The Long Pond Greenbelt will host its annual celebration behind the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. A migratory bird walk will be followed by a story time, a chance to meet animals from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge, face painting, a search for amphibians, and other activities.
Ice cream and other refreshments will be complimentary. The free celebration will happen rain or shine.
A 38-foot adult female humpback whale washed up on the shore at Napeague State Park in Amagansett on Dec. 17, but according to Joanne Biegert, a representative of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, because of the whale's advanced state of decomposition the organization cannot determine a cause of death.
In October, Craig Berkoski and Andrew Drake ran a legendary Grand Canyon route known as a "rite of passage" for ultra runners. The so-called Rim to Rim to Rim trail involves descending 4,500 feet down the South Rim, crossing the canyon floor and the Colorado River, and then running up the nearly 8,000-foot North Rim, and back.
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s freestanding emergency department on Pantigo Road in East Hampton is almost ready to open its doors to the South Fork’s easternmost residents in need of immediate care.
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