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Hidden gem: Greenport's Historic Films Archive keeps the past present

2 days ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Surrounded by a white picket fence, an unassuming two-story house on Third Street in the heart of Greenport holds a surprising secret: the premier archive of historic film footage in the United States. “We’re a source for historic and musical footage that people use when they’re making documentary films, and we produce our own films using the material we have,” said Joe Lauro, founder of the Historic Films Stock Footage Archive. “We keep the archive here, and our clients are all around the world.
Brush fire fighting equipment, tactics evolve with LI

2 days ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the recognition of how both tactics and equipment have evolved in recent decades to meet the demands of a changing environment and a booming population. Perhaps the most significant recent change has been the arrival of the southern pine beetle.
Southold Sunshine Society shines on post centennial

3 days ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

For the last century, the Southold Sunshine Society has been meeting needs for their neighbors from Laurel to Orient. Comprised entirely of volunteers, the group’s primary mission is lending gently used medical equipment to area residents. Last year, they moved their cache to Stonewall Storage in Cutchogue, allowing them to help even more people.
Two Southold creeks close shellfish harvesting due to biotoxin

6 days ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Shellfish harvesting is temporarily closed in Town and Jockey Creeks in the town of Southold effective April 16. This is due to the detection of saxitoxin, a marine biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), in mussels from the creeks. While uncommon, these closures are not unusual for this time of year. “When water temperatures warm, marine biotoxin-producing plankton may accumulate in such numbers so as to cause a harmful algae bloom (HAB).
Damon Rallis sentenced to 7 years for possession of child sex abuse materials

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

Damon Rallis, a longtime Southold Town building department employee and one-time candidate for Town Supervisor, was sentenced to seven years in prison for possession of child sex abuse materials in federal district court in Islip Wednesday morning. Mr. Rallis pleaded guilty to the federal charges in April 2023 and was initially scheduled to be sentenced in October 2023, but his sentencing date had been delayed multiple times within the past two years.
Zeldin lays out Long Island's role in EPA's new priorities

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Lee Zeldin, former U.S Congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at a Long Island Association special event at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on April 11 about how the EPA’s shifting priorities affect Long Island. Mr. Zeldin touched on the five pillars he and the EPA announced in February as part of the Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative.
Greenport Village officials prep 2026 budget

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Greenport Village officials hosted a public meeting to discuss its fiscal year 2026 budget last Thursday. The proposed budget calls for a tax rate increase of 8.93%. According to Greenport Village treasurer Adam Brautigam, if officials were to keep the same tax rate from fiscal year 2025, the village would collect roughly $75,000 less in fiscal year 2026. “So out of this 8.93% increase, approximately 6% of it is just to get us back to where we were for this current fiscal year,” he said.
Crescent Duck Farm working to rebuild flock

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Crescent Duck Farm continues its slow but steady march toward recovery after HPAI, or bird flu, was detected there in January. The 3,700 ducklings hatched six weeks ago have gained their white feathers and are growing steadily. “I’ve said all along it’s a very long road back. I’ve got two flocks of ducks that are 5 1/2, 6 weeks old; they’ve done fine,” said Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck.
New partner stokes hope at Greenport Skate Park

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

The Greenport Skate Park recently received a huge shot in the arm in the form of a new partnership with Dominick Marcoccia of Marco Masonry Corp. Mr. Marcoccia brings his experience designing and building skate parks throughout the northeast and his 20 years of skateboarding to the project. “I’m passionate about skateboarding, and more passionate about skate parks and skate park construction, building ramps. It’s a really fulfilling thing to make something and watch it come to fruition.
Spring Sky Watch: Newly discovered comet on the horizon

1 week ago | suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

A new interstellar visitor was discovered in late March; a previously unknown comet designated C/2025 F2 (SWAN). An amateur astronomer in Australia, Michael Mattiazzo, discovered the comet by studying images taken from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory 9, a joint venture from NASA and the European Space Agency that launched in 1995. The comet is currently visible with binoculars on the east-northeast horizon at dawn. As it approaches and — hopefully — passes the sun, it should grow brighter.