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...
06.15.2017 Religion Peconic Land Trust, historical society working to buy church in Orient Over nearly 200 years, members of the Orient community have established a special connection to the former Orient United Methodist Church building on Village Lane. With its hand-carved oak...
04.13.2017 Government Community groups seek town’s support to preserve church in Orient Orient groups are continuing their efforts to purchase and preserve the Orient United Methodist Church building on Village Lane and are looking for support from Southold Town. Oysterponds Historical...
02.23.2017 Religion Community looks to preserve historic Orient church for public use It was unusual: The pews at the recently shuttered Orient United Methodist Church were filled this past weekend. Rather than gathering for a sermon, however, locals flocked there Saturday...
09.07.2016 Letters Featured Letter: A thank you from the Oysterponds Historical Society To the editor: The Oysterponds Historical Society wishes to thank the North Fork community for all its support this summer.