Orient News

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.

WHY? Just east of Greenport, tiny Orient is one of those rare places on The Forks that remains a genuine trip back in time.

Barbara and Ron Bertis give a tour of their Averill Park home, the historic Knowlson house.

ERIC Beckman says he knew the New York International Children's Film Festival had legs the year it began.

Cambodia's great ancient city of Angkor Wat may have been brought to an end some 600 years ago by sudden weather changes that caused massive drought - not just by rival Siamese forces and widespread ...

Long Islanders still thawing out from the New Year's Day freeze are not getting any cooperation from the weather.

Saying that the South Shore and Peconic bays and estuaries are under siege, the Peconic Baykeeper has issued his second biennial report, included in this week's edition of The Sag Harbor Express .