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April Pokorny

April Pokorny
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April is a writer, reporter and copy editor for the LOCAL news websites. She is a retired educator and proud grandma. April lives in Calverton. Email April

Second Annual North Fork Crush and Artisanal Food Festival, June 25

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New York Wine Events will host its 2nd Annual North Fork Crush Wine and Artisanal Food Festival at Jamesport Vineyards in Jamesport, New York...

Free six-week ‘Learn to Be…Tobacco Free’ class at ELIH starts next month

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Suffolk County Department of Health is offering a free 6-week quit smoking class.

Test refusal rates climb by double digits in nearly all local schools across North Fork

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Refusal rates rose in all but one school district on the North Fork this week, as state English Language Arts tests were administered to students in grades 3-8.

Greenport seeks votes in grant contest to help grow a garden — and green thumbs

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Greenport school, hoping to secure a $20,000 grant from the Seeds of Change Grant Program to help expand its vegetable garden, is asking the community to help by voting in an online contest.

Mattituck High School drama club to stage ‘The Election,’ April 14, 15, 16

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Mattituck students will take the stage this month to perform Don Zolidis' 2012 play The Election, a comedy about a high school student council election that...

Southold Rotary Club to host fundraising dinner April 26

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The Southold Rotary Club will hold its annual chicken and ribs or salmon fundraiser dinner on April 26 from noon until 8 p.m. at the...

In the Kitchen Not your grandma’s casserole: a one-dish Tex-Mex treat that’s sure to please

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Casserole: a dish that usually consists of meat, chopped vegetables, a starchy binder such as flour, rice, potato, or pasta and a crunchy or...

Local services for Holy Week and Easter

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Holy Week and Easter Sunday services scheduled at local houses of worship.

Tennis anyone? Age is no barrier for this group of senior players looking to expand ranks

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The core members of the Sandy Pond Senior Tennis Associates have been playing together 50 years – but now its declining membership is down to only a few players, and they're looking for new members.

Free glaucoma eye screening, December 17

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Lawrence M. Buono, MD of North Shore Eye Care in Southold will hold a glaucoma screening on December 17 from 10 a.m. to 12...