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Judge: Maertz can oppose LaValle

Posted on: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON | STAFF WRITERJennifer Maertz will run against state Senator Ken LaValle for the first senatorial distr

A State Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday that Jennifer Maertz can run against Senator Ken LaValle in the November election.
Ms. Maertz, a Democrat, will replace...

Oysterponds warns parents of man approaching kids

Posted on: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 by BY GRANT PARPAN | WEB EDITOR

Reports of a man approaching young kids from his black Honda CRV has parents in the Oysterponds school district on high alert.
Oysterponds superintendent Stuart Rachlin...

The first North Fork Soldier Ride will be held Sept. 18.

North Fork Soldier RIde set for Sept. 18

Posted on: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 by BY BETH YOUNG | STAFF WRITER

The North Fork will have a chance to honor recently injured soldiers on Saturday, Sept. 18, just weeks after the end of official combat operations...

RANDEE DADDONA PHOTO Actress Katie Holmes on the Southold set of 'The Romantics' last November. The film will have its N.Y. premiere tonight in Manhattan.

Film shot in Southold opens Friday in NYC

Posted on: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 by BY GRANT PARPAN | WEB EDITOR

Filmed late last year in Southold, "The Romantics" will open in select theaters this week.
An advanced screening of the film, which stars Katie Holmes, Josh...

String of DWI arrests over holiday weekend

Posted on: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 by BY BETH YOUNG | STAFF WRITER

Labor Day revelers who tanked up before getting behind the wheel were nabbed all over Southold Town this weekend, according to police reports.
An arachnophobic passenger...

Alleged car thief leads police on North Fork car chase

Posted on: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 by BY BETH YOUNG | STAFF WRITER

Southold Police caught an alleged car thief Sunday morning after a chase through Cutchogue and Mattituck.
The owner of a 1998 Volvo sedan reported his...

Radio station given another extension

Posted on: Saturday, September 04, 2010 by BY VERA CHINESE | STAFF WRITER

Long Island University has once again given Peconic Public Broadcasting Inc., the group which runs Long Island's only NPR affiliate, more time to make the final $637,000...

KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO White caps on the Sound are a remnant of Earl's visit to the North Fork.

Hurricane Earl departs with only minor impact

Posted on: Saturday, September 04, 2010

A weakened Hurricane Earl slipped past the North Fork Friday night with only moderate rain and wind and caused no major property damage or power...

KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO Cheryl and Peter Castiglione in front of Home Port B&B in Peconic, which they've owned for six years. While the couple plans to sell the business eventually, they say rumors that the B&B is closing after 30 years of operation are not accurate.

No rush to sail from Home Port

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY JULIE LANE |STAFF WRITER

"I really think this place needs to be shared," said Home Port B&B owner Cheryl Castiglione.

That's why she and her husband, Peter, want to...

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Carl Semmler (right), McGann-Mercy High School's new principal, meets with parents and school advisory board members (from left) Manny and Marie Arturi and Pat Blake during a recent reception at the school.

New man in charge at Mercy

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY TIM GANNON |STAFF WRITER

The first thing people ask Carl Semmler, the new principal at McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead, is how tall he is.

"Six-foot-eight," he says. "And, no,...