07.29.2018 Columns Column: Discovery sheds light on history of slavery In 1940, when Southold was preparing to celebrate its 300th anniversary, restoration work was done on The Old House in Cutchogue. During that process, something was discovered under a...
07.27.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: A Civil War on the North Fork As Georgette Case made her way around Riverhead Cemetery last Thursday morning, she pointed out the gravesites of some of the two dozen or so Civil War soldiers buried...
04.04.2015 Community Event will raise funds toward preservation of Civil War banner The night before the 1860 presidential election, local activists marched by torchlight through Southold to show their support of Abraham Lincoln. One group of marchers was known as the...
02.20.2015 Outdoors Some ‘revolutionary’ finds on the North Fork Brad Bocksel is a treasure hunter, but he’s not in it for the cash. He started digging up lost artifacts — ranging from silver coins to bullets used in...
01.26.2015 The Arts Historian’s play to commemorate Civil War’s 150th anniversary Richard Radoccia of Laurel said he was stunned to hear little local fanfare was planned to observe the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. So the...