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Schumer: PSEG Should Stop Installing Treated Utility Poles Until EPA Studies Health Risks

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_7764" align="alignnone" width="600"] PSEG works on installing a new transmission line down East Hampton Village streets last winter[/caption] U.S. Senator Charles Schumer held a press conference in Manhasset yesterday urging the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the use of pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative, on utility poles throughout Long Island. Opponents of PSEG-Long Island's installation of new, treated, utility poles in East Hampton last year have been calling on the government to address the

Performing Arts

Over the River & Through the Woods to Open in Mattituck

March 7, 2015March 9, 2015 East End Beacon

The North Fork Community Theatre's next production, "Over the River and Through the Woods," is the story of Nick, a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey who has received a great career offer on the West Coast. But some of his family is still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner, and the news of his impending move doesn’t sit so well with

Performing Arts

Hampton Theatre Company Will Present “Clybourne Park”

March 7, 2015 East End Beacon

“Clybourne Park," a wickedly funny and provocative play by Bruce Norris about how shades of racism can make a straightforward real estate transaction anything but—will be the third production of the Hampton Theatre Company’s 30th anniversary season. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play opens on March 12 at the Quogue Community Hall and will run through March 29. The two acts of “Clybourne Park” are two separate plays set

News

CPF Revenue Smashed Records in 2014

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_8378" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Community Preservation Fund had its best year ever in 2014.[/caption] The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund smashed records in 2014, bringing in a total of $107.69 million, demolishing the previous record of $96.02 million set in 2007. Since the fund started in 1999, it has now brought in nearly one billion dollars. The CPF is funded through a 2 percent real estate transfer tax approved

Civics

Southold & Southampton to Hold Joint Convocation for 375th Anniversaries

February 7, 2015February 9, 2015 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_12396" align="alignnone" width="600"] Southold and Southampton are hosting a joint convocation to celebrate the towns' foundings 375 years ago.[/caption] Next month, Southold and Southampton will cease the bickering associated with their shared anniversary year and gather together in Southampton to celebrate both towns together. On Sat., March 7, beginning at 3 p.m. the two towns will gather for a convocation to celebrate their shared 375th anniversaries at Southampton’s First Presbyterian

Arts

HTC Returns From War in “Time Stands Still”

January 3, 2015January 8, 2015 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_11656" align="alignnone" width="600"] Time Stands Still[/caption] “Time Stands Still,” the story of a New York photojournalist's recovery from the impact of covering the Iraq war, will be the second production of the Hampton Theatre Company’s 30th anniversary season. The play opens on Jan. 8 at the Quogue Community Hall, and runs through Jan. 25. This Tony-nominated drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies premiered in 2009 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los

Letters

Letter: Suffolk County to Develop a Harmful Algal Bloom Plan

June 16, 2014June 23, 2014 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_8809" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Peconic Bay, pictured here in South Jamesport, is full of water. This is proving to be a problem as Long Island’s nitrate-enriched groundwater seeps out into the bay, causing algae blooms and hurting salt marsh and eelgrass habitat.[/caption] To the Editor, This month, I, along with the Suffolk County Legislature, approved the appropriation of $100,323 from the Suffolk County Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program

Morning Bulletin News

This Morning’s Bulletin — 5.22.14

May 22, 2014May 25, 2014 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_8111" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Salon Gets a Makeover, Riverhead[/caption] Good Morning! • Downtown Riverhead is going to be taken over by artists on August 8, as part of East End Arts new jumpstART creative placemaking project. The Beacon's full story is online here. • The Long Island Clean Water Partnership is holding its second water quality conference, titled "Water We Going To Do II," this morning at the Islandia

Morning Bulletin News

This Morning’s Bulletin — 1.10.14

January 10, 2014January 13, 2014 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_4394" align="alignnone" width="600"] Sadie the Rag Tag Swan with her new friend Henry J. Heron | Courtesy Rick Kedenburg[/caption] Good morning! The Tale of Sadie the Rag Tag Swan of Peconic continued on Thursday, after birders Rick and Linda Kedenburg found the swan stuck to the ice outside Goldsmith Inlet. The two experienced wildlife rehabilitators took the swan home Wednesday to keep it warm through the deep-frozen night. They

Arts Music News

Bay Street to host benefit for victims of Typhoon Haiyan

November 19, 2013December 9, 2013 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_3630" align="alignnone" width="600"] A section of the poster for the concert to benefit the Philippines.[/caption] Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman and Bay Street Theatre will be holding a benefit concert this Sunday to raise money for Red Cross aid for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 24. Mr. Scheiderman and WPPB radio host Bonnie Grice will co-host the

Music News

The scallops have learned how to sing

November 4, 2013November 11, 2013 East End Beacon

[caption id="attachment_3375" align="alignnone" width="600"] We have here some very talented scallops[/caption] They say the sound of fishermen singing disturbs the silent cove. But in Hallocks Bay, the scallops have learned a tune or two of their own. [caption id="attachment_3378" align="alignright" width="600"] They also enjoyed being lunch.[/caption]