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ZBA: Both yes and no on controversial house
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Sports

Elite athletes need hosts for the Shelter Island 10K weekend

May 25, 2013

Eye on the Ball: Writer Vecsey takes sports seriously

May 23, 2013

Goody was too good: Softball ace part of a winning team

May 23, 2013

Education

School car wash canceled

May 24, 2013

Budget passes: Kanarvogel and Graffagnino continue on board

May 21, 2013

Don’t forget to vote: Polls open until 9 p.m.

May 20, 2013

Business

Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com

May 23, 2013

North Fork farmers say they're not the one with issues

May 19, 2013

Chamber gives Town Board date for holiday fireworks

May 16, 2013

Community

Elite athletes need hosts for the Shelter Island 10K weekend

May 25, 2013

Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com

May 23, 2013

Bucks seek housing: looking at alternatives and volunteers

May 16, 2013

Obituaries

Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper

May 20, 2013

Obituaries: Elmer August Kestler Jr., Lawrence William Sliker

May 9, 2013

Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers

March 7, 2013

Real Estate

ZBA: Both yes and no on controversial house

May 23, 2013

Good grief: ‘Grievance Day’ looms at Assessor’s office

May 14, 2013

High end real estate deals escalate

May 1, 2013

Opinion

Gimme Shelter: The baby of the family

May 24, 2013

This week's letters to the editor

May 24, 2013

Gardening with Galligan: Tulips, the lipstick of the garden

May 24, 2013

New film chronicles Greenport’s ‘Harry Hellfire’

GIANNA VOLPE PHOTO | Greenport native Harry Biechele, the subject of the “Harry Hellfire” documentary film premiering in Sag Harbor Sunday afternoon.

After six years of documenting Harry Biechele’s life through a series of complicated living situations, director Jim Morrison paints a portrait of his childhood friend, their continuing relationship and their shared passion for heavy metal music in a documentary film premiering this weekend.

“I changed the face of music in Greenport as we know it,” Mr. Biechele said of his influence on the growth of heavy metal music in Greenport during the 1980s. “And you can quote me on that.”

The 42-year-old native Greenporter is the subject of “Harry Hellfire,” which will be aired as part of the 5th annual Hamptons Take Two Film Festival in Sag Harbor Sunday afternoon. The festival includes other films with North Fork roots, including “Long May You Shine” about the restoration of Greenport’s Bug Lighthouse.

For six years, Mr. Morrison followed Mr. Biechele’s life of musical passion, frustration, pain, personal loss, drugs, alcohol and even a problem with chocolate.

“I’ve definitely cleaned up and being allergic to just about everything on the planet helped,” Mr. Biechele said. “I’m especially allergic to chocolate. After Halloween, I broke out all over the place.”

As “Harry Hellfire,” he wasn’t afraid to go trick-or-treating despite his age.

“I take my light saber, put on crazy-ass make-up, my cloak and robe and go out and scare the crap out of kids,” he said. “I love doing it. It’s not even a matter of the candy, it’s about going out and having fun.”

Local reactions to Mr. Biechele are also documented in “Harry Hellfire,” with one woman describing him as not just the “class clown” type, but another species altogether.

The film will be shown at the Bay Street Theatre at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A question and answer session will follow.

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