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
Kathee Burke-Gonzalez
East Hampton Top Stories

East Hampton’s 2027 Budget Will Pierce Tax Cap

Beth Young
East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez released the town's 2027 Tentative Budget on Sept. 30, a $118.9 million spending plan that pierces the New York State tax cap and represents a 7.44 percent increase in spending. Ms. Burke-Gonzalez said in her budget statement that the town's year-round population has grown by about 37 percent since 2010, increasing demand on town government services that residents rely on throughout the year. Pictured
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On the South Ferry.
Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.5.26

Beth Young
Walk to End Alzheimer's, Metafloric's Take on the Natural World, Maritime Vendors & the 'Chicken Farm' Good Morning! • We're expecting sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 68 degrees, with a northwest wind 6 to 11 miles per hour, increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. It will be clear and windy overnight, with a low around 40. Tuesday will be sunny, with a high near 60,
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Community Health Photos Recent

Photos: Fourth Annual North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Beth Young
We had a great time Saturday morning joining a community determined to end dementia at the Fourth Annual North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Peconic Landing in Greenport. As of Saturday evening, more than 240 walkers and 36 teams had raised nearly $124,000 to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s research and support services. You can still donate to the North Fork walk through December, online here. This Saturday's walk also
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Bill Albertini and Ellen Wiener at the opening for Metafloric
Arts Featured Photos

Meditations On Our Place in the Natural World

Beth Young
Each speck of blood flowing liquid through your veins is filled with the heavy element of iron, and the pieces of the innards of plumbing fixtures coursing through your house are also made of a fixed concoction of elements — be they metals or plastics.  But what they have in common is a connecting narrative thread — of the relationships between civilization, nature and physical laws — ideas that we’re
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Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski
Recent Southold

Southold’s Tentative 2027 Tax Levy Won’t Pierce Cap

Beth Young
Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski's tentative 2027 budget will carry a 2.87 percent tax levy increase, underneath New York State's tax cap. If it is adopted as currently drafted, town property taxes will increase 2.27 percent to $407.763 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, up from $398.646 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in 2026. The Town Board will now spend the month of October going over the budget before the public
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Havens Beach, Sag Harbor, Oct. 1, 2026
Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.2.26

Beth Young
On Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' Family, Southold Budget, Weekend Events Good Morning! • We're expecting mostly sunny skies today, with a high temperature near 79 degrees and a southwest wind 6 to 11 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 22 mph. There's a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight, with mostly cloudy skies and a low aroudn 58. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a
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Dorothy Westerinen at home in Greenport this week.
Greenport Top Stories

North Forkers Involved in New DNA Project Proving Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ Family

Beth Young
Greenport resident Dorothy Westerinen has always known her family was related to Thomas Jefferson — after all, her mother Julia's family carried the last name Jefferson for generations. But she didn't know until she was a teenager that her family line goes back to Sally Hemings, a woman enslaved by Jefferson who is believed to have borne seven of his children. Ms. Westerinen's family had always identified as white —
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Tractor Traffic Jam
Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.1.26

Beth Young
Community Housing Suggestions, Alzheimer's Walk and Active Aging Week, 4H Camp Preservation , Town Budgets & SpringsFest Good Morning! • We're expecting mostly cloudy skies today, with a high temperature near 74 degrees and a southwest wind 5 to 10 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 64. Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 76, and Saturday will be sunny, with
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The proposed Community Housing Overlay District for Southold.
Housing Recent Southold

In Southold, Housing Suggestions Abound as New Maps are Unveiled

Beth Young
Suggestions from the community for how to put together the best possible Community Housing program abounded at a public forum at Southold Town Hall Tuesday evening. Southold is in the midst of revamping sections of its town code that involve community housing this fall in order to spend the more than $8.5 million the town has collected in its Community Housing Fund. These funds can be used for a variety
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Photos Recent Upcoming

Beginning with Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Community Programs This Week at Peconic Landing Highlight Healthy Aging

Beth Young
This Saturday's fourth annual North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer's is just the one of numerous community programs highlighting healthy aging to be held at Peconic Landing in Greenport this week. The Walk to End Alzheimer's will be held this Saturday, Oct. 3. Registration for the walk begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. A Promise Garden ceremony, where participants raise high colorful flowers representing their connection to
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hampton oysters daybreak
Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 9.30.26

Beth Young
Voting Rights, Southold Down Payment Program, Celebrating Sukkot Good Morning! • We're expecting patchy fog before 9 a.m. today, with otherwise mostly sunny skies, with a high temperature near 70 degrees and a calm wind, becoming northwest around 5 miles per hour in the afternoon. We're expecting increasing clouds overnight, with a low around 60. Cloudy skies early Thursday will give way to mostly sun, with a high near 72.
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