05.13.2020 COVID-19 Former court officer in Riverhead who responded to ground zero after 9/11 dies at 64 William D’Ambrosia spent nearly all of his 34 years as a court officer in the big courthouse on Griffing Avenue in Riverhead. His work with dozens of judges defined...
04.16.2020 COVID-19 Steve Brickman, retired FDNY firefighter, dies of 9/11-related illness at 57 Steve Brickman of Jamesport, a retired FDNY firefighter who spent nearly two weeks at ground zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, died Sunday of illness attributed to 9/11,...
04.16.2020 COVID-19 George Mullen Jr., 82, remembered as a ‘great storyteller’ who worked at Sacred Heart R.C. Church George Mullen Jr. grew up in Cutchogue, in a house on Depot Lane built by his father, George, a plumber. His maternal grandparents, the Kaelins, lived an easy half-mile...
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.
