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Strong's Yacht Center, on Mattituck Inlet. The proposed yacht storage buildings would be on the wooded hill to the right of this photograph.
Letters Mattituck

Letter: Strong’s Yacht Storage Project Returns

East End Beacon
To The Editor: At a working session this week the Southold Town Planning Board reviewed a report from an independent consultant on the amended application for the Strong’s Yacht Center project on Mattituck Inlet. The application reduces the project from two buildings to one big box, which would cover 62,310 feet. The project would still require a massive excavation, mining 83,650 cubic yards of sand destroying the natural bluff overlooking
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Photos: Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day

Beth Young
We got a chance to be with what seemed like the entire community of Southold in the pouring rain Monday morning to pay homage to those who lost their lives in service to our country. We're honored to be able to cover such a dedicated and heartfelt community. View this post on Instagram A post shared by East End Beacon (@eastendbeacon_li) Keep Independent News on the East End The Beacon is
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Finding Love On The High Seas: NFCT’s Heartfelt Take on “Anything Goes”

Beth Young
by Beth Young The North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck sets sail this evening on a three-week voyage to the heart of love, loss, dance and nostalgia conjured in an immersive new production of Cole Porter's classic musical "Anything Goes." This smart madcap musical comedy aboard a cruise ship in the 1930s is a perfect opportunity to create an immersive experience, says director Dina Mondello, whose own production company, The
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Emma Morais, Rafael Morais and former Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Superintendent Anne Smith at the Oct. 9 awards ceremony.
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Honoring An Advocate for the Dignity of Mattituck Students

Beth Young
Students who are having a tough time of it at Mattituck High School know that when they need help, the school's Community Liaison and Bilingual Educator Rafael Morais will have their back. And this week, all of Southold knows it too, after Mr. Morais received the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force's Helen Wright Prince Award Oct. 9. Pictured Above: Emma Morais, Rafael Morais and former Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Superintendent Anne
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Photos: “A Few Good Men” Takes the Stage in Mattituck

Beth Young
Yes, the actors in the North Fork Community Theatre's new production of "A Few Good Men" can handle the truth. You can stop asking them. Aaron Sorkin's iconic courtroom drama about the moral conflicts inherent in military service comes to the Mattituck stage Oct. 10, and this production has drawn a cast of great actors out of the woodwork. "The acting is superb," says co-director Stephen Ness, who most recently
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A thin swath of beach grass to the east of the jetty at Bailie Beach is all that is preventing a breach from the inlet into the Long Island Sound.
Community Environment Mattituck Resiliency Southold

Pushing DEC to Study Expanded Mattituck Inlet Dredging

Beth Young
An effort is on to convince the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to fund a study needed for a major Army Corps of Engineers dredging project at Mattituck Inlet. The Mattituck Park District, which owns the beaches to the east and west of the Army Corps jetties at the mouth of the federal navigation channel, believes the jetties have prevented the flow of sand to the east side
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Environment Mattituck

In Fear of Breach, Mattituck Park District Seeks Community Support for Enhanced Inlet Dredging

Beth Young
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delayed navigational dredging of the Mattituck Inlet originally slated for this fall to the fall of 2026, but Mattituck Park District representatives, concerned about the dire state of the beach to the east of the inlet, are rallying the community behind a more expansive dredging project. Pictured Above: Maintenance dredging of the Mattituck Inlet completed last fall didn't do anything to address the
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Arts Community Featured Mattituck Performing Arts Southold

Photos: The Wizard of Oz Opens in Mattituck

Beth Young
Click your heels and follow the Yellow Brick Road to Oz with Dorothy, her little dog Toto, Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, opening tonight at the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck. Will they reach the Emerald and find the Wizard, or will the Wicked Witch of the West foil their plans? L. Frank Baum’s classic musical comes to life on the NFCT stage in this hotly
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Community Education Mattituck

Mattituck High School Launches Construction Industry Program

East End Beacon
In a new collaboration with Eastern Suffolk BOCES, the Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr.-Sr. High School recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the renewal of the Carpentry/Residential Construction and Home Improvement program, which is open to students from throughout the North Fork.  There has been increased interest in career and technical education courses among the district’s students over the past several years, according to Superintendent of Schools Shawn Petretti. The Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr.-Sr.
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