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.
06.23.2017 Editorials Editorial: Just how old is Cutchogue’s Old House? History is what binds us to a place and a past and the people who came before us. History is a story and the foundation on which a community...
11.03.2016 Obituaries Local historian, theater director Tom Monsell, dead at 83 Thomas Monsell was many things, friends said: a former Lindenhurst schoolteacher who wrote a book on how to teach Shakespeare, a director of local theater who expanded Greenporters’ horizons...
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...
08.01.2015 Community PHOTOS: Southold celebrates its 375th birthday Southold Town held its 375th Anniversary parade Saturday with marchers starting at South Harbor Lane and finishing up at Boisseau Avenue. The parade featured a wide variety of participants including...
07.31.2015 News Through it all, this Greek church in Mattituck endures It’s 3 p.m. Monday and Father Constantine Makrinos is behind his desk at Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Mattituck. A priest of 30 years, Father Makrinos’ spiritual...
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...
06.24.2015 Greenport School District A walking history tour of Greenport created by students You could call a class project completed by fifth-graders at Greenport Elementary School a win-win: the kids got to enjoy a creative project that took them out of the classroom...
05.16.2015 Opinion Column: History in a folder inside ‘the basement files’ The basement here at The Suffolk Times office probably isn’t all that different from your own. It’s cold and musty. There are some dark corners, some old furniture, books...
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...