03.01.2014 Columns Guest: A reminder of what the U.S. is made of Fire Fighter is America’s fireboat. Presumptuous, maybe, but Fire Fighter represents everything about America that was and is good. The die was cast for Fire Fighter. Laid down at...
02.27.2014 Letters Featured Letter: A life owed to the Fire Fighter To the editor: Fire Fighter saved my father’s life, and those of many other men, on the morning of June 2, 1973. George W. Spears was the 2nd mate...
02.16.2014 Columns Guest Spot: Another historic ship lost in Greenport I was saddened but also amused by the report in your Feb. 6 paper about the fate of Fire Fighter, the fireboat with a decades-long history of service to...
02.06.2014 Editorials Editorial: It’s a shame the fireboat’s leaving The 134-foot Fire Fighter, a decommissioned vessel that was in service with the New York City Fire Department from 1938 until 2010, floated into Greenport Village in February 2013.
12.05.2013 Letters Letter: Fire Fighter fireboat should stay here To the editor: It saddens me that the end appears near for the fireboat Fire Fighter’s stay in Greenport. I think it’s an outstanding idea for a maritime village...
12.04.2013 Government Insurance company threatens to drop coverage on Fire Fighter Just when the situation looked like it couldn’t get worse for the Historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter docked in Greenport, its insurance company is threatening to drop...
11.28.2013 Government County tells fireboat Fire Fighter it’s time to leave When the fireboat Fire Fighter docked in Greenport this past February it was hoped that it could become a permanent fixture in the maritime community — a floating museum...
08.18.2013 Community Fireboat needs volunteers to help with restoration The fireboat Fire Fighter needs volunteers and sponsors to assist with restoration of the vessel. Fire Fighter was an active New York City fireboat from 1938 until 2010, and...
07.09.2013 Government Fire Fighter to remain docked at Mitchell Park Marina — for now Plans to move former New York City fireboat Fire Fighter from Mitchell Park Marina to the Suffolk County owned railroad dock have come to a standstill. Attorneys from the village and...
06.25.2013 Government Village Board Notes: Fireboat to relocate despite heavy opposition Despite objections from residents and two board members, the decommissioned New York City fireboat Fire Fighter is moving from Mitchell Park Marina to the railroad dock. During its regular...