An iconic East Hampton home, dubbed the Arc House by its architect Maziar Behrooz, is on the market for the second time in six years, after the U.S. Department of... more
Bridgehampton School Creates Greeting Crew In an effort to provide specialized support and create a warm welcome to new students at the Bridgehampton Union Free School District, Principal Michael Cox has worked with students and staff to create a welcoming committee to greet new students with a friendly face. Hamra Ozsu, literacy and ELL specialist and the school’s elementary assembly PBIS coordinator, trained the student government on how to shadow students and become a resource to newcomers. The program which Ozsu and other staff from elementary to secondary are pioneering is a way to foster a deeper sense of community ...
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ReWild Long Island is offering internships and community service opportunities in East Hampton for its second summer. The 2024 Summer Program To Fight Hunger and Climate Change includes volunteer work in organic vegetable harvesting, regenerative food production, sustainable landscaping, pollinator garden design and composting. Locations and partner organizations include Share the Harvest Farm, LongHouse Reserve, Surfrider Village Green and Methodist Lane Bioswale, East Hampton Compost and East Hampton High School Pollinator Garden. The hands-on activities are intended to encourage a sense of connection among teenagers and the ecosystem. Furthermore, ReWild offers students the unique opportunity to engage with local environmentalists, ...
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I am profoundly disappointed in the news that Fred Thiele, the retiring state assemblyman, has dipped into the Community Preservation Fund for $2 million to rehabilitate the condemned windmill at the former Southampton College [“State Budget Authorizes Southampton Town To Partner With Stony Brook University for Windmill Repairs, Using CPF Revenue,” 27east.com, April 23]. It’s been a lawn ornament for decades and not accessible to the public for educational and tourist purposes. Moreover, Fred knows that private funds are available to do the work — if the windmill were relocated near to its original location on its namesake, Windmill Lane, ...
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Many extremely wealthy American businessmen have returned to supporting Donald Trump after fiercely criticizing him for his role in the January 6 insurrection. They have explained that they believe that a second Joe Biden term will be detrimental for them financially. Besides the blatant lack of integrity that reversal represents, they are proving Trump’s point: If you just keep scaring people, they eventually will believe that you are the only one who can save them. These presumably intelligent businessmen are overlooking the preponderance of messaging from Trump that the way he plans to “save” everyone is by setting up an ...
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The Choral Society of the Hamptons will hold auditions in May for all singing parts — soprano, alto, tenor, bass — for singers interested in joining the group prior to the Choral Society’s next concert on Saturday, June 29, at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church. The Choral Society rehearses at the same church, and the auditions will take place there as well. Rehearsals begin the following Monday, May 13. Singers accepted into the chorus are welcome to attend this first rehearsal before committing to the chorus. Generally, there are weekly rehearsals on Monday evenings and occasional weekend commitments leading up to ...
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The Guild Hall Teen Arts Council and Sag Harbor-based architect Nilay Oza will share their collaboration, “The Sag Harbor Backyard Bathtub Project,” at Kidd Squid on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. “The Sag Harbor Backyard Bathtub Project” is an ongoing initiative to publicize and deal with issues of local climate resilience through the eyes of young people. Over the past few months, Oza has worked with the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council to investigate its members’ personal connections to the issue, resulting in the creation of several public artworks ranging from video projections and designed buttons to site-specific installations. ...
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The next Knowledge Friday, on May 3, at The Church in Sag Harbor will be presented by the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers. The talk begins at 6 p.m. The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers are working to save and preserve the shores through the application of traditional Shinnecock teachings and climate science. Kelp heals East End waters, and the lecture will explain how. Darlene Troge, Donna Collins-Smith, Tela Troge, Danielle Hopson Begun and Rebecca Genia are the multigenerational collective known as the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers. Enrolled members of the Shinnecock Nation, the women farmers leverage their 10,000-plus-year-old traditional relationship with the sea and ...
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I’d like to compliment Kelly Ann Smith on her article “Capturing the Artistry of Landscape Architecture” in the April 11 edition [Residence]. I found it light, easy to read and informative without going off the page with a lot of tangents (perhaps the exception being Robert Dash’s bloody mary recipe, which I view as a service). The Press is fortunate to have such a talented and entertaining reporter. Ian Carson Hampton Bays
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Staff Writer on Jul 11, 2019