Villages

This week's Long Island Collection Item of the Week focuses on the oldest graveyard in East Hampton and the final resting place for a number of well-known figures.

A presentation and panel discussion on how the history of the enslaved is being revealed through archaeology, anthropology, and other methods that fill in the gaps left by official records will be held on Sunday.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. on Tuesday presented Lorraine Dusky of Sag Harbor with a signed copy of a new bill on adoption rules passed by the New York State Legislature that Ms. Dusky helped make happen.     

Frank and Denise Forde of Springs have announced the engagement of their daughter Whitney Forde to Nicholas Matheson, the son of Howie and Rosanne Matheson of Southport, N.C.

Residents of Northwest Woods vociferously objected to an AT&T plan to build a 185-foot-tall cell tower in their neighborhood at an East Hampton Town Planning Board public hearing on Feb. 5.     

Hemp farmers and other members of  New York State’s emerging cannabis industry weighed in on the crop’s economic potential and the prospect of marijuana legalization at a forum in Sag Harbor on Saturday.     

The trial of the owner of the Petit Bleu children’s store in East Hampton Village, who was cited by code enforcement for placing two stuffed golden retrievers at the entrance to her shop, was held Monday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

Capt. Anthony Long of the East Hampton Village Police Department addressed the village board last Thursday on the pros and cons of parking regulations.

Accounts by people of African heritage whose paths crossed Long Island at one time or another provide glimpses of what their lives were like. They tell a story of brutality, deprivation, and, above all, resistance.

Hold on to your sailor hats. Bella Noche, a drag queen who performs as a mermaid, is headlining the first Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Museum of the East End on Feb. 15.

WPPB’s call letters are to be changed to WLIW in the coming months, according to a statement WNET issued on Friday.

The plans to install the pole will not be revisited until all parties can agree on a new riser pole design and location, according to a PSEG Long Island spokeswoman.