04.21.2018 Editorials Editorial: Over a two-day period, lives were saved On Saturday evening, with dusk soon to arrive, the wind rising and temperatures dropping, rescuers put their own lives on the line to save three men whose boat, a...
04.19.2018 Police Plum Island ferry, Orient firefighters pulled off water rescue in rough conditions On a cold and blustery evening Saturday, a group of determined rescuers saved three men whose boat had sunk in Plum Gut, pulling one of them — who showed...
05.23.2015 Community Memorial Day services in Riverhead and Southold In keeping with tradition, Memorial Day will be observed Monday with a series of parades and ceremonies across the North Fork and Riverhead Town. The following is Monday’s schedule...
09.29.2014 Police Fire districts to hold 2015 budget hearings in October Fire districts within Southold Town will be holding public hearings on their proposed 2015 budgets later in October.
08.01.2014 Police Orient FD gets $300,000 grant to replace aging tanker truck More than $300,000 in federal funding will help Orient Fire Department purchase a new tanker truck to replace the now-outdated truck firefighters use today. The department’s current tanker dates...
07.18.2014 Community Columns Oysterponds News: FD pig roast July 26 Orient Fire Department’s annual pig roast is next Saturday, July 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the firehouse. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and...
05.27.2014 Police Orient firefighters snuff out house fire on Youngs Road A pile of rags used to varnish an Orient home’s floors “self ignited” Tuesday night, filling one of the rooms with heavy smoke, according to the Orient Fire Department.
02.26.2014 News Orient firefighters host annual Steak Night fundraiser Dozens of locals attended the Orient Fire Department’s annual steak night at the firehouse on Main Road Saturday night.
12.20.2013 Police Fire commissioner abruptly resigns in Orient Less than a week after a newcomer was elected to its board of fire commissioners, the Orient Fire District has a new hole to fill. The board’s chairman, Harold...
10.20.2013 Police Fire policemen honored for 50 years of service More than a dozen veteran North Fork fire department volunteers were honored for 50 years of service at a ceremony in Cutchogue Thursday. The men, who come from four...