The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation will sponsor a free community Health Fair at the St. Luke’s Church Hoie Hall meeting room, 18 James Lane, East Hampton, on Friday, December 6,... more
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation has released a calendar of night owl hikes and history hikes. A State Park naturalist will guide visitors through the woods to listen for owls and other night life. The night owl hikes will be led by a state park naturalist from one of three locations: Camp Hero West Gate on Camp Hero Road by Camp Hero State Park; The Promised Land Trail parking lot in Napeague State Park: West Overlook on 27 in Hither Hills State Park. Participants are asked to arrive 10 minutes before the start of ...
19 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
The Sag Harbor Historical Museum was awarded a $10,000 grant to restore headstones in Sag Harbor’s Old Burying Ground on Union Street. The grant was from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, which supports projects that highlight New York history. The group of headstones to be repaired were severely damaged in the Hurricane of 1938 and have remained broken in multiple pieces and partially buried in the ground since that time. The headstones are a valuable part of Sag Harbor history, telling a story reaching back to the Revolutionary War. Capt. Lester BeeBee, the patriarch of the BeeBee family was ...
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LTV Studios will host a Community Cookie Exchange on Saturday, December 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. Guests may enjoy cookies, music, crafts, and raffles. Proceeds will go toward paying for LTV’s new roof and to the South Fork Performing Arts Education Fund. Nonperishable food items will also be collected for LTV’s Little Free Food Pantry in exchange for cookies to take home for the holidays. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at ltveh.org.
16 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
The East End Classic Boat Society’s raffle boat has been won by an East Setauket woman who wanted to help the group’s efforts teaching school children about boat building. The boat society each year gives classes in boat model building and nomenclature to 200 third- and fourth-graders at Montauk, Springs, Sag Harbor and Amagansett schools. “We love the cause,” said winner Diana Dow. Dow is a social worker who works with kids at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Besides helping children, she mentioned that she and her husband, Thomas Dow, love boating. Her winning ticket for an 11.5 foot Billy Mink ...
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Start the new year with a chance to do some good by braving the cold Atlantic for the 26th annual Wainscott Polar Bear Plunge, sponsored by the Seafood Shop’s Colin Mather, with all proceeds going to the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry. This is the only fundraising event held each year for the Sag Harbor Food Pantry, which serves more than 100 families a week and over 500 family members, all of whom reside in Sag Harbor. Participants should arrive by 2 p.m. to get ready for the 2:30 p.m. plunge at Beach Lane in Wainscott. All registered participants will ...
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Joy Jan Jones, a jazz singer who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and nightclubs and theaters throughout New York, will sing jazz songs from the Great American Song Book at the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton, 2 South Main Street in Southampton, on Saturday, December 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. The concert is a benefit performance for Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach. Jones will be accompanied by her band, The Fiancés. Tickets are $45 per person, which includes a reception with Jones and the musicians following the concert. Go to maureenshaven.org or call 631-727-6831 for more information.
9 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
Each Sunday in January, the Neo-Political Cowgirls will lead a variety of creative workshops designed to bring multigenerational women together to create art, to create space, and to create community. This year’s theme will be “Journey to a New Horizon” and workshop leaders will take participants on a creative and co-creative journey through the course of the afternoon. Beginning with centering and connection and concluding with reflection, these workshops are designed to utilize the arts as tools to cultivate community. Veronica Mezzina, textile artist and painter, will kick off the month on January 5, followed by Melora Griffis, painter, writer ...
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Staff Writer on Nov 24, 2024