Community

Ongoing Marion Lake restoration project impacted by Sandy

By Cyndi Murray | 05/19/2013 2:00 PM | Community, News, Top News

The restoration of Marion Lake suffered a setback after Hurricane Sandy swept through East Marion in October, but the effort to transform the lake into a healthy and vibrant wetland is not losing steam. The Marion Lake Restoration Committee gathered Saturday to inspect the Bay Avenue site along with Steve Marino,...

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Photos: Hallockville’s Fleece and Fiber Fair

By Katharine Schroeder | 05/19/2013 9:00 AM | Community, Slideshows, Top News

Day one of the fourth annual Fleece and Fiber Fair was held Saturday at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead. Local artisans demonstrated various skills associated with fiber production and art including spinning, felting, shearing and knitting. Dozens of vendors sold supplies and one-of-a-kind art pieces at stalls set up inside...

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Art class receives wisdom from area seniors

By Rachel Young | 05/17/2013 6:00 PM | Education, News, The Arts, Top News

In the expansive dining room of the stone mansion that is Brecknock Hall, 18 fourth-grade students sit at plastic tables, their small hands constructing sculptures out of little but construction paper and their imaginations. At one table, an older hand, wizened by age, reaches for a multicolored pipe cleaner and gently...

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Photos: Southold School District’s first garden expo

By Jennifer Gustavson | 05/16/2013 5:36 PM | Community, News, Southold School District, Top News

Southold students and community members gathered Thursday morning for the district's first garden expo featuring vegetables they've grown and displaying information about environmental sustainability practices. New York State Board of Regents member Roger Tilles visited the expo to learn about how the garden teaches students about math, science and arts. Mr. Tilles,...

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Photos: NFCT presents “Carousel”

By Katharine Schroeder | 05/16/2013 12:00 PM | Slideshows, The Arts, Top News

Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" will be playing at the North Fork Community Theatre beginning tonight through June 2. Performances are Thursday through Sunday. All shows are at 8 p.m. except for Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. A free, pre-show reception will start at 7 p.m. tonight. The receptions will be sponsored by...

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Lucharitos serves up dancing with its salsa

By Cyndi Murray | 05/15/2013 1:00 PM | Food/Wine/Dining, Top News

There’s nothing like salsa and sangria to spice up the middle of the week. Starting tonight, Lucharitos Taqueria & Tequila Bar is partnering with Main Stage Dance Academy to bring "Salsa, Salsa & Sangria" night to Greenport. The event offers patrons a chance to learn to how to salsa dance while...

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Photos: Mattituck students paint like Jackson Pollock

By Katharine Schroeder | 05/14/2013 5:00 PM | Mattituck Cutchogue School District, The Arts, Top News

After studying the work of Long Island artist Jackson Pollock and visiting his studio in Springs, students from Mattituck High School took part in an "action painting" activity on the front lawn Tuesday. Armed with squirt bottles full of paint, students created individual works in Pollock’s abstract expressionist “drip painting” style,...

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Best senior volleyball players live in Greenport

By Cyndi Murray | 05/13/2013 4:45 PM | Community, Top News

Nine senior citizens from San Simeon By the Sound Center won first place at a volleyball competition during The Golden Games at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue Friday. The Golden Games is an all-day athletic competition for Suffolk County seniors. This year, teams representing 13 nursing home residences across the county...

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New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck

By Rachel Young | 05/13/2013 8:00 AM | Business, Food/Wine/Dining, News, Top News

Atsby. Among those with literary leanings, the name, lacking just one key letter, is explicably linked to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic hero, Jay Gatsby. Atsby Vermouth, however, is far from a lamentable case. The Mattituck distillery, which opened last fall and makes its eponymous product with locally sourced chardonnay, Finger Lakes...

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Sushi, hibachi restaurant now open in Greenport

By Rachel Young | 05/12/2013 12:00 PM | Business, Food/Wine/Dining, News, Top News

Greenport has a new sushi and hibachi restaurant. Jimmy Lin, owner of Sakura Japanese Restaurant on Route 58 in Riverhead, has opened a second location on Front Street, across from the post office. Sakura, which opened April 28, took over the space formerly occupied by Andy’s Unbelievable Burgers and Seafood. “I’ve lived...

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Photos: Fitness fundraiser for Boston charity

By Reader Submission | 05/12/2013 10:33 AM | Business, Community, Slideshows, Top News

JABS, a fitness studio in Mattituck, hosted a fitness-filled fundraiser to benefit One Fund Boston and the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. ...

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Little ballerina selected for competitive program in NYC

By Rachel Young | 05/12/2013 10:00 AM | The Arts, Top News

Her auburn hair pulled back into a tight bun, 9-year-old Ellie Schultz practices jetés on the hardwood floors. Ellie, who is small for her age, leaps swiftly from one foot to the other across the small studio in Mattituck, her freckled face a canvas of concentration. “You missed a step,” instructor Cheryl...

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Photos: Hundreds turn out for May Mile

By Katharine Schroeder | 05/11/2013 3:00 PM | Community, Slideshows, Top News

For the eighth consecutive year, Peconic Landing celebrated Older Americans Month with a May Mile and 5K race/walk on Saturday morning in Greenport. Despite predictions of stormy weather, hundreds turned out for the event, which benefits the Greenport Fire Department. Shelter Island Heights resident Bryan Knipfing crossed the finish line first with...

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ELIH celebrates National Nurses Week

By Jennifer Gustavson | 05/11/2013 2:00 PM | Health, News

Eastern Long Island Hospital is participating in National Nurses Week by honoring its staff and celebrating their hard work. The annual tradition began in 1996 and runs between May 6 through May 12, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. The English nurse is considered to have been a pioneer in the field...

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5K race dedicated to blood cancer victims

By Cyndi Murray | 05/10/2013 12:05 PM | Community, News, Top News

Mother’s Day is made for women like 29-year-old Cutchogue resident Elizabeth Toy. The committed single mother works long hours while balancing soccer practice to give her 11-year-old son, Matthew, every opportunity she can, while she can. Ms. Toy is in the midst of the battle for her life. Suffering from Stage...

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PBMC Health celebrates National Nurses Week

By Carrie Miller | 05/09/2013 11:00 AM | Health, Top News, Videos

Peconic Bay Medical Center is celebrating National Nurses Week, taking time to thank the nurses who make up much of their healthcare services staff. In honor of Nurses Week, PBMC Health is holding a Community Health Fair, free to all. It is being held in the hospital’s front lobby. Staff nurses...

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Nominees announced for Teeny Awards

By Carrie Miller | 05/08/2013 11:00 AM | Education, The Arts, Top News

The 11th Annual Teeny Awards nominees were announced Wednesday morning, earning North Fork high schools dozens of nominations. The awards, presented by East End Arts and sponsored by Suffolk County National Bank and Riverhead Toyota, showcase the best in local high school theater. The awards ceremony will be held June 9...

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Raphael’s Anthony Nappa wasn’t always enraptured by vino

By Rachel Young | 05/05/2013 6:00 PM | At the Wineries, Business, News, Top News

Growing up in the outskirts of Boston, Anthony Nappa couldn’t have imagined that his life would one day revolve around grapes and oak barrels. “I didn’t find wine,” Mr. Nappa said from his new office at Raphael vineyards and winery in Peconic, where he became winemaker in late January. “It sort...

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