Tall Ships; Mundus as Grand Marshal; Model Races: East End Seaport Museum Kicks Off the Season

Board members of the East End Seaport Museum in Greenport were full of announcements when they held their season opening Saturday afternoon.

Pat Mundus, a ship captain who helped bring classic boats back to the museum’s September Maritime Festival, was named grand marshal of this year’s Maritime Festival Parade. The museum is starting a remote-controlled yacht club. Bug Light now has its own room at the museum devoted to its history. And the Tall Ships, which sail into town over the July 4 weekend, will commence with a reception honoring their captains July 3 at Brecknock Hall. Read More..

Flanders Garbage District Shot Down By Town Board

The Southampton Town Board unanimously agreed Tuesday afternoon to reject all the bids it received for a proposed garbage district in Flanders, Riverside and Northampton. Resistance to the proposal grew throughout this spring, when many members of the community who were opposed to the garbage district joined the community association in the hopes of swaying its board to stop pursuing the district. Read More....

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House Approves Zeldin's Plea to Keep FAA From Meddling in East Hampton

Tuesday night, Congressman Lee Zeldin successfully added an amendment to the Transportation Appropriations Bill that would block the Federal Aviation Administration from using funds to “institute an administrative or civil action” against East Hampton over its plan to instate use restrictions at its municipal airport. Read more...

State Calls Forestry Resources to Long Island to Fight Southern Pine Beetles

A dozen state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) forestry experts from all across New York and a group of educators from the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission (NFFPC) arrived in Long Island this week, with plans to combat the devestating impact the southern pine beetle is having on trees throughout central and eastern Long Island. Read more..

Stony Brook Lab: Brown Tide Returns to South Shore Bays

Researchers at Dr. Chris Gobler’s microalgae laboratory at Stony Brook University have found “an intense and damaging brown tide” across much of Great South Bay and Moriches Bay and in Quantuck Bay, they announced Tuesday. The laboratory has found brown tide cell densities exceeding 250,000 cells per milliliter in Great South and Moriches bays and cell densities exceeding.... Read More...

East End Arts Gives Out Teeny Awards

East End Arts held its 13th Annual Teeny Awards Sunday afternoon at Center Moriches High School. The Teeny Awards, modeled after the Tony Awards, celebrate the best high school theater on the East End, complete with a walk down the red carpet and performances from some of the plays nominated for awards. Read More....