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Long Island Rowing Club member James Lanzilotta, 14, rows alongside fellow Northport High School student Sarah Pitfick, 14, in Northport Harbor on Saturday, June 25, 2016. The rowing club hopes to help the school's students establish an official cre…

Long Island Rowing Club member James Lanzilotta, 14, rows alongside fellow Northport High School student Sarah Pitfick, 14, in Northport Harbor on Saturday, June 25, 2016. The rowing club hopes to help the school's students establish an official crew team. (Photo credit: James Carbone)

 
 

Northport rowing club seeks partnership with high school

Officials with the Long Island Rowing Club plan to float a proposal for Northport High School to establish an official crew team, after securing a contract with the village that allows the group to use the beach at Scudder Park for training and storage.

The contract signed June 24 by Northport Mayor George Doll and rowing club president Brian Giehl lets the club use the beach south of Cow....

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