12.04.2014 Business Suffolk Theater honored with historic preservation award The Suffolk Theater in downtown Riverhead was one of seven historic preservation projects to receive a 2014 New York State Historic Preservation Award, the state parks department announced Thursday.
04.19.2014 Real Estate Greenport village history is told in its houses Greenport’s historic architecture is a modern-day link to the village’s storied past. The buildings illustrate its progression from pre-Revolutionary roots through its commercial peak as a whaling hub into...
01.26.2012 News National historic preservation group organizing North Fork tour Most North Forkers know all about the area’s colonial past and many are only too happy to share that knowledge. And in a few months, a few local historians...
11.19.2011 News Riverhead’s Wells family still farming 350 years later On Nov. 20, 1661, William Wells was allotted three pieces of property for his family to farm near Phillips Lane on Sound Avenue in Aquebogue. Eleven generations later, the...
11.13.2011 News Photos: Town historian’s book tells the story of local Civil War soldiers Riverhead Town Historian Georgette Case held a book reading and signing of ‘We Will Not Forget: Riverhead’s Civil War Soldiers and Sailors’ at the American Legion Hall in Riverhead...
10.14.2011 News Historic Society work under way The Suffolk County Historic Society building in Riverhead is getting a bit of a a facelift, as a $65,000 construction project to rebuild its stairway and main entrance is...
10.09.2011 Multimedia Winners announced in ‘Favorite Places’ photo contest Four winners were announced this weekend in the Suffolk County Historical Society’s “Favorite Places, Suffolk County” juried photo contest and exhibit. The exhibit, which is on display at the...