02.24.2023 News Deadly East Marion crash sparks firefighter safety concerns over battery fires Volunteer fire departments are facing a new kind of challenge: burgeoning electric vehicle technologies. First responders faced this challenge Friday night just west of Truman’s Beach in East Marion...
07.25.2021 Editorials Editorial: Finding volunteer firefighters is an enormous challenge The news at fire departments from Greenport to Wading River is grim. There are just not enough volunteers to do the work that presents itself week after week. Take,...
07.22.2021 News North Fork is ‘hurting’ for volunteer firefighters Greenport Fire Department used to be massive. Thirty or 40 years ago, there was a waiting list to get in. But now, they’re hurting for volunteers. “When I joined,...
05.23.2016 News More EMS coverage coming to Greenport, East Marion and Orient A second emergency first responder vehicle from Stony Brook University Hospital will be operating in the area starting Monday, the university announced in a press release.
09.10.2014 Business Outside fire districts raise Peconic Landing concerns Peconic Landing officials say they are close to finalizing a new emergency services agreement with the Greenport Fire Department, but neighboring fire districts still have concerns about the lifecare...
04.05.2013 News Pine Barrens, fire victims still recovering The charred and soot-covered Kawasaki motorcycle sat propped against piles of other burned debris next to a driveway on Oakwood Drive in Manorville. It was a classic, a 1985...
02.14.2011 News Freezing cold for a very good reason Hope that the groundhog is right and an early spring is on the way? Just think what these guys have gone through. Several members of the Mattituck and Cutchogue...