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Week in Review: Melting Unlikely

Week in Review: Melting Unlikely

The East End Reacts to Unrest in the Nation, as Youth Lead at Home

Beth Young
February 01, 2026

On the Forks

Students Walk out of School & Vigils Blanket the East End

Local Response to ICE Killings

At the vigil Friday evening at the Cutchogue Village Green, where more than 50 people gathered to remember the names of the people killed by federal agents in 2025 and 2026, to read some of their words aloud, and to pray and sing in their memory.

Across the East End in frigid temperatures Friday evening, large crowds of people gathered at nine vigils to remember those killed by Immigration & Customs Enforcement in the past year, while at the Greenport School, more than 80 high school students walked out of class Friday morning, taking part in a National Shutdown calling for the U.S. Congress to stop funding ICE.

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North Fork

Southold Community Demands Strong Statement From Town Board Against ICE

Residents who came to Town Hall in support of a statement from the town against ICE stood up at the request of Samantha Payne-Markel.

A crowd of Southold Town residents came to the Southold Town Board’s meeting Tuesday evening urging the board to make a strong public statement against ICE, in the face of the increasingly dangerous federal immigration enforcement actions here and around the country.

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Dave’s Desk@Ditch

Loyal To Your Journey

Bhikkhu Pannakara leading a group of Buddhist monks on the Walk for Peace in Greensboro, North Carolina on Jan. 19, 2026. |. Wikipedia Creative Commons, Anonymous photographer

by Dave Davis

It seems that most folks that I’ve been speaking with lately find themselves in a place they never could have imagined. The issues, invariably, seem endless. So much to absorb, process, and hopefully release. Clearly, there may be the temptation to simply ignore what’s going on both externally and internally by losing oneself in some type of distraction or indulgence, but what I think is most needed at this time is the complete opposite.

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North Fork Focus

North Fork Students Go All-In On The Environment

The North Fork is filled with young people working in restaurants who wonder if there’s a better use for oyster shells after patrons slurp up their meat than tossing the shells in the trash.

It’s filled with kids who hike our trails and wonder why adults leave bags filled with dog waste on the ground by the trailheads.

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Southold Considers Pro-Housing Community Designation

The North Fork is filled with young people working in restaurants who wonder if there’s a better use for oyster shells after patrons slurp up their meat than tossing the shells in the trash.

It’s filled with kids who hike our trails and wonder why adults leave bags filled with dog waste on the ground by the trailheads.

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Artist Toolbox

Bliss Morehead Poetry Grant Returns

The Shelter Island Library is now accepting applications for the fifth annual Bliss Morehead Poetry Grant. This grant of $1,000 is awarded each April to the library’s annual poetry competition winner.

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On the Air

Behind the Headlines

This weekend on Behind the Headlines on 88.3 WLIW-FM, Beacon editor Beth Young joins a panel discussing the local impact of the ICE conflict in Minneapolis, the impact of social media on journalism, the closing of the Hampton Bays movie theater, Southold’s Youth Environmental Task Force and Sag Harbor screenings of a new Ken Burns documentary about the American Revolution. Tune in Sunday morning (Feb. 1) at 10 a.m. or anytime at the link below.

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