11.03.2019 Community Postcards donated to historical society tell story of bygone era “Have just arrived here in a little sailboat from Sag Harbor with ten other fellows. Having a fine time. Yours, Fred.” This greeting, written in inky, neat script, appeared...
07.19.2019 Community Oysterponds Historical Society has another new director The Oysterponds Historical Society has named a new executive director following Marianne Howard’s resignation earlier this month. Sarah Mills Sands officially began in her new role as executive director...
06.21.2019 Community Stretch of East Marion to be added to national historic register The East Marion Main Road Historic District in Southold is one of 18 properties statewide that have been recommended to be added to the State and National Registers of...
01.11.2019 Community Orient Historical Society welcomes new executive director Oysterponds Historical Society aims to preserve, exhibit and interpret Orient and East Marion culture and heritage. Marianne Howard, who has worked in museums across Long Island and New York...
12.10.2018 Community Take a historic holiday tour through Orient: Historic Places This weekend we tagged along on the Oysterponds Historical Society’s Holiday House tour to check out two historic places in Orient.
10.21.2018 Community Oysterponds Historical Society awarded a grant for $53,330 The Oysterponds Historical Society was awarded a grant for $53,330 from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to develop a comprehensive collections care plan. The society will receive the...
09.03.2018 Community Oysterponds Historical Society director resigns Oysterponds Historical Society has announced that its executive director, Dr. Elsbeth Linn Dowd, has resigned. Ms. Dowd, a Huntington Station native, was hired by the historical society in 2016....
12.24.2017 Religion Top Stories 2017: Orient United Methodist Church sold to John Wesley Village The Oysterponds Historical Society and the Orient Association were left in the lurch in August when the members of Orient United Methodist Church chose another buyer.
08.10.2017 Religion Historic Orient church sold to CEO of John Wesley Village The Oysterponds Historical Society and the Orient Association have been left in the lurch after the owners of Orient United Methodist Church decided to go with another buyer. The...
06.25.2017 Columns Guest Column: Orient Methodist Church sale raises many questions The article in the June 15 Suffolk Times on the proposed deal between Oysterponds Historical Society and the Peconic Land Trust to “save” the Orient Methodist Church building raises...
