08.13.2017 Bishop McGann-Mercy McGann-Mercy teacher attends institute at first president’s estate Every American knows who George Washington was — commander-in-chief during the American Revolutionary War, a Founding Father and the United States’ first President.
04.03.2016 Editorials Editorial: Keeping history alive is no easy task An interesting juxtaposition exists in this week’s paper. While one historic property is about to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, another is in such disrepair...
02.21.2016 Community Columns By the Book: A presidential race that we can enjoy February is the month of presidents’ birthdays — two of our greatest, Washington and Lincoln. I remember a cartoon in Esquire many years ago, Lincoln and Washington in a...
10.15.2015 Health The final case of Judge George Stackpole, first person treated with anthrax serum As he lay in Ward 32 at Bellevue Hospital, Judge George F. Stackpole was studied by a stream of physicians and surgeons who had gathered from around New York...
09.01.2015 Community Local professor’s new book is a 400-year history of Peconic Bay The Suffolk County Historical Society’s Book & Bottle event this month will feature a work with quite a bit of sprawl — four centuries’s worth, to be more specific.
05.16.2015 Columns Column: History in a folder inside ‘the basement files’ The basement here at the News-Review’s office probably isn’t all that different from your own. It’s cold and musty. There are some dark corners, some old furniture, books and...
03.14.2015 Community 194-year-old downtown schoolhouse getting complete renovation Built in 1821, the Fresh Pond Schoolhouse was once one of 15 single-room schoolhouses in Riverhead Town. Boys would sit on one side of the room; girls, on the...
07.28.2014 Real Estate Don’t pass by these pieces of North Fork history As you can walk near the library on Main Road in Cutchogue, it’s easy to overlook the collection of buildings scattered, almost haphazardly, on a gentle hill at the...