A Greenport resident captured video Thursday morning of a sailboat sinking in the water off the Sixth Street shore in Greenport. READ
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Residents near Wickham Avenue and Mary’s Road in Mattituck were briefly evacuated Thursday morning after a natural gas line was ruptured, according to Southold Town police. READ
The Southold Town Highway Department on Thursday will pave New Suffolk Avenue just past Marratooka Lane going east toward New Suffolk until Blossom Bend in Mattituck. READ
UPDATE: Due to poor weather, the paving projects listed below have been delayed until Tuesday. READ
Peconic Lane was closed for about an hour this morning as the Highway Department painted a blue stripe between the double yellow lines. READ
This past harsh winter took its toll on the Southold Town highway department budget.
The coffers are now totally empty, said superintendent Vincent Orlando. READ
Chris Mohr with the 1946 Sno-Go snowblower he bought from Southold Town last week for $6,550. He’s hoping to get it up and running again. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Southold Town Highway Superintendent Vincent Orlando isn’t sure when the huge snowblower with the chipped light blue paint and faded leather seats was purchased.
The highway department’s most veteran employee, he said, began working there 29 years ago. By then, the vintage 1946 truck with the motorized snowblower attachment had already been there a long time. (more…)
Southold Town Highway Department building on Peconic Lane. (Credit: Cyndi Murray, file)
Highway Superintendent Vincent Orlando unveiled a four-year, $250,000 capital plan to replace the highway department’s aging fleet during Tuesday morning’s Town Board work session. (more…)
A prankster erected a smurf crossing sign after blue paint spilled on Route 48 in Cutchogue. (Credit: Cyndi Murray)
It wasn’t a Smurf attempting to cross Route 48 in Cutchogue after all.
Southold Town was forced to pay out more than $7,000 to three drivers who had their vehicles damaged after a bucket of blue paint spilled off a town highway department truck on July 1 and splattered onto the road in Cutchogue, records show. (more…)
Town Highway Superintendent candidates Vincent M. Orlando (left) and Eugene L. Wesnofske.
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
Four-year term, one open seat
Salary: $100,857
Vincent M. Orlando
Hamlet: Southold
Occupation: Community volunteer
Party lines: Republican, Independence
About him: Mr. Orlando, 52, grew up in Miller Place. His father worked in the Brookhaven Town Highway Department and was also a Long Island Sound lobsterman. Mr. Orlando is married with two children and has lived in Southold Town for more than 20 years. His community volunteer work includes serving as the Southold Town parks and recreation committee chairman, a member of the Southold Town’s renewable energy committee and a CAST volunteer. He has also served on the Southold Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals and was a Southold Town councilman from 2007 to 2011, before not seeking re-election.
His pitch: Mr. Orlando believes a combination of practical and theoretical skills is the best approach to finding long-term solutions in the highway department. He also believes the current staff’s talent has been under-utilized and plans to better tap into individual laborers’ skills to create a more efficient department.
In his words: “Through my leadership, I will reduce duplication of services and improve preventive maintenance of our equipment and our infrastructure.”
Eugene L. Wesnofske
Hamlet: Cutchogue
Occupation: Auto mechanic, farmer
Party line: Democratic
About him: Mr. Wesnofske, 32, is a Southold Town native who grew up on his family farm in Peconic, where he continues to help out. He’s also worked at Wheeler’s Garage in Southold for 12 years. Mr. Wesnofske is a member of the Long Island Antique Power Association.
His pitch: Mr. Wesnofske said he believes he’s qualified for the highway superintendent position because of his farming experience. On the farm, he said, he learned about planning, marketing, bookkeeping, supervising of employees and the mechanics of different equipment. During the off-season, Mr. Wesnofske said he also plows snow and does tree work.
In his words: “I am comfortable with myself and my skills and I know that I am capable of doing what I have been called upon to do.”