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Takkii Ramen, a new Japanese eatery, opens in downtown Riverhead
Downtown Riverhead has a new Japanese eatery. Takkii Ramen, which focuses its menu on the popular noodle and broth based dish, opened in June on West Main Street just west of Griffing Avenue. Takkii Ramen is a part of a small chain of Japanese restaurants started in Pennsylvania. Khalid Masrour...
Jamesport Fire Department parade: photos
Despite blistering heat and humidity, spectators turned out for the annual Jamesport Fire Department Parade Wednesday evening to cheer on fire departments and EMS agencies from around the region marching along Main Road in Jamesport. The Jamesport Fire Department Carnival continues through Saturday on the grounds of the George Young...
A ‘family-friendly, casual’ eatery: Myles on Main opens in the Preston House
A new “family-oriented” restaurant is now open across from the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead. Myles on Main, downtown Riverhead’s newest eatery, opened on June 29 in the Preston House & Hotel on East Main Street. The restaurant is within the restored historic home, which was built in 1905 by local Civil War hero Henry Preston, Suffolk County’s first full-time sheriff. In 2018, the house was renovated and improved with a 20-room boutique hotel by Hyatt Place and aquarium developer Joseph Petrocelli.
Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation to Honor Cathy Bissell
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) is thrilled to announce that animal welfare philanthropist champion Cathy Bissell, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation’s 15th Annual Unconditional Love Gala on July 20th, 2024. The gala, serving as the premiere fundraising event for the Foundation, plays...
Cedar Beach West to Receive Innovative Alternative Wastewater System
As conversations of water quality treatment and available options remain eternal in Suffolk County, one of the Town’s north shore beaches is set to receive relatively new technology in the form of an Innovative Alternative Wastewater (I/A) System. Cedar Beach West in Mount Sinai is slated to have construction...
Top 5 Artworks at the 2024 Hamptons Fine Arts
The Hamptons Fine Arts Fair showcased over 140 galleries in a majestic and architecturally distinctive 70,000 sq. ft. Pavilion complex built on a raised platform. Roughly 10,000 guests attended the fair in Southampton from July 11th to July 14th. This fair has become the largest art event in the Hamptons, attracting Hamptons-based art aficionados.
Blue Bays: East End Abuzz with Caribbean-esque Waters, But Cause Not So Pretty
Some East End residents enjoying a day at the beach or on a boat could be forgiven if they thought they were magically transported to the Caribbean on a recent summer day. That’s because the waters around the Hamptons and the North Fork had turned an unusually turquoise hue in recent weeks. Although many took it as a welcome change from the usual green tint to the water in the Atlantic Ocean and the bays across the region, the cause was a not-so-welcome common culprit: an algae bloom — a unique phytoplankton known as coccolithophores.
Local Dancers Win National Championship
Royale Nova Performing Arts, a Center Moriches-based ensemble of tenacious dancers, won the Starbound 2024 National Dance Championship in Atlantic City. George Eleazer, a prominent and experienced dancer and studio owner from Sagaponack, coached his girls well to thrive freely throughout the competition alongside Franco LaGrega, who composed three of the winning choreography pieces. Also involved were a host of alumni returning to instill the 7- to 17-year-old dancers with technique, poise and passion over several months, training five days a week.
Celebrating Quality Healthcare and Fresh Air Out East
Mothers never likes to admit to favorites. Nor does a humanitarians. But, Jean Shafiroff has been an extremely devoted and record breaking fundraiser for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. As a chair, an honoree — with husband Martin — and SHF trustee, she has raised more than seven million dollars.
Tour a Quogue Cottage Filled With Playful Patterns
They said, ‘This is our happy place. We want it to feel happy,’” says decorator Sara Haydock, of her clients’ Meredith and Greg Imber’s desires for their Quogue beach house. Sara and her sister Zan Young, the duo behind Elliott Interiors, understood the mission intimately because Quogue was their happy place, too. The sisters grew up spending summers in the village and had known Greg since childhood, and Haydock had even recently bought a house right across the street.
Fadeley’s Deli Pub set to make its return to Patchogue this summer
Greater Patchogue coverage is funded in part by New Village at Patchogue, open-concept rental residences with sleek contemporary design. Click here for a tour. T-minus 50 days until the return of this legendary establishment in Patchogue. Fadeley’s Deli Pub will be relaunching with new ownership later this summer, with a...
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