07.13.2023 Community Two lives saved in the Sound Thursday, July 6, was a classic North Fork summer day on Long Island Sound. The sky was robin’s-egg blue, the water flat, with a light southwest breeze. You could...
07.10.2023 Community Local author tackles beach town drama The myth that a beach town is a pure paradise and never anything less is debunked by Elizabeth Castellano in her debut novel, “Save What’s Left.” The story is...
06.12.2023 Community After 16 years at Sacred Heart, Father Joe retires On June 18, 2007, Joseph Staudt arrived in Cutchogue to begin his new role as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish. Later this month, after leading his congregation for 16...
06.06.2023 News Old Town Arts Guild celebrates diamond anniversary, looks to grow For the Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild, a 75-year-old nonprofit working from a 19th-century house, adapting is a struggle — but not impossible. The collective of artists occupies...
05.23.2023 Agriculture Guest column: Fifty years making ‘beautiful wine in a beautiful place’ In 1973, when Alex and I came to the North Fork looking for a place to plant grapes, make wine and start a family, we wanted to make beautiful...
05.01.2023 Agriculture Peconic Land Trust’s offer to sell 135 acres of ‘future farmland’ on Oregon Road gets multiple bids The Peconic Land Trust’s offering of four parcels for sale on Oregon Road in Cutchogue as part of its future farmers preservation program has met with success. The offering...
04.17.2023 Community At 91, Cutchogue painter reflects on her life through art When walking her dog or driving into town, Anita Samuels would always keep a sketchbook handy. When a particularly striking scene caught her eye — be it a barn...
04.12.2023 Education Completion of Sacred Heart Church sale in Cutchogue is delayed Peconic Community School is facing delays of its planned purchase of Cutchogue’s Sacred Heart R.C. Church campus. The private school — which originally hoped to close the deal by...
03.24.2023 Community Local author finds parallels between rural Chinese poetry and life on the North Fork Who would have imagined cave dwellings in China’s Ordos Desert had so much in common with the lush farmland on Long Island’s North Fork? Keming Liu, that’s who. In...
03.13.2023 Community Photos: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at annual parade in Cutchogue A sea of green filled Main Road in Cutchogue Saturday for the 17th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. The community lined the streets to watch local fire departments, community...