Amanda Olsen – Long Island, NY

Keeping track of history: Why Greenport won LIRR race to the East End

December 16, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

Railroad Museum of Long Island officials unveil the historic marker at the 180th anniversary of the first Long Island Rail Road train to reach Greenport in 2024. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson file photo) The Long Island […]

Keeping Track of History: Deadly crash at Calverton station

December 6, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

The camelback engine, after it was removed from the debris. (courtesy photo) It’s hard to imagine that just off Edwards Avenue in Calverton was the site of one of the worst wrecks in the history […]

Keeping track of history: How Riverhead’s station fed New York

December 6, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

The view of the freight from where the Railroad Museum of Long Island office is now situated. (courtesy photo) Before refrigerated trucks and interstate highways, freshly dug potatoes from Riverhead train station could reach Brooklyn […]

Keeping track of history: When trains ruled the North Fork

December 5, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

The North Fork once boasted a collection of LIRR train stations, spaced about three miles apart, for the convenience of passengers. This distance made it easy to travel between hamlets and move freight to and […]

Greenport school garden gets glow up for year-round learning

November 24, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

Art and STEAM teacher, Shannon Silverman has turned the school garden into a year-round sanctuary. (Credit: courtesy photo) Though the frost has come and the beds are fallow, there is still much to be done […]

Peconic Landing nursing facilities rank among nation’s best

November 17, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

Peconic Landing in Greenport. (Credit: Grant Parpan) The nursing facilities at Peconic Landing, one of Southold Town’s largest employers, earned top ratings from U.S. News & World Report — a distinction achieved by fewer than […]

BookTok trend born in Mattituck with influencer Cait Jacobs

November 17, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

Cait Jacobs, the original BookTokker, in their recording space. (Credit: Amanda Olsen) When it comes to book recommendations, people of a certain age might turn to NPR or the New York Times. They might ask […]

Mattituck Handy Pantry landlord hopes to build apartments

November 11, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

The woods behind Handy Pantry in Mattituck could be cleared for an apartment complex that would provide much-needed workforce housing, pending planning board approval of measures to protect neighboring homes from the development. The proposed […]

Couple expands backyard oyster farm with $40K grant

November 6, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

Mike Osinski, of Widow’s Hole Oysters, counts out the first order of the day. (Amanda Olsen) Mike and Isabel Osinski sold their software firm in the early 2000s to grow oysters in their backyard. Literally. […]

Peconic Bay scallop harvest remains poor as 2025 season opens: It ‘sucks’

November 3, 2025 Amanda Olsen 0

(Credit: file photo) The 2025 scallop season got off to a rough start in Peconic Bay on Monday — and the prospect of a bountiful haul is not looking good for the fifth straight year. […]