Author: Beth Young

Beth Young is an award-winning local journalist who has been covering the East End since the 1990s. She began her career at the Sag Harbor Express and has reported for the Southampton Press, the East Hampton Press and the Times/Review Media Group. She founded the East End Beacon website in 2013, and a print edition in 2017. Beth was born and raised on the North Fork. In her spare time, she tinkers with bicycles, tries not to drown in the Peconic Bay and hopes to grow the perfect tomato. You can send her a message at editor@eastendbeacon.com
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This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.19.26

Beth Young
No Kings in Riverhead, On the Suffolk County Clerk's Race, Maritime Photos and a Lunch & Learn in Southold Pollinator Garden Good Morning! • We're expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 61 degrees and a northeast wind 8 to 13 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 42. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 63, and Wednesday
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2026 Elections Top Stories

After Upheaval in Race, Dems Back Cutchogue Lawyer’s Write-In Campaign For Suffolk County Clerk

Beth Young
Perhaps the most interesting race to watch this election season in Suffolk County is one you won't see on your ballot. Over the past month, Cutchogue attorney Abigail Field has stood up a write-in challenge against incumbent Republican Suffolk County Clerk Vincent Puleo — garnering enough notice to win her a spot on the Suffolk County Democrats' list of official candidates. Pictured Above: Cutchogue Attorney Abigail Field, an active Democrat,
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2026 Elections Photos Top Stories

Photos: No Kings Returns With a Message for this Election: Vote Early

Beth Young
This Saturday, Oct. 17 marked the fourth time a series of pro-democracy events known as "No Kings" have been organized throughout the United States. On the East End and throughout the country, events were more muted than in former No Kings rallies, as the national organizers focused on hyperlocal efforts encouraging voters to go to the polls early. On the East End, the largest rally was held in Riverhead Saturday
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Photos: 36th Annual Greenport Maritime Parade

Beth Young
Everyone in Greenport is in the Maritime Spirit this weekend for the 36th Annual Greenport Maritime Festival. Staying true to the festival's commitment to highlighting the nautical heritage of this seaside community, Saturday morning's parade was headed up by a bevy of sea creatures designed under the guidance of Greenport community art studio VEME Studios and filled with cameos from the East End Seaport Museum's pirates, Grand Marshal Dave Abatelli
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Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.16.26

Beth Young
Preserving Shoreham, No Kings, Maritime, Outrunning Cancer & Epilepsy Good Morning! • We're expecting showers today, with thunderstorms also possible after 2 p.m., with a high temperature near 71 degrees and a southwest wind 9 to 14 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Showers and thunderstorms will continue overnight, with a low around 42. Skies will clear on Saturday, with a high near 55 degrees and
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New York Acquires 750 Acres Surrounding Shuttered Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

Beth Young
The woods surrounding the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, which never opened after intense anti-nuclear activism in the early 1980s, have long been eyed by environmentalists as a pristine ecosystem ripe for preservation. And now, that preservation has happened. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has acquired nearly 750 acres of open space surrounding the power plant from National Grid. "The acquisition
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Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.15.26

Beth Young
Ready.. Set... Maritime!, Peconic Landing Gets a Snail of Approval, Housing on Shelter Island, Fall Theater Kicks Off, Riverhead Supervisor Debate Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 61 degrees and a north wind 5 to 8 miles per hour. We're expecting increasing clouds overnight, with a low around 49. Showers are likely Friday, with thunderstorms also possible after 5 p.m. The high Friday will
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Get Ready for Greenport Maritime Festival

Beth Young
Greenport's 36th Annual Maritime Festival is ready to set sail this coming weekend, staying true to its commitment to highlighting the nautical heritage of this seaside community. Under the new leadership of the Greenport Business Owners Alliance, there are some changes to this year's festival, but many of the traditional events long organized by the East End Seaport Museum will return. The festival was rescheduled to Oct. 16 through Oct.
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Peconic Landing Celebrates Its Snail of Approval

Beth Young
The retirement community Peconic Landing in Greenport has been likened to a mini-Blue Zone, a place on the earth where people live long, healthy lives. A big pillar of this success is a wholistic attitude toward food, and Slow Food East End has taken notice — granting the retirement community its coveted Snail of Approval this week. Peconic Landing is now the second retirement community in the United States to
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This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.14.26

Beth Young
Supervisor Candidates on Riverhead's Future, CAST Health Fair, Talking Ticks in Cutchogue Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 79 degrees and a west wind 8 to 10 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 21 mph. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 52. Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 63, and we're expecting showers on Friday,
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Environment Upcoming

DEC Accepting Comments on Bridge Lane, Sag Harbor Cleanup Through Oct. 16

Beth Young
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting public comment on its proposed remediation of contamination on properties slated for a Sag Harbor mixed-use housing development through this Friday, Oct. 16. The properties, 7 and 11 Bridge Street, are adjacent to the former site of the Sag Harbor “Gas Ball” Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP), a large blue storage container that had been filled with natural gas. That site
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