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🐝 Southold PD Goes Undercover

🐝 Southold PD Goes Undercover

NFAC’s Summer Workshops. Southold PD Undercover, 2025 Princeton Prize

Thomas Loncar
July 18, 2025

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Good Morning, North Fork! You opened this, so your weekend is already off to a good start.

In today’s North Fork Buzz:

NFAC’s Summer Workshops
Southold PD Undercover
2025 Princeton Prize

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The Lowdown

Art, Theater, Film - Oh My! 🎭

Got a kid who’s always putting on a show in the living room? Drawing comics at the kitchen table? Directing their friends in homemade movies?

The North Fork Arts Center in Greenport has the summer lineup for them.

NFAC’s stacked summer workshop schedule includes writing, improv, puppet camp, acting auditions, musical theater, filmmaking, and comic book illustration. Sessions run through July and August, with age groups from 7 to 16+. Oh, and scholarships are available for local students.

This isn’t your average finger-paint-and-go-home kind of camp. These are creative bootcamps taught by professionals.

Get the full story 👉 Northforker

Art Meets Ales 🎨

Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. is hosting a brand-new art exhibition called "Postcards from the Rock" and it opens Today, from 7–9 PM at their Carpenter Street tasting room in Greenport.

The show features Gavin Zeigler, a Shelter Island artist known for turning forgotten objects, like old stock certificates, keys, and pennies, into abstract mixed media masterpieces. His layered collages blend history, texture, and paint, inviting you to look closer and uncover what’s hidden beneath the surface.

Get the full story 👉 James Lane Post

Southold PD Goes Undercover 🚨

Last week, Southold Police ran a covert operation targeting 13 local spots that sell alcohol. The mission? Catch businesses selling booze to minors.

Here’s how it went down:
An underage civilian employee (think: summer job with a badge) was sent into stores to try and buy alcohol. Officers watched closely to see if clerks would card them or not.

Results:

11 stores passed the test, refusing to sell without ID.
2 stores failed: 7-Eleven locations in Greenport and Mattituck, where clerks sold alcohol without checking ID.

Studies show that frequent, publicized compliance checks can significantly reduce alcohol sales to minors, by as much as 42% according to a 2023 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration review.

Get the full story 👉 North Fork Sun

Local Teen Wins Big 🏆

Greenport’s own Faith Welch just snagged one of the nation’s most prestigious youth honors, the 2025 Princeton Prize in Race Relations. That’s right. Out of the entire NYC metro region, she was chosen. Only 25 students in the whole country get it.

Why? Because Faith doesn’t just talk the talk. She’s been unearthing North Fork’s hidden history of slavery, advocating for the Black community, and creating space where there wasn’t any.

She founded the African American studies club at her high school (because no one else had), leads the local Juneteenth celebration, and serves as a youth ambassador for Coming to the Table, a racial healing organization. Oh, and she’s also a junior scholar at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. ($)

Get the full story 👉 Suffolk Times

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Foodie Friday 🍽

The other weekend, we set out on a casual dinner adventure, and ended up discovering a food truck experience that was anything but ordinary. Perfect for anyone who loves great food without the fuss, this spot combines laid-back vibes with standout flavors. Here’s the lowdown on our visit and why you might want to put it on your radar.

Maizeat

We finally made it to Maizeat at The Shoals, and honestly, it felt like stumbling into a hidden summer gem.

The setup is perfect: picnic tables tucked beside the dock, bay breeze in the air. We snagged a picnic table by the dock just as the sky started doing that watercolor magic.

First up: yuca fries with mojo sauce and cotija cheese. Golden, crispy, and basically gone in 60 seconds. Followed that with sweet plantains drizzled in crema, salsa verde, and (you guessed it) more cotija. 10/10 recommend both.

The real MVPs: The short rib arepa and the pork belly arepa. Juicy, messy, flavor-packed goodness. We considered going back for round two but decided to maintain a little dignity.

It’s the kind of place that makes you feel like you’re on vacation even if you’re five minutes from home. No reservations, no stress, just genuinely good food, dockside breezes, and the kind of evening that makes you think, we should do this more often.

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