Eastport News

Summer visitors at Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck will no longer be confined to a cramped deck when they chat or play games outside a popular meeting spot at the Center Moriches camp, thanks to the efforts of an aspiring Eagle Scout from Eastport.

I'm hoping that this year the holiday season is a little more laid back and not as crazy as it has been in the past.

Dozens of Eastport and East Moriches residents waited anxiously for several hours to speak before the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday night, hoping to compel board members to look at the cumulative effects of several proposed developments in their hamlets.

Avon Court in Westhampton Beach was lined with cars Saturday morning as friends, family and volunteers huddled inside a new house tucked away at the end of the street, all awaiting the arrival of Cathy Strand-O'Shea. Ms.

Armed with clipboards, pens and a large map of several proposed and planned developments in Eastport and East Moriches, members of the East Moriches Property Owners Association have been standing outside shops and delis for about two weeks soliciting signatures on a petition seeking to compel local lawmakers to study what impacts the projects would ...

With a maximum of around 800 words a week allowed for "Up Seatuck Creek" at this time of year, I never seem to have enough room to include everything that's going on.

The manufacturer of Manuka honey products has taken all synthetic and chemical-based ingredients in their products and replaced them with plant-derived, natural ingredients.

An Eastport firefighter helps Kindergartner Helen Yac shoot the fire hose after the Fire Prevention Assembly at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School earlier this month.

Amidst all the spin ofA "Oh, the market's back now" and "I did more sales than you did", there is some interesting facts in the reports for the 3rd Quarter of 2009.

Why is he seeking re-election? Mr. Lesko said he wants to continue to explore more ways to cut spending in Brookhaven.

After several months of deliberations and tweaking, Eastport South Manor Board of Education members this week approved a $60.8 million school construction plan that includes a new elementary school building at Eastport Elementary School.

I like to look ahead and see what days certain holidays fall on. This year Halloween falls on a Saturday, which is a good thing, especially if you are a teacher.

The Eastport Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Eastport Elementary School on Montauk Highway in Eastport.

First and foremost, let me congratulate Brian and Sue Sommer of South Bay Avenue in Eastport on the birth of their daughter, Ava Marie, who was born at Stony Brook University Medical Center on the evening of Saturday, October 3. Pink is the color of choice on South Bay as we welcome Ava and Sue back home this week.

A Grape Pear owners Krystle Harb and Jim Borruso designed and built the store. 509 Montauk Hwy., Eastport 631-801-2790 www.grapepearwine.com Jim Borruso and Krystle Harb haven't taken a day off since they opened their Eastport wine store on July 4. In fact, since they have no employees, they have done little else but attend to the new business.

The record for the biggest pumpkin - now that it's October, I can discuss this - was set in 2007 with the winner weighing in at 1,689 pounds.

With less than two months to go in what is already a contentious run-up to the November general election, Southampton Town Republican Committee Chairman Marcus Stinchi ceded control to his successor, Ernest Wruck, a former committee vice chairman who served under Mr.

Chris Rizzo, now 33 and an employee of Otis Ford in Quogue, fondly recalls the long theater rehearsals and working behind the scenes for plays, such as "Wait Until Dark" and "Fools," at what was then the South Manor Dayton Avenue School in the early 1990s.

Two Eastport residents complained last week about unstamped campaign fliers supporting highway superintendent candidate John McGann.

Autumn officially arrived Tuesday and it was preceded last weekend by some beautiful September weather.