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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Greenport Top Stories

How to Replace Shellabration? It’s Still An Open Question in Greenport

Beth Young
Cornell Cooperative Extension's Marine Program will not be producing a Shellabration celebration of seafood in Greenport village for the second year in a row, and the Greenport Business Improvement District says it is working with the business community on new plans for a village-wide celebration the first weekend in December. The founder of the Hold Fast Fund, the non-profit associated with Little Creek Oysters that last year hastily organized a
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The East Hampton BESS facility, a collaboration between National Grid and NextEra Energy, was the site of a fire in May of 2023.
BESS East Hampton Top Stories

Officials: Two East Hampton Battery Storage Facilities Will Suspend Operations Until Fire Suppression Compounds Are Removed

Beth Young
Two Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in East Hampton Town will continue to suspend operation until a controversial fire suppression agent is removed from the facilities, announced Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine on Oct. 9. The move comes after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued a report in early September concluding that the chemical in the fire suppression system, NOVEC 1230, was the likely cause of contamination
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This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.9.26

Beth Young
World Migratory Bird Day, Celebrating The Greenbelt, Music, Cars and Trains Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 69 degrees and a light west wind increasing to 8 to 13 miles per hour. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 43. Saturday will be sunny, with a high near 66, and Sunday will
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Pastor Natalie Wimberly Receives Southold Town's Helen Wright Prince Award
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Watch: Rev. Natalie Wimberly Receives Southold’s Helen Wright Prince Award

Beth Young
Pastor Natalie Wimberly has been inspiring the North Fork community from the pulpit at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport for the past decade. On Oct. 8, she was honored by the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force with the Helen Wright Prince Award for her commitment to educating North Forkers in a celebration at Peconic Landing. Rev. Wimberly has been an active advocate for social justice during her time
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Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.8.26

Beth Young
Honoring Pastor Wimberly, Septic Hearing in Southampton Village, Indigenous Artists in Greenport Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 72 degrees and a west wind around 10 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 21 mph. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 50. Friday will be sunny, with a high near 67. It will be sunny on Saturday, with
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Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.7.26

Beth Young
Riverhead Supervisor Debates, Southampton Sewage Plant, Celebrating Birds Good Morning! • We're expecting patchy frost before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise, sunny skies and a high temperature near 64 degrees, with a light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 miles per hour in the morning. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 56. Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 71, and Friday will be
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Development Riverhead Top Stories

Riverhead IDA Says It Will Hold Another Public Hearing When Town Square Hotel Tax Abatements Are Finalized

Beth Young
Members of the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency said Monday evening that a schedule of proposed tax abatements for the controversial Town Square hotel has not yet been developed, and they're expecting to hold another public hearing when the schedule is released. The proposed $35 million Tapestry Hilton hotel would be nearly 70,000 square feet, with 94 rooms, a restaurant and first floor retail spaces. Most of the parking would be
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The Southampton Village Dog Park, which would be moved to make way for the leaching field for the sewage treatment plant.
Letters Opinion Recent

Letter: Southampton Can Have Clean Water Without Sacrificing Its Park

Beth Young
To the Editor: Lola Prentice Memorial Park should not be sacrificed for wastewater infrastructure. Southampton deserves clean water and a planning process that protects public land. A 2019 injunction restricts the park to park use. Litigation now challenges the Village Board's attempt to pursue parkland alienation. Residents deserve a clear explanation of how the proposal respects that court order. Pictured Above: Lola Prentice Memorial Park, which could be moved to
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Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.6.26

Beth Young
State Funding For Greenport, Riverhead IDA on Town Square Hotel, Rev. Wimberly to be Honored, Housing & Septic, Town Boards Get to Work Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 64 degrees and a northwest wind 9 to 11 miles per hour. We're expecting clear skies overnight, with a low around 33 and patchy frost between 5 and 8 a.m. Wednesday. Skies will be
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New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Member Tommy John Schiavoni at Greenport's Third Street basketball courts Monday.
Greenport Top Stories

State Assembly Announces $2.65 Million Investment in Greenport Sewers & Parks

Beth Young
The Village of Greenport will receive $2 million to upgrade its 100-year-old sewer system, $500,000 to upgrade its parks and playgrounds and $150,000 for sewer infrastructure improvements, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Member Tommy John Schiavoni announced Monday at a press conference at the village's Third Street basketball courts. Mr. Heastie said this investment in the sewer system is just the beginning — the Assembly will
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Announcements Recent

Riverhead IDA Will Hear Public on Tax Breaks for Town Square Hotel

Beth Young
The public will have a chance to weigh in before Riverhead's Industrial Development Agency this evening at 5 p.m. on a request for tax abatements from the developers of a new, nearly 70,000-square-foot, five story hotel adjacent to the new Town Square in downtown Riverhead. The Tapestry Hilton hotel is planned by J. Petrocelli Riverhead Town Square LLC, which last year received the go-ahead to purchase the property from Riverhead
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