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05.10.2019 Government

Southold officials wary of revived proposal for Main Road historic district

A proposal to designate portions of Main Road in Aquebogue, Jamesport and Laurel as a national historic district has been revived nearly five years after Riverhead’s Landmarks Preservation Commission...

05.24.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: From growing divisions within Southold, River Head town is born

The Jamesport Meeting House, as magnificent a building as stands anywhere on eastern Long Island, was built in 1731 by virtually all the pioneer settlers of what was...

07.26.2017 News

History right in their Jamesport backyard

Many North Fork residents have an appreciation of history. Few have worked as hard to preserve it as Richard Wines.

10.07.2016 Environment

Will wind power make a comeback on the North Fork?

On a blustery, overcast day last week, the blades of the 156-foot wind turbine just west of the grapevines at Pindar Vineyards cut through the air with a quiet...

05.17.2016 Community

Meet the Tuesday Crew — volunteering from Northville to Greenport since 1990

At 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, a construction crew descended on Hallockville Museum Farm in Northville like clockwork, installing new columns on the Hallock Homestead’s front facade. But instead of...

04.05.2016 Real Estate

Real Estate: At East End Arts, a reminder of 19th-century Riverhead

Walking among the five buildings that comprise the East End Arts complex can feel more like taking a stroll through a country estate than an organization’s headquarters.

03.14.2015 Community

194-year-old downtown schoolhouse getting complete renovation

Built in 1821, the Fresh Pond Schoolhouse was once one of 15 single-room schoolhouses in Riverhead Town. Boys would sit on one side of the room; girls, on the...

01.26.2015 The Arts

Historian’s play to commemorate Civil War’s 150th anniversary

Richard Radoccia of Laurel said he was stunned to hear little local fanfare was planned to observe the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. So the...

10.27.2014 Government

Commission kills Main Road historic designation proposal

After hearing more comments both for and against a proposed National Register Historic District on Main Road stretching from Aquebogue to Laurel, Riverhead Town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission reluctantly voted...

10.22.2014 Government

Riverhead requests withdrawal of Main Road historic designation proposal

Four of the five Riverhead Town Board members have signed a letter asking the town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission and the state Office of Parks and Recreation to withdraw the...

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