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 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...
02.06.2014 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.
12.04.2013 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...