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(l-r) Ted Webb, Karen Lund, Bob Syron, Kathy Schmidt and Carol Devito in The Gallery at Brecknock Hall this week.
Arts Featured Greenport Visual Arts

Filling a Historic Hall with Art and Life

Beth Young
Over the next two weekends, Brecknock Hall in Greenport will be a lively place, as members of the Peconic Landing senior living community and the foundation that oversees the hall launch an inaugural art gallery in the historic mansion. There are about 300 members living independently at Peconic Landing, and about one-third of them are in the community's art club, which includes many accomplished artists. All works in the show,
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Photos: Pride Returns to Greenport

Beth Young
It was sweltering near 90 degrees Saturday with little of the breeze that had tempered much of this week's heat dome, but down in Greenport the Second Annual North Fork Pride Parade and Festival organized by the LGBT Network was undaunted, and neither were the crowds, who showed up to cheer on their friends and neighbors who showed up and showed out to support a safe place for people to
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Greenport Farmers Market to Open in Mitchell Park May 17

Beth Young
The Greenport Farmers Market will held this year for the first time in the village’s Mitchell Park at 115 Front Street on Friday afternoons. The market, which will include about 20 vendors providing a wide variety of local products ranging from fruits and vegetables to wines, spirits and cider, fish, meat, cheese, baked goods and other local products, will open for the season on May 17 and is expected to
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Community Featured Greenport

Celebrating Lived History In Greenport

Beth Young
Christopher Bianchi has only been in Greenport since August of 2022, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he’d lived here forever.  As the reference and local history librarian at Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library, his local knowledge runs deep, and his new podcast series for the library interviewing Greenport residents has become the talk of the town. Raised in New Orleans, and initially trained as an artist, Mr. Bianchi’s path to
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Greenport Infrastructure Transit

State Announces Start of Work on East End Traffic Projects

Beth Young
Pictured Above: The planned work at the Greenport intersection of Route 25 and Route 48. | New York State Department of Transportation image Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that construction is getting underway on several East End infrastructure projects, with a total cost of $10.9 million. The projects include the installation of a roundabout of the intersection of Route 25 and Route 48 in Greenport (at the north end of
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Community Greenport Religion Top Stories

Seeking Harmony Among Religions

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Dr. Don Russo (l) and Rabbi Gadi Capela (r) at the model Seder in Greenport The fundamental story behind Easter has its roots in Jesus's Passover Seder that became The Lord's Supper. The Seder, a meal commemorating the Jews' exodus from Egypt, tells a story with power to draw together people of all faiths. This past Wednesday, March 27, about 60 parishioners from many faiths gathered at Greenport's
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Ms. Streeter's portrait of Sarah Jackson Adams, a Greenport community leader and suffragist who conceived and funded the Greenport Auditorium
Community Featured Greenport Housing Sag Harbor

Port & Harbor: Keeping Historic Seaside Villages Alive & Vibrant

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Ms. Streeter's portrait of Sarah Jackson Adams, a Greenport community leader and suffragist who conceived and funded the Greenport Auditorium, built in 1894. How can we preserve historic buildings and also ensure a vibrant working community can still remain in the seaside villages of the East End? These are questions being asked by Sag Harbor-based artist Sabina Streeter in an exhibition, “Port & Harbor,” on view in Greenport’s
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Greenport Pledges to be a “Pro-Housing Community”

Beth Young
After Governor Kathy Hochul’s “New York Housing Compact” earlier this year to mandate housing construction near railroad lines downstate fell flat in the New York State Legislature, she decided instead this summer through an executive order to launch a program known as Pro-Housing Community Certification, giving communities access to $650 million in discretionary state grant funding if they pledge to provide housing. While the initial proposal was broadly seen as
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Commercial fishing boats and ‘head’ boats are making a comeback alongside the busy North Ferry terminal to Shelter Island.
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Greenport Zoning Discussions to Continue This Week

Beth Young
Update Aug. 25: The public hearing on the code changes will continue at a special village board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Third Street Firehouse. Original Story Follows: Residents and business owners who spoke at Aug. 20 and Aug. 24 hearing on a broad series of zoning changes for downtown Greenport seemed mostly to still be digesting what the new code will mean for the
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