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...
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...
08.28.2014 Government Beer, wine OK’d aboard fireboat during Maritime Festival The fireboat Fire Fighter museum is joining the East End Seaport Museum’s Maritime Festival for the first time this September. And the museum will be serving beer, wine, cigars...
08.19.2014 Government Fireboat museum hopes to serve alcohol during Maritime Festival The fireboat Fire Fighter museum is hoping to become the latest vendor at the annual East End Seaport Museum Maritime Festival in September.
07.31.2014 Government Village takes full control of Railroad dock The Railroad Dock on Third Street in Greenport is no longer under county control. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Suffolk County Legislature ended its lease with property owner...
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...
04.29.2014 Community Fireboat museum in Greenport seeks volunteers, donations The nonprofit floating museum Fire Fighter is looking for skilled and unskilled volunteers, who would be trained to help out as needed.
03.24.2014 Government Village Board approves new lease agreement with Fire Fighter Museum The Greenport Village Board has unanimously approved a new lease agreement that allows the fireboat to remain at its current location in Greenport.
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...
