Reader comment, the Thanksgiving edition.

In a town where just getting a permit to build a deck can take six months or more, taking time to get things right should be seen as just part of the deal.

Here’s what we are most grateful for on Thanksgiving eve, 2024.

At Thanksgiving it seems appropriate to think about eastern Long Island’s very first land flip, which began 383 years ago when the Manhanset Indians were robbed of the place we know today as Shelter Island.

Dinner at Sam’s Bar and Restaurant with both my children followed by a brand-new Ridley Scott movie: Life probably won’t get much better than that.

Coming to you from the D-III national championships in Terre Haute, Indiana . . .

This Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving, a new chapter of Hamptons Pride history will be written in the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, as quilts from the National AIDS Memorial will be on display.

Some commercial action in Montauk. And other realty tidbits from hereabouts.

The Ladies Village Improvement Society, whose website tagline reads, "Keeping East Hampton beautiful since 1895," will have a new executive director, Rachel Cooper, starting Jan. 1.

Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, the South Fork Natural History Museum, and the Surfrider Foundation will host a community beach cleanup at Sagg Main Beach at 11:30 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving.

Everyone knows what a turkey looks like, right? Sure. However, when tasked with illustrating a magazine story about the King family and their poultry farm in Southampton, Kym Fulmer, the Springs artist whose bright-eyed gobblers are on the cover of this edition of East, wanted to make sure she got it exactly right, so she paid a visit to North Sea Farms to look at the birds up close.

From Bob Dylan’s explosion on the scene to the Mayor of MacDougal Street, Dave Van Ronk, this is the way it was in Greenwich Village, a work of music history reviewed by a working musician.

Whiskey Bravo, a youth group that supports active-duty military personnel with service projects, is teaming up with the American Legion Post 419 Auxiliary to collect items for care packages this holiday season.

Jaime Lopez has had a successful career as a fashion photographer and, more recently, as a fine-art photographer whose subjects have ranged from landscapes to artists to rustic metal tools.

Now in its 17th year, Hamptons Doc Fest will show 32 films over seven days, with screenings at the Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater.

The East Hampton Historical Society's House and Garden Tour features five residences, some old, some recent, and all with surprises.

Jake Ruehl has organized a one-night celebration of the artwork of David Geiser, his father, who died four years ago in Springs.

New workshops at the Women's Art Center, nature and sports cars at the White Room, 144 artists at Tripoli Gallery, group show at LTV.

The East Hampton Library's exhibition "The Way We Cooked in East Hampton" features a treasure trove of recipes from its Long Island Collection.

The Artist and Writers dinner returns to Almond restaurant, Arthur and Sons has a new prix fixe and happy hour till Dec. 1, and Art of Eating offers a brunch pop-up.