Friday, May 18, 2012
We asked for the best seafood restaurant in Port Jefferson.
Port Jefferson Patch readers have decided the winner of Port Jefferson's favorite seafood restaurant is Schafer's. Readers’ Choice is a weekly feature where we ask you – our readers – to tell us your top picks. Each Monday we’ll list our nominees – this week was favorite seafood restaurants – and ask for your recommendation. This week was the fiercest competition of all our Readers' Choice polls so far. Schafer's and Danford's were both ahead early on and they were close most of the week until Schafer's fans pulled off a win by the end of the week. Everyone had their reasons for voting. Some loved Schafer's food. "Schafer's food is absolutely amazing," commented lisa. "If you haven't been you're missing out!" Danford's fans were unanimous …
Volunteer work was part of an annual corporate day of giving back to the communities they serve.
The real estate agents from Keller Williams Realty Associates in Hauppauge traveled to Port Jefferson on Thursday, May 10 to help Hope House Ministries spruce up its yard and restore an old barn as part of a corporate day of giving. During their annual RED Day (Renew, Energize and Donate), thousands of the agency’s associates across the country and in Canada head into their local communities to take part in volunteer projects to renew and energize the neighborhoods they serve, according to their website. Twenty-two agents from the Hauppague office of Keller Williams Realty Associates spent the day with Hope House doing yard work and flower planting at two housing buildings and at the office on High Street. They also restored an old barn on…
Looser restrictions mean more and bigger fish for anglers.
Ask the average fisherman and he’ll tell you that the less restriction on fishing the better. More fish, bigger fish and a longer season means more fun out on the water. Just this month, the New York State Department of Conservation loosened restrictions on fluke, porgy and black sea bass, meaning that the agency thinks the populations of those species are healthy and plentiful. “These regulation changes reflect improvements to populations of scup [porgy], black sea bass and summer flounder [fluke],” said Kathy Moser, DEC Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resources, in a statement announcing the expansion. Moser pointed to porgy – a popular game fish among kids and adults – as being particularly robust. Fishermen and bait and tackle shop …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
According to CTPost.com story, $30 million plan to move Bridgeport dock to East End of city is growing on city leaders.
Connecticut officials are warming up to the idea of a $30 million relocation of the Bridgeport ferry dock to the East End of the city, according to an article on CTPost.com. The article states that the new proposal is growing on leaders largely because of its economic revitalization impact, to an area the publication called "one of the city's most distressed" neighborhoods. An official from the mayor's office said that the proposal would bring jobs from Long Island to Connecticut, though Fred Hall, general manager of Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry Company, said details have yet to be figured out. "Our plans are still evolving," Hall told Port Jefferson Patch. "We have numerous scenarios to consider so speculation as to what positions or …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Organizers say it will return next year.
Village officials estimated that around 4,000 people came to Port Jefferson each day over the weekend for the Maritime Boater’s Festival to shuck clams, look at speedboats and dodge pirate canon fire. Although village spokesperson Jill Russell said that she thinks a few thousand people came to the village each day it was hard to judge. “It’s tough to guess with activity spread over the village and end to end,” she said in a phone interview. The beautiful weather didn’t hurt attendence. The temperature in the area reached the upper 70s over the weekend. Red Dog, the East Coast distributor of Focus Stand Up Paddle boards was giving out free demonstrations in the Harbor. Holly Maggio, 18, and her mother Sarah came down from Bohemia to get a …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Living on an Island, it’s hard not to find fresh seafood. But what local spot has you hooked?
It’s one of the joys of living on Long Island, the abundance of fresh seafood and the sheer number of places where the local oysters are shucked and slurped by the dozen, where bright red lobsters drip with drawn butter and fillets of fish from fluke to tuna come baked, broiled or fried. So this week let’s find out what local seafood restaurant has you hook, line and sinker. Readers’ Choice is a new weekly feature where we ask you – our readers – to tell us your top picks on the businesses and local attractions that get your loyalty. Each Monday we’ll list our nominees recommendations. Did we leave your go-to spot off the list? Go ahead and add it in comments. On Friday we’ll tabulate all of the poll votes, comments, recent directory …
Friday, May 11, 2012
A schedule of events for this weekend's Port Jefferson Boater's Maritime Festival.
Whether you're coming in by ferry, by car, your own boat or walking into the village to get to the Boater's Maritime Festival in Port Jefferson this weekend you're going to need to know what's going on. To help you navigate through the two-day festival we've posted the official schedule of events below. You can also print out the attached PDF to take with you. Saturday, May 12 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sail Championship Port Jefferson Harbor Stony Brook School hosts first New York State Interscholastic Sail Championship. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Beach Cleanup Centennial Park Coastal Steward. Noon Coast Guard Auxillary Band Flotilla 22-07 from Fort Salonga Harborfront Park Noon – 2:30 p.m. Stony Brook University Sailing Team In front of the Village Center …
Third year for successful market welcomes back some vendors and brings on new ones.
Donna McKeown is an eight-year resident of Port Jefferson and a cookie maker. In the first year of the Port Jefferson Farmers Market, McKeown was there selling her cookie called "The Junkie," filled with pretzels, potato chips, bittersweet chocolate, coffee and marshmallows. She made this decadent delight from her home-based business, D.K. Cookie Company. This year, she has moved from vendor to manager of this year’s Farmers Market and predicts that it will be bigger and better than ever. McKeown has two young children, Seamus, 5, who is in Kindergarten at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School and Annie Grace, 3, is in preschool. She worked as a buyer in New York City for many years but says she is now in sales and marketing at a company in …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
After more than a year of prep, Turkish cafe opens for business.
The Chit Chat Cafe is now open for business serving all types of Turkish food for breakfast, lunch and dinner at 1597 Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station. The cafe also doubles as a Turkish food market. Back in February, owner Semiral “Sam” Catalbas, told Patch that she had been rennovating the restaurant space for a year and was looking forward to opening soon. The Grand Opening didn't happen until Spring, but she and her partners are looking forward to serving the food of their homeland - Catalbas is originally from Istanbul - and are putting their trust into chef, Bora Pala, who was previously at Angora Turkish Grill in Medford. Turkish style food isn’t as popular as other types of ethnic food on Long Island, like Chinese, Greek or …
Take a look at who's hiring in the Port Jefferson area.
For those seeking work in the area - or those who are looking for a new job, or even a second job - check out the list of local job openings below. Also, the New York Department of Labor offers tips and links on its website. Government Services Administrators St. Charles Hospital Stony Brook University Whole Foods Maryhaven Center of Hope BASF Lowe's Economic Policy Institute Valley National Bank Have a local job you want in our Help Wanted roundup? Email editor Lon Cohen at: Lon.Cohen@patch.com.
Americanivory
8:55 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
why don't the "residents" of hope house clean their own place? Father Frank should teach them to give back and stop always taking! A little repsonsibilty for themselves would go a long way! more ›