Boys Soccer: Ilgin named all-American by NSCAA
Mattituck senior Kaan Ilgin received all-American honors after helping lead the Tuckers to a state title this season. (Credit: Sarah Condon) As well as the Mattituck High School boys soccer team played...
View ArticleGreenport News: Saying goodbye to the interim principal
When the school year comes to a close for 2014 with winter break, Greenport High School will suffer a tremendous loss. Interim secondary principal Robert Feeney, who has served since September, will be...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Porters honor Dibble, rally past Shelter Island
Tyshie Williams drives to the basket against Shelter Island Friday night. (Credit: Garret Meade) PORTERS 65, INDIANS 62 Late heroics by Willy Riggins and Tyshie Williams averted a possible...
View ArticleWitness to fatal crash disputes attorney’s account
Defense attorney William Keahon outside Southold Town Justice Court following Tuesday’s bail hearing. (Credit: Carrie Miller) A Greenport resident who witnessed the fatal Dec. 5 crash that led to the...
View ArticleGreenport News: Another achievement for local students
Since I began my last column by saying goodbye to Mr. Feeney, interim Greenport High School secondary principal, it only seems fitting that I start this one by welcoming the new interim principal, Bill...
View ArticleNo. 7 Story of the Year: Fatal DWI crash in Greenport
John Costello is led out of court Dec. 16. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The news of a prominent Greenport business owner driving drunk — allegedly causing a crash that left a Peconic man dead — shocked the...
View ArticleNo. 4 Story of the Year: Two beloved locals struck and killed
Friends of Kaitlyn Doorhy at a vigil in August. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) The North Fork was rocked this year by the accidental deaths of Kaitlyn Doorhy, 20, of Mattituck in August and Howard Meinke, 86, of...
View ArticleCops: Man refused to leave North Ferry, charged with trespassing
A Greenport man was charged with trespassing on Monday after police said he fell asleep on the North Ferry and refused to leave it. According to Southold Police, 44-year-old Germain Mendoza was found...
View ArticleSecurity footage shows Greenport man on night he disappeared
Michael O’Brien’s truck remained at the Cross Sound Ferry terminal Friday morning. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Security footage from the Cross Sound Ferry appears to show Greenport resident Michael O’Brien...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Two teams headed in different directions cross paths
Greenport’s Darius Bolling (2) tries to stop Shoreham-Wading River’s Dan Hughes, one of three 11-point scorers for the Wildcats. (Credit: Garret Meade) WILDCATS 58, PORTERS 22 Two high school boys...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: A night for Edwards, but not the Porters
Al Edwards, center, was presented with a plaque during a pregame ceremony that included Greenport coach Ev Corwin, right, and assistant coach Rodney Shelby. (Credit: Garret Meade) FIRST SETTLERS 53,...
View Article2014 Businesspeople of the Year: Greenport Harbor Brewing Co.
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company co-owners John Liegey (left) and Rich Vandenburgh at their booth during the beer festival this summer. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) “If you build it, they will...
View ArticleIconic Claudio’s restaurant in Greenport hits the market
Claudio’s in Greenport. (Credit: Tina Volinski) Claudio’s restaurant, the Greenport treasure that has served North Forkers since the village’s days as a whaling town through Prohibition and into modern...
View ArticleMan breaks into Greenport home, drinks beer, falls asleep
First he went to sleep in her bed. Now he’s spending the night in jail. A homeless man was arrested for breaking into a home on Main Street in Greenport Tuesday after he was found sleeping in a...
View ArticleGreenport News: Yankee Doodle Circus scheduled for Sunday
I know we’re already 15 days into it, but this is my first opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year. I hope 2015 has started off well for all of you. The old year ended on a wonderful note for...
View ArticleCops: Wrong way drunk driver arrested in Greenport
Southold Town Police arrested an East Marion man last night after they said he was driving the wrong way near the intersection of Main Road and Route 48 in Greenport. According to police, 34-year-old...
View ArticleBoating groups may not need park permits in Greenport
Mitchell Park Marina. (Credit: Cyndi Murray, file) No mass assembly permit? No problem. As the Greenport Village Board members continue to debate whether mass assembly permits should be issued for...
View ArticleCancellations: Local school districts closed Wednesday
As of 4:20 p.m. Monday: • The Southold School District has announced classes are cancelled for Wednesday. • Greenport schools will also remain closed Wednesday. • Mattituck-Cutchogue schools are closed...
View ArticleNorth Ferry line re-routing set aside for now
The North Ferry line stretching down Wiggins Street in Greenport in July 2013. (Ambrose Clancy photo, file) Almost a year has passed with no action to reroute North Ferry traffic in Greenport and a...
View ArticleGreenport FD: $7.1 million firehouse replacement plan is ‘economical’
Greenport Fire Chief Harry Breese (right) addresses the Village Board at Wednesday night’s meeting. (Credit: Paul Squire) As a corner of the roof at the Greenport firehouse on Third Street began to...
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