🌱 Drunk Driver Hits Parked Greenport Cars + Cocaine, DWI Crash

Happy Tuesday, North Fork! Let's get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

The empty Walmart in Riverhead finally has a new tenant. A New Jersey man was arrested for DWI and driving with cocaine after he crashed. And another man also drove drunk and crashed into parked cars in Greenport.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 60 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in North Fork today:

1. Lisa Finn writes that a Greenport man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed into multiple parked vehicles Saturday night at the intersection of Main and Center streets in Greenport. Tito Zet Zet, 29, was driving a white Toyota Tacoma. (Patch)
2. Patch tells us that after years of vacancy, the former Walmart space on Old Country Road in Riverhead will soon house a Restaurant Depot store. The space is at 765 Old Country Road. (Patch)
3. Patch has details on a Southold crash. A Lawrenceville, New Jersey man was arrested after he crashed into a parked car on Route 25 in Southold and was found to be driving while intoxicated while in possession of cocaine. Tony Issa, 32, was arrested and charged with DWI and criminal possession. (Patch)
4. The Northforker shares that small Cutchogue Coffee Pot Cellars winery won prestigious awards for its 2014 merlot. Wine Enthusiast gave it 92 points and an Editor’s Choice honor, and a spot in the prominent wine publication’s annual Top 100 Wine List. (Northforker)

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Today in North Fork:

• Charlas de Nutrición, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, 6 a.m.
• Tai Chi / Qigong Zoom Classes, live stream, 1o a.m.
• Caring for Yourself in Stressful Times, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, 11:30 a.m.
• Backyard Berries, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, 2 p.m.
• Leaf art grades K-1, Mattituck - Laurel Library, 4 p.m.
• Second Punic War J. Ribeiro, Mattituck - Laurel Library, 6:30 p.m.

North Fork Patch Notebook

• The North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc. found three dogs running loose in Wading River near South Road. If anyone recognizes them please contact the shelter at (631) 765-1811 ext. 1. (Facebook)
• Shelter Island Historical Society is celebrating National Native American Heritage Month, with a "Witness the Manhansett" Exhibit. Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Facebook)

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