Cops: Greenport woman was driving while impaired by drugs
A 40-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night and charged with driving while impaired by drugs, Southold police said. Jennifer Curtin was pulled over for a traffic violation while driving east on Route...
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Greenport Village tries again on Tall Ships funding, votes yes
Notes taken at a Greenport Village Board meeting Wednesday afternoon detail the money brought in by the village for the Tall Ships festival. (Credits: Paul Squire) A second attempt to make payments for...
View ArticleFeatured Letter: A cautionary reminder for dog owners
To the editor: On Sunday, May 24, our daughter was jogging with her 3-year-old son. Passing by a family renting a house for the weekend near First Baptist Church in Greenport, their large standard...
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Greenport News: Varsity athletes to be honored tonight
Say what? It’s June already? Why does it seem like just last week I was welcoming the additions to Greenport Schools at the start of another school year? Tonight, Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m.,...
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Longtime East End journalist Robert Wacker dies at 92
A former editor of the Riverhead News-Review and a “lifelong newspaper man,” Robert Wacker died Tuesday night. He was 92. Mr. Wacker, who helmed Riverhead’s weekly newspaper in the 1970s, also worked...
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Ferry traffic flow to Shelter Island improved in Greenport
Traffic from Wiggins Street (left) is directed into the ferry line while those trying to join the line from Third Street are told to turn around and go back to Front Street unless there’s no back up of...
View ArticleGreenport offering summer Regents exam courses for all
Following the example of school districts like Hampton Bays and Patchogue-Medford, Greenport will be offering Regents exam prep courses this summer for the first time ever. And the classes will be open...
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Tall Ships organizers being ‘more overt’ about headliner’s late arrival
(Credit: Association Hermione-La Fayette courtesy photo) The replica sailing ship Hermione has been touted as the main attraction for the Greenport Tall Ships festival next month. But the committee...
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Suffolk Times honors its 2014-15 athletes of the year
The Suffolk Times athletes of the year were (from left): Joe Tardif and Nikki Zurawski of Mattituck, Liam Walker and Jenna Standish of Southold and John Drinkwater and Madison Tabor of Greenport....
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Greenport News: Football team reunion set for July 4
I’d like to start with hearty congratulations to both the Mattituck and Southold boys’ baseball teams. What a spectacular weekend they both had in the state tournament. Special congratulations must go...
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Learn about the Hermione before it comes to Greenport
(Credit: Association Hermione-La Fayette courtesy photo) The Tall Ships are coming and there will be a pair of free lectures given tonight about the history of the signature ship at next week’s...
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Video, photos: Vigil for Charleston church victims in Greenport
From left, the Rev. Nathaniel Heyward and Valerie Shelby of the Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport at Monday’s vigil. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo video and photos) As Valerie Shelby looked at a crowd...
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First Tall Ship arrives in Greenport Harbor a day early
The Kalmar Nyckel arrived in Greenport one day ahead of schedule Wednesday. (Credit: Skye Gillispie) People walking the docks of Greenport Harbor were treated to an unexpected surprise Wednesday...
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First peek at American Beech in Greenport
Dennis McDermott of American Beech. (Credit: Vera Chinese) A new Stirling Square restaurant in Greenport operated by Dennis McDermott is set to open around mid-July. The 45-seat eatery will feature a...
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Greenport News: Register for ‘Ladies Day on the Links’
Summer is now in full throttle. There’s so much to do and see this weekend: Tall Ships, Fourth of July barbecues and, of course, the reunion for those fortunate enough to have played football for Coach...
View ArticleFootball: Ex-Porters to gather for another film session
It was while looking for equipment in the Greenport High School building when Bobby Heaney came across a treasure trove of local history: old Greenport football films that were kept in plastic bags....
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Photos: Tall Ships Captain’s Reception at Brecknock Hall
From left, Humberto Rocha, executive officer of the Sagres; guest Selma de Silva; Paulo Portugal, Commanding Officer of Sagres; Ron Bruer from the East End Seaport Museum. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder...
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Photos: Ringing the bell to kick off the 2015 Tall Ships festival
Mayor George Hubbard proclaims the start of the Tall Ships festival. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) A small ceremony to officially kick off Greenport’s Tall Ships festival was held in Mitchell Park...
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Greenport’s Tall Ships Festival meets challenge on Day One
The line to get on the Sagres at 1 p.m. Saturday after more than 1,000 people had already stepped on board. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Months of planning went off without a hitch as the 2015 Greenport’s...
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The Hermione arrives in Greenport to much fanfare
The Hermione as it first docked in Greenport Monday morning. (Credit: Chris Lisinski photos) The Hermione, the headlining ship in this week’s Greenport Tall Ships festival, arrived Monday morning to a...
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