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Gristmill: A Fan’s Notes

Thoughts on team loyalty formation after the Thanksgiving football smorgasbord.

Guestwords: Beautiful People in an Ugly World

I recently traveled alone to the West Bank of Palestine for three weeks to teach a course in documentary filmmaking. This is what I saw.

Recorded Deeds 12.05.24

The latest reported South Fork real estate moves.

Former Montauk Man Gets 3 to 9 Years in Fraud Scheme

A former Montauk businessman was sentenced Monday to serve three to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of second-degree and two counts of third-degree grand larceny for a scheme that defrauded businesses of $400,000 over three years.

Writer Reinvents a Classic With ‘Scrooge . . . The Relapse’

With three short-story collections and a dystopian novel to his credit, John McCaffrey is bringing "Scrooge . . . The Relapse" to LTV.

‘A Christmas Carol’ On Air

Boots on the Ground Theater recreates a 1940s radio studio, complete with props, costumes, and sound effects, for "A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play."

Marble Sculpture at Duck Creek

"Ian Swordy: Direct Carving at Duck Creek" brings three monumental sculptures and a pedestal piece to the Springs arts center.

Exhibition Tour at The Church

Myrna Davis and April Gornik, co-curators of the exhibition “Yes, No, WOW: The Push Pin Studios Revolution,” will lead a tour of the show at The Church.

Chompers, a History

Bill Schutt, a biology professor adept at addressing the general reader, is back with an amusing compendium of toothed animals, from horses to bats to George Washington.

The Art Scene 12.05.24

Gallery tour of Guild Hall's Artist Members Exhibition and small artworks by 100 artists at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton.

Bits and Pieces 12.05.24

Holiday shows at Guild Hall, a garden roundtable in Bridgehampton, jazz and jamming at the Masonic Temple.

News for Foodies 12.05.24

A takeout menu from Bostwick's Seafood Market, holiday hams from Townline BBQ, and cocktail kits from the Sagaponack Farm Distillery.

Sag Harbor Redevelopment Plans Get First Airing

The real estate developer Jeremy Morton discussed his plans for the commercial buildings at 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue in Sag Harbor at a village planning board hearing on Nov. 26. 

Health Fair This Week at St. Luke's

St. Luke's Episcopal Church will be the site of a free health fair on Friday.

OVERHEARD: The Bird Is the Word

Those who frequently drive along Noyac Road will be familiar with a pair of signs along the route: a chicken and an egg. They’re just around the bend from the marina at Wooley Pond and welcome people to North Sea Farms. It’s actually a rooster and not a chicken, hinting at the lighthearted farm humor at play.

OVERHEARD: Silver Bells

There’s nothing quite like the sound of the English-handbell choir during the Christmas season at the First Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, when gloved hands ring gleaming bells and chimes at exactly the right moment to create songs that evoke angels.

These are the hands of the community: everyday people who come together to make music — and magic and the holiday spirit.

OVERHEARD: Naughty by Nature

Places and populations have personalities, too, and one of the deep-seated quirks of East Hampton is a predilection for pranks. We have a long history of (mostly) harmless mischief.

NEIGHBORS: The Cigar Box Kid

A blues talent beyond his years, discovered as a youth here in 2013, gets ready for the big stage. Henry Koepp introduces you (again) to Casey Baron

EDITORS' NOTE: Quirky Turkey

Despite what the poultry pushers over at Butterball might have you believe, turkey isn’t a strictly universal Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner standard in various corners of America — and it definitely wasn’t always on the holiday table here in Bonac.

OUT HERE: Peace on Earth

Some of us, of literary bent, can’t walk past the South End Burying Ground — the cemetery, that is, by Town Pond, the one with the weeping willows — without being reminded of the famous closing lines of James Joyce’s short story The Dead: