01.26.2024 News Flanders Big Duck sign damaged, then fixed What does a duck sign have to do to stay upright in this town? For the second time in two years, someone has run over or stolen the “Welcome...
11.21.2020 Community New marker commemorates original home of Riverhead’s Big Duck In 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer created something that would soon become an iconic roadside attraction: He had a very large white duck built at the edge of...
04.05.2015 Community Photos: Children hunt for special Easter keys in Flanders Three minutes. That was about how long it took for the 40 or so children who attended Saturday’s Easter Egg hunt at the Big Duck Ranch in Flanders to...
12.03.2014 Community Photos: 26th annual Lighting of the Big Duck in Flanders A couple hundred people attended the 26th annual Big Duck lighting ceremony Wednesday night in Flanders where many children enjoyed hot chocolate, duck call toys and Santa.
10.17.2014 Community Duck farm museum opening in Flanders Saturday It’s an industry that once defined the area. And while duck farming has faded over the past several decades, Friends of the Big Duck are determined to keep Long...
08.09.2014 Community Spectators flock to second annual Rubber Duck Race In a sea — wait, make that bay — of 220 rubber ducks, only one emerged as victor at Flanders’ second annual Rubber Duck Race, held Saturday afternoon on...
03.30.2014 Community Columns Flanders News: Easter egg hunt scheduled for April 12 Happy spring, friends and neighbors. Yes it’s officially spring but it sure doesn’t feel like it. We get a couple of days of gorgeous weather then we get a...
08.24.2013 Community Photos: Rubber Duck Race fundraiser makes a splash More than 100 people attended Flanders’ first ever Rubber Duck Race Saturday afternoon to help benefit the iconic Big Duck property. Organized by Friends of the Big Duck, 427...