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.
Sag Harbor Gets a Septic Grant
Sag Harbor Village is the recipient of a $34,091 New York State grant to develop an engineering study to replace failing septic systems in the Redwood neighborhood with a decentralized wastewater collection and treatment system to reduce nitrogen and pathogen loading in Sag Harbor Cove.
The Teen Pager: Love Is in the Air
With Valentines Day around the corner, our teen book reviewer considers two books by Nicola Yoon about profound romances, each of which have captured the hearts of readers across the globe: "Everything Everything" and "The Sun is Also a Star."
Wind Power Wins Again in Court
The offshore wind industry, despite a sustained campaign against it by the Trump administration, won another round on Jan. 15 when a United States District Court granted the developer of the Empire Wind 1 farm a preliminary injunction that allows construction of the 54-turbine, 810-megawatt project to resume.