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Remembering The Pelican Disaster in Montauk

East End Beacon
The 45 people who perished on the Fishing Vessel Pelican 75 years ago were remembered in a ceremony at the Montauk Point Lighthouse on Sept. 5, including family members of those lost that day and the launch of a new special edition of Tom Clavin's book recounting the tragedy. The Pelican was a 42-foot fishing boat owned by the popular Captain Eddie Carroll, a Navy veteran and experienced mariner. On
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An Exploration of Where the Wild Things Grow

East End Beacon
ReWild Long Island’s North Fork Chapter and Group for the East End are inviting North Forkers s to explore the native plants growing right here during “Where the Wild Things Grow: A Native Plant Discovery Walk,” on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Skipper Horton Park in Greenport. The relaxed, one-hour walk will offer participants an opportunity to slow down, enjoy the natural landscape, and discover the
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Energia Internacional Celebrates Latin American Music on the North Fork

East End Beacon
The Rites of Spring Music Festival will host a weekend-long series of performances celebrating Latin American song and dance, from Sept. 11 through Sept. 13. It's "three days of community gatherings where participants can share arts, music, fashion, traditional dishes, economy and social practices," according to Rites of Spring founder Paolo Bartolani. "Come relaxed, come curious, connect with the people around you, and experience the energy of the music." Pictured
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Foodie Tour organizers Robert Deak, Amy Gadol, Sue Hearn, Ellen Zimmerman and Geri Armine-Klein awaited tourgoers Sunday morning.
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North Fork Foodie Tour Celebrates 20 Years

Beth Young
For the past 20 years, hundreds of people have flocked to the North Fork each September to meet farmers and food producers and hear their stories of how they built a food business on the North Fork. The North Fork Foodie Tour, this year being held on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is a day full of farm and food purveyor tours, lectures and cooking demonstrations
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Led by members of the Greenport Fire Department, a hefty crew of North Fork volunteer firefighters took their annual three-mile hike, in full turnout gear, from the Greenport Firehouse to the townwide Sept. 11 memorial service at Jean Cochran Park in Southold.
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September 11 Events Are Scheduled

East End Beacon
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which killed 2,977 people aboard two hijacked commercial airplanes that flew into the World Trade Center in New York City, aboard a United Airlines flight that crashed into a farm field in Shanksville, Penn., and when a fourth American Airlines plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Pictured Above: Led by members of the Greenport Fire
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Photos: 69th Annual Cutchogue Fire Department Chicken Barbecue

East End Beacon
The Cutchogue Fire Department’s 69th Annual Chicken Barbecue — still Long Island’s largest chicken barbecue — was held Saturday, Aug. 22. From afternoon until well into the evening, the Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary served up more than 3,200 chicken dinners — complete with local corn, tomato & cucumber salads, potato salad and peaches and ice cream — under the big tent and through takeout in the department's new firehouse.
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You Can Be A Part of Greenport Maritime Festival!

Beth Young
Have you ever wanted to row a gig with your neighbors or build a cardboard boat or go parading as a pirate through the streets of Greenport? Now's your chance to get involved. There are big changes afoot at this year's Greenport Maritime Festival, which will be held the weekend of Sept. 25 through Sept. 27, but many of the traditions that have built this community celebration of its nautical
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Northeast Stage’s One-Act Festival Runs the Gamut

Beth Young
When the North Fork theatre company Corchaug Rep merged with Northeast Stage last year, one of the highlights Corchaug Rep brought to the partnership was its focus on original theater by local playwrights. The Fourth Annual One-Act Festival, organized for the past three years by Corchaug Rep, comes to the Jamesport Meeting House Aug. 21 through 23, now under the auspices of Northeast Stage, bringing with it three new plays
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Watch: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski’s State of the Town Address

Beth Young
Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski holds his annual State of the Town address on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. at Peconic Landing in Greenport. Topics he’s expecting to highlight in the speech (video above) include short-term rentals, the town’s new cell tower code, water conservation, affordable housing, public safety, land preservation, communications and last year’s cyberattack.  Keep Independent News on the East End The Beacon is able to provide all of
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Great Calverton Pickle Works Wreck
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The Great Calverton Pickle Wreck is a Part of Us All

Beth Young
My great-great aunt Marjorie Tyte was on the Shelter Island Express train that crashed into the Golden Pickle Factory on Aug. 13, 1926. It's a story that's been handed down through my family with such tumbled edges that it has blurred into my childhood recollections, in the soup of yarns spun out by my father and his father before him (including suspicious tales of Cary Grant picking up young Hallock
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