04.21.2026 Featured Story Cross Sound Ferry fares increase from Orient Point as fuel costs surge The Cross Sound Ferry — which runs between Orient Point and New London, Conn. — is now charging higher fares, with a 9.5% fuel surcharge pushing ticket prices up in recent...
03.10.2026 Featured Story County ferry study approved to ease East End traffic: Linking Sag Harbor with Montauk, Orient and Riverhead Commuters on the North and South forks may get a reprieve — by water. Suffolk County will study the possibility of a Peconic Bay ferry system as a potential...
12.06.2024 Featured Story Marine rescue in Plum gut On Dec. 1, the Orient Fire Department water rescue team responded to a report of a sailboat in distress in Plum Gut, near Plum Island. Two passengers were aboard the...
07.08.2023 Featured Story Four people and two dogs saved from burning boat near Plum Island While on a routine boat patrol about 3:50 p.m. on July 1 , Southold’s Harbormaster Joseph O’Leary heard a mayday call on his radio for a boat in distress...
06.24.2023 Featured Story Freddy, and me, and the west wind A few years ago, Melanie Coronetz, a friend from the Menantic Yacht Club, kept after me to join her, Ken Pysher, Paul Mobius and Freddy Zorovich aboard Freddy’s boat,...
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