Boys Basketball: Porters post eye-opening rout of Bridgehampton
No one saw it coming, no one at all. Yes, the fans that filled up the Greenport High School gymnasium knew all about the game that pit the two best teams in Suffolk County League VIII against one...
View ArticleGreenport Village seeks input on PSEG cable project contract
Greenport Village officials are hoping to get as much feedback from the public as possible before signing a contract with PSEG-Long Island to allow the energy company to run an electric cable under...
View ArticleVideo: Greenport residents meet with police, elected officials at ‘Synergy’...
Residents of Greenport piled into St. Agnes School Monday evening for a meeting with police and other government leaders organized by the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force. Dubbed “Synergy...
View ArticleFamiliar face back in business at Greenport Drugs on Main Road
Fifteen years after selling his Front Street business, Lester Eisenberg is once again back at the helm of a Greenport pharmacy. Mr. Eisenberg, former co-owner of Colonial Drugs & Surgicals on...
View ArticleThiele: Additional North Fork train service coming by the end of 2017
An effort to increase train service to the East End has come one step closer to fruition, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) announced in a press release Monday. Long Island Rail Road...
View ArticleUpdate: Missing Greenport man with seizure disorder has been located
(Update 10:10 a.m.) The missing Greenport man who suffers from a seizure disorder has been located and was found unharmed, Suffolk County Police Department officials confirmed Wednesday morning....
View Article‘Sanctuary city’ the big topic at Southold Anti-Bias Task Force event
Minutes before a meeting between Greenport residents and police officials was set to begin Monday evening, only a small group waited inside a classroom at St. Agnes School. They were soon joined by...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Porters shoot one step closer to league title
The only thing that could stop the Greenport Porters on Friday night was a troublesome popcorn machine, but even that was only temporary. When a high school boys basketball team that has everything...
View ArticleAttorney accused of stealing $500,000 from Orient woman’s estate
An East Hampton man whose license to practice law was suspended last year pleaded not guilty Wednesday to grand larceny charges alleging he diverted more than $500,000 from the estate of an Orient...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Porters clinch League VIII title outright
One by one, the Greenport High School boys basketball team players and coaches climbed up the purple ladder in the school gymnasium at the basket on the south end of the court and cut another piece of...
View ArticleGreenport artisan Alexa Suess embraces an old craft
In a second-floor loft overlooking Main Street in Greenport, Alexa Suess creates magic with a blowtorch and a pair of pliers. It’s there that the Greenport native, a graphic designer and silversmith,...
View ArticleAnti-bias stickers coming soon to Greenport storefronts
Greenport Village businesses will soon be able to make it clear they are part of a campaign to promote respect and civility in the community. Southold’s Anti-Bias Task Force is moving along with plans...
View ArticlePlayoff brackets released for local basketball teams
Section XI unveiled the boys and girls basketball playoff brackets today. The playoffs will begin Thursday. On the boys side, Greenport is the top seed in Class C. For the girls, Mattituck is the top...
View Article172nd annual Washington’s Birthday parade in Greenport
There was a welcoming addition to the 172nd annual Washington’s Birthday parade in Greenport Village on Saturday: unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures were in the 50s as the Greenport Fire...
View ArticleEqual Time: Slippery slope of illegal immigration
Based on what I’m seeing daily in the mainstream media (and in some of our recent Super Bowl ads) it appears that it has now become racist/xenophobic (if not downright evil) to deny illegal immigrants...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Stony Brook denies Porters in county final
The mind had trouble believing what the eye was seeing. A halftime look at the scoreboard at Suffolk County Community College’s Brookhaven Gym in Selden showed Greenport High School’s boys basketball...
View ArticleVideo: Highlights from Greenport-Stony Brook championship game
The Greenport boys basketball team lost to The Stony Brook School Sunday night in the Class C county championship game, 49-35. Top-seeded Greenport was held to its lowest point total of the season....
View Article2016 Sports Person of the Year: Phil Reed
A brown teddy bear that sits on Lorraine Reed’s bed is very much a part of her daily routine. Every night she talks to the bear and gives it a hug. The stuffed animal is important to her not so much...
View ArticleGreenport resident serving key roles in his school, community
To say Chris North maintains a busy schedule would be an understatement. The 22-year-old Greenport resident is a member of Southold’s Anti-Bias Task Force and recently joined the town’s Democratic...
View ArticleBruce & Son in Greenport reopens as all-day brunch spot
A family-owned business in Greenport for more than four decades, Bruce & Son reopened March 10 after six weeks of renovations. “I think we tried to maintain the coziness and the charm of the place...
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