Feb 9, 2020
The LaGrange Inn was a storied stopping point along Montauk Highway from the 1700s when it opened for business with a Higbie at the helm. It remained a local landmark, operating under many different proprietors, into the 21st century.
Now, thanks to many dedicated people in the community (and to CVS), a part of the...
Feb 8, 2018
The 1989 fire that nearly destroyed the Terry-Ketcham Inn brought Bert Seides to tears but it also set him on the road to saving the historic Moriches landmark. Building from a small group of volunteers meeting around Mary and Van Field’s kitchen table, Bert marshaled support and learned to navigate a maze...
Apr 13, 2016
It’s National Poetry Month and we’re celebrating with a series of poetry/history mashups that we like to call Long Island Power Ballads. We’re dusting off some deserving yet obscure poems (and poets) dealing with Long Island history and giving them another look. Over the next few weeks you’ll hear stories of...
Jan 14, 2015
http://wwwx.dowling.edu/library/new/BevTyler.mp3
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Historian Bev Tyler of the Three Village Historical Society
Bev Tyler, historian with the Three Village Historical Society, walks us through the true story of the Culper Spy Ring that operated out of Setauket and Manhattan...
Nov 18, 2014
http://wwwx.dowling.edu/library/new/GeneHorton.mp3
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Gene Horton and friend.
“You are on the Merrick Road, not far from Blue Point, the place that made the oyster famous. You look to the right and to the left, and, tacked to a tree, you see a sign and you try to read...