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Celebrating the USCG’s Eagle, and Mitchell Park

July 30, 2026August 17, 2026 East End Beacon

As the legendary U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle arrives in Greenport as part of the national Sail250 celebration, the Village of Greenport will welcome residents and visitors with an evening of music, food, family activities, and community spirit during the "Let's Raise the Rink" Community Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. in Mitchell Park. The Eagle will be open for public tours from 10 a.m. to

The Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company.

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Greenport Shipyard Recommended for Preservation

July 28, 2026August 11, 2026 Beth Young

The Suffolk County Working Waterfront Committee recommended the Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding Company for preservation through the county's new working waterfront preservation program at a special meeting Monday afternoon, July 27. Committee members present voted unanimously (with one abstention from Greenport Village Trustee Mary Bess Phillips) to send the application to the County Legislature's Environment, Parks & Agriculture Committee for review at its Aug. 31 executive session, after which the

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Greenport Outlines Potential Resident Parking Passes

July 9, 2026July 16, 2026 Beth Young

The Greenport Village Board is considering implementing resident parking permits in 2027 for the village parking lots that now require hourly payment near the center of the village. The move came after backlash from residents over the expansion this summer of the village's paid parking program. The board discussed implementing the resident passes at a special meeting Wednesday evening. They received a smattering of mixed reaction from the public. Pictured

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“Unstoppable Pride” Returns to Greenport

June 23, 2026June 28, 2026 East End Beacon

It wouldn’t be June without Pride, and on Saturday, June 27 the village plays host to the fourth annual North Fork Pride parade and festival, which kicks off at with a parade at Noon from Main & Broad streets to Mitchell Park. The festival, showcasing restaurants and artisans along Main and Front streets downtown, runs through 5 p.m. This year’s Pride theme is “Unstoppable Pride — Here. Now. Always.” The

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Photos: Walk to Freedom Continues at Juneteenth in Greenport

June 21, 2026June 28, 2026 Beth Young

View this post on Instagram A post shared by East End Beacon (@eastendbeacon_li) "We've gotta continue to walk, and we've gotta walk until all human beings are recognized as full human beings," said Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church Pastor Natalie Wimberly as she warmed up the crowd for a walk through Greenport ahead at Saturday's Juneteenth festivities. "We've gotta walk until we recognize that every right to vote is exercised,

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Meet Greenport’s New Village Administrator

June 19, 2026June 22, 2026 Beth Young

After two years without a permanent staff member to run Greenport's day-to-day affairs, the village welcomed Jenna Butler Esposito as its new Village Administrator in mid-May. Ms. Esposito, who lives in East Marion, had at been The Ross School on the South Fork for the past 10 years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. She was on the ferry to work early last spring when she spotted the village's ad

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Photos: Greenport Blessing of the Fleet

June 14, 2026June 19, 2026 Beth Young

It's been decades since members of the clergy gathered on a pier in Greenport to bless the mariners of this bustling seaside village, but Porters took quickly to this tradition again when the East End Seaport Museum revived it this Saturday. Six members of the clergy shared blessings with nearly 50 vessels that queued up at the dock behind Saylor Beach House, the new restaurant that had been Crabby Jerry's,

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Listening, and Seeing, When the Earth Speaks

June 11, 2026June 14, 2026 East End Beacon

Last summer, the North Fork Arts Center in Greenport embarked on a collaboration with the BarTur Awards, an international photography prize, for a stunning exhibition of great photojournalism from around the world. This year the collaboration is growing in innovative new ways, thanks to a collaboration with a talented group of young composers and musicians from Yale University. Pictured Above: Supratim Bhattacharjee's 'Sinking Sundarban,' Mousuni Island, West Bengal, India. This

Architect Clay Coffey with the design for 110 Front Street.

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Greenport Architects Share Potential Future for Livable Downtown

June 2, 2026June 11, 2026 Beth Young

This winter, a group of Greenport architects has embarked on a bold thought experiment — envisioning what this little village would look like if it made space for hundreds more people to live downtown. The group, organized by Greenport Affordable & Workforce Housing Committee member Frank Mackin, an architect, shared design ideas for three story redevelopment of several major downtown properties at a community meeting in the Old Schoolhouse May

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Photos: The Sunflowers Return — Greenport Students Brighten Fifth Street Beach

May 30, 2026June 10, 2026 Beth Young

Art was alive in Greenport Friday afternoon. Students from the Greenport School gathered with artist Kara Hoblin and representatives from the North Fork Art Collective, along with the Village of Greenport, to paint a community mural on the comfort station at Fifth Street Beach - the first event of the Greenport Village Mural Project. The mural, of sunflowers growing on the wall of the comfort station facing the beach parking

Paul J. Connor III, Chief Administrative Officer SBELIH; Carrie Grattan, BSN, RN, Vice President of Nursing Operations; Joseph Kruk, CMSgt, USAF (Ret.), ESGR Volunteer, New York; and Russell Guerrier, RN, Captain US Army. |. Nicole B. Brewer photo/SBELIH

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Greenport Hospital Nursing Administrator Honored For Supporting Service Members

May 22, 2026June 10, 2026 East End Beacon

Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Vice President of Nursing Operations and Registered Nurse Carrie Grattan has been honored with the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a program of the U.S. Department of Defense, for her work welcoming Reservists and Guard members who work at the hospital. The award was presented May 13 by retired US Air Force Chief Master Sargent Joseph Kruk, who recognized