07.22.2010 Business These local craftsmen keep it real BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Village cobbler Fred Ruvolo shapes new soles on a finishing machine in his shop in downtown Riverhead. A blast from the past may be an understatement....
07.22.2010 News Trying for a leg up on Mother Nature BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Paumanok Vineyards owner Charles Massoud explains the workings of his weather station, which automatically sends data over the Internet to the Weather Underground website. There are...
07.15.2010 Business Farmers battle U-pick theft and abuse BRIDGET DEGNAN PHOTO Ed Reilly of Riverhead helps his granddaughter Shannon, 9, reach the high branches to pick peaches Friday at Davis Peach Farm in Wading River. Even though...
07.08.2010 Business ‘Dip lady’ stirs up success at home JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTO Being a stay-at-home mom isn’t easy, and most families know it. With new jobs hard to find and the American economy just barely recovering from a...
07.08.2010 News North Fork gospel band celebrates the good Photo courtesy of Kevin FordMembers of the gospel band Jus B It came to him in a vision. South Jamesport Postmaster Kevin Ford sat in bed for three months...
06.24.2010 News Farmers at the ready for new strain of basil fungus KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO So far, no North Fork farmers have reported symptoms of downy mildew on their basil. Most are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best...
06.10.2010 News One long day, 220 species identified PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD KASKAN This woodchuck was photographed at the Swan Lake golf course in Manorville during last month’s Fauna-thon, during which nature lovers fanned out across the...
06.10.2010 News Linking L.I.’s past and future down at Davis Peach Farm The Early Treat peach ripens in late June. Sixteen-year-old Christine Breud sat in a corner of David Davis’ farm stand in Mt. Sinai 23 years ago and sulked. She...
