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Sports
Burt pitches one-hitter — and Mattituck loses
May 17, 2013
Register now for Bob Wall Tennis Tournament
May 15, 2013
Education
Art class receives wisdom from area seniors
May 17, 2013
Business
New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck
May 13, 2013
Sushi, hibachi restaurant now open in Greenport
May 12, 2013
Photos: Fitness fundraiser for Boston charity
May 12, 2013
Community
Art class receives wisdom from area seniors
May 17, 2013
Photos: NFCT presents "Carousel"
May 16, 2013
Obituaries
Carlisle E. Cochran
May 15, 2013
Oleta Marie Melissari
May 14, 2013
Laura D. Cullen
May 14, 2013
Real Estate
Real Estate Transfers
May 10, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 2, 2013
Real Estate: Raising organic produce all year long
April 28, 2013
Opinion
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Column: Paying my dues — a tale of three unions
With the state Legislature upping the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour, and fast food workers agitating for a union, it brought to mind my own experience scuffling at low-paying jobs — and the three union cards I carried. I’ve seen unions from three distinct angles: the weird,...
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Editorial: Let’s hear from the public on for-profit races
Should for-profit races be held on local roads in Southold Town? That’s a question the Town Board asked — and answered — during the same meeting last week at which they banned such events. It’s a fair decision in a community constantly struggling to maintain its rural character as more and more...
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Featured Letter: Let’s cherish the North Fork
To the editor: I think we need to take a second to consider our fortunes. With the summer sun approaching, we need to leave our cold attitudes in the prior season and absorb some true light. Living on the North Fork is a blessing and instead of honking at slowpokes, we...
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Statement from Governor’s office on new utility for L.I.
Dear Fellow New Yorker, In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the Governor established the Moreland Commission to investigate utility companies’ storm preparation and response efforts, including the Long Island Power Authority. The Commission found that in addition to LIPA’s failure to perform during the storm, the organization’s structural dysfunction was responsible...
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Featured Letter: Remember when Cutchogue was a quiet place?
To the editor: Welcome to the bucolic, quiet North Fork. It is 7:30 on Sunday night, May 12, Mother’s Day. We have endured four hours of non-stop noise at our home in Cutchogue. Of course there were a few helicopters early on, but this is over the top. It started this afternoon, next...
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Gustavson Column: Can’t convince me I had the worst job ever
An outfit named CareerCast recently released a list of the “worst jobs” for 2013. To earn a spot on the list, a job had to feature “low pay, high stress, challenging work requirements and a poor employment outlook.” The top 10 list included such jobs as lumberjack, enlisted military personnel, oil...
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Featured Letter: Beware of the turtles in New Suffolk
To the editor: On New Suffolk Road in New Suffolk I was attacked by a turtle after trying to get it off the roadway. I gave the turtle a gentle nudge on its rump and it turned and hung onto my trouser cuff. My trying to shake it off got nowhere as...
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Editorial: Finally, some common sense
In 1998 Mike Forbes was the area’s congressman, Jean Cochran was town supervisor and Doris and Ron McGreevy, who live in a house overlooking the Sound in Mattituck, began pressing the federal government to do something it rarely does: take responsibility for a problem it created and take steps to...
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Featured Letter: Check your numbers on teacher salaries
To the Editor: Once again I read with great dismay your editor’s attack on public education. (See referenced editorial) “For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries … back into to the realm of what’s normal for middle income...
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Column: A not-always-misspent life revisited
It’s a clear indication that you’ve reached a certain age when your social calendar, usually based on trips to the dump or the supermarket, now includes reunions. By definition, a reunion is a gathering of people who haven’t seen each other for an extended period of time, hence if you attend...
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Editorial: 2% cap didn’t deliver
The biggest disservice New York State lawmakers did to themselves — and to local school districts — when they passed the tax levy increase cap in 2011 was to call it a 2 percent cap. It is not a 2 percent cap. Exclusions, mainly related to pension costs, give schools the flexibility...
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Featured Letter: Saga of General Wayne Inn a double standard
To the editor: The saga of the General Wayne Inn, ending with its inevitable demise (“Town: Take the Old Inn Down,” April 25) evokes a comparison with the fate of the Old Barge acquired by the state earlier in the year. What I find troubling, or certainly suggestive of a double standard,...
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Letter: Steve Rosin always inspired those around him
To the editor: I met Steve Rosin a decade after Troy Gustavson did, but in the same fashion; he was recommended when I needed an electrician for my home. We got along famously, our families grew close and he became my best friend. Of course, Steve maintained a posse of best friends,...
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Column: Wow, what a newsman we have
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, at some point over the years, I stopped taking Mom’s (and Bambi’s) advice. And yet I have something...
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Editorial: Why nobody is interested in school board seats
While kicking around ideas for this week’s editorial, one of our editors suggested we write about how the 2 percent tax levy cap has made it less attractive for members of the public to run for a seat on their local Board of Education. The cap, he suggested, has limited how...
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Featured letter: A safer boat paint can protect environment
To the editor: It’s that time of year when preparations are being made to launch your boat. Recreational boating is one our most popular activities here on the North Fork. We’re also aware of just how important our marine environment is to our quality of life and our local economy. It’s the...
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Column: How to capture the northern dark
So there I was, standing on the Sound shore in Cutchogue Saturday night, looking out over the inky sky and black water, minding me own business and freezing me shamrocks off. Why, in the name of all that’s good and holy, am I out here by myself with a sharp wind...
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Editorial: Boston, we’re here for ya!
New Yorkers are supposed to despise New Englanders. We hear it all the time. But is it really true? We’d argue that — particularly here on the North Fork, where a ferry system effortlessly connects us to New England — that simply isn’t the case. We have so much in common with our...
