About
The Town of Southold is located on the North Fork of Long Island New York and comprises Laurel, Mattituck, New Suffolk, Cutchogue, New Suffolk, Peconic, Southold, East Marion, Greenport, Orient and Orient Point. Waterfront areas include Arshamomoque Pond, Goose Creek, Maimoqua Creek, Schoolhouse Creek, Baldwin Creek, Gull Pond, Mattituck Inlet, Shelter Island Sound, Cedar Beach, Harbor Lights, Nassau Point, Spring Pond, Corey Creek, Horton Point, Orient by the Sea, Sterling Creek, Cutchogue Bay, James Creek, Orient Harbor, West Creek, Deep Hole Creek, Jockey Creek, Peconic Bay, West Lake, East Creek, Lake Marion, Pipes Cove, Wickham Creek, Fishermans Beach, Little Creek, Reynold Shores, Wunneweta Pond, Fleets Neck, Long Creek, Richmond Creek, Goldsmith Inlet, Long Island Sound and Sandpiper Basin.
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Southold Voice, Inc. is a New York 501 (c) 3 Not-for-Profit corporation, founded August 3rd 2007, Certificate number EX 249041
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Betsch
John Betsch, Chair: Summering many years in Southold, John and his wife, Dolores have been full time residents enjoying the spectacular sunsets from their home on the LI Sound since his retirement. Sailing the Sound thirty years on their sloop – Mystique and now kayaking the many creeks and estuaries of Southold Town, John understands and appreciates the need to get involved in issues that affect our extensive waterfront and specifically where the “blue meets the green.” John Betsch sits on the Town’s LWRP Coordinating Council and the Stormwater Committee.
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Dianne Castaldi
Dianne Castaldi, Vice Chair and Membership & Events Committee Chair: Dianne Castaldi has been a year round part time resident of the Town of Southold for the past 22 years. After 20 years of owning and managing a store front travel agency she returned to college and in 2003 received a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. She presently works in the accounting department of a large construction company in New York.
As to why she became involved in SoutholdVOICE she stated “I have watched the Town of Southold grow into an active prosperous waterfront community. I feel that an organization like SoutholdVOICE is long over due and offers the citizens of our town a united voice for their waterfront. She states, “I am proud to be on the Board of Directors of SoutholdVOICE and will be devoted to the development and application of our cause.”
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John Kramer
John Kramer, Past Chair, Interim Treasurer: Born and raised in Southold, John Kramer began rowing and sailing home built crafts in Town Creek at age 8. After the Army and college and a few years in the life insurance business, he started a general insurance agency in Southold with a partner, then sold his interest and retired in 2007. John Kramer’s idea of an organization to help involve those who live on the water in the discussions and regulations about the creeks and bays and beaches was born from his seeing so many second home owners come to Southold only to be entrapped in battles with agencies and departments of the local government for the lack of knowing the rules and procedures.
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Paul Birman
Paul Birman, Newsletter Editor: A graduate Electrical Engineer, Paul spent 45 years working in the power electronics field, first designing and then selling power converters around the world. He traveled extensively in Asia and Europe setting up a joint venture with the TDK company in Tokyo, and selling its products across the US and Europe. Army service was with the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, working with Dr. Wherner Von Braun at the dawn of the transistor age. A smallbore rifle shooter, Paul competed widely, winning a national title in 1959. A licensed amateur radio operator since 1954, he is active with several radio clubs and edits a monthly newsletter for the Peconic Amateur Radio Club (PARC). Boating since the mid 60s, Paul and his wife of 41 years, Rosemarie, operate a small trawler in south Florida and an outboard walk around in the waters of Peconic Bay.
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Patricia Moore Esq.
Patricia Moore Esq.: An East End Lawyer with her office at 51020 Main Road in Southold, Pat specializes in zoning & wetland development permits and real estate development . Pat has 25 years of experience with local Boards on the East End and former municipal attorney. Pat provides to Southold VOICE a current perspective of the application of regulations and prospective regulations to waterfront property owners. She lives in Southold with her husband Bill Moore, also an experienced attorney, and her two daughters.
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Guido Dossena: Mr. Guido Dossena is an independent consultant for the financial industry. He retired in the fall of 2005 after a 26-year career with Citigroup. He has BS and MS degrees from NYU and has taken numerous Business graduate courses at NYU. He also has a Professional Engineers license from New York State. His assignments with Citigroup included various business management, credit, marketing, compliance and operational responsibilities in the US, European and Latin American consumer businesses. He has served on numerous advisory boards including the Credit Research Center at Georgetown University, National Foundation for Consumer Credit Counseling, Fair Isaac Corporation and ExeCue. He has taught courses at Citi and at the College level.
Mr. Dossena lives in Laurel with his wife Margie. He enjoys traveling, skiing, gardening, kayaking, woodworking and walking the beaches and woodlands of the North Fork. He is committed to preserve the open lands and pristine waters of the North Fork for the enjoyment of future generations. He is fluent in Italian and his travels have taken him to all seven continents and to both North and South Poles.
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Fran Sladkus
Fran Sladkus, Company Secretary: Fran Sladkus, a retired arbitrageur and former Vice-President of an international commercial bank, has, with her husband, been a bayside resident of Laurel for eleven years. She was spurred to join Southold VOICE after witnessing the complete destruction of her neighbor’s bulkhead during a Nor’easter; the resulting erosion of the property seriously threatened the viability of the house. This hugely expensive calamity was a direct result of a permit process that, in this case, took two years. She believes in a calm, measured approach to the challenges that face waterfront homeowners, but feels strongly about finding avenues to increase cooperation between waterfront homeowners and the town, the trustees, the DEC and the Army Corps of Engineers by reaching out to fellow residents who share the common goals of SoutholdVOICE.
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Joanna Lane
Joanna Lane, Webmaster and Editor: Joanna is a Cutchogue resident and independent Real Estate Broker and REALTOR (R) with Property Angels, living and working full time on the East End with husband Dennis, who is also in real estate. In a former life, she was a graphic designer and film and television director in the United Kingdom, including 14 years at the BBC, during which time she won a British Academy Award for her work. Boating since before she could walk, Joanna enjoys being on the water at every opportunity and particularly enjoys sailing and kayaking.
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Our Legal Team
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Bud G. Holman, Esq.
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SoutholdVOICE Mailing Address:
Southold VOICE Inc.,
P.O. Box 996,
Southold, NY 11971
Phone: 631-655-7255
PRIVACY POLICY – Use of Member Information
Member privacy is something we take very seriously at SoutholdVOICE. We do not, and never will, sell or disseminate (except in cases where required to by law enforcement agencies) the personal information of our members to any third parties. We use member information for the purposes of creating and maintaining individual member accounts, contacting members in case of a problem with their account, sending personal information, for statistical purposes, to administer our systems, to conduct surveys, to distribute information in the form of newsletters and the like and to provide technical support.