The East Hampton Village Foundation’s 5K run and walk happens on Saturday, starting at Main Beach at 9 a.m.
Advance registration costs $33.80 (including online fees) through tomorrow at by clicking here. On race day it rises to $44.15. The route mimics that of the May Day 5K, passing the estates along Ocean Avenue, Lee Avenue, Apaquogue Road, and Lily Pond Lane, and with the leaves at their fall peak, the course should be especially pretty.
There will be medals for the first 100 finishers.
Karl Grossman, an author and educator who has tirelessly advocated for the environment and journalism, and against nukes, will be honored on Saturday at the Sag Harbor Cinema in a fund-raiser hosted by Fred Thiele.
This weaver’s account book was kept by Benjamin Parsons, who began recording business transactions in 1794. His father was one of 49 weavers in East Hampton who signed the 1778 Loyalty Oath to the British.
East Hampton Town’s Jamaican population has been focused on the news and social media since Melissa struck as a Category 5 storm last week, making landfall with winds up to 185 miles per hour.
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