Articles by Amanda Olsen

The Cutchogue Civic Association celebrates two year anniversary in 2024. (Credit: Daniel Franc file photo) Civic associations provide a collective voice for residents to address local issues with their municipalities, gather socially and get to […]

In a moving ceremony this past October, former Greenport firefighter George Matthias, who was killed in the line of duty in 1972, was added to the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial.   On August 20, 1972, […]

(Amanda Olsen photo.) Kait’s Angels of Mattituck has partnered with Long Island-based LifeVac to provide anti-choking devices to local organizations, police departments and schools. The nonprofit hosted a demonstration and distributed the simple, single-use kits […]

From right to left: Doug Gray, Mike Bredemeyer, Grayson Murphy, Rich Gillooly, Mike Prindle, Chief Bill Wysocki, Linton Duell, and Asst. Chief Sue Worth, part of the crew that responded to a sailboat in distress […]

A report on the contents of a chest recovered on Gardiners Island in the 1660s is the only evidence of Capt. William Kidd’s presence in the area — and the only documented instance of a […]

Members of the East Marion FD were among a cadre of local units who responded to the Orange County brush fires earlier this month. (Ryan Weingart courtesy photo.) Over the last several weeks, brush fires […]

(Credit: Courtesy photo) Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a state-wide burn ban in light of the ongoing historic drought conditions. A state-wide drought watch is also in effect, with 15 counties upstate elevated to drought warning. “Recent […]

The comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was visible to the naked eye, and even better with binoculars, most of last month. (Credit: Daniel Franc) There have been a number of astronomical events over the last few […]

James Sleckman Southold resident James Sleckman spent 35 years selling gold leaf to book binding companies. He put his energy into making certain kinds of books more beautiful, but he was always a novelist at […]

Cutchogue resident Colonel Shawn Fitzgerald has spent more than 20 years in the Army and Air Force. His most recent assignment as commander of the 106 Rescue Wing at Gabreski Air Force base in Westhampton […]