Buddhist Monks on the Path to World Peace
Twenty or so monks from a monastery in Texas are making their way to Washington, D.C., on a mission of compassion, while locally a class on the Buddhist path to world peace will be held in Water Mill.
‘ICE Out’ Vigils on Friday
Coordinated vigils for what organizers call victims of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement will happen across the East End on Friday at 6 p.m. and in Riverhead on Saturday at 10 a.m., with local events scheduled in East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor.
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.