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04.18.2023 Community

Holocaust remembrance event highlights need to speak out against injustice

On Sunday afternoon in the basement of the historic Southold Presbyterian Church, a group of people gathered to remember the millions of victims of the Holocaust. The event was...

02.10.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Should a politician dictate what is and isn’t our history?

The discussion of American history, and in particular African American history, is the latest front line in the so-called culture wars underway in our country. This is a tragedy....

12.09.2022 News

Local farm reveals signs of the past as 1700s coin and other treasures recovered from field

Frank Jurs loves Long Island history. He has read about it, studied it, and craves to learn more. So it was a natural fit for him to buy a...

08.11.2022 News

For Doris Sherman, the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel represents a link to her family’s history

On Sunday, Doris Sherman boarded the sailing vessel Kalmar Nyckel for the second time when it visited Greenport’s East End Seaport Museum. She first boarded the majestic ship 22...

02.04.2022 Columns

Column: As we celebrate history, let’s honor all of it

A number of years ago I went to rural Georgia to research the history of Jimmy Wilson, an elderly Black man who lived in the farm labor camp that...

07.30.2021 Sports

Oysterponds Historical Society exhibit covers more than 150 years of local baseball history

Baseball and history are a great match. One reason for that may be that baseball simply has a long history that reflects societal changes—even at the local level. The...

06.02.2019 Community

Children’s book ‘Augustus and Me’ captures historical North Fork figures

The history of Oysterponds lives on in Janis Rose’s newest book, “Augustus and Me: An Oysterponds Adventure,” with colorful motifs, hidden messages and detailed watercolor illustrations lining each page.

03.03.2018 Columns

Column: Remembering the whalers of a bygone era

For Sandi Brewster-Walker, connecting names and histories to the men who worked on whale boats in the 19th century is a passion.

01.11.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: Before anything else, there was ice

In the beginning, there was ice. Eighteen thousand years ago, a massive wall of ice 300 feet thick extended south from the Arctic to what is now New Jersey....

09.30.2017 Columns

Column: Tracing back his love of history

I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve been on this “All in the Family” kick lately. You know “All in the Family,” the popular sitcom from the 1970s...

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