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Environment Jamesport North Fork

North Fork Environmental Council to Host Discussion on “The Water We Drink, The Water We Love”

East End Beacon
The North Fork Environmental Council will close out its 2026 Summer Speaker Series on Thursday, August 13 at 6 p.m. with "The Water We Drink, The Water We Love," a free panel discussion on how everyday choices affect Long Island's sole-source aquifer and the creeks, bays and estuaries that depend on it. The program will be held at the Jamesport Meeting House in Jamesport. As with all NFEC speaker series
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Matt Michel of 1943 Pizza Bar, which will be participating in the North Fork Supper Club, with the club’s founder, Christie Moore.
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New Club Encourages Locals to Dine Out on the North Fork

Beth Young
In these days of early twilight and cold, snowy streets, there’s nothing like a night out to shake away cabin fever. While the price of eating out here has become cost-prohibitive for locals in recent years, a new North Fork dining initiative is looking to change that. In October of 2025, Christie Moore of Southold, a marketer who is currently raising young children, launched the North Fork Supper Club, a
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Government North Fork

Town Governments Ring In New Year with Inaugurations, Meeting Changes

Beth Young
Riverhead and Southold Towns are both planning inauguration ceremonies early in 2026 for newly elected town officials, and Southold Town is also planning changes to its Town Board meeting times. Riverhead Town has announced it will hold an inauguration ceremony for newly elected town officials on Thursday, Jan. 1 at Town Hall. The event is open to the public, but space is limited. The inauguration can also be viewed via Zoom
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George McVetty was among the volunteers from Food Rescue US’s North Fork chapter who picked up excess winter squash from Krupski Farms to distribute to several food banks and churches and little pantries in Southold Town, Riverhead and Flanders in early November. |. Anne Howard photo
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Food Rescue Snaps into Action on the North Fork

Beth Young
If the thought of tomorrow's feast has you worried about wasted food, take heart. Food waste could soon be a thing of the past on the North Fork, thanks to efforts afoot to bring excess food to people in need. Pictured Above: George McVetty was among the volunteers from Food Rescue US’s North Fork chapter who picked up excess winter squash from Krupski Farms to distribute to several food banks
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Featured North Fork

Keeping the ‘Maritime’ in Greenport’s Annual Festival

Beth Young
The East End Seaport Museum's annual Maritime Festival in downtown Greenport is around the corner, and this year's visiting vessels and minstrels in Mitchell Park are again keeping the focus on what's unique about this homegrown community event: It truly celebrates Greenport's history as a working fishing village. Visiting Vessels In addition to filling Mitchell Park with Coast Guard demonstrations, classic wooden boats and ice boats, including the historical coastal
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Photos: North Fork Foodie Tour Persists, Despite the Rain

Beth Young
In the 18 years the North Fork Reform Synagogue had been holding its annual North Fork Foodie Tour of 20 farms and food purveyors here, it had never rained all day — until this Sunday. But that didn't stop crowds from turning out to hear from local farmers about their growing practices and the trials of raising livestock, to hear how to make delicious recipes out of fresh local ingredients from
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Farms of the Future: A Hotbed of Innovation on the North Fork

Beth Young
The potato and cauliflower fields we remember from our youth on the North Fork are, for the most part, long gone, and while you may be forgiven after taking a quick drive down the main thoroughfares on the fork for thinking these farms have all been replaced by vineyards, there is much more afoot here than wine. Pictured Above: Mattituck Mushrooms' yellow oyster mushrooms are among the crops changing the
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Left to Right: Barbara Horowitz, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi, Robert Snyder, Emilia Kabakov and Andrea Grover at the July 26 discussion.
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North Fork Contemporary: Elevating Art in Troubling Times

Beth Young
There are many constant forces tugging the art world in different directions — the tug between commercial work and pure artistic expression is often at the forefront — but the arts also have a great role to play in exploring our collective humanity during times when suffering and political turmoil surround us. Pictured Above: Left to Right: Barbara Horowitz, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi, James Snyder, Emilia Kabakov and Andrea Grover at the
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Arts Music North Fork

More Than a Jazz Spaceship Touching Down in Cutchogue, NoLa to NoFo Makes Plans for the Long Run

Beth Young
When Donald Harrison’s Quantum Leap Music Festival came into Cutchogue like a whirlwind in September of 2024, it seemed like it might be a one-off chance to see some of the best jazz musicians from New Orleans in an intimate setting at the North Fork’s first winery, now Borghese Vineyard. The festival, organized by NoLa to NoFo, LLC is coming back to Borghese Aug. 14 through Aug. 17, with four
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Rev. Richard Witt of Rural & Migrant Ministry discusses the fears immigrant workers are facing as immigration crackdowns spread across New York.
Community Immigration North Fork

Photos: Caravan of Empathy Carries Message of Support for Immigrant Workers

Beth Young
Rural & Migrant Ministry, a faith-led non-profit that provides support to immigrants working throughout New York State, kicked off a statewide "Caravan of Empathy" on the East End on Saturday, leading an ever-shifting convoy of people concerned about the ethics behind new federal immigration enforcement practices. The group met at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton and traveled to the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center in Bridgehampton, where
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Photos: New Suffolk Brings It All To The Fourth

Beth Young
Independence Day is a big deal in New Suffolk, where the New Suffolk Civic Association’s annual Fourth of July Parade is followed by a boat parade in the waters surrounding New Suffolk organized by the Peconic Bay Sailing Association. We’re proud to have The Beacon’s creative director, George Cork Maul, reading the Declaration of Independence this year, along with music from the Patty Homan singers and Joe Polashock’s famous cannon,
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