Newly formulated plans for a blight mitigation fund in Southampton Town could solve lots of problems for its more modest hamlets. Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst is planning to create a blight mitigation fund that would be used to pay for clean ups of town-owned properties, particularly areas in Flanders, Riverside and Northampton, where garbage dumping plagues the region....more>
Her kids think it's a little goofy . . . until the Christmas noose begins to tighten and they need a few for last minute gifts. "I'm always doing stuff like this," said Patty Collins Sales, sitting elbow deep in jars of paint and clam shells, at the table in the cozy kitchen in the house where she grew up on Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton....more>
An 87-year old partially disabled woman and her daughter are being forced out of their home in Hampton Bays by Suffolk County to make room for homeless people....more>
Southampton Town officials made a big show of declaring town hall a "Bias Free" zone a few years back. But for a group of local-churchgoers, it proved to be anything but....more>
Kathy Byrnes's son is seven years old. When she heard of the horrific events last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, her heart bled, like the hearts of parents across the world....more>
There are no words. Over and over last weekend, the sentence was repeated -- by community members in Newtown, Connecticut, by parents whose children escaped Sandy Hook Elementary School where the massacre took place last Friday, by newscasters themselves as they covered the tragedy, by President Barack Obama, as he tried to comfort a shattered citizenry....more>
Ingredients 4 cups dried rigatoni pasta 1 quart cherry tomatoes 1/2 lb ground sausage 10 oz arugula 3 tbsp butter 3 shallots 1/2 c heavy cream 1/2 c grated parmesan cheese 2 sprigs of rosemary (chopped) 1 handful of parsley (chopped) 1/4 c olive oil 1/4 c white wine 1 tbsp ground black pepper salt Method (serves 4) Bring a medium sized pot of salted water to a boil over high heat....more>
ARIES (Mar. 20 - Apr. 20) Practical matters matter most this week. Make some lists and check things off one at a time. This can be a highly organized time and even if it seems you don't have time to get everything done, be courageously efficient and you will no doubt finish things up....more>
Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to Jessica@indyeastend.com. OPENING Photography Exhibition On Saturday from 4 to 6 PM Canio's Books in Sag Harbor hosts a "Holiday Open House" and reception for Kathryn Szoka's photography exhibition "Winter Whites....more>
Visit indyeastend.com for up to the minute theater listings and show times. An asterisk after the title denotes Miles' top picks. Coming Soon The Guilt Trip * (PG-13) The Seth Rogen comedy machine is fully revved for this delightful foray wherein a young chemist (Rogen) and his mom (Barbra Streisand) hit the road to hawk his latest invention....more>
Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to Jessica@indyeastend.com. Wolffer Candlelight Fridays is from 5 to 8 PM at the winery in Sagaponack....more>
Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to Jessica@indyeastend.com. Music Snow Flakes The Long Island Gay Men's Chorus presents "Snow Flakes," a winter 2012 concert on Saturday at the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead at 8 PM....more>
Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to Jessica@indyeastend.com. The Retreat The Retreat, eastern Long Island's only domestic violence shelter and full service domestic violence services agency, announces its Holiday Giving Program, with its annual Adopt-A-Family Program....more>
By Laura Anne Pelliccio Gurney's famous Sea Water Spa and Thalasso Center in Montauk released a brand-new body and hair signature product line that has emerged from the sea....more>
For me it's the best day of the year. It's about food and family. I cook until I'm ready to drop. But at one point of the evening I stop and think of what it was like when I was a kid....more>
This week, an exclusive interview with the most famous reindeer of all time. Who knew he lived right here under our noses? Indy: You're not really Rudolph....more>
The True Spirit Of The Holidays The recent debate in East Hampton over the burgeoning deer population is one we've opined about many, many times. Until all our local municipalities embrace a long term plan that is centered around contraception and sterilization this debate will rage....more>
Photos by Jessica Mackin, Victoria Wells, Annemarie Davin Boss Models, Star Vodka and Dining Engagement Group presented Jeff Krauss Birthday Bash, a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy and Toys For Tots on Saturday....more>
Snide Remarks To the Editor, The Independent did an appalling hatchet job on the homeless shelter at the Hidden Cove Motel. You bought into the disgruntled, holdover tenant's fake story hook, line and sinker....more>
