Cutchogue native Frank McBride identified as victim of fatal Mattituck train...
MTA Police have identified the driver who was killed when his pickup truck was hit by a Long Island Railroad train Tuesday afternoon as Cutchogue native Frank McBride. A westbound LIRR train struck...
View ArticleGirls Track and Field Preview: From the start, a league title may be at stake
The race for the Suffolk County League VIII girls track and field championship may be decided right out of the starting blocks. That was the case last year when Bishop McGann-Mercy defeated Mattituck,...
View ArticleBoys Track and Field Preview: New Mattituck coach is putting names to 50 faces
Karl Himmelmann, the new head coach of the Mattituck High School boys track and field team, wasn’t prepared for what he saw when he entered the school cafeteria for a preseason meeting of the school’s...
View ArticleBoys Tennis Preview: Huey likes Mattituck’s chances of retaining title
Mattituck coach Mike Huey certainly likes what he sees from his high school boys tennis team. After all, the Tuckers have three of their four top singles players returning from an 11-5 team that...
View ArticleSoftball: Gerstung feels better after seeing live pitching
The question mark hanging over the Mattituck High School softball team’s three-headed pitching staff remains, but it is smaller and no longer in boldfaced type. Having had two games of live action to...
View ArticleBaseball: Tardif, Tuckers warm up on a cold Opening Day
As the game progressed the weather got colder, but Joe Tardif was warming up. Opening Day 2016 brought plenty of sunshine, but a lot of wind, too, which made the temperatures hovering around 50...
View ArticleSoftball: Osler’s 3-hitter helps Tuckers start busy spell on right foot
It was the start of a busy spell for the Mattituck High School softball team, and the Tuckers didn’t wait long to get busy. Playing the first of five games over a six-day period starting on Thursday...
View ArticleBoys Tennis: Mattituck beats SWR, but not Kuhnle
As one might expect of a top high school tennis player, Chris Kuhnle brings many weapons with him onto the court. For one thing, there is his impressive shot-making ability. And his knack for...
View ArticleA real lesson in politics with Mattituck High School play
There’s been a lot of name-calling and mudslinging at Mattituck High School lately. The adjective “loser” has been thrown around quite a bit. The question of birthright has also been raised. This...
View ArticleNorth Fork students excel at DECA competition
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking, but they’re a challenge local students who belong to the Distributive Education Club of America enjoy tackling head-on. The students, who represent high schools...
View ArticleBoys Track and Field: Mattituck’s Brew soars 6-4 in high jump
Jack Dufton is quite a good high jumper in his own right, and yet the Mattituck High School senior said he doesn’t believe he has won a high jump competition since he entered seventh grade. Of course,...
View ArticleGirls Lacrosse: Hoegs account for 14 of Tuckers’ 15 goals
It wasn’t exactly all Hoegs all the time, but it was pretty darn close. Four Hoegs accounted for all but one of Mattituck/Greenport/Southold’s goals in a 15-8 defeat of Sayville in a Suffolk County...
View ArticleRecent acquisitions have insurance veterans on Roy H. Reeve Agency team
On a recent Monday morning, lifelong Mattituck resident Peter Swahn got in his car and began driving toward Riverhead. His intended destination was his eponymous insurance agency, which had called 310...
View ArticleGirls Track and Field: Mattituck, Mercy are fit to be tied
While the final event of the evening played out, the real drama occurred on the infield grass at Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School’s Harold T. Murray Memorial Field. Mattituck assistant coach...
View Article‘No left’ from Love Lane to Main Road among civic’s recommendations
The Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association has unveiled its recommendations to improve the three-way intersection at Main Road, Love Lane and Old Sound Avenue in Mattituck and is proposing Southold Town...
View ArticleBaseball: Mattituck’s transformation to small ball has been big
Small ball is bringing big results. Mattituck High School’s baseball team is hoping even bigger things are yet to come. That is quite a change — the small ball, that is. Last year the Tuckers were a...
View ArticleSoftball: Pitching key as Tuckers stroll past Clippers
The player who had the greatest impact on the game wasn’t even there. Southold/Greenport’s first-string pitcher, Ashley Hilary, was in Europe on a class trip along with a couple of teammates, catcher...
View ArticleBaseball: ‘Thriller’ has a bat to go with his glove
Well, that was a short junior varsity baseball career. It lasted all of two games, and it is highly doubtful that Bryce Grathwohl will ever play another JV game in his life. In Grathwohl’s two games...
View ArticlePhotos: Mattituck Greek Orthodox Church holds Holy Friday service
The Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Mattituck held a Holy Friday service in Mattituck Friday night as part of the Easter holy week. The solemn ceremony marks the death and burial of...
View ArticleResidents to address Planning Board on Sports East proposal
The Southold Town Planning Board is scheduled to hold a public hearing Monday night to discuss a private sports facility planned for Mattituck. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and will be held at Town...
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