History

On Lincoln's birthday, a reflection on the life and legacy of the 16th president. Column by Greg Blass

Today marks 50 years since the end of a war so divisive that even half a century later, it remains a source of controversy and pain for those who lived through it, fought in it, or lost loved ones to it. More than 58,000 U.S. service members died in Vietnam, and the scars of that conflict still run deep.

Papers from the personal collection of the late Riverhead Town Justice of the Peace and former Town Supervisor William Leonard were given to the Town of Riverhead by the Suffolk County Historical Society during a ceremony at the court Friday morning.

The former power plant was built in 1897 by a Riverhead company founded just six years after Thomas Edison built the country’s first electric generating plant in New York City. It was the second power company on Long Island. PSEG-LI plans to raze the building next month.

In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary...