04.22.2021 Community WWII Vet in Laurel looks back on 100 years As he nears his 100th birthday, John Harrison looks back and sees nothing but good fortune. From growing up in Brooklyn to his marriage in 1943, while he served...
08.28.2020 Government Audio walking trail proposed for downtown Riverhead’s historic landmarks Riverhead’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is hoping to have an “audio walking trail” throughout downtown Riverhead in which signs would be posted in front of historic buildings, along with a...
01.09.2020 Multimedia Old Riverhead is up for sale with this amazing time capsule Walking into the old building off Roanoke Avenue, once home to an early 20th-century machine shop, feels like walking back in time. The first room is filled with century-old...
05.23.2019 Podcasts Archaeological surveys revealed ‘historic remains’ at proposed subdivision Closer Look podcast brought to you by: The Southold Town Planning Board is moving forward cautiously with the proposed Tuthill conservation subdivision — four parcels totaling 112 acres...
01.11.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Before anything else, there was ice In the beginning, there was ice. Eighteen thousand years ago, a massive wall of ice 300 feet thick extended south from the Arctic to what is now New Jersey....
12.07.2016 Columns Russell Penny, killed at Pearl Harbor, was Suffolk’s first WWII casualty “The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Russell M. Penny, was killed in action in defense of his country at Hickham Field,...
07.22.2015 Real Estate Historic house on Main Road in Aquebogue demolished Main Road bid a sad farewell to a piece of its history over the weekend. Owners began to demolish a famous Gothic house at 591 Main Road in Aquebogue Saturday...
04.27.2015 Community Were North Fork mile markers really placed by Ben Franklin? There were a lot of things Benjamin Franklin accomplished in his life. The Founding Father invented bifocal lenses and the lightning rod, was a successful newspaper printer, served as...
