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 July 2008 2008 Street Garden Recognition
Program A Casino Coming To Bellport?  Several
people have emailed us regarding an article just published that
discusses the possibility of a Casino being built in Bellport near
Sunrise Highway. We know nothing more than what is in the
article, but we will be sure to keep you informed should we hear of any
updates. Click here to read the article.
Live Music At The Sugar Loaf @ Night
Ritter Imagery Gallery's First Show The Ritter Imagery Gallery is a new local gallery on Main Street in Bellport Village. Their goal is to showcase contemporary artists, supporting mostly emerging talent and pairing them up with seasoned professionals such as Christian Ritter, for whom the gallery is named. The reception, "Don't Tread On Me," was executed by Tyler Healy who brought with his idea of an emerging talent exhibit, the spectacular works from Lauren Grucci, Quinn Sherman, Charlie Stravinsky and Dan Derby, an amazing group representing the youth of Bellport. The exhibit reception was held on July 18, 2008 and will run for 7 days The Ritter Imagery Gallery donated their gallery space for the event. Many other local businesses, such as Porters On The Lane, Pamela Lerner Antiques, and Carla Marla's Ice Cream Parlor also helped make the show a reality. Ritter Imagery Gallery, 151 Main St., Bellport, NY 11713, 631.803.6139 Click any of the photos below to enlarge the images.
Artists On The Lane Was A Huge Success!
In addition, The Garden Club's annual
4th of July Food Sale at Artists On The Lane was a resounding success
and a great deal of money was raised for the beautification of the
Village! Click here to see
more photos of the Food Sale provided by the Garden Club.
You may not know it, but our community’s good friend, “Fletch” Bedell, was recently diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and myelofibrosis, overlapping blood-related cancers. We’re sure you’ve seen Fletch driving his tractors in one of Bellport’s parades over the years. Fletch loves his tractors! Fletch’s family has been an important part of Bellport since his Dad was Mayor. Now there’s a way for you to help out a little. Fletch’s daughter, Amy, will be participating in The Nation’s Triathlon to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and she would love for you to participate in the event by helping to support her efforts. We’ll let Amy tell you all about it by Clicking On This Link. If you would like to help out, please mail your donation to Amy Bedell at 18 N. Howells Pt. Rd., Bellport, NY 11713. Please make the check payable to “The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society”. You may also make a donation through her special website, which is available at http://pages.teamintraining.org/li/nattri08/abedell. All donations are 100% tax deductible and corporate sponsorship is available.
We all
appreciate your help.
It’s A Bird, It’s A
Plane, IT’S THE GOODYEAR BLIMP!
Sailing, Sailing Over The Deep
Blue Sea....
May 2008
Bellport Garden Club's
Annual Memorial Day Plant Sale 51st Annual SBAA Member's Exhibit
Character Counts For Students At Brookhaven Elementary School  CHARACTER COUNTS! At Brookhaven Elementary School as the students learn a
big lesson in caring and citizenship this month.
Brookhaven Elementary is one of three elementary schools in South Country School District, where over the last few weeks, the students from pre-kindergarten through third grade held a change drive to show the character traits of caring and citizenship for the district wide character education initiative. The school had set a goal to collectively raise $500, to donate to the Child Life Unit at Stony Brook Hospital. The money would provide children staying there with various entertainment and recreation activities to help their stay at the hospital be a little brighter. Students collected and donated spare change over the duration of a month to meet this goal. One student, Caitlynn Bogertmann, a third grader in Mrs. Blackford’s third grade class, raised over $100.00 for this worthy cause all on her own. Together the children exceeded everyone’s expectations when the collection surpassed their original goal and totaled at $845.88! It was exciting and inspiring to all of the children when hearing the news of the total amount collected!
On Thursday, May 1st, Paulette Walker, a representative from Stony Brook
Hospital, came to the school to accept the check from students who
represented from each classroom. She thanked the children of Brookhaven
for their generosity. Everyone involved in this effort has proven the
effect of caring and citizenship put into action can really make a
difference. Great job everyone! Click on the photo above to enlarge. April 2008
Are you ready to eat your way through the Summer of '08? Porter's On The Lane will soon join The Bellport and Meritage as one of the premier restaurants in Bellport Village. Located on the site of the former Chowder House, Porter's On The Lane is being totally renovated and brought up to date. John and Jen, the owners of Carla Marla's, just across the street, have invested $500,000 in the renovations alone to make Porter's a very special place. As John put it, "Not even a light switch has been reused!" Porter's On The Lane will feature steaks and seafood
and will be open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. There will also be
a Sunday Brunch and well known Sean Blakeslee has signed on to be the
Chef. The atmosphere will be decidedly nautical in flavor and the front
porch, always a special place to dine, has also been completely redone.
We'll be sure to let you know when Porter's On The Lane is ready to
open. For a "sneak peak," click on the photo above for a look at the
renovations that are well underway! This Is Getting Silly!
Come on guys, this is Bellport! You're supposed to come here to slow down and lighten up! After last month's crash at the four corners (see below), we had hoped that things would be quiet for a while, WRONG! We're told that the Jeep, heading east on South Country Road, tried to make the left to go up Station Road and lost control. The Ford seems to have gotten the worst of it. Thank goodness no one was hurt, but the Donna Waters dress shop has got to be getting tired of this. Thanks to Rich Rieb for the photos. Click to enlarge.
March 2008 Bellport Village Easter Egg Hunt
Fun was had by everyone who attended this year's annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Village Marina! The Easter Bunny was even on hand for photos! Bellport.com took video of this festive event. Click the image to the left to see the video.
Bellport Village's 100th Anniversary Committee's First Meeting
Oh My... And You Thought You Were Having A Bad Day!!!
On Tuesday, March 12th, a car went out of control at the four corners in the Village and tried to take out the Donna Waters clothing shop. Luckily, no one was hurt on the street, the sidewalk, in the car, or in the Donna Waters shop. We have to thank our Mayor, Frank Trotta, for the photograph he took on the scene. If you'd like to see a larger version of the photo, just click on the image to the left.
Bellport High School's Dennis
Scruggs Becomes NY State Champion Despite the fact that he has run the second fastest time in the US in this winter's indoor track season, Scruggs was seeded in the second heat because his fastest time was posted in December and NYS Championship rules required the use of a time after January 1, 2008 for seeding purposes. Nevertheless, Scruggs' finishing time of 1:21.83 on Saturday was better than any of the times run by athletes assigned to the first heat. Dennis Scruggs is the first Bellport runner to win a NYS title in Indoor Track. After his successful win in the 600m and his attendant rise to the top podium for the award ceremony, he joined teammates for the 4 x 400m relay, a hotly contested event featuring the state's top teams with Bellport seeded 4th in that event. Bellport placed 3rd in that event, successfully earning another medal for Section XI.
The relay
team will next appear at the National Scholastic Indoor Track Meet at
the Armory on Friday, March 14, 2008. This meet attracts top qualifying
high school athletes from across the country. Bellport is now one of
those teams.
The
Bellport High School 4 x 400m relay team took the bronze medal in that
event in the Suburban boys division in the February 1, 2008 Millrose
Games. Competing against standout relay teams from Nassau, Rockland,
and Westchester counties in New York and two teams from counties in New
Jersey, Bellport finished in 3rd place, beating rival team from
Hempstead which is ranked 6th in the U.S.
Scruggs
also set two new Suffolk County records this season in both the 400m and
600m sprint events. The Bellport 4 x 400m relay team set the new
Suffolk County record in that event, as well.
The
Millrose Games is regarded as the most historic and prestigious indoor
invitational track meet in the world. It provides a highly visible
venue for Olympic hopefuls and high school and college athletes. The
crowd at Madison Square Garden was thrilled by the success of Suffolk
County athletes, including the Bellport and Hempstead relay teams and
the winner of the Millrose Mile, Kyle Merber, of Half Hollow Hills
West. Fans also experienced seeing US medal winner, Bernard Lagat, win
the famed Wannamaker Mile for the 6th time, and 2 time U.S. Olympic
silver medalist, Adam Nelson, win the shot put event with a throw of 72
feet, 5 inches, the longest throw in the world this season.
After
their outstanding performance at the Millrose Games on Friday night, the
Bellport relay team must return to competition the next night at the
Small Schools Championship for the Suffolk County title.
More Wins and Record Breaking... BHS
Winter Track Team Continues To Set New Records On
Saturday, January 4, 2008, Dennis Scruggs won the second heat of the
400m event at the Hispanic Games held at the Armory in New York City,
posting a time of 48.56 seconds. The time was the best in the event,
beating all runners in the first heat which was the seeded section. In
the process, Scruggs set a new Suffolk County record in the 400m dash.
Only three weeks before, Scruggs came from the second heat to win the
600m event at the Bishop Loughlin Games held at the Armory. His time of
1:20.23 posted on
http://users.eniinternet.com/coachzar/, set a new Suffolk County
record and is currently the fastest time for the 600m in the United
States this season.
Dennis Scruggs also anchors the school's 4 x 400m relay team which
includes Jonathan Rosero, Jaquan Holland and Matt Smith. Holland,
a Sophomore, has the fastest time in Suffolk County this season in the
55m dash, having run the event in 6.65 seconds. He also has the fastest
time in the 300m dash, followed by Rosero with the 4th fastest time in
that event this season.
At the Brown
Invitational held at Brown University on December 29, 2007, the team set
a new Bellport High School record which they broke, again, on January 4,
2008 at the Armory. The most recent record time of 3:26.19 was only
12/100s of a second from a new Suffolk County record in that event.
The
Bellport High School Boys Cross Country Team finished its season at the
Division Championship race on October 23, 2007 with a 4th place finish
in the unseeded division, earning the team a 6th place finish overall in
the County A Division. Led by Senior co-captains, Matt Smith and Andrew
Seidman, the team showed improvement throughout the season. Other
seniors competing this year included Zachary O'Brien, Doug Kramer, Ryan
Johnston, John Martinez, Matt McCann and John Morgan.
On
November 2, 2007, the team competed in the County Championship, NYS
Qualifier, for a chance to send team members to the New York State
Championship to be held in Norwood, New York on November 10, 2007. Matt
Smith, running the 3.1 course at Sunken Meadow State Park in a time of
17:28, qualified to represent Suffolk County in the A Division at the
New York State Cross Country Championship Smith was one of 660 runners
from New York State to compete in the State Championship. Smith was also
named All County, Second Team, and honored as a member of the All County
Academic Team. To qualify for the latter honor, a runner must be in the
top 10% of his class and in the top 50 runners in Suffolk County.
At
its Awards Evening on December 19, 2007, Coach Les Williams announced
that the team earned recognition as a NYS Scholar Athlete Team. This
recognition is bestowed upon teams whose members achieve an average of
90 or better. He and assistant coach, Dan Jennings, expressed
enthusiasm about the quality of the distance running program at Bellport
High School and reported that they look forward to working with
returning team members next fall. Jose Malave, currently a Junior, shows
promise as a leader of the team, and Derek Palafox, an 8th grader, is
expected to return as one of the top 5 runners on the team. Other
returning members will include Kyle Gubbins, Bobby Kraker, Ben Kurrass,
Chris Lisinski, Khristian Palafox, Jack Ramirez, Daniel Sears, Roark
Xanthos, and Dalton Zeh. January 2008 Bellport High School Students To Compete In Long
Island Challenge
You can watch Bellport
High School compete against West Islip on February 9th at 6:30pm and
9:30pm on Channel 12. Representing Bellport are: Matthew Askaripour,
Katherine O’Connor, Matthew Smith, Julie Harrow and alternate, TJ Veitch.
Richard Boes and Paul Feltman are the advisors for the Bellport team.
Bellport High School To Compete
At The
Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Bowl 2008
Numerous South Country Students Selected For
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2008 marked the 25th annual "Clipper
Classic" 5K Run and 1500 Fun Walk through the Village of Bellport. The
race started at the Gateway Theatre, looped through the Village, and finished at the Marina.
With over 400 runners and dozens of walkers, this race was a huge event
that was not to be missed! The race was held by the South Country Education
Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports local
education through scholarships and grants. Proceeds from
the Clipper Classic race went to the Bellport Clipper Classic Scholarship
Fund. 
Once
again, live music at the Sugar Loaf @ Night was a show stopper.
Bellport's own Tim Linden and Bob Wallen were the featured artists for
the night.
The
annual Bellport Village Memorial Day Parade was held on Monday, May
26th. The weather could not have been nicer and everyone had a great
time at the parade!
