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Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Nor'easter Preparations Underway In East Hampton As Countdown Continues Toward Storm's Impact (patch.com) — East Hampton officials are mobilizing crews, clearing drains, and coordinating emergency plans as a nor'easter is forecast to impact the town and eastern Long Island from Friday through Sunday. Residents are urged to secure outdoor items, avoid dangerous surf and flooded roads, and report power outages and downed lines directly to PSEG Long Island or local police as appropriate.
2. L.V.I.S. Will Plant 30 Trees in Herrick Park (easthamptonstar.com) — Herrick Park in East Hampton Village is set to get more than 30 new trees, after Mayor Jerry Larsen accepted a fully funded beautification proposal from the Ladies Village Improvement Society. Cherry trees, gingkoes, and specimen trees like Japanese maple and dawn redwood will line key walkways, adding shade, color, and a more welcoming entrance starting as early as this month.
3. On Bond Projects and BESS Evacuation Plan (easthamptonstar.com) — East Hampton families are getting new details on both school safety and major campus upgrades, as the school board refines evacuation plans for the Cove Hollow Road battery facility and advances $128 million in voter-approved bond projects. Leaders are coordinating with village and town officials on moving 2,000 students in an emergency, while also pushing ahead with a new turf field, track resurfacing, and security and building improvements.
4. Strange Sighting in 1967 Sky, Never Forgotten (easthamptonstar.com) — Residents may remember that East Hampton and nearby hamlets were once a hotspot for UFO reports, including a dramatic 1967 sighting recalled this month by the Halsey family in Bridgehampton. The story revisits local reports from Napeague, Montauk, Amagansett, and East Hampton itself, and even touches on how those tales could inspire future East End wine labels.
5. Sag Harbor's Competing Sunday Vigils Are a Microcosm of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (danspapers.com) — Weekly dueling vigils in nearby Sag Harbor are drawing East Hampton residents into a very local version of the Israeli‑Palestinian debate, with pro‑Israel and pro‑Palestinian groups facing off across Long Wharf. Organizers say they're trying to educate the East End's Jewish community and neighbors about Israel, Palestine, antisemitism, and anti‑Palestinian racism, even as tensions occasionally spill into heated accusations.
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