🌱 East Hampton Daily: The Shinnecock, "This Is Our Homeland."

Hey, East Hampton! Diane Witek here to help you get started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

A couple of thunderstorms. High: 57, Low: 38.

Here are the top stories today in East Hampton:

1. How a Native American tribe on Long Island is losing its land to rising seas. The Shinnecock, whose name means the “people of the stony shore,” are fighting to save what’s left of their land as climate change prompts sea levels to rise and eat away the shoreline. The tribe has used nature to restore the land, from building oyster reefs to lining up boulders on the shoreline to blunt the energy of the waves of Shinnecock Bay. “This is the only place we have to remain. This is our homeland,” said Shavonne Smith, director of the tribe’s environmental department, walking near a scared burial ground that’s at risk of flooding. “And this is all that’s left of it.” (CNBC)
2. Waterproof Movie - 2 Screenings. Immersive and cinematic, WATERPROOF is the compelling story of a community’s crusade to create a safe swimming environment in East Hampton. Led by the larger than life Big John Ryan and his heroic son, Johnny Jr. These two tenacious watermen gave the best of themselves to create East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue; a unique on-call 24/7 year-round team of lifeguards, committed to protecting unguarded beaches from Wainscott to Montauk. The 85 strong dedicated members train rigorously, compete and ultimately ensure the safety of locals and tourists alike on the East End of Long Island. (Dan's Papers)
3. Hamptons & NY Magazine writer Gail Sheehy broke boundaries. She wrote about Grey Gardens while in East Hampton, her home away from Manhattan starting in 1971 (she told Newsday, “I wrote most of my books in my house in Long Island”). Sheehy’s bestselling fiction broke taboos and struck baby boomer chords surrounding menopause, divorce, remarriage and later-life fulfillment. Her 1976 blockbuster Passages, Predictable Crises of Adult Life, was a New York Times bestseller for three years and was named by the Library of Congress as one of the top 10 most influential books. (Dan's Papers)

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Today in East Hampton:

• East Hampton Trails Preservation Society General Meeting. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: "Live Christmas music on Long Wharf right now. Stop by for some Holiday Cheer!" (Facebook)
• East Hampton Library: "'Pure Joy' Holiday Concert with Paige Patterson." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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