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VIDEO: Bellone vows to end current homeless sex offender policy
County Executive Steve Bellone vowed to end the county's current policy regarding homeless sex offenders within the first year of his administration. Mr. Bellone made the announcement at a press conference at Southampton Town Hall Thursday afternoon, where he was joined by County Legislator Jay Schneiderman and members of the Southampton...
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Video: Blue Waves take a victory lap down Main Street
The Riverhead girls basketball team was honored Sunday with a parade down Main Street to celebrate its Long Island Championship last month. Click here for more. ...
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VIDEO: Local musicians honor jazz great Teddy Charles
Despite the force of Sunday’s afternoon rain showers, a collection of musicians played to a packed house at D’latte in Greenport, where they paid tribute to vibraphone jazz great Teddy Charles. Mr. Charles, born Theodore Charles Cohen, died April 16 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He was 84. Many of...
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VIDEO: Watch chicks hatch at Riverhead Free Library
Riverhead Free Library streamed live on its Ustream channel as a group of chicks hatched in the children's room at the library. The chicks will be there until Friday before returning to the farm, the library wrote on its Facebook page. Fast forward this video to the 100-minute mark to watch...
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Video: Michael Hubbard’s mom talks about her son’s recovery
Nancy Reyer, the mother of Riverhead burn victim Michael Hubbard, spoke about her son's recovery efforts at a fundraiser Sunday. “I’ve cried all the tears that I can cry," she said. "I’ve shed a lot of them, and now it’s just joy in knowing that my son is alive.” Watch a video...
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VIDEO: Vineyards brace for early bud break after mild winter
Kareem Massoud is a second-generation wine grower and Paumanok Vineyard's winemaker for more than 10 years. The eldest son of owners Ursula and Charles Massoud, Kareem and Paumanok's 2010 Semi-Dry Riesling were recently chosen as one of the Wall Street Journal's "luxury dozen," 12 bottles of 800 that were judged in...
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Video: Volunteers install new poles for ospreys on North Fork
Ospreys have places to nest on the North Fork now that a group of volunteers have installed new poles in the area. Kate Fullam of the Southold-based Group for the East End said poles were erected Thursday near Main Road in Orient, Mill Road in Peconic and Vanston Road in Cutchogue. "The...
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WATCH: Peconic YMCA releases video touting benefits of facility
Peconic YMCA released its first promotional video this morning touting the benefits of the new facility they hope to build on Main Road in Aquebogue. The group, which says it has raised $6.1 million of the $8 million needed to move forward with a new YMCA in Riverhead Town, is hoping...
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VIDEO: It’s St. Patty’s season, wake up to some Irish music
A trio of Irish musicians performed during a fundraiser for St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold Saturday. Button accordion player John Whelan performed with Gabriel Donohue, who adds vocals and is adept at many instruments, and fiddler, mandolin player and guitarist Eamonn O’Rourke at the concert. Mr. Whelan is a seven-time All-Ireland...
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Video: A peek inside Greenport’s Little Red Schoolhouse
After nearly two years, the Old Schoolhouse renovation project is close to completion. The historic structure, commonly referred to as the "Little Red Schoolhouse," was built in 1818 and is located on Front Street in Greenport Village. Although small gatherings were held at the former Kindergarten classroom last summer, the village...
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Blog Recap: Riverhead girls hoops wins Class AA county championship
A magical season continues for the Riverhead Blue Waves. Riverhead won 60-52 against No. 4 Hauppauge Tuesday night at Farmingdale State College to clinch the Class AA county championship, only the second title in school history and first since 1984. Riverhead junior Shanice Allen (24 points) scored her 1,000th career point in...
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VIDEO: She does it all, meet the namesake behind One Woman Wines
For nine years, Claudia Purita has been the one woman that is the namesake of Southold's One Woman Wines and Vineyards. The owner, head winemaker, and vineyard manager, Ms. Purita grew up in Italy and made roots - literally - in New York State by planting 12 acres of grapes in...
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VIDEO: Watch Ken LaValle’s environmental roundtable
Senator Ken LaValle hosted his annual environmental roundtable event earlier this month. The event, which also featured several other East End lawmakers along with local environmental leaders, was broadcast by Hamptons TV and shared on their YouTube channel. Watch the 90-minute video below: PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE ...
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Story & video: Winferfest 2012 now under way in L.I. Wine Country
Nearly 300 people turned out at Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Saturday for one of the first shows of Winterfest 2012. Richard Rubin, the winery's CEO, said this year's kickoff was more successful than last year despite the light snow that covered the North Fork earlier in the day. "Bad weather tends to...
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VIDEO: Losquadro speaks out against East End redistricting plan
Shelter Island's first-term Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R-Riverhead) on Thursday spoke against a state redistricting proposal that would shift his district to extend from Riverhead to the west and remove both Southold and Shelter Island from his constituency. Shelter Island, Southold and the South Fork towns of Southampton and East Hampton would...
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Video: Maureen’s Haven opens new homeless day center
Maureen’s Haven, a non-profit organization that provides temporary overnight shelter for homeless adults, cut the ribbon at its new day center location on Lincoln Street in Riverhead Thursday. The new day center comes during the organization's 10th season of service. “We were on East Main Street in an office complex that just...
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Video: Riverhead track star signs with UConn
A state champion in both the triple jump and long jump, Riverhead senior Melodee Riley will continue her track and field career at the University of Connecticut. Riley was joined by her family and coaches Thursday morning for a signing ceremony in the high school library. In the triple jump last...
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Video: See just how they get those labels on wine bottles
We visited Sparkling Pointe in Southold last week to capture winemaker Gilles Martin labeling and boxing bottles of 2002 Brut Seduction, the winery's signature sparkling wine. The bottles are washed, dried, labeled and capped before being shipped out in boxes. Last week, the bubbly was heading to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel...
