Community News for November 19, 2020

East Hampton Town Board, 11 a.m., held via video conference. 631-324-4141 | easthamptonny.gov

Southampton Town Planning Board, 2 p.m., work session and regular meeting, held via video conference. 631-283-6000 | southamptontownny.gov

Sag Harbor Village Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board, 5 p.m., held via video conference. 631-725-0224 | sagharborny.gov

Southampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m., regular meeting, held via video conference. 631-283-6000 | southamptontownny.gov

Southampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m., held via video conference. 631-283-0247 | southamptonvillage.org

East Hampton Village Board of Trustees, 11 a.m., held via video conference. 631-324-4150 | easthamptonvillage.org

Southampton Town Trustees, 1 p.m. held via video conference. 631-283-6000 | southamptontownny.gov

Sag Harbor Village Architectural Review Board, 6 p.m. work session, held via video conference. 631-725-0224 | sagharborny.gov

Southampton Village Board, 7 p.m., held via video conference. 631-283-0247 | southamptonvillage.org

Sag Harbor Village Planning Board, 5 p.m., held via video conference. 631-725-0224 | sagharborny.gov

Southampton Town Board, 6 p.m., held via video conference. 631-283-6000 | southamptontownny.gov

Southampton Village Board, 6 p.m., held via video conference. 631-283-0247 | southamptonvillage.org

The Peconic Bay Medical Center, Northwell Health and the Alzheimer’s Association will co-host a Virtual Caregivers Retreat, in honor of November being National Family Caregivers Month, on Friday, November 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will start with opening remarks, followed by a panel discussion and open question and answer session with various caregiver professionals in areas of expertise including elder law, palliative care, home care, infection prevention and more. At 12:15 p.m., a workshop will be held on stress management, followed by closing remarks at 12:50 p.m.

To reserve your spot, visit facebook.com/PeconicBayMedicalCenter.events or call 631-548-6259.

The Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Highway in Montauk, has announced its Tween Reading Club, challenging tweens to see how many books they can read between now and December 31. Students can sign in and log their reading through the library’s READsquared program. Visit montauklibrary.org for more information.

The Artists Alliance of East Hampton will host a Holiday Virtual Show, featuring more than 100 pieces of artwork for sale by East End artists, available Saturday, November 21, through January 1, 2021 at aaeh-virtual.org. Patrons can select a work they are interested in purchasing and deal directly with the artist.

For more information, email genesamuelson@optonline.net.

The East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection has unveiled two new exhibits in the four display cases in the Library’s front lobby.

“Guild Hall at 90” features materials such as photographs of notable past events and celebrities at Guild Hall events; images and promotional materials from performances and events, including the annual Clothesline Art Sale (c. 1950s – 1960s), Guild Hall newsletters from the 1970s, original event invitations (including to the 1931 opening ceremony), programs, flyers and more. Highlighting its standing as East Hampton’s cultural cornerstone, this exhibit was created in honor of Guild Hall’s upcoming 90th Anniversary.

“Follow the Money: Currency in the Colonial and Early American Era” includes materials from the Long Island Collection and a wide variety of replica coins and paper currency from the collection of Frank Sorrentino, a Long Island Collection volunteer who helped prepare the exhibit. Featured artifacts also include pages from the account book kept by David Gardiner of East Hampton, from 1770–1799, a 1785 booklet featuring a Table of Coins detailing the values in British Pounds Sterling for various international coins, pages from the account book of a Southampton weaver, kept from 1767–1787, that illustrates the bartering of goods — and more.

The new exhibits will be on display through January and are viewable while the library is open to the public, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit easthamptonlibrary.org.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, or ARF, will host its monthly Pet Food Pantry, for pick-ups and for donations, on Saturday, November 21, from noon to 3 p.m., at the Adoption Center, 124 Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott. Donations of unopened bags of cat and dog food (both wet and dry) and treats are needed. Social distancing will be observed, and the organization requests visitors to ARF wear masks whether dropping off or picking up food.

For more information, call 631-537-0400 or visit arfhamptons.org.

The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, 551 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton, will not be able to host its annual Thankful Celebration dinner, allowing families to break bread together and children to share artwork and stories about their gratitude, this holiday season. Instead, the nonprofit will be offer a drive-thru pickup of holiday food, in addition to the regular weekly food pantry pick up that is serving 700 individuals weekly as a result of COVID-19.

In the true spirit of giving, Acre Shoe Community Development Inc., a 501(c)3, family and peer support service organization, is partnering with The Center to help coordinate this initiative.

Join The Center by dropping off much needed food items on November 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to help feed those in need. The Center will be collecting food items and tax-deductible monetary gifts. Donations can also be made at bhccrc.org.

The Children’s Museum of the East End, 376 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, has long been known for its annual gingerbread house workshops, and this year is inviting residents to support the nonprofit organization and its COVID-19 response efforts by bringing a gingerbread house kit home to decorate this season.

The take home, pre-built decorating kits start at $30, with additional levels of support available. For more information, call 631-537-8250 or visit cmee.org.

The South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton, is selling the federal duck stamp, produced annually since 1934 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ninety-eight cents of every dollar generated by the sale of the Federal Duck Stamp goes directly to buy or lease wetland habitat for protection in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

For more information, visit sofo.org.

Sag Harbor’s iconic bookstore, Canio’s Books on Main Street, will host a 40th anniversary celebration on Thursday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom.

Join Kathryn Szoka, Maryann Calendrille and Canio Pavone, himself, as the bookstore welcomes special guests: ecologist Carl Safina; memoirist Mary Norris; poet/farmer Scott Chaskey with musician/poet Megan Chaskey; community leader the Reverend Kimberly Johnson; journalist Doug Feiden; and more as everyone gathers to celebrate Canio’s Books’ 40th anniversary. Hear inspired readings and share your favorite Canio’s moments. Essayist David Bouchier shares a video recounting his afternoon in the stacks at Canio’s. There’s still time to send the bookstore your story about your favorite bookshop memory.

For more information, visit canios.wordpress.com

The John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street in Sag Harbor, will hold “Caring for Yourself During Stressful Times,” a workshop for parents and caregivers, on Thursday, November 19, from 7 to 8 p.m., via Zoom. The program is hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Caring for oneself means taking time to do things for one’s own mental, emotional, and physical health. Parenting styles may change as stress levels increase, making self-care even more important. Caring for oneself allows a parent to provide security, support, and predictability for the entire family. Registration is required, and a minimum of five people must be registered in order for this event to take place.

For more information, or to register, call 631-725-0049 or visit johnjermain.org.

Ever wonder what a career in law enforcement is like? Ever wonder who the men and women are that keep the residents of Southampton Town safe? Well your chance to experience what the men and women of law enforcement do on a daily basis has arrived.

Southampton Town Police Department is holding the 2021 Civilian Academy beginning Wednesday, January 27, 2021. The Academy will run for 14 weeks, one night per week, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Seats are limited and Southampton Town residents will be given priority, however consideration for non-town residents will be made pending availability of seating.

To apply please contact Lieutenant Susan Ralph via email at Sralph@southamptontownny.gov. A short application will be emailed or mailed to you upon your request. Completed applications will be accepted up until December 21.

The Paul Koster Memorial Scholarship Fund Virtual 5K Run/Walk, which will support graduating high school seniors in Southampton Town, will be held Monday, November 23, through December 6. Supporters can register and walk or run anytime between these dates. The organization will also host a 50/50 and Chinese auction as well. The first 100 registrants to the virtual race will receive a free Paul Koster Memorial buff, and all registrants will earn a free cup of soup at Clamman Seafood Market in Southampton Village.

To register, visit events.elitefeats.com/koster20.

The Southampton Youth Bureau will sponsor a Basketball Clinic at Southampton Youth Services (SYS), 1370a Majors Path every Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m., through December 18. The clinic is open to students in grades seven through 12 and the cost is $20 for seven sessions. Limited transportation is available from the Flanders Youth Center, 655 Flanders Road in Flanders. The bus will leave at 4:15 p.m. and will return at 7:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required and space is limited to 20 participants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks must be worn at all times. For more information, call 631-702-2425 or visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau.

Police departments in the Town of Southampton, including the Southampton Town and Village police departments, and police departments in Sag Harbor, Quogue and Westhampton Beach, are working hand-in-hand with local schools and students within the town to assist East Ends local food banks that are struggling with their increasing demands. The Westhampton Beach School District, Sag Harbor School District, Tuckahoe School, Remsenburg School, Raynor Country Day School, Bridgehampton School, Southampton School District, Hampton Bays School District, Phillips Avenue School, Quogue Village School, East Quogue School, and Eastport Elementary School all have donation boxes set up within the schools, where students can donate non-perishable food items through November 20. In addition, boxes will also be available to the public in the Southampton Town Police Department, Quogue Village Police Department, Westhampton Beach Police Department, Southampton Village Police Department and the Sag Harbor Village Police Department.

The Southampton Hospital Foundation has announced it is launching the Hamptons Holiday Shop to encourage residents and visitors to the East End to shop local for the holidays and in doing so, support local businesses, communities and hospitals.

Dozens of businesses from Westhampton to Montauk are participating in this effort to boost business for local retailers while fundraising for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and the future East Hampton Emergency Department.

Urban Zen, Tutto Il Giorno (Southampton and Sag Harbor), Joey Wölffer, Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Hamptons Coffee Company, Hampton Jitney, Kirna Zabête, Alice & Olivia, The Monogram Shop, Bonne Nuit, Hampton & Dune Furniture & Accessories, J McLaughlin, Golden Pear Cafe, Ed’s Lobster Bar, Matriark, Tenet, Janet O’Brien Caterers and Events, Set Point Tennis, Elegant Affairs Catering, the Southampton Inn and Claude’s Restaurant, are some of the businesses that have been the first to sign up.

All shoppers have to do is show an email from SHF at checkout and a percentage of the proceeds from their purchase will go to SBSH. Proceeds from participating businesses in East Hampton will help raise funds towards the building of a new East Hampton Emergency Department. To sign up for the email, visit bit.ly/HamptonsHolidayShop.

The initiative will run through December 31 with some businesses participating for the entire period and others during restricted times such as the weekends. Some participating businesses are offering special discounts to the Hamptons Holiday Shoppers, so the SHF is recommending people check its website for full details at www.bit.ly/HHSeventinfo.

All businesses are invited to participate and the SHF will focus on promoting the event with outdoor marketing such as yard signs, flyers, posters and window signs; as well as social media and email marketing.

Commenting, Robert S. Chaloner, chief administrative officer for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital says, “Businesses in our communities were hit hard by the pandemic, so we want to do everything we can to support the communities we serve. This initiative will also help the hospital raise funds and stay prepared and ready for any surges that we may see. It will also push us further along in our campaign to build a new and much needed East Hampton Emergency Department.

“With the holidays nearly upon us, I know how easy it is to shop online at the push of a button, but this year especially, please consider whether a local business may fulfill your need just as well, if not better. As always, we are relying on this amazing East End community to come together and help us support each other and I’ve no doubt that once again, they will come through for us.”

Media inquiries/photography/interviews: Mirella Cameran-Reilly on 631.599.2062 and Mirella.CameranReilly@StonyBrookMedicine.edu

Hampton Bays

On Monday, November 23, at 7 p.m., the Hampton Bays Civic Association will host, “How is Your CPF Money Spent?” The meeting will be held virtually.

The scourge of COVID-19 has created one bright spot in our landscape: Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund revenue is up 56.4 percent for the first six months of 2020 compared to 2019. Since its inception in June 1998, the fund’s mandate has been open space preservation and groundwater protection. Its mission has never been more important as we face ever-increasing development and groundwater pollution.

This discussion will feature New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, CPF Administrator Lisa Kombrink and Stephanie Davis, the head of the CPF Water Quality Advisory Committee.

To register, visit hbcivic.org.

The Hampton Bays Public Library, 52 Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays, will host a holiday gift drive for children, teens and adults, through Friday, December 11. The library will collect new toys and clothing for children and teens of all ages and all items collected will be given to the Blaze Church in Flanders, which will work with local organizations to distribute the donations for the holiday season.

For more information, call 631-728-6241 or visit hamptonbayslibrary.org.

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street in Westhampton Beach, has partnered with the New York Blood Center to host a blood drive on Tuesday, November 24, from 1 to 7 p.m. at the center. Donations are by appointment. Visit donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/285578 for more information.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5350 in Westhampton Beach will not be able to host its traditional Turkey Trot, but has announced it will hold a virtual 2020 Turkey Trot Run/Walk in support of the VFW, beginning Saturday, November 21, and running through November 29. The virtual 5K has a registration fee of $5 for children 12 and under and $20 for ages 13 to 18, with other monetary donations accepted.

For more information, or to register, visit events.elitefeats.com/vfw20.

The VFW Post 5350 Westhampton Beach will also host a Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency and LI Cares in a Veterans Appreciation Thanksgiving. This free Thanksgiving dinner to go, including a turkey and all the fixings, will be available on Monday, November 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Post. The event is free for all military and veterans, with 100 meals offered on a first come, first served basis.

Peconic Bay Medical Center, 1 Heroes Way in Riverhead, will offer information for residents on insurance open enrollment for the New York State of Health insurance programs on Sunday, December 13, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Photo identification is required and participants must be under the age of 65.

For more information, call Maria Messina at 631-548-6119 or email mmessina5@northwell.edu.

Eastport’s Main Street was alight with holiday cheer last weekend, thanks to the efforts of the Greater Eastport Chamber of Commerce and the Eastport Green Project, which came together to raise money to decorate lamp posts on Main Street for the holiday season. Both organizations would like to thank Olish Farms for its generosity and hard work, for putting together the wreaths and ensuring they were properly hung. The organizations also sent thanks to the Watermark Hamptons for its generous donation, along with Larry Citerelli, the Ladies Auxiliary of EFD and Susan and Nicholas Tang.