Bits and Pieces: 08.29.19
Mountain's Corky Laing at Canio's, a film about a slave trafficking family from New England, concerts, a benefit, and more
Name That Emu
The Center for Science Teaching and Learning in Rockville Centre wants Long Islanders to suggest names for its two recently arrived emus.
East Hampton Chamber's Director Is Moving On
Steven Ringel, the executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, who helped launch the spring, fall, and summer fairs held in East Hampton Village, is leaving the post at the end of August, the chamber announced on Friday.
Early Reveals from Hamptons Film Festival
The Hamptons International Film Festival is teasing out some of its selections for this year along with a featured talk with Alfre Woodard.
'A Positive Week for Water Quality'
Bacteria levels dropped to some of their lowest numbers all summer this week at many water bodies Concerned Citizens of Montauk tests, including some with consistently high levels like East Creek at Lake Montauk, which showed low levels of the enterococcus bacteria for the first time since March.
"This was a positive week for water quality!" Kate Rossi-Snook, an environmental advocate with C.C.O.M, wrote of the results.
Air Traffic Up; Many Are Miffed
“Don’t shoot the messenger,” was the plea from Jim Brundige, manager of East Hampton Airport, as he told the town board on Tuesday that air traffic so far this year was up 7.5 percent over 2018.
Her Dream Became Their Mission
Janice Blair Whalen would have loved the idea of sending two children from the Linstead School, in an economically disadvantaged area in Jamaica, to the Ross School’s summer camp, her husband, Richard Whalen, said.
Fusion Ticket Fizzles
Members of the EH Fusion Party, a group of Republican, Independence Party, and Democratic candidates seeking to appear on a unified ticket on the Nov. 5 ballot, experienced another setback last week when a United States District judge for the Eastern District of New York dismissed the lawsuit it had brought against the Suffolk County Board of Elections and its Democratic and Republican commissioners.
Reject Hunting Pause
Hope gave way to disappointment on Tuesday when members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife, having successfully lobbied the town board to talk about banning hunting on one weekend day during the hunting season, listened as just one of five members expressed support.
Are Feds ‘Delaying It to Death’?
Is the Trump administration attempting to halt the proliferation of offshore wind farms?