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Orient Gets its First Habitat for Humanity House

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_12808" align="alignnone" width="600"] Raising the second wall of the first Habitat for Humanity house in Orient.[/caption] It was bitterly cold but the spirit was warm in Orient this morning, when more than two dozen volunteers from all over Suffolk County gathered to raise the first Habitat for Humanity home in the town of Southold. The process of finding a suitable property for a Habitat house in Southold has been a
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Southold & Southampton to Hold Joint Convocation for 375th Anniversaries

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
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The Big Seed Swap Comes to Riverhead

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_12259" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Long Island Regional Seed Consortium is hosting a Seed Swap next weekend.[/caption] If you're a gardener, you've probably often wondered what to do with all the extra seeds hanging around your house. Perhaps the seed packages were bigger than you thought they'd be. Or you didn't give any thought to the size of your yard while you were daydreaming about what you could plant there
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Flanders Kids Learn About Caring Firsthand with School Food Pantry

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_12129" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Phillips Avenue School community cut the ribbon on their new food pantry Thursday morning.[/caption] Since last fall, the kids, teachers and staff at the Phillips Avenue Elementary School in Riverside have been busy putting together a unique program to help their fellow students and families. Through food drives and partnerships with Island Harvest and other community groups, they've stocked a storeroom off of their lunchroom
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Southampton Unveils Historical Lecture Series for 375th Anniversary

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_12063" align="alignnone" width="600"] Detail of East End Long Island, 1690 Map of New England by Christopher Browne.[/caption] Southampton Town's 375th Anniversary organizers have unveiled a detailed series of historical lectures, beginning this Thursday, to celebrate the town's anniversary year. The first lecture, "A Brief History of North Sea," will be held at the Rogers Memorial Library Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. In 1640 English pioneers landed near a Shinnecock
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SUNY Approves Southampton Hospital’s Merger with Stony Brook

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_11914" align="alignnone" width="600"] A partnership between Stony Brook University Hospital and Southampton Hospital was formalized today.[/caption] The 18-member Board of Trustees of the State University of New York voted unanimously Tuesday morning to approve a partnership between Stony Brook University Hospital and Southampton Hospital that could pave the way for a new campus of Southampton Hospital at Stony Brook-Southampton. The two hospitals have been formally affiliated since 2008, and in
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Thiele on LIPA Reform: Where’s the Reform?

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_7764" align="alignnone" width="600"] PSEG worked on installing a new transmission line down East Hampton Village streets last winter.[/caption] One year after the state LIPA Reform Act put the New Jersey utility PSE&G in charge of Long Island's power grid, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele issued a scathing letter this week saying things have only gotten worse. Mr. Thiele originally voted against the 2013 reform bill because, he said, he thought it wouldn't
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Montauk Surf Museum Reaches Kickstarter Goal

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_11486" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Montauk Surf Museum's Kickstarter campaign reached its $25,000 goal on Wednesday.[/caption] The Montauk Surf Museum project underway at the Montauk Lighthouse has exceeded its goal of raising $25,000 through a Kickstarter campaign launced in late October. The project had raised $29,939 from 128 backers as of Wednesday morning, after a one-month long campaign. The surf museum, formally known as the Oceans Institute of the Montauk Historical Society,
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Greenport Dedicates Skating Rink to Veteran Dockbuilder

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_11392" align="alignnone" width="600"] Members of the Burton Potter American Legion Post and the North Fork NJROTC celebrated the dedication of the skating rink at the legion hall on the morning of Veterans Day.[/caption] While members of Greenport's Burton Potter American Legion Post 185 are still fundraising to reopen the roller skating rink at their headquarters on Third Street, they took some time on the morning of Veterans Day to
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New Suffolk Waterfront Fund Cancels Community Discussions, Citing Legal Concerns

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_7577" align="alignleft" width="600"] The former Galley Ho restaurant at the New Suffolk waterfront.[/caption] Trouble continues to brew in New Suffolk over the non-profit New Suffolk Waterfront Fund's plan to re-open the old Galley Ho restaurant, which has met with resistance from a swath of the New Suffolk community. Tuesday afternoon, residents who had signed up for a series of three round-table discussions on the future of the Galley Ho building
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Celebrating the Restoration of The Witch’s Hat

Beth Young
[caption id="attachment_11240" align="alignnone" width="600"] A crew of volunteers who worked to restore the Witch's Hat in Aquebogue over the past year.[/caption] There are two kinds of people in the world, says Save Main Road organizer Larry Simms: there are people who love The Witch's Hat in Aquebogue and there are people who haven't seen it yet. [caption id="attachment_11253" align="alignright" width="275"] The peak[/caption] The roadside attraction, with its high-peaked roof, just
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