Water taxi from Greenport to Sag Harbor won’t run this summer
FILE PHOTO | The Peconic Bay Water Jitney will not run this summer. Citing the need to apply for federal grant money, Mattituck businessman Jim Ryan confirmed Tuesday that the Peconic Bay Water Jitney,...
View ArticleMercy’s Lessard signs with Wagner College
COURTESY PHOTO | Bishop McGann-Mercy senior Cassidy Lessard, flanked by her parents Kelly and Dave, signed a letter of intent to play tennis for Wagner College. Bishop McGann-Mercy senior Cassidy...
View ArticleRECAP: Residents weigh in on Southold leash law
The very contentious dispute over how or whether the town should regulate dogs running free at town beaches and parks continued Thursday night. Reporter Cyndi Murray live blogged from the public...
View ArticleBaseball: 11 errors don’t help Porters against Pierson/Bridgehampton
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Greenport third baseman Matt Drinkwater diving in vain for a ball that was hit into left field. WHALERS 12, PORTERS 1 Nobody has to tell the Greenport Porters that errors are part...
View ArticleTrustees suggest installing boulders at Veterans park
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | The remains of bulkheading on Veterans Memorial Park beach in Mattituck slated to be replaced this year. Two Mattituck park commissioners appeared before the Town Trustees last...
View ArticleZBA OK’s Brendan House care facility on Sound Ave.
PAUL SQUIRE FILE PHOTO | Brendan House is named in memory of Brendan Aykroyd, a 25-year-old Blue Point man who suffered a brain injury in a 2009 assault. The vice president of New Beginnings Community...
View ArticleReport: Greenport High School ranked among best in nation
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | Greenport Superintendent Mike Comanda said Thursday he’s very happy about Greenport High School ranking as one of the best high schools in the nation. Mr. Comanda is shown here...
View ArticlePhotos: ‘I Love N.Y.’ commercial filmed at Macari Vineyards
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Macari Vineyards was the set for an upcoming “I Love New York” commercial Wednesday. A film crew from the “I Love New York” campaign set up shop at Macari Vineyards in Mattituck...
View ArticleHandmade jewelry boutique opens in Mattituck
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Glitzee Gal Creations owner Linda Stavrinos at her Mattituck shop. Glitzee Gal Creations, a handmade women’s and children’s jewelry boutique, will celebrate its grand opening from...
View ArticleBaseball: Southold nears playoff spot with Carver’s 150th career win
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Southold’s Alex Poliwoda sliding safely under Shelter Island shortstop Hunter Starzee and kicking up a dust cloud. FIRST SETTLERS 3, INDIANS 1 The same instinct that tells...
View ArticleThe memory of two fallen soldiers to be honored at ballfield
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Jim C. Seno (left) and his son Jim G. Seno of Wedel Signs install the Veterans Memorial Park sign Tuesday in Calverton. Two of the park’s four ballfields are being named in...
View ArticleCops: Shelter Island man arrested again, this time for heroin
A Shelter Island man who was arrested two weeks ago faces new charges after being caught in possession of heroin in Cutchogue Friday night, Southold Town police said. Sean Patrick Cronin, 27, was...
View ArticleSouthold Town: Take the old inn down
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | The collapsed remains of what once was the General Wayne Inn in Southold. After years watching the building slowly decay, the town is taking action against the owners of the...
View ArticleNot just another curtain at Greenport auditorium
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Greenport Superintendent Michael Comanda (left) celebrates the installation of a new high-tech theater curtain with Main Stage Dance Academy owner Lucille Naar-Saladino, the...
View ArticlePhotos: Racing through Greenport, drinks in hand
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | The key was to not spill anything as waiters and waitresses raced through Greenport Saturday. Carrying forth a tradition that began more than 100 years ago in Paris,...
View ArticleColumn: Wow, what a newsman we have
John Miller My mother, borrowing some folk wisdom from the Disney film “Bambi,” routinely told me when I was a lad that if I couldn’t say anything nice, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. Obviously,...
View ArticleCops: East Marion woman violated protection order
An East Marion woman was arrested for the second time this month Saturday night for violating an order of protection that prohibits her from drinking alcohol, Southold Town police said. Georgia Feuer,...
View ArticleReal Estate: Raising organic produce all year long
COURTESY PHOTO | There’s no need for a big investment of space to grow fruits and vegetables out of season. Forget just going green, now it’s all about staying green. A hoop house, a smaller version of...
View ArticleRiverhead Foundation releases rehabbed porpoise
COURTESY PHOTO | Members of the Riverhead Foundation release Noodle into the ocean Saturday morning. Six months after he was first rescued from a marsh in Maine, Noodle the 2-year-old porpoise has been...
View ArticlePhotos: Girl Scouts clean up Orient Beach State Park
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Cleanup oganizer Tonya Kaiser-Witczak holds the bag while scouts deposit trash. Girl Scout Troop 1971 Service Unit 60 organized its first “Earth Day Celebration, Rock the...
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