Nor’easter brings flooding to North Fork; outages reported in Orient
The first nor’easter of the season brought moderate flooding to coastal areas across the North Fork Saturday. While local town and police officials said the storm has led to only a few road closures...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Cruz’ OT goal makes Porters champions
Jason Cruz couldn’t believe what had happened. Only several minutes prior he had just drilled a 20-yard shot into the lower left corner to lift Greenport to its first Suffolk County boys soccer...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Porters win big, but lose teammate along the way
The final horn at Diamond in the Pines in Coram sounded, signifying the end of the Greenport boys’ emphatic 5-1 win over Solomon Schechter in the Class C boys sub-Southeast Regional. Yet, the postgame...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Porters dominate, but lose regional final in OT
A game that was as much about two players who weren’t there was a reminder that soccer can be an unfair, cruel sport sometimes. Had Jason Cruz been at Middletown High School’s Faller Field Thursday...
View ArticlePracticing tai chi on the North Fork
From China to Greenport, the ancient martial art of tai chi has proven itself a long-term tradition. A dozen students at North Fork Bodies in Motion gathered earlier this month at Main Stage Dance...
View ArticleNonprofit group outlines several proposals for transportation hub in Greenport
A study of Greenport’s transportation hub around the ferry, bus stop and train station has outlined several options for reconfiguring the area to better accommodate traffic and pedestrian access. One...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Preview: Greenport bench will be key
A basketball team sends five players out onto the court at a time, but needs more than five players to go far in the playoffs, if not even to just reach the postseason. As far as its first five goes,...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Anderson surpasses milestone as Porters hold off Tuckers
Ahkee Anderson caught the ball at the top of the key, took one quick jab to his right and crossed over his defender. On a quick step back, the Greenport junior fired a soft jumper that swished through...
View ArticleVideo: Greenport guard joins elite group as 1,000-point scorer
Greenport junior guard Ahkee Anderson opened the 2018-19 season in style Friday night by joining an elite club of 1,000-point career scorers. He became only the seventh boy in program history to reach...
View ArticleParade of Lights and Tree Lighting in Greenport: Photos
Crowds lined the streets for the second annual Parade of Lights in Greenport Village Saturday. The parade concluded with a tree lighting ceremony at Mitchell Park where event-goers enjoyed caroling by...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Postseason awards handed out for local athletes
Greenport High school senior midfielder Mateo Arias has been named to the Suffolk County All-County team. Arias was among 45 players honored at the Suffolk County Soccer Coaches Association at its...
View ArticleMastic man held on $100K bail for shooting Greenport teen
A Mastic man was arraigned on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and assault for his role in a shooting early Friday morning that injured a Greenport teenager. Josue Bedell pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Porters rally together in support of injured teammate
The Greenport players huddled together in front of the scorer’s table and pointed up toward the camera where GPO TV broadcast the game live online. They had just wrapped up a thrilling 81-76 win over...
View ArticleGuest column: Where can local people live?
Local people need housing in Greenport that they can afford. My kids grew up going to Greenport schools. They’ve known these kids basically their whole lives. Then we had to move out of Greenport...
View ArticleGirls Winter Track: Mattituck heating up the track
The temperature hovered a few degrees above freezing Tuesday outside Mattituck High School. Make no mistake, this is winter track and field. Girls coach Chris Robinson wore shorts as he instructed the...
View ArticleGreenport movie theater to open for series of films this winter
Greenport’s Village Cinema will reopen this month for a series of holiday films selected by Manhattan Film Institute, marking the first time in more than two decades the theater has been open in the...
View ArticleBoys Winter Track: Demchak, Palencia, Marine lead Mattituck distance runners
After graduating from SUNY/Cortland last year, Mike Kollmer began searching for a school district where he could begin to work as a substitute teacher. He found a spot at Mattituck in January, and...
View ArticleDriver in fatal Greenport crash now facing charge of aggravated vehicular...
A Suffolk County grand jury has indicted a Greenport man for his role in an alleged drunken driving crash that led to the death of a Queens woman earlier this year, according to online court records....
View ArticleGreenport man pleads not guilty to upgraded charges in fatal crash
A Greenport man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to upgraded charges from an alleged drunken driving crash that led to the death of a Queens woman in July. Glenn Zaleski, 36, is facing up to 25 years in...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Practice is in Porters’ DNA
Sometime on Christmas morning, Ev Corwin figures he will receive a text from senior guard Jaxan Swann asking him if he could open the Greenport High School gymnasium so he and his teammates can play...
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