Cutchogue News

“We've lived here summers for 52 years, and the last 14 years full-time”

Voters in two Long Island communities, one on the East End and the other near Nassau County 's border with Queens, reached different conclusions yesterday over the funding of fire district operations. via Newsday.com

“Right now, it seems everything people talk about is money. That's outrageous”

Arthur Brewer, chairman of the Cutchogue Board of Fire Commissioners, admitted that this might not be the best of times to ask voters in the fire district to approve a $7.28-million bond issue to build a new ... via Newsday.com

Job Description: Established in 1979, this winery was among the first handful of founding wine properties in what is now a vibrant 3500 acre wine-growing region on Long Island's bucolic North Fork - just 90 ... via Wine Business Online

“It has balance, elegance, agility. It has a signature. It is a wine you can identify when you taste it once. That's what makes great wines both different and similar.”

Posted by Brian Halweil , March 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM It was a coming out party of sorts at The Modern on Monday night. via Serious Eats

“The apparatus is bigger, heavier, higher, wider. You need more storage space for what you have to keep today and the classes you have to run.”

Residents from the East End to Western Suffolk are raising objections to multimillion-dollar plans for new firehouses that would increase their tax burden for decades. via Newsday.com

“The truck room is our biggest headache”

Residents in two communities -- the Village of Lindenhurst and the hamlet of Cutchogue -- are being asked to approve plans to borrow millions of dollars in order to build two new firehouses. via Newsday.com

“I like seeing all the rows of vines covered with black compost”

For more than two years, the massive piles of dried grape skins have been mixed with landscapers' leaves and grass clippings and waste fish from the local fish distributor and left to cook like a giant organic ... via Newsday.com

“I don't think you can be that cautious, you have to err on the side of caution.”

School officials in a small district on far eastern Long Island instituted heightened security measures Friday after receiving 'a threat against the Mattituck Junior-Senior High School.'

Police said a 16-year-old student who had been suspended for truancy made unspecified threats to other students, teachers and staff.

Mattituck Cutchogue School District Superintendent Jim McKenna said there was increased security at the school, and that parents were notified about the situation via e-mail. Read more

Investigate Stabbing Southampton Village Police are investigating an attempted robbery and stabbing that took place at around 5 p.m. on the evening of January 29. via The Independent

“We want to bridge the distance between city and winery”

Bridge Vineyards Tasting Room 20 Broadway, at Kent Ave., Williamsburg; 718-384-2800 Partners Greg Sandor and Paul Wegimont named their seven-year-old Cutchogue winery Bridge Vineyards, and this week, that name ... via New York Magazine

“We have beautiful beaches, all with public access, open rural spaces, vineyards and no traffic problems.”

Record rental price on the North Fork More summer renters are setting their sights on the North Fork, says Patricia Gleason, senior vice president of The Corcoran Group's Cutchogue office. via Newsday.com

“Barbarcich then picked up a bat from between the seats in his vehicle and struck”

A two-lane road on the North Fork became a road- rage battlefield Thursday night as three men went ballistic, with one driver ramming his car into the other's, and all three spilling out of their vehicles and ... via Newsday.com

“Economies of scale produced by the combining of the two student bodies produce some impressive savings”

School consultants say local taxpayers could eventually save more than 25 percent on their tax bills through a merger of the Center Moriches and East Moriches school districts -- the latest battlegrounds in ... via Newsday.com

“You really have to pay attention to balance.”

In the sloping vineyards of Cutchogue, where snow last month blanketed the paths between rows of vines stretching to the horizon, three men worked into the blueing afternoon, cutting away a season's worth of ... via Newsday.com

“I never understood how he knew what was hot and what would work without being clued in to popular culture”

Bradford Kelleher traveled all over the world to find the right artisans to reproduce art and antiquities showcased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art so that they could be sold to average art lovers for their ... via Newsday.com

“I don't think you can take from your community without giving back”

WILLIAM P. RULAND REPUBLICAN BACKGROUND: Ruland, 58, of Mattituck, is also running on the Independence and Conservative lines. via Newsday.com

Bob Ghosio Jr. of Greenport James F. King of Mattituck Anne E. Trimble of Cutchogue Frank Wills of Mattituck About the job Southold trustee Term: 4 years Salary: $15,033, with an additional $200 for the ... via Newsday.com

“But to pledge allegiance to a flag, to me, that came from the medieval days.”

Frank Wills may be the only candidate for public office on Long Island who will not pledge allegiance to the flag. via Newsday.com

“The juice has been very clean, and it's been very great working with it”

Vineyard Manager Matt Gillis picks some fresh cabernet sauvignon grapes at Peconic Bay Winery. via New York Daily News

“It was a little scary, but nothing happened, thank God.”

A beer can filled with change and rags sent the Suffolk County Bomb Squad to a Cutchogue church yesterday morning, Southold police said, after a priest found the item wrapped in electrical tape in the church's ... via Newsday.com