Sometimes, there isn’t much to say. Beneath the glitz and glamor of commercials that depict families receiving expensive cars, jewelry, electronic devices, and vacations to the Caribbean, there are people who are happy just to get the basics. There are no diamond necklaces for these folks. They aren’t going outside on Christmas morning and seeing […]
Adam Minter For decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association fought proposals that would’ve allowed schools to pay athletes. It went to court; it went to Congress. Whenever possible, it extolled the moral and financial benefits of amateurism. Then, last week, the NCAA abruptly changed its mind. Charlie Baker, the association’s president, released a proposal […]
Rummage through a used-book store and you might encounter two forbidding volumes with the anodyne title “North America.” In his autobiography, the author of those books, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), said that this work was not worth the time needed to peruse them. “I can recommend no one to read it now in order that he […]
Ed Dart at Dart’s Tree Farm. (Steve Wick photo) Here are the headlines for December 15, 2023. THE SUFFOLK TIMES Ed Dart’s iconic Southold Christmas tree farm will close after this season Southold students treated to a special trip to Sable Island-related art exhibition Artists to paint new life into old pews at CAST Calendar: […]
(photo credit: courtesy photo Oysterponds Historical Society) Bargain Hunting Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 14-16: Good News Thrift Shop half price sale on all items at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, 12605 Main Road, Mattituck. All proceeds benefit church missions and community families. Shop hours: Thursday 10 am.-4 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Giving Saturday, Dec. 18, 1-7 […]
Southold sixth graders attend an art exhibition about Sable Island (Courtesy photo) When Mindy Homer of Southold saw acclaimed photographer Roberto Dutesco’s Manhattan-based exhibit “Larger Than Love: The Wild Horses of Sable Island” in October, she was so captivated that she knew that her daughter — and Southold’s other sixth-grade students — had to see […]
CAST in Southold.(Credit: Nicholas Grasso) The retired church pews that once adorned the gathering hall at Southold’s Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation will soon get a refresh thanks to a partnership with North Fork Contemporary, a new nonprofit arts organization. The project, dubbed “New Views/Old Pews,” was the brainchild of NFC board member Glynis […]
Ed Dart at Dart’s Tree Farm. (Steve Wick photo) For more than a half century, Ed Dart has been selling Christmas trees, hand-made wreaths and other items such as tiny reindeer made by his own staff from the limbs of birch trees. The 18th century barn on his Southold farm is a monument to the […]
Matteo Valente December 14, 2023 by Matteo Valente Source link
The KIPP Panthers are off to a great start in the early stages of the season, picking up a conference road win against Whittier, 65-53. Head coach Moody Bey described Whittier as a “tough team.” Leading KIPP was Trosky Pena with 21 points, while Viccee Howard added 15 and Sylvester Ogbemudia chipped in with 10. […]
