05.25.2020 Community Southold American Legion members lay wreaths on Memorial Day At 10 a.m. Monday, a line of Southold Fire Department trucks arrived at the Mattituck American Legion Hall in observance of Memorial Day. From there they proceeded to the...
05.25.2020 COVID-19 Calverton National Cemetery hosts private Memorial Day observance While the COVID-19 pandemic put the usual Memorial Day observances on hold at Calverton National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did still host a small private ceremony...
05.23.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Flags should still be placed at the national cemeteries Decoration Day began in 1868 as a means of honoring Union soldiers who died in battle during the Civil War. For decades, it was believed that 612,000 soldiers on...
05.19.2020 COVID-19 Pilot program to launch allowing visitation to resume at select New York hospitals A two-week pilot program will be launched to allow increased visitation at select hospitals throughout New York as the slow process of reopening begins from the coronavirus pandemic. Gov....
05.27.2019 Parades Red, white and blue in Greenport as Memorial Day Parade comes to village Hundreds of supporters lined the streets of Greenport from Steamboat Corner to Mitchell Park as the town’s annual Memorial Day Parade came to the village Monday.
05.27.2019 Editorials Editorial: Honor those who gave their lives for our freedom The significance of Memorial Day faded during the relative peace that blessed America from the mid-1970s to the turn of the century.
05.28.2018 Editorials Editorial: A day to acknowledge the sacrifices of servicemen and women On Memorial Day 2009, former President Barack Obama gave an eloquent eulogy for those who had died wearing American uniforms.
05.27.2018 Columns Guest Column: Remembering Uncle Al — and many others It started with flowers. We don’t know if it was a single bloom, a bunch of wildflowers picked at a roadside, a 19th-century floral arrangement called a “posy” or...
05.29.2017 Parades Memorial Day services across the North Fork: Photos Rain couldn’t wash away Memorial Day commemorations on the North Fork Monday morning, as services were held in Mattituck, Orient and Greenport.
