The owner of Classic Beverage in Hampton Bays has added a new ale to his normal lineup—though this one has a good cause in mind. Tim Fennelly, a Hampton Bays... more
I was the main speaker last week at the gathering in Suffolk County in commemoration of the atomic bombings 80 years ago of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was organized by the South Country Peace Group and co-sponsors included other peace organizations and also religious institutions, including the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, Bellport United Methodist Church, and Old South Haven Presbyterian Church. Peace groups included Pax Christi LI; LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives; North Country Peace Group; Veterans for Peace Long Island, Chapter 138; and Peace Action New York State. It was held in Bellport. The threat of nuclear ...
12 Aug 2025 by Karl Grossman
I have Brian Cosgrove, host of “The Afternoon Ramble” on WLIW 88.3 FM, to thank for turning me on to Nick Drake. I’ll expand on the latter in a moment. As some of you already know, WLIW, based in Southampton, is the latest iteration of the public radio station that began almost 50 years ago as WSCR. It was first housed in a Southampton College dormitory suite and run as a student club. Construction of a new stereo FM station began in the basement of Southampton Hall by 1978. The antenna tower was raised in January 1980, and, two months ...
by Tom Clavin
College News SUNY Cortland’s dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester included Harrison Gavalas of Bridgehampton, a business economics major; and Christopher Matamoros of Southampton, criminology.
11 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
By Judi Roth The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork is known to readers of these papers and to the community at large. We’ve marched in Southampton Village’s July 4th parade. We’ve held meetings in the libraries in Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Southampton and Westhampton Beach. We’ve been at senior centers almost everywhere. We’ve organized and moderated debates for candidates for school boards, village and Town Trustees, the town councils, Suffolk County Legislature and Congress. We have done voter registration at street fairs and post offices, and in front of Stop & ...
by Judi Roth
Dr. David John Helfand, former president of Quest University Canada and past chair of Columbia University’s astronomy department, will give a lecture Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the East Hampton Library. The event, hosted by the Hamptons Observatory, begins at 7 p.m. Helfand will discuss his latest book, The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom, which explores how science can uncover the histories of distant times and places once thought unreachable. A book signing will follow the talk, and copies will be available for purchase. For more information or to register, visit HamptonsObservatory.org.
by Staff Writer
A blood drive will be held at Immaculate Conception Church’s Our Lady’s Hall, 580 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, on Monday, August 18, from 1 to 7 p.m. To make an appointment, go to nybc.org/donate.
by Staff Writer
The Southampton History Museum will offer guided tours of the colonial-era Halsey House on Thursday, August 21, providing insight into life in 1640, when English settlers first landed at Conscience Point and encountered the Shinnecock people. Two tour times are available: 11 a.m. to noon and 2 to 3 p.m. Participants will learn how the early colonists adapted to a new environment, spending eight formative years in their first settlement at Olde Towne before expanding to establish Southampton’s Main Street in 1648. Guides will trace the story of survival, cooperation, and growth that shaped one of America’s oldest English settlements. ...
by Staff Writer
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