03.29.2020 COVID-19 A 50-year member of Greenport F.D., Tony Volinski Jr., 85, fell victim to coronavirus As each new generation of Greenport football players suited up in Porter purple, Tony Volinski Jr. and some his former teammates would sit together in their usual spot in...
01.20.2020 Obituaries Crash victim remembered as talented soccer player who ‘had so much to offer’ To many of the English as a New Language students at Mattituck High School, Melvin Dominguez Torres was a good friend. A native of El Salvador, Melvin followed two...
10.20.2019 Obituaries Earl Fultz, 95, founder of cHarissa spice, remembered for determination Earl Fultz, who, with the help of his late wife, Gloria Elmaleh Fultz, brought the taste of Morocco to the North Fork and beyond, died Sept. 18. He was...
10.07.2019 Obituaries Merle Levine, 95, remembered as advocate who helped form CAST Last month, Southold Town lost a community trailblazer, social activist and lifelong volunteer: Merle Levine. Ms. Levine, 95, died Thursday, Sept. 12, at Peconic Landing.
08.29.2019 Obituaries Joseph Townsend Jr, 74, remembered as Greenport’s ‘dreamer’ As he stared down his inevitable demise, Joseph Townsend Jr. approached his fate with an unwavering fortitude. In the first few years after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease,...
05.06.2019 Obituaries Art Tillman, former Southold Town Democratic Chairman, dies at 79 Art Tillman, the former Southold Town Democratic chairman who was involved in many other efforts in a town he loved, died on Monday. He was 79.
01.14.2019 Obituaries Harold Schwerdt, Purple Heart recipient and former POW, laid to rest Longtime Southold resident Harold Schwerdt, a two-time Purple Heart recipient during World War II, was laid to rest Monday at Calverton National Cemetery.
08.23.2018 Obituaries Kofi Annan, 80, former UN secretary-general, made Greenport home Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary-general, co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize and one-time Greenport resident, died in Switzerland Saturday at the age of 80.
02.18.2017 Obituaries Gary Lillis, longtime Greenport teacher, remembered for sense of humor Gary Lillis always seemed to be playing pranks on others. During Tom Taylor’s first year teaching at Greenport High School, for instance, Mr. Lillis convinced him the building’s business...
02.17.2017 Obituaries Former Southold Town Supervisor Jean Cochran dies at 85 Jean Cochran, the only woman ever elected as supervisor of Southold Town and the first woman to serve on the Town Board, died on Thursday. She was 85.
