08.29.2018 Community Let’s Look Back: Calls to create a separate county gain traction Aug. 30, 1968 Plans to create a separate county combining the five eastern most towns — to be known as Peconic County — was gaining traction. The executive directors...
08.22.2018 Community Let’s Look Back: Forty people arrested at power plant protest August 17, 1978 More than three dozen people were arrested for for protesting at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.
08.15.2018 Community Let’s Look Back: East End Seaport Museum opened its doors 25 years ago August 12, 1993 The East End Seaport Maritime Museum will open its doors in Greenport Aug. 22 with the debut of a permanent exhibit.
08.08.2018 Columns Let’s Look Back: This week in North Fork History Aug. 7, 1968 As a Republican newspaper for over 100 years, The Suffolk Weekly Times is proud that we can support a man of Richard Nixon’s experience and ability...
09.02.2014 News This Week in North Fork History: Wine Country signs, hurricane and more 25 years ago this week First ‘Wine Country’ signs erected It was 25 years ago this week that the North Fork was officially dubbed Long Island Wine country in...
08.18.2014 News This Week in North Fork History: New Suffolk waterfront property purchased 20 years ago this week ‘Downtown’ New Suffolk purchased A company headed by former Southold Town Planning Board chairman Henry Raynor of Mattituck purchased the three acres in the...
08.11.2014 News This Week in North Fork History: Planes, yachts and country apparel The following stories were published in issues of The Suffolk Times between 30 and 105 years ago this week.
07.28.2014 News This Week in North Fork History: Turtle saved, soldier killed The following stories were published in issues of The Suffolk Times printed between 20 and 135 years ago this week: 25 years ago this week • Rare turtle cheats...
03.31.2013 News This week in North Fork history: State aid and county cuts 30 years ago School district aid restored It’s a similar story every year: The governor proposes massive cuts in state aid to schools in January before the state Legislature...
03.17.2013 News This Week in North Fork History: Mystery spill plagues East Marion 25 years ago Families were forced to change the way they use the water supply in their homes after a “mysterious influx of a deadly and cancer-producing chemical” was...
