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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...

08.13.2017 Bishop McGann-Mercy

McGann-Mercy teacher attends institute at first president’s estate

Every American knows who George Washington was — commander-in-chief during the American Revolutionary War, a Founding Father and the United States’ first President.

06.23.2017 Editorials

Editorial: Just how old is Cutchogue’s Old House?

History is what binds us to a place and a past and the people who came before us. History is a story and the foundation on which a community...

11.03.2016 Obituaries

Local historian, theater director Tom Monsell, dead at 83

Thomas Monsell was many things, friends said: a former Lindenhurst schoolteacher who wrote a book on how to teach Shakespeare, a director of local theater who expanded Greenporters’ horizons...

02.21.2016 Community Columns

By the Book: A presidential race that we can enjoy

February is the month of presidents’ birthdays — two of our greatest, Washington and Lincoln. I remember a cartoon in Esquire many years ago, Lincoln and Washington in a...

08.01.2015 Community

PHOTOS: Southold celebrates its 375th birthday

Southold Town held its 375th Anniversary parade Saturday with marchers starting at South Harbor Lane and finishing up at Boisseau Avenue. The parade featured a wide variety of participants including...

07.31.2015 News

Through it all, this Greek church in Mattituck endures

It’s 3 p.m. Monday and Father Constantine Makrinos is behind his desk at Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Mattituck. A priest of 30 years, Father Makrinos’ spiritual...

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