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Letters: ‘No’ community raises its ugly head
ORIENT The land of ‘no’ The “no” community has once again raised its ugly head. This time the children and community were saved from iPads, a lower budget (much lower then any other district of similar size) and possible school choice, in which few, if any, would not chose beloved Greenport. In the past...
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Softball: Tuckers don’t fall to Babylon without a fight
PANTHERS 14, TUCKERS 8 The Mattituck Tuckers knew that, one way or another, their softball season would come to an end on Wednesday. That didn’t prevent them, however, from trying to delay the inevitable for as long as they could. For the first four and half innings at Mattituck High School, the...
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Photos: North Fork theater presents ‘The King and I’
North Fork Community Theatre will present “The King and I,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s fifth musical collaboration, which premiered on Broadway March 29, 1951. The NFCT production opens Thursday, directed by Laura Jones and produced by Marion Stark, with musical direction by Nancy Deegan. “The King and I” is based on Margaret...
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State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges
The state Senate passed legislation Wednesday aimed to decrease hazing, underage drinking and drug use at colleges and universities. Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), the bill’s sponsor, said in a press release that colleges would be required to adopt rules prohibiting those activities and to establish penalties that strengthen existing laws....
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NY Magazine touts Southold, Greenport as Hamptons alternatives
City folks looking for a good alternative to renting in the Hamptons this summer should try nearby Greenport or Southold, according to a real estate feature published earlier this month on nymag.com. The North Fork hamlets were among six sites selected as alternatives to busy New York summer spots like East...
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Shelter Island’s Theinert named to state’s Veterans Hall of Fame
Two East End war heros, Army 1st Lieutenant Joseph J. Theinert of Shelter Island and Marine Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter of Sag Harbor, will be posthumously inducted into the New York State Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame on May 22 in Albany, state Senator Kenneth P. LaValle announced Tuesday....
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SCHOOL VOTE: Oysterponds school budget fails, all others pass
Voters in Oysterponds rejected the school board's proposed budget Tuesday, in the only local district to see its spending plan fail. The board had proposed a $5.35 million spending plan – down 4.85 percent from the current school year — but it was still shot down by 57 percent of voters....
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Cops: Man, 72, refused arrest after being caught illegally driving ATV
An Orient senior with a previous arrest for road rage was charged Tuesday morning with resisting arrest after he was stopped while driving an unregistered all-terrain vehicle on North Sea Drive in Orient, Southold Town Police said. Vasilios Tsisinos, 72, of Orient became confrontational when told by police that his actions...
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Cops: Queens man charged with DWI in Cutchogue
A Queens man was charged with driving while intoxicated on Main Road in Cutchogue Sunday night, Southold Town Police said. Constantino Andreakos, 33, of Bayside, NY was stopped for failure to maintain his lane of travel, police said. He was arrested after he was found to be intoxicated, police said. The incident...
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Shelter Island splits from North Fork under new county redistricting plan
Shelter Island and the Brookhaven Town side of Calverton and Wading River will no longer be in Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine’s district in 2014 if a new redistricting plan announced this week is approved. Mr. Romaine (R-Center Moriches), who represents the 1st Legislative District, said county Democrats have proposed new...
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POLL: How did you vote on your local school budget?
All five proposed local school district budgets are being voted on today. We want to know how you voted, how you plan to vote or if you voted at all. How did you vote on your local school budget?...
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School Budget Vote: It’s decision day for North Fork voters
It's school vote day today on the North Fork, with budget proposals and open school board seats on the ballots in all five local school districts. Below is our voter's guide, containing information you might want to read before heading out to the polls to vote in your local district. Check back...
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This week in North Fork history: Greenport landmark lost to fire
100 years ago Hotel in ruins after fire The Pipe's Neck House, located on Pipe's Neck, a short distance from Greenport Village, was destroyed by fire about 2 a.m. Sunday, we wrote in the May 18, 1912 issue of The Suffolk Times. The loss is estimated at between $7,000 and $10,000, only a...
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Softball: Clippers shut out by Center Moriches’ Nolan
RED DEVILS 6, CLIPPERS 0 As the softball regular season draws to an end, so do the high school playing careers of seniors. The fortunate among them have the playoffs to look forward to. For others, such as Southold/Greenport’s two seniors, catcher Erin Creedon and third baseman Alexis Reed, it means...
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Auto Racing: Rogers, driving back-up car, roars from 21st to first
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY Tom Rogers Jr. of Patchogue barnstormed his way from a 21st starting spot to sweep the Twin 30 NASCAR Modified features at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday night. Rogers was forced to a back-up car when his Chevy suffered an broken axle, forcing him to drive his family-owned car and having...
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Baseball: Southold to face Pierson/Bridgehampton in finals
If the Southold baseball team is to win a Suffolk County championship this year, it will need to do something that no other team has been able to do this year: take two games from League IX champion Pierson/Bridgehampton. Southold (13-7) and Pierson/Bridgehampton (18-2) will face each other in a best-of-three...
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We hope you’re wearing your seat belt
It's likely you'll come across a police checkpoint during your travels next week and you better hope you're wearing your seat belt. Southold Town officials announced this week that town police will participate in the state's “Buckle Up New York, Click it or Ticket” campaign, between May 21 and June 4. During...
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Pair of Sunday night DWI arrests by Southold Police
Southold Town Police made a pair of DWI arrests in unrelated incidents Sunday night. The first arrest came shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Eugenes Road in Cutchogue, when a Florida man involved in a minor motor vehicle accident was found to be intoxicated, police said. Gerald Leskody, 50, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla....
