The Rev. George W. Summers celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination June 10. He’s spent 48 of those 50 years as minister at Advent Lutheran Church in Mattituck, having come to the North Fork from Franklin Square in 1970. READ
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When Marisa Fox was growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City, she believed her mother’s maiden name was Tamar Fromer. She was in her 40s when she learned that wasn’t her mother’s name at all. READ
On most mornings for nearly the past six decades, the Reverend Marvin Dozier, a Southampton resident and the pastor at Unity Baptist Church in Mattituck for the past 30 years, could be found eating breakfast with his daughters, Alicia Austin and Andrea Dozier, or his lifelong friends, Herman Lamison and Juni Wingfield, or countless other members of the community whom he supported through faith and mentorship. READ
How much strawberry shortcake does it take to a win an eating contest? Twenty-two pounds, apparently. READ
Teagan Nine of Mattituck earned the title of 2018 Strawberry Queen Saturday at the annual festival hosted by the Mattituck Lions Club. READ
The Suffolk Times has won seven awards from the National Newspaper Association, including first place awards for feature writing, investigative reporting, sports feature and video journalism. READ
The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library celebrated its newest addition last Saturday with a ribbon cutting for a refurbished lobby that includes a book-sale nook, which will help raise money year round. READ
Pamela Reed, daughter of Oscar Pope of Greenport and Patricia Reed of Patchogue, and Nicholas Lloyd Hemmick, son of Thomas and Lucinda Hemmick of Cutchogue, were married on May 19. The ceremony was held at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John Carrick officiating.
The bride is front end leader at Best Buy of Riverhead. The groom is assistant warehouse manager at Jet Line Products of Southampton. The couple will reside in Greenport.
As his family hurried about his South Dakota home, preparing for an afternoon graduation ceremony, David Christianson calmly passed the time by mowing the lawn.
His mother, Bev, of New Suffolk, handed a large framed photo to each of Mr. Christianson’s three children — Carl, 11, Oscar, 8, and Margaret, 5. The kids were singing and marching around the home and couldn’t wait to reveal the plan to their father. READ
During each round of chemotherapy in Manhattan, Dylan Newman’s parents give him a fresh pack of baseball cards.
Dylan, 14, who is battling Ewing’s sarcoma, has a wall filled with signed cards and baseballs in his room in Southold, said his parents, Todd and Tanya Newman. READ
