Nature Outings in Montauk
On Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1 p.m., a Montauk Point State Park naturalist will lead a three-mile hike from the state park office in the lower parking lot to see shore birds and seals.
The Lost Freetown Cemetery
The location of a burial ground believed to contain the remains of as many as 20 people, some of whom may have been formerly enslaved, has been lost. A single gravestone is a rare clue.
Peconic Jitney Ferry May Yet Float
Eight years after its trial run, the Peconic Jitney, a ferry service that provided a direct link between Sag Harbor and Greenport, may return this summer.
A Public-Private Schools Blowback
The New York State Education Department has postponed making a final call on new rules that would give public schools more oversight into the educational offerings of private and parochial schools after thousands of people across the state criticized the proposal.