierchinski. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943...
View ArticleCops: Greenport man drove without license
A Greenport resident with a suspended license and no insurance was arrested Monday morning on Shelter Island for several vehicle and traffic violations, Shelter Island Police said. Police stopped...
View ArticleComplaint: Police twice asked gun suspect to leave woman alone
A Southold man was arraigned on felony gun charges Tuesday morning after he was caught with a handgun and a high-capacity magazine while being arrested on a stalking complaint Monday afternoon,...
View ArticlePolice Report: Man punched two people in limo at Vineyard 48
PAUL SQUIRE FILE PHOTO | Vineyard 48 was the site of an arrest Saturday afternoon. A North Babylon man was arrested Saturday afternoon after he punched two people in the face in a limousine parked...
View ArticleGeorge Louis Cavagnaro
George Louis Cavagnaro, known as a kind man with an endearing sense of humor, died Feb. 5, 2013, at Avow Hospice in Naples, Fla., at age 90. The longtime Southold resident had also been a part-time...
View ArticleJean Wilkinson
Jean Wilkinson of Southold died Feb. 5 at the age of 79. The family will receive friends Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 3 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian...
View ArticleSex offender plan approved, East End trailers to shut
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | The inside of the trailer for homeless sex offenders place outside the Suffolk County Jail in Riverside. The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a law Tuesday...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: One last home win for Mattituck’s seniors
The game didn’t have any meaning for either the Wyandanch or the Mattituck girls basketball teams in terms of the playoffs or the League VII championship. Wyandanch had already been eliminated from...
View ArticleCounty Department of Labor holds its ‘first’ East End job fair
GIANNA VOLPE PHOTO | Applicants fill out paperwork at the job fair held at the County Center in Riverhead Tuesday. The Suffolk County Department of Labor held a job fair at the County Center in...
View ArticleCops: Cutchogue man forged woman’s checks
A Cutchogue man is facing grand larceny and forgery charges for allegedly cashing an elderly woman’s checks without her knowledge, according to police. The 72-year-old victim reported that Capital One...
View ArticleHappy birthday: Feb. 6
Happy birthday today to the following North Fork residents: Ethan Baumack Bob Brown Erika Cabral Jamie Chorao Brianna Hyland Renee Mitchell Michael Rolle Edna Wilkens Jill Wowak Email us your birthday...
View ArticlePostal Service decides to end Saturday delivery
The U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail on Saturday’s, federal officials announced Wednesday. Package delivery will continue on a six-day cycle and post offices regularly open on...
View ArticleOysterponds to discuss childhood education
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | Oysterponds school officials will discuss early childhood education Thursday. The Oysterponds School District’s final installment of its public series “What is 21st...
View ArticleMattituck High’s Empty Bowls dinner set for Friday
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | Some of the bowls created by Mattituck students in previous years. Mattituck High School is hosting its annual Empty Bowls Project dinner event Friday night. Students,...
View ArticleRiverhead auto dealer appealing court’s decision in Chrysler case
COURTESY FILE PHOTO | Riverhead supervisor Sean Walter shakes hands with Eagle Auto mall owner Mark Calisi after the Riverhead dealership donated a truck for the town’s Meals on Wheels program. Eagle...
View ArticleFeatured Letter: Remembering a lifelong friend
John Michael Montgomery To the editor: While attending Barbara Thornhill Callahan’s annual Greenport High School reunion on Feb. 2, I learned that John Montgomery had recently passed away. No one had...
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