Week in Review: Mattituck 7-Eleven Layoffs, Harbes' Parking, Heidi Klum Contest

As the race for seats in Election 2011 heats up during the home stretch before Super Tuesday, the Southold Town Planning Board made headway with a glitch in the opening of the Mattituck 7-Eleven and the congested parking situation at Harbes Farm on Sound Avenue; the winner of the Heidi Klum Halloween costume contest was announced.

1. This week, we finished up candidate profiles with unopposed assessor , Democratic candidate for Southold Town trustee and Democratic candidate for Southold Town council Nick Deegan. Be sure to check in to review all of our Election 2011 coverage and vote in our polls at this topic page: http://northfork.patch.com/topics/participate

in Mattituck pleaded with the Southold Town Planning Board to let him open before work on a telephone pole is done by the Department of Transportation. The work, he said, was unexpectedly delayed by the DOT and might force him to lay off nine trained employees.

won the Heidi Klum Halloween costume contest for kids — and the article and pictures got some spooky reactions on everything from opinions on the tastefulness of the costume to world hunger.

, instead of a was recommended by the Planning Board to help control traffic during heights of harvest season at Harbes Farm on Sound Avenue in Mattituck. The recommendation came in a final review session of a site plan for expanded winery operations at the farm.

that Village Board meetings would no longer be shown on Channel 22 as they have been for years. No worries — the meetings are still on the air and will continue to be.