08.27.2018 Community Fireboat celebrates 80th birthday in Greenport Greenport’s Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum turned 80 years old this month. The boat, which put out fires for the New York City Fire Department from 1938 to 2010 and...
12.16.2016 News Loan allows Fire Fighter to relocate to shipyard for possible repairs The fireboat Fire Fighter in Greenport will soon be on its way to a shipyard for the first phase of repairs thanks to an increased loan from Southold and Greenport...
11.20.2016 News Fire Fighter museum starting to run out of options Faced with recent roadblocks in raising money for restoration of the decommissioned FDNY fireboat docked in Greenport, Charlie Ritchie has launched a new fundraising campaign with the help of...
12.17.2015 Government State funding to preserve past, help plan for future A $580,000 investment from New York State will help the North Fork plan for its future — and retain a piece of the past.
05.06.2015 Community Fireboat museum awarded $80K grant for restoration work The decommissioned FDNY fireboat serving as a floating museum in Greenport Harbor has been awarded an $80,000 National Maritime Heritage Grant, the museum’s president announced Tuesday. But the grant requires...
07.26.2014 Government County to give up LIRR dock lease to Greenport In what’s being called a win-win for both parties, Suffolk County is poised to give up oversight of the Railroad Dock on Third Street and let Greenport Village deal...
03.24.2014 Government Preview: Village Board to vote on new Fire Fighter lease The Greenport Village board is expected to vote tonight on a measure that would allow the fireboat Fire Fighter to continue leasing space at the commercial railroad dock on...
03.21.2014 Government Village, Ritchie to continue discussing Fire Fighter Museum’s future Monday Fire Fighter Museum president Charlie Ritchie is expected to attend Greenport Village Board’s meeting on Monday to discuss the vessel’s future.
03.14.2014 Government Fireboat told to get moving — or else The flap over the fireboat Fire Fighter, which is still docked in Greenport, has gotten personal. According to a certified letter sent to Charlie Ritchie, president of the Fire...
03.01.2014 Government Fireboat Fire Fighter deadline comes and goes; relocation uncertain The Village Board’s deadline for fireboat Fire Fighter to move from the railroad dock in Greenport has arrived without any action being taken against the historic ship, which remains...
