Boys Basketball Notebook: ‘X’ made his mark with Tuckers
Undoubtedly, this was not the way the X-Man wanted things to end. Possibly the greatest career in Mattituck High School boys basketball history wrapped up Monday night in Southampton’s loud, packed...
View ArticleSee more photos from Mattituck’s victory over Greenport/Southold
The Mattituck girls basketball team defeated Greenport/Southold, 49-36, in Thursday’s Class B semifinal at Mattituck High School. Read more coverage here. The post See more photos from Mattituck’s...
View ArticleGirls Basketball Notebook: Mattituck’s defense gets job done
The way basketball coaches see it, there’s no defense for not playing defense. A player’s shooting touch can come and go, they reason, but defense is about effort. There was no question the defense —...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Tuckers fall when their shots don’t
There’s just something about Port Jefferson. Maybe it’s the Royals’ sharp shooting skill. Or their tenacious defense. Or their strength in grabbing rebounds off the boards. Then again, it could just...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Mac’s farewell comes with tears
When it ended, Mackenzie Hoeg looked down, raised her hands to her face, wiped away some tears and waited on the handshake line. Her laudable high school basketball career had just ended. It couldn’t...
View ArticleMattituck woman to compete on NBC’s ‘Songland’ Monday night
Ever since seeing ‘Selena’ as a child, Raquel Castro has dreamed of being in the spotlight. “My parents used to write songs together when I was a little girl,” said Ms. Castro, a Port Jefferson...
View ArticleNominees announced for virtual Teeny Awards scheduled for July 23
The nominees for the 18th annual Teeny Awards — a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic — were announced Sunday afternoon on a Facebook and Instagram Live video. The awards will presented July...
View ArticleLove Lane to be closed on weekends through October to allow businesses to...
Southold Town is planning to close a portion of Love Lane in Mattituck to traffic on weekends in an effort to create additional space for businesses to operate as they attempt to recover from the...
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Class of 2020, one that won’t soon be forgotten, says goodbye in Mattituck
To say being a senior in the Class of 2020 was unlike any other year at Mattituck High School would certainly be accurate. At a pair of graduation ceremonies Saturday, where everyone wore masks and...
View ArticleUpdate: Police ID victim of fatal crash as Huntington woman
Update (4:45 p.m.): Southold Town police have identified the victim of Sunday’s fatal car crash as Rebecca Connelly, 23, of Huntington. A Ford SUV driven by Richard Morabito, 40, of Orient slammed...
View ArticleWith season canceled, wood bat tournament gave Mattituck seniors one last...
The welcomed sounds of the crack of a bat and pitched baseballs popping into catchers’ mitts were back. Although it doesn’t come close to making up for a lost high school baseball season, the Town of...
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Truck overturns on Route 48 in Mattituck
Southold police responded to reports of a commercial truck that turned over on Route 48 in Mattituck Tuesday morning. The crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. near the shoulder of the eastbound lanes...
View ArticlePublic hearing set for Aug. 11 on town’s eminent domain pursuit of Mattituck...
Should Southold Town use eminent domain to stop construction of a hardware store at the corner of Main Road and New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck? Under state law, the Town Board must hold a hearing on...
View ArticleGuest Column: Save this last green corner in Mattituck
The Mattituck-Laurel Civic Association, as a rule, forgoes public endorsements, working instead to be a channel of information to the broad community. MLCA has been, and remains, neutral concerning...
View ArticleMattituck switches school reopening plan; K-8 will now be hybrid
Plans for Mattituck students in grades K-8 to return to class in-person full time this fall appear to no longer be feasible. In a letter to parents Sunday night, superintendent Jill Gierasch announced...
View ArticleWhy the town’s plan to close Love Lane to weekend traffic didn’t take shape...
Plans to close Love Lane to traffic have hit a dead end after the idea failed to gain the support of businesses along the one-block strip in Mattituck. In June, the Southold Town Board approved a...
View ArticleFour new stores pitched for cleared lot on Pike Street in Mattituck
A 5-year-old proposal for additional retail shops along Pike Street in Mattituck has been revived. Scaled-back plans for the property owned by developer Ed Broidy were presented to the Southold Town...
View ArticleIn new change of plans, Mattituck-Cutchogue schools will again be in-person K-8
The Mattituck-Cutchogue School District has received word from the state that it can have in-person instruction in grades K to 8 this fall, according to Superintendent Jill Gierasch. The move brings...
View ArticleMattituck math teacher retires after 47 years in classroom
Having devoted his professional career to calculations, it wasn’t a struggle for longtime Mattituck High School math teacher Dennis Deerkoski to figure out this equation: The COVID-19 pandemic plus...
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Back to school on the North Fork: A return unlike any other
Early Thursday morning, Riverhead Central School District residents will hear the familiar sound of the squealing brakes on a school bus. The same will occur in other area districts as they begin the...
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