07.16.2013 News Bishop introduces bill to ‘save’ Plum Island Congressman Tim Bishop (D- Southampton) Tuesday announced the introduction of “Save, don’t sell Plum Island,” a bill designed to overturn the 2008 congressional mandate for the federal government to...
07.01.2013 News Who wants to buy the Orient Point Lighthouse? Orient Point Lighthouse is on the auction block … again. Following a failed attempted by the U.S. General Service Agency to sell the historic lighthouse last year the department...
06.08.2013 News Wine trail may be extended to Orient, with new LIE signage The North Fork Wine Trail might be getting longer. Last Wednesday the New York State Senate passed a bill sponsored by Senator Ken LaValle that proposes extending the North Fork Wine Trail about...
04.29.2013 News RECAP: Public discusses the future of Plum Island Environmental groups from both sides of the Long Island Sound hosted a public meeting in Orient Monday on protecting Plum Island’s undeveloped areas. Group for the East End and the...
04.29.2013 News ‘Save Plum Island’ meeting tonight in Orient Environmental groups from both sides of Long Island Sound will host a public meeting on protecting Plum Island’s undeveloped areas in Orient tonight. The Group for the East End and...
04.19.2013 News Ferry passenger ‘fit description’ of Boston suspect; no arrests made in false alarm UPDATE (1:15 p.m.): Local authorities say a walk-on passenger to a Cross Sound Ferry boat heading to Orient Friday morning “fit the description” of a suspect in the Boston...
03.28.2013 Police Update: Drug charges for Riverhead men caught stealing copper from park Two Riverhead Town residents were arraigned on trespassing, stolen property and drug charges Thursday morning after they were caught with stolen copper telephone cables from Orient Point County Park...
12.01.2012 News Animal Welfare League, local vet free 3-legged deer with tangled antlers It was a white-tailed deer, not a reindeer, but there was still holiday spirit aplenty when the North Fork Animal Welfare League got help from a local veterinarian in...