Hampton Watercraft & Marine and the Town of Southampton Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the 2024 Snapper Derby at the Tiana Bayside beach on Wednesday, August 14, from 2... more
The Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, November 11, at 11 a.m. at Agawam Park in Southampton. Prior to the service, there will be a short parade from the First Presbyterian Church, down Jobs Lane, to the park. All veterans are invited to participate and are asked to be at the church parking lot by 10:30 a.m. Cars will be available for those who cannot march. The guest speaker will be Tim Hendricks, an author and former U.S. Army tank platoon leader and military intelligence officer. The public is invited to the ...
29 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
The Hamptons Observatory is partnering with Suffolk County Community College to present a free virtual lecture by Dr. Madhulika “Lika” Guhathakurta, NASA senior advisor for new initiatives. Sean Tvelia, academic chair of Physical Sciences at Suffolk County Community College and a founding board member of Hamptons Observatory, will serve as moderator of the event. Guhathakurta will discuss heliophysics, also known as “space weather,” and how the “Living With a Star” program targets specific aspects of the sun-earth system that affect life and society. Practitioners of disciplines like solar physics, geophysics, atmospheric physics, cosmic ray physics and magnetohydrodynamics have collaborated in ...
28 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
Sag Harbor Cinema has launched its Lighthouse Project, a year-round film and discussion series that illuminates mental health awareness, advocacy and action. The series, which kicks off on Sunday, November 3, will be free and open to the public, and will offer equitable access to mental health information with expert-led panel discussions. Its goal is to demystify, to destigmatize, and to promote knowledge about mental disorders, and to disseminate information about their treatment using film as an entry point for discussion, noted a press release. The Sunday event, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., will focus on adolescent mental health. ...
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The Hampton Bays Civic Association will honor Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corps for its critical services to the community at its monthly meeting on Monday, October 28, at the Hampton Bays Community Center, 25 Ponquogue Avenue. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments, and the meeting will start at 7 p.m. The annual election of officers and membership approval of revisions to the bylaws are on the agenda, as is an update on the Shinnecock Nation’s Westwoods project. The guest speaker will be attorney Joe Prokop, who specializes in village formation law. He will explain what the process of forming ...
21 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
To get into the spirit of the season, the first-ever Spooky-Palooza! is coming to Sag Harbor. The collaborative event between Sag Harbor Cinema, The Church, and Bay Street Theater will take place on Saturday, October 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The family fun starts at 11 a.m. at the Sag Harbor Cinema for a screening of “The Addams Family.” Spooky creative fun follows at The Church, before the costume contest and party at Bay Street Theater at 3 p.m. Afterward participating restaurants in the village are offering discounts to those who attending the Spooky Palooza. For more information, ...
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The Southampton Town Disability Task Force (DATF) and the Southampton Union Free School District will host a free Disability Services Resource Fair on Saturday, November 2, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Hampton Bays Senior Center, located at 25 Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays. All are welcome to stop by to learn about community resources, connect with service providers, advocates, and support groups. There will be activities for kids throughout the day with the Southampton Town Youth Bureau and Youth Advisory Committee, a “You Belong” art project, and presentations by Self-Initiated Living Options Inc., and Parent to Parent of ...
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Christopher Gangemi will present a talk on birding at a brunch hosted by the Southampton Trails Preservation Society on Saturday, November 2. The lunch starts at noon at Edgewater Restaurant, 295 E. Montauk Highway, Hampton Bays. The talk, “Which Birds, Which Trails, Which Seasons” will highlight the locations and times to enjoy birdwatching while walking the trails. Gangemi is a reporter and bird columnist for The East Hampton Star. The cost of the lunch is $50 per person. Go to southamptontrails.org for more information.
14 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
ChangeHampton is hosting a panel discussion, “Toward a New Land Ethic,” focused on principles and practices for ecological and human health, on Sunday, October 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Nature Conservancy, 142 Route 114 in East Hampton. The discussion will be lead by pioneers of “the new healthy, nontoxic, biodiverse, resilient landscaping to counteract our climate and biodiversity crisis as well as to address the relationship between what we do in our yards and our drinking water and bays.” Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele will moderate. To register, email info@changehampton.org.
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Staff Writer on Jul 22, 2024