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01.14.2021 Government

Historic Orient home receives landmark status

When Robert Hanlon and his wife, Jessica Frankel, bought the old Orient home on the Main Road that belonged to members of the Young family for generations, they knew...

11.16.2020 News

Oysterponds Elementary proactively moving to distance learning for holiday season

As some schools across Long Island move to full-time in-person learning, at least one is proactively headed in the opposite direction. The Oysterponds Board of Education voted unanimously last...

10.23.2020 COVID-19

Orient firehouse closed to non-emergencies after members were exposed to COVID-19

A dozen Orient Fire Department members or associates were exposed to COVID-19 at the district’s budget hearing Tuesday, the district confirmed in an email Friday afternoon. As a result,...

10.09.2020 News

Examination of Orient property as possible slave burial site turns up inconclusive

On the morning of Sept. 12, technology in the form of ground-penetrating radar arrived at a site on Narrow River Road in Orient that has long been believed to...

07.31.2020 Education

Outdoor learning, cohorts among the changes when Oysterponds reopens for all students in September

Oysterponds Elementary School will be reopening its doors to all students in September, but the children will also be spending a lot of time outdoors. Superintendent Richard Malone said...

07.31.2020 News

Temporary sign coming to Slaves Burying Ground in Orient

Oysterponds Historical Society will place a new sign at the site of a supposed slave burial ground on Narrow River Road in Orient. But they will not put back...

07.09.2020 Columns

Equal Time: Removing the sign from the burial site was a grave mistake

“Like a chain link fence just below the surface of the ground, all the families in Orient are connected.” George Ritchie Latham Jr. We Orienters are not only all...

06.12.2020 News

Oysterponds Historical Society moves to better understand slave history

The Oysterponds Historical Society is taking a big step toward a more complete understanding of history as it begins a study of a slave burial ground on Narrow River...

05.19.2020 Community

Embarking on virtual history: Oysterponds Historical Society offers lectures series via webinars

Time and place. When it comes to history, both are important. History involves connecting different time periods, the past and the present. Now the Oysterponds Historical Society has found...

12.06.2019 Government

New Marine III zoning to protect future of Plum Island ferry terminal

The Southold Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a new Marine III zoning district for the Plum Island Ferry Terminal in Orient.

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