Orient News

Businessman Jay Ruiz fighting the cold in a sportcoat on Evergreen Avenue and Cook Street.

Tom Cruise hits the North Fork: Tom Cruise gets some exercise along Rt. 25 in Orient on Wednesday.

The Hamptons have always been a hot spot for celeb activity, but this week it's the North Fork region of Long Island that has the big names.

Citizen Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry deploy early this week for field training in Japan for the Joint Multinational Training Exercise Orient Shield 2010.

The Half Moon rode peacefully at anchor. It was a quiet, moonless autumn night, and the 85-foot-long wooden ship was floating in the river named after the Half Moon's original captain, Henry Hudson.

Eric Holder at the start of his confirmation hearing for attorney general in January.

The Netherlands' Princess Maxima was in Manhattan's Battery Park last week, baptizing Holland's newest tulip -- the 'Henry Hudson.' Remember, New York was once New Amsterdam, so it stands to reason we'd have a special place in Dutch hearts.

New York-based clothing retailer Odin will launch a trio of fragrances next month: 01 Nomad ~ "Under the spice trade routes comes an exotic wealth of rare scents.

Suffolk Executive Steven Levy announced that he has secured an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide protection against erosion for one of the North Fork's most traveled roads.

Getting off the New London-to-Orient Point ferry, passing through the charming eastern end of Long Island to Greenport, I welcome the scent of salty sea air.

Adam Cooper, the former Royal Ballet principal dancer and creator of the role of the Swan in Matthew Bourne's all-male version of Swan Lake , has returned to London's Sadler's Wells in his own production of Shall We Dance , a dance tribute to the music of Richard Rodgers.

In 1609, Henry Hudson was praying hard for an easy sea route to the opulent, spice-laden Orient.

This isn't your ordinary summer festival along the Hudson. In 1609, Henry Hudson took his ship, the Half Moon, and sailed up the river that would eventually bear his name, becoming the first European explorer to the mighty estuary's length.