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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
Business
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Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
Thirty years after its founding, the East End Women’s Network is undergoing a rebirth of sorts. It’s not that the group has died away — it still has 80 active members — but at its height there were about 150, said Paula Daniel, the organization’s president. Now the group created by...
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Johnny O’s sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
A Coram bartender now has a sports bar to call his own. John Ortiz worked for more than 15 years at the former Mike's Place sports bar on Middle Country Road in Coram. Now the local hang out will soon bear his name. “Johnny O’s” is expected to open this fall. The...
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Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler — and the beers are getting more alcoholic. Summer’s end means the start of Oktoberfest season, featuring the Oktoberfest blend, a dark beer that is higher than others in alcohol by volume (5.5 to 6 percent). Don’t sweat the end of barbecues...
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Beer and cheese event at Deks in Rocky Point tonight
Deks American Restaurant in Rocky Point is hosting “Beer Academy,” a beer and cheese event, tonight. Representatives from Goose Island Beer Company, based in Chicago, will pair rare beers with local cheese. Cheeses are provided upon purchasing a beer. Customers will leave with a complimentary Goose Island pint glass. The event will be...
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Shoreham couple launches food truck business that serves gourmet dishes
What do you think of when you hear “food truck?” Hot dogs? Falafels? Something relatively cheap and low quality? Well, get ready for a reinvented version of your basic hot-food-on-wheels joint. A Shoreham couple has launched MoGo Chef, a food truck selling only gourmet dishes. No hotdogs, no greasy chicken and rice. Think...
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Farm Country Kitchen files plans with state in hopes of staying put
Farm Country Kitchen has submitted a site plan application that seeks to deal with the Riverhead eatery's parking problems, according to Peter Danowski, the attorney for restaurant owner Tom Carson. In June, Riverhead Town authorized legal action in state Supreme Court against the popular waterfront restaurant, claiming it lacks necessary permits...
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Middle Island will soon have its first sushi restaurant
Middle Island sushi lovers will soon have their wish granted. Good Wok, the small Chinese restaurant in the King Kullen shopping center on Middle Country Road, is expanding both in menu and in size. The longtime Middle Island eatery will soon be serving traditional sushi and sashimi, making it the hamlet’s only...
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Overabundance of firewood could hurt some local businesses
Last winter, Jason Hubbard’s phone was ringing off the hook. Incessant snowfall had soaked bundles of firewood, putting some residents on the hunt for more. “People called and said, ‘We depend on you,’” Mr. Hubbard said. “I told them, ‘I’m only one guy!’” Mr. Hubbard is one of many on the North Fork...
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Miller Place woman designs, sells own jewelry
On any given day, Kelly Mazzotta can be found in her home office in Miller Place hand-crafting jewelry. She’s always working on something, whether she’s hammering hoop earrings to add texture, wire-wrapping beads or cutting medal into charms for a bracelet. The mom of two runs her own jewelry design business called...
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New cheese shop opens on Main Street in Port Jefferson
Joe Ciardullo loves cheese and he wants to share his passion for the dairy product with you. On Thursday, Mr. Ciardullo, 35, opened C'est Cheese on Main Street in Port Jefferson because he believes visitors to the downtown area will enjoy the cheese-tasting experience offered at his shop. "When you start to...
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Brooklyn Bagels celebrates 10th anniversary in Rocky Point
Brooklyn Bagels located on Route 25A in Rocky Point held a 10th anniversary celebration Saturday, marking a decade of providing the community with food, fun and charity. While sibling owners Marie Stewart and Robert Giannino have been making fresh bagels since Sept. 7, 2001, they have also helped others in need...
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Insurance agents offer advice, insights following storm
Long Island property owners struck insurance gold when Hurricane Irene deteriorated into a tropical storm on its way up the coast. If the storm had remained a Category 1 hurricane, many homeowners would have had to shell out deductibles ranging from 2 to 5 percent of their home’s value, said...
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Medical office park coming to Miller Place this spring
Miller Place is about to receive a new medical office park in a wooded-lot behind the CVS shopping center located on Route 25A. Developer Paul Elliott, president of Medford-based Soundview Realty Group, said he is now waiting on permits from the Town of Brookhaven in order to build the 22,000-square foot...
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East End farmers: We dodged a bullet with Irene
Local farmers say corn crops took a hit during Tropical Storm Irene, but grapes appear to have made out fine. In the days prior to then-Hurricane Irene's arrival, farmers expressed fear that sustained winds could do millions of dollars worth of damage to East End crops. "We dodged a major bullet," said...
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Fall 2011 Children’s Directory
SUN Childrens Dir 08-18-11...
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Gory, glow-in-the-dark fun: A look at Monster Mini Golf in Medford
When you walk out of the heat of a sunny August day into Monster Mini Golf in Medford, you step into a pitch black, ice cold room. It takes a minute for your eyes to adjust, and you’ll notice your white clothing (or neon pink nail polish) is glowing. You’ll think you’re...
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Martial arts can help you both physically and mentally
Tim Condon said it isn’t supposed to happen this way. The Riverhead martial arts instructor recalled a night six months ago when a 23-year-old male student encountered three men, all larger than he, who were known to pick a fight. One of the men took a swing and struck the student. The student...
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Cody’s BBQ serves up southwestern fare in Riverhead
When perfecting a piece of barbecued meat, Rich Gherardi says one component will make or break a rack of baby back ribs or beef brisket — and it's not the barbecue sauce or meat rub. "When it comes to barbecue, to get the meat right, it's all about temperature," the owner...
