The Mast-Head: The First Land Flip
At Thanksgiving it seems appropriate to think about eastern Long Island’s very first land flip, which began 383 years ago when the Manhanset Indians were robbed of the place we know today as Shelter Island.
The Shipwreck Rose: Wicked
Dinner at Sam’s Bar and Restaurant with both my children followed by a brand-new Ridley Scott movie: Life probably won’t get much better than that.
Gristmill: Cross-Country Town, U.S.A.
Coming to you from the D-III national championships in Terre Haute, Indiana . . .
Guestwords: The Hamptons Pride Names Project
This Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving, a new chapter of Hamptons Pride history will be written in the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, as quilts from the National AIDS Memorial will be on display.
Recorded Deeds 11.28.24
Some commercial action in Montauk. And other realty tidbits from hereabouts.
New Director for Ladies Village Improvement Society
The Ladies Village Improvement Society, whose website tagline reads, "Keeping East Hampton beautiful since 1895," will have a new executive director, Rachel Cooper, starting Jan. 1.
Beach Cleanup Friday in Sagaponack
Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, the South Fork Natural History Museum, and the Surfrider Foundation will host a community beach cleanup at Sagg Main Beach at 11:30 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving.
ON THE COVER: Three Heritage Turkeys by Kym Fulmer
Everyone knows what a turkey looks like, right? Sure. However, when tasked with illustrating a magazine story about the King family and their poultry farm in Southampton, Kym Fulmer, the Springs artist whose bright-eyed gobblers are on the cover of this edition of East, wanted to make sure she got it exactly right, so she paid a visit to North Sea Farms to look at the birds up close.
For Folk’s Sake . . .
From Bob Dylan’s explosion on the scene to the Mayor of MacDougal Street, Dave Van Ronk, this is the way it was in Greenwich Village, a work of music history reviewed by a working musician.