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Bits and Pieces: 09.26.19

Jazz at Duck Creek

The Art Scene: 09.26.19

Ted Hartley at Keyes Art, an invitation to "play" at Crush Curatorial, and some art classes at the Parrish

East Hampton Village L.I.R.R. work It's Hammer Time at East Hampton L.I.R.R. Trestles

North Main Street in East Hampton Village will be closed between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday as construction crews build a foundation for a new railroad bridge.

Guild Hall Seeks Teen Arts Council Members

Applications for Guild Hall's Teen Arts Council are being accepted through Oct. 11. The council is open to teens age 14 and up who are interested in the arts.

South Forkers Join Youth Climate Strike

As if to underscore the validity of her words, Greta Thunberg twice interrupted her remarks to call for heat-related medical attention for one of the youthful mass gathered under the late-summer sun in Manhattan's Battery Park on Friday afternoon, the 16-year-old climate activist's appearance the culmination of the Youth Climate Strike that drew tens of thousands of students, some of them from

The Dude Abides

The wide-open desert of Arizona, where the prized 100-year-old saguaro cactuses grow wild among rattlesnakes and roadrunners, used to be dotted with dozens of dude ranches. Families would escape the cold of the winter here for an active week of riding horses, hiking, exploring, swimming, learning rope tricks, and drinking cowboy coffee.

Car Crash Damages Two Buildings, Driver Charged With D.W.I.

A 20-year-old man driving drunk crashed his car into two buildings in Springs and came to rest in between them just after midnight on Friday. He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition. 

Kids Calendar 09.19.19

Tie dye, pom-poms, trivia, Big Truck Day at the Children's Museum, even a birding club for ages 8 to 18; there's a lot for kids to do on the South Fork this week.

County Tests Private Wells Near Old Dump

In a move it described as precautionary, the Suffolk County Health Department announced on Monday that it will conduct a private well survey in an area surrounding the closed landfill and at least two commercial composting or mulching operations along the Springs-Fireplace Road corridor in East Hampton and Springs.

Who Should Pay to Remake Beach?

Residents and visitors alike are willing to pay for the preservation of Montauk’s ocean beaches, the East Hampton Town Board was told on Tuesday, and both groups are amenable to either a property tax or a lodging tax to finance a wide, healthy beach. 

Shoring Up the Art Barge

The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, also known as the Art Barge, has closed for the season, but a project critically important to the Napeague landmark’s reopening next year is intensifying.

Oceanfront Teardown Plan Topples

Toward the end of a contentious meeting at which neighbors threatened legal action should the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals allow the replacement of a house at 33 Lily Pond Lane by a larger one with more amenities and lot coverage, the property’s owners told the board they would abandon their plans and renovate the existing residence instead.

Emergencies Now, Wireless Later?

A proposal from the Springs Fire District to remove an unutilized 150-foot-tall communications tower behind the firehouse on Fort Pond Boulevard, and replace it with a 180-foot-tall tower to improve radio and pager communications for fire, ambulance, and police personnel, came before the East Hampton Town Planning Board on Sept. 11.

Where, When, and How to Vote

Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day, and the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will use the opportunity to explain to people across the South Fork where, when, and how to register for the Nov. 5 election.

Neighbor Aims to Block Quail Hill Barn

The public weighed in on a proposal from the Peconic Land Trust to build a more than 4,100-square-foot barn on Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett at an East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting on Sept. 11.

Time for a Car-Free Day

Tomorrow is the seventh annual Car Free Day Long Island, and on Tuesday the East Hampton Town Board adopted a nonbinding resolution in support of the designation.

Vote to Ban Offshore Drilling

The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to permanently protect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico from offshore drilling.

CVS Manager Back in Court

The manager at the CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village, who was accused earlier this month of shooting her boyfriend at their home in Flanders and then fleeing with their 3-year-old daughter, was back in court last week, flanked by a dozen supporters.

On the Police Logs 09.19.19

An East Hampton woman only noticed her china was missing when she moved the locked cabinet away from the wall to clean behind it and the back of the cabinet came off.

Community Service Is an Opportunity

The words “volunteers needed” are heard frequently in and around East Hampton, and high school students often rise to the challenge.