Turnpike Roadwork Meeting Rescheduled

Mon, 10/25/2021 - 11:40

October 25, 2021

Update, Oct. 26: Because of heavy rains, Tuesday's meeting about roadwork on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike has been postponed to Nov. 9. A location has yet to be confirmed.

Originally, Oct. 25: Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming and Joe Brown, commissioner of the county's Public Works Department, will hold a community meeting on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. about roadwork and sidewalks on County Road 79, also known as the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.

The meeting will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork at 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status, and social distancing will be practiced. A maximum of 40 attendees will be permitted; those interested can R.S.V.P. to [email protected].

Villages

Buddhist Monks on the Path to World Peace

Twenty or so monks from a monastery in Texas are making their way to Washington, D.C., on a mission of compassion, while locally a class on the Buddhist path to world peace will be held in Water Mill.

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‘ICE Out’ Vigils on Friday

Coordinated vigils for what organizers call victims of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement will happen across the East End on Friday at 6 p.m. and in Riverhead on Saturday at 10 a.m., with local events scheduled in East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor.

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Item of the Week: The Reverend and the Accabonac Tribe

This photostat of a deposition taken on Oct. 18, 1667, from East Hampton’s first minister, Thomas James, is one of the earliest records we have of “Ackobuak,” or “Accabonac,” as a place name.

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