Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Without A Community
I wholeheartedly agree with this passage from Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh’s work titled, “No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering.”
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Community
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Saturday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m., the Riverhead Town Anti-Bias Task Force will host a program of speeches and writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of the preacher and Civil Rights leader’s birthday, celebrated with a national holiday on Monday, Jan. 17.
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Community Housing in the Spotlight
Pictured Above: This town-owned lot on South Ferry Road on Shelter Island could soon be a rental housing development, much
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Meet The Beacon’s 2022 Wall Calendar
2021 calendars were all the rage in horrid 2020, and since 2021 proved to not be too much better than
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Marchers Gather in Riverhead to Demand Immigration Reform
The message from more than 150 marchers who gathered in the streets of Riverhead Oct. 16 rang out throughout downtown,
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Demolition Underway for Riverhead Town Square
Demolition is underway on two buildings in the heart of downtown Riverhead, a project being undertaken by the town to
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Hochul Signs Bill to Create East End Housing Fund
Pictured Above: New York Governor Kathy Hochul, then Lieutenant Governor, at a 2018 opening ceremony for the Peconic Crossing workforce
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Answers for the Ancestors
New Sylvester Manor Partnership Pairs Archaeologists with Native Peoples Pictured Above: A ball jar filled with roses at a Sept.
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East End Debates Set
Election Day this year is Tuesday, Nov. 2, and this year there are a plethora of local races at the
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CAST Closes on Southold Opera House
Community Action Southold Town, Inc. (CAST) announced Sept. 15 that it has closed on the purchase of its new home
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Long Wharf Finds Tell History of Sag Harbor
Pictured Above: Sherds from Thomas Commeraw pottery found in the Long Wharf dredging. Commeraw was a free black man working
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