Thursday, Dec. 16

Santa keeps on fire truckin'

The East Hampton Volunteer Fire Department Co. 1 annual "Santa Run" continues this evening from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with Santa visiting Harlan Place, Tartia Road, Jacobson Farm Road, Collie Brook Road, Old Flatbrook Road, Waterhole Road and Comstock Trail. For the complete schedule, visit

Christmas fun for the young

Students in grades Kindergarten and up are invited to 'make merry' at 4 p.m. at the Portland Public Library. Activites will be based on the book "The Christmas Spider."  Ornament making and story reading will be included.

Taking care of business

Town meetings are winding down for 2010 but the Portland Planning and zoning commission and zoning board of appeals will meet separately at 7 p.m. at the library.

Make room for more stuff

If you live in East Hampton and have been putting off that run to the transfer station, you might want to go this Saturday. The transfer station, which is only open on Saturday, will be closed the next two weeks because of the holidays. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., provided, of course, you have a sticker.

Historically significant, or not

Battle of the Bulge began in 1944 and in 1976 a Liberian tanker got stranded at Nantucket dumping 180,000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic, but not all was bad today, Don McLean's American Pie was released, all 8 minutes and 27 seconds of it.

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