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Celebrating East Hampton History

The East Hampton Historical Society will host a History Festival on the grounds of Historic Mulford Farm on Saturday, Oct.

The Horton Point Lighthouse, tucked away on a cliff in Southold overlooking the Long Island Sound, is one of the

New Suffolk resident Helene Munson, whose family is of German descent, wouldn’t be comfortable living without dual citizenship. Her family’s

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On Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain date June 5), the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council will

Pictured Above: Sherds from Thomas Commeraw pottery found in the Long Wharf dredging. Commeraw was a free black man working

Pictured Above: A shuttered former migrant camp on Edgar Avenue in Aquebogue. If you grew up on the East End,

Pictured Above: Members of the Flanders Village Historical Society, the Riverhead Town Board and descendants of one of the builders

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The Second Annual Amagansett Maritime Festival is going virtual this Saturday, with programs celebrating the rich and unique story of

Pictured Above: The cover of Jeffrey Colvin’s novel “Africaville.” Historians focusing on African American history on the East End are

Pictured Above: The sign that had long marked the entrance to the “Slaves Burying Ground” in Orient was taken down

The evolution of a diverse community over three centuries is the focus of this year’s Sag Harbor Cultural Heritage Weekend,