Weekly LTV Series

A 52-part television series in honor of East Hampton's tricentquinquagenary, "Past and Present: Celebrating 350 Years of East Hampton," will premiere on Channel 27 this week.

The first installment will include footage from Sunday's opening ceremony for the year-long anniversary celebration, and the first of a series of "History Moments" by Hugh R. King, the town crier.

Future shows will feature historic footage from LTV's video archives, interviews with local historians, readings from historic documents, performances, footage from the 1948 300th Anniversary parade with narration by John Meeker, tours of local landmarks, and official anniversary events such as the monthly lecture series, which begins on Jan. 31.

"Past and Present" will air Mondays at 11 a.m., Tuesdays at 8:15 p.m., and Sundays at 5 p.m. LTV has put out a request for any video and film material that residents may wish to see incorporated in the program.