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Music Video: Meet ‘The Second Hands’ of Greenport
Matittuck native Geoffrey Schroeder and southern transplant Laura Hoch are more than partners in love, they're partners in music. They're called The Second Hands, but to many they're first rate, and both Mr. Schroeder and Ms. Hoch are ready to entertain audiences with the release of their self-titled debut album. They've lived...
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VIDEO: 620 Second Street in Greenport Village demolished
The controversial fire-damaged house at 620 Second Street in Greenport Village was demolished Tuesday morning, nearly three years and nine months after the fire that destroyed the North Fork Housing Alliance home. Claudia Helinski, who lives across the street, said demolition started about 7 a.m. "Watching it was amazing," said Ms. Helinski,...
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Video: Playing a tune to renovate historic Poquatuck Hall
Some strummed guitars and others wielded banjos for a packed house at Poquatuck Hall in Orient Saturday. Even 10-year-old Gideon Burnes Heath participated in the evening of song and music, playing Coldplay’s “The Scientist” from behind the hall’s grand piano in front of an audience of more than 100 people. Called...
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VIDEO: Local musicians honor jazz great Teddy Charles
Despite the force of Sunday’s afternoon rain showers, a collection of musicians played to a packed house at D’latte in Greenport, where they paid tribute to vibraphone jazz great Teddy Charles. Mr. Charles, born Theodore Charles Cohen, died April 16 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He was 84. Many of...
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VIDEO: Vineyards brace for early bud break after mild winter
Kareem Massoud is a second-generation wine grower and Paumanok Vineyard's winemaker for more than 10 years. The eldest son of owners Ursula and Charles Massoud, Kareem and Paumanok's 2010 Semi-Dry Riesling were recently chosen as one of the Wall Street Journal's "luxury dozen," 12 bottles of 800 that were judged in...
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Update: Video of the largest item ever to drive off a South Ferry boat
If you saw a giant boulder balanced on a flatbed truck on a South Ferry boat today, don't worry, you haven't lost your mind. The humongous rock — which officially weighed in at 120,000 pounds — was delivered to 179 Ram Island Drive on Ram Island. The home is owned by...
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Video: Southold Elementary School principal ‘flying’ for reading
Friday afternoon, just before the end of the school day, Southold Elementary School Principal Ellen O'Neill was hoisted to the ceiling of the school's gymnasium, where she was set loose to fly across the room in front of all of her cheering students. When the students signed up to read for...
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Video: Volunteers install new poles for ospreys on North Fork
Ospreys have places to nest on the North Fork now that a group of volunteers have installed new poles in the area. Kate Fullam of the Southold-based Group for the East End said poles were erected Thursday near Main Road in Orient, Mill Road in Peconic and Vanston Road in Cutchogue. "The...
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Watch video of Cutchogue’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
On a clear and cool Saturday, Cutchogue held its 8th annual Saint Patrick's Day parade down the Main Road, led by Grand Marshals Diane and Dennis Harkoff, owners of Legends in New Suffolk. Some 45 organizations took part, including fire departments from Riverhead east, North Fork Boy Scout and Girl Scout...
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Video: How to make Mattituck resident’s famed chicken salad
Anne Bialeski is a Mattituck resident who recently became a finalist in the Smucker's $20,000 Traditions Recipe and Essay contest. Though her chicken salad did not bring home the cash prize at Thursday's final judging in New York City, she said the experience was enough for her. "It was amazing to...
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WATCH: Peconic YMCA releases video touting benefits of facility
Peconic YMCA released its first promotional video this morning touting the benefits of the new facility they hope to build on Main Road in Aquebogue. The group, which says it has raised $6.1 million of the $8 million needed to move forward with a new YMCA in Riverhead Town, is hoping...
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VIDEO: It’s St. Patty’s season, wake up to some Irish music
A trio of Irish musicians performed during a fundraiser for St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold Saturday. Button accordion player John Whelan performed with Gabriel Donohue, who adds vocals and is adept at many instruments, and fiddler, mandolin player and guitarist Eamonn O’Rourke at the concert. Mr. Whelan is a seven-time All-Ireland...
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Video: A peek inside Greenport’s Little Red Schoolhouse
After nearly two years, the Old Schoolhouse renovation project is close to completion. The historic structure, commonly referred to as the "Little Red Schoolhouse," was built in 1818 and is located on Front Street in Greenport Village. Although small gatherings were held at the former Kindergarten classroom last summer, the village...
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VIDEO: Missoula Children’s Theatre visits Oysterponds School
Students at Oysterponds School gathered in the school gym Monday to audition for their performance of "The Wiz of the West" this weekend. The intensive week of theater is part of an effort by the administration to "bring theater back to Oysterponds," according to PTA co-president Kathy Kelley Syron. Vice president...
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VIDEO: She does it all, meet the namesake behind One Woman Wines
For nine years, Claudia Purita has been the one woman that is the namesake of Southold's One Woman Wines and Vineyards. The owner, head winemaker, and vineyard manager, Ms. Purita grew up in Italy and made roots - literally - in New York State by planting 12 acres of grapes in...
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VIDEO: Watch Ken LaValle’s environmental roundtable
Senator Ken LaValle hosted his annual environmental roundtable event earlier this month. The event, which also featured several other East End lawmakers along with local environmental leaders, was broadcast by Hamptons TV and shared on their YouTube channel. Watch the 90-minute video below: PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE ...
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Story & video: Winferfest 2012 under way in Wine Country
Nearly 300 people turned out at Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Saturday for one of the first shows of Winterfest 2012. Richard Rubin, the winery's CEO, said this year's kickoff was more successful than last year despite the light snow that covered the North Fork earlier in the day. "Bad weather tends to...
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VIDEO: Losquadro speaks out against East End redistricting plan
Shelter Island's first-term Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R-Riverhead) on Thursday spoke against a state redistricting proposal that would shift his district to extend from Riverhead to the west and remove both Southold and Shelter Island from his constituency. Shelter Island, Southold and the South Fork towns of Southampton and East Hampton would...
