🌱 North Fork Daily: Man Dies After Crash + School Bus Rear-Ended

Good morning, neighbors and friends. The Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival kicked off last night with a Hulling Night that brought together generations of local families in a time-honored tradition. Hullers shared stories, laughed and helped prepare berries for all the upcoming festivities this weekend. Patch has a huge gallery of photos to be posted this morning. Check back to see your photo, if we met you at the festival! And if you have photos you'd like to add to the gallery, email them to Lisa. Finn@patch.com.

Tonight, the first-ever talent competition takes place at the Strawberry Festival and Patch will be there with live video to capture the fun.

Until tomorrow . . .

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First, today's weather:

Breezy this afternoon. High: 70 Low: 66.

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Here are the top stories on the North Fork today:

1. Borghese sells portion of vineyard, retains winery, land: "The owner of Borghese Vineyard & Winery last week closed on the sale of a 66-acre portion of his family's Cutchogue vineyard, barns and home in a transaction that allows him to use the property while continuing to own and operate the winery, tasting room and an 18-acre tract of Long Island's oldest vineyard," Newsday reports. (Newsday)
2. School Bus Rear-Ended In Cutchogue; No Students Aboard: Police: One driver was taken to the hospital for evaluation, police said. (North Fork Patch)
3. Riverhead Man Dies In Single-Car Crash In Laurel: Witnesses described seeing the vehicle veer off the road in the tragic crash. (North Fork Patch)
4. North Fork Civics introduce new survey to learn community concerns: What are the top issues you'd like to see addressed on the North Fork? (Suffolk Times)

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Today in North Fork:

• Alpha-gal Meat Allergy – Caused by a Tick! Via Zoom (12:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The North Fork Animal Welfare League: "Available for adoption: Meet Sherbert! Sherbert was found abandoned outside of our old Riverhead shelter. She was locked inside a of broken cage with no food or water. It was heartbreaking seeing her terrified and hungry ." (The North Fork Animal Welfare League via Facebook)
• New Suffolk Common School District: "Thank you to the Wolfe family for the delicious pizza and cannoli. Thank you to Libby Fannon for some delicious cheesecake cupcakes. We all enjoyed the treats!" (New Suffolk Common School District via Facebook)
• Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library: "Father's Day S'more Fudge. Fun to make and delicious to eat. Great job teens!" (Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library via Facebook)
• New Suffolk Common School District: "Spring beach cleanup with a special lesson on kelp from Peg Dickerson." (New Suffolk Common School District via Facebook)
• New Suffolk Common School District: "We saw these Sea Robins feeding near the shore today while we were picking up trash from the beach. It was pretty clean to start with." (New Suffolk Common School District via Facebook)
• Shelter Island Historical Society: "New books by local author! Mark your calendar: Rosemary McKinley will be signing her books during Havens Farmers' Market on July 23! Rosemary McKinley has been interested in history all of her life. " (Shelter Island Historical Society via Facebook)

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