Businesses, Municipalities and Residential Consumers Across Long Island Took  Time to Reduce Electric Use & Plan for Emergencies

Uniondale, NY - June 7, 2007 - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) successfully conducted its 4th Annual Island-wide “I’m Ready” emergency preparedness drill today.

Businesses, municipalities and residential customers around Long Island voluntarily reduced electric use between noon and 3 PM to demonstrate an active involvement in the emergency planning process.

LIPA estimates that voluntary electric use reductions by its customers today lowered electric consumption island-wide by about 40 megawatts (MW) during the drill period, which is enough to power about 40,000 averaged size Long Island homes.

“Our goal is to heighten awareness of the overall need for the public to be prepared in advance for an emergency,” said LIPA CEO/President Richard M. Kessel. “Whether it’s a major storm or a terrorist attack, Long Islanders must be ready to respond and cope. We appreciate the fact that major businesses and governments across the island, as well as residential customers took time to plan ahead for an emergency.”

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.  LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation in terms of customers served and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered.  In 2006, LIPA outperformed all other electric utilities in New York State in all three major reliability categories. LIPA does not provide natural gas
service or own any on-island generating assets. More information about LIPA can be found on line at: http://www.lipower.org.

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LIPA’s Moves Forward on Storm Hardening Program to Help Protect the Island’s Electric System Against Severe Storm Damage

LIPA’s 4th Annual Island-wide Drill Stresses Need for Being Prepared for Outages Should a Hurricane Hit LI This Year

Many Companies Island-wide to Participate in Today’s Drill

Hicksville, N.Y. - June 7, 2006 - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) today announced that its multi-faceted, $500-million, 20-year program to reduce the amount of damage that can be inflicted upon Long Island’s electric Transmission and Distribution (T&D) System by severe storms such as hurricanes and tropical storms is moving forward, but that Long Island would still experience wide-scale outages should a hurricane or major tropical storm strike the Island this year.

LIPA’s 17-point program, the first of its kind for Long Island’s electric grid, is designed to improve the T&D system’s durability, resilience and restoration capabilities, which will help lessen the number of service outages caused by severe storms and enhance the ability to restore service quicker when severe storm damage occurs.

In addition to its normal annual capital expenditures to improve and upgrade the Island’s electric transmission and distribution system, LIPA will spend $25 million per year over the next 20 years on targeted storm hardening efforts.

“Since Long Island is vulnerable to hurricanes, severe lightning storms and mini-tornadoes, ice storms and blizzards, and heat storms it is imperative that LIPA implement this Severe Storm Hardening Initiative to
help protect the welfare of our more than 1.1 million customers, which amounts to a population of over three million people,” said LIPA CEO/President Richard M. Kessel.

“But as our storm hardening program moves forward in the years ahead, Long Island still needs to be prepared for wide-scale outages should we get hit with a hurricane this season, which is predicted to be more active than previous years in the Atlantic,” Mr. Kessel said.

“Every meteorologist who has looked at the aftermath of Katrina knows that all our forecasting technology in the world cannot protect the fragile connections that keep our society running in the face of nature’s ferocious potential,” said Bill Evans, Senior Meteorologist for WABC Eyewitness News.  “LIPA’s Island-wide drill is a crucial element in the battle plan for being prepared to meet the hurricane that has not yet formed and has not been named, but will surely come ashore in the New York - Long Island region.  With LIPA doing its part, we need to do
ours.  We need to prepare now for the hurricane next time.”

As in the past, businesses and residential customers Island-wide will be participating in today’s drill that calls for customers to cut back on non-essential electric use between the hours of noon and 3PM as a signal
that they are taking the steps necessary to prepare for a hurricane or major storm hitting Long Island.

E-mail notices were sent to all of LIPA’s major accounts.  Suffolk and Nassau counties’ Emergency Management Offices sent out notices on today’s drill to their contact lists. And LIPA notified the public about the drill through public service advertisements, billing statement inserts and its Web site.

“Good Samaritan Hospital Medial Center will be participating in today’s drill by reducing lighting in all corridors and turning off any non-essential equipment and lighting in other areas of our facility,” said the hospital’s Director of Engineering, Robert Johnson.

“We will reduce consumption by approximately 400 KW and we’re please to participate in today’s drill,” said Bill Trillo, Regional Director of Facilities for Northrop Grumman.

King Kullen’s Manager of Mechanical Maintenance and Engineering, Stephen Mitchell said: “Our stores are equipped with an emergency curtailment key switch. This key switch will turn off case lights, 50% of ceiling lights and raise the air conditioning temperature of the stores three degrees. We will also not use any extra appliances such as balers and compactors during the drill.”

Some of the other businesses participating in today’s drill include: Suffolk County, Cablevision, Newsday,  Stop and Shop, Westfield Sunrise Mall, Roosevelt Field Mall, Brookhaven Town, and SUNY Stony Brook.

LIPA’s Severe Storm Hardening Initiative was developed after months of study and review of the lessons learned from the extraordinary damage caused in the Gulf region by last year’s Hurricane Katrina, this summer’s power outages in Queens, and by an extensive re-evaluation of the vulnerabilities of LIPA’s expansive island-wide electric system.

“This is an unprecedented undertaking,” said Mr. Kessel.  “Never before has such an extensive study been conducted and such a wide ranging series of comprehensive storm hardening strategies advanced.

2007 Storm Hardening Projects
During 2007, LIPA targeted storm hardening program will:

* Upgrade 80 ASU, or automatic distribution switches, locations to help minimize the number of customers impacted by a fault on a distribution by automatically isolating the problem circuit from the rest of the system;

* Replace 420 critical distribution poles to strengthen vulnerable circuits;

* Harden 15 Expressway/parkway crossings to minimize the potential for power lines falling across vital transportation routes during a storm;

* Harden/Upgrade over 140 locations along the LIRR rights-of-way to minimize disruptions to Railroad service during storm events; and

* Remove over 10,000 hazardous trees across Long Island to help prevent outages caused by aged out and rotting trees and tree limbs taking down power lines during storms.

Certain elements of the program will expand upon actions already undertaken by LIPA through the investment of some $2.5 billion over the last nine years that have already significantly improved LIPA’s T&D system reliability.

Additionally, as the storm hardening program moves forward, LIPA will continue to: draw upon its own major storm restoration experiences; monitor lessons learned by other utilities; continue to assess the improvements in electric system components, utilize materials and techniques to allow a quicker, more effective implementation of the
severe storm program.

Recognizing that LIPA’s extensive electric T&D system, both underground and overhead, is vulnerable to catastrophic damage from downed trees and flying debris caused by excessive winds, and flooding caused by storm surges in low lying areas on both the south and north shores, LIPA’s Severe Storm Hardening Initiative sets out three main goals to achieve.

They include improving the electric T&D systems:

* Durability by hardening the electric system to lessen the potential of damage from storms;

* Resilience by enhancing the electric system’s flexibility to continue service despite storm damage;

* Restoration capabilities by reducing the time needed to restore service following storms.

To achieve these three main objectives, the Severe Storm Hardening Initiative outlines 17 specific program elements, which include such things as:

* Reconfigure or reconstruct substations to avoid damage from floodingand wind;
* Improve transmission and distribution line design and construction to withstand high winds;
* Reduce the impact of tree contact on distribution lines;
* Seek innovative alternatives to undergrounding transmission and distribution lines in flood and surge zones;
* Protect distribution equipment from storm surge damage;
* Inspect and replace inadequate poles and equipment;
* Leverage LIPA’s leading distribution automation system to manage the scope of outages, and speed reconfiguration and restoration;
* Employ Distributed Generation and Microgrids;
* Upgrade Outage Management Software;
* Improve voice and data communications capabilities;
* Implement a more comprehensive resource control system to better manage the use of field personnel during a restoration effort; and
* Improve damage assessment process.

“The Severe Storm Hardening Initiative will be in addition to all of the routine capital improvement work we do annually to upgrade and expand our system to reliably meet the ever-increasing demand for electricity on Long Island,” said Mr. Kessel.  “We spend, on average, about $200 million annually on capital improvements, which is the main reason we have the most reliable overhead electric system in New York State, and one of the most reliable in the nation.”

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to over 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. In terms of customers served, LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered. LIPA does not provide natural gas service or own any on-island electric generating assets.

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Significant Ratepayer, Reliability & Repowering Benefits for LIPA’s Customers and Region

Uniondale,  N.Y. - June 6, 2007 - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustess today approved the Agreement in Principle with National Grid/KeySpan that will provide significant ratepayer, reliability and repowering or power plant emission reduction benefits to LIPA’s electric customers and to the Long Island region.

When combined with the significant package of benefits resulting from an earlier negotiated extension of its Management Services Agreement with KeySpan that was announced in December, 2005, the economic benefits of both agreements are valued at approximately $236 million.  Additionally, savings of approximately $34 million per year to be derived from lower fees paid by LIPA under the Management Services Agreement.

Highlights of Benefits to LIPA Customers

LIPA’s customers will benefit in many ways as a result of the combined elements of both the December 2005 LIPA/KeySpan Definitive Agreement and the new LIPA/KeySpan/National Grid Agreement in Principle. These benefits include:

Ratepayer Economic Benefits:  ($236 Million)

* $120 million settlement of disputes that had arisen under the terms of the original Management Services Agreement with KeySpan;

* $34 million net present value in annual operating cost savings through 2013;

* $91 million in synergy savings taken over the remaining seven-year of the MSA term of the period;

* $7 million in incremental cash consideration to LIPA;

* National Grid will provide $12 million to fund a LIPA/National Grid joint effort to promote electric and gas efficiency programs;

* Freeze transportation rate for the delivery of natural gas to power plants on Long Island at the current level through May 2013; and

* National Grid will not initiate any property tax rate challenges on its Long Island generation assets without prior approval by LIPA.

Reliability & Service Benefits:

* National Grid will provide $6 million in funding for LIPA’s Storm Hardening Initiative;

* National Grid agrees to maintain on-island field personnel at mutually agreed upon levels to meet LIPA’s target performance metrics or suffer financial penalties;

* National Grid will maintain its customer service functions - Customer Call Center and District Offices - on Long Island;

* National Grid will integrate its Long Island storm response priorities with its other US operations which will provide LIPA with a “first call” opportunity that can quickly move upstate and out of state National Grid crews to Long Island to assist with an enhanced restoration response to severe storms and emergencies;

* National Grid will follow LIPA’s directives regarding service performance, emergency response, and capital projects;

* Eighteen performance metrics have been established that can trigger financial penalties if not met; and

* Greater information access and operational transparency provided to LIPA on a daily basis.

Repowering and/or Emission Reduction Benefits:

* LIPA obtains the option to purchase at book value the E.F. Barrett plant and Combustion Turbines and the Far Rockaway generating plant for the purpose of repowering;

* LIPA also obtains the option to purchase KeySpan’s fleet of Combustion Turbines (peaking units) at Wading River and at Shoreham for 1.25 times book value.  This option enhances repowering opportunities at all of these locations;

* National Grid commits to begin to install $100 million in NOx emission reduction equipment and efficiency improvement equipment at Northport units and NOx reduction equipment at Port Jefferson units immediately. The level of cost recovery for these improvements will be limited to the level of fuel and emission allowance savings achieved during the term of the Power Supply Agreement;

* National Grid and LIPA will perform a detailed Northport plant and Port Jefferson plant engineering and economics repowering studies;

* National Grid will provide summer availability replacement power insurance for a minimum of 3 years; and

* LIPA gains the Right of First Refusal if National Grid proposes to sell its generation to a foreign-controlled entity.

LIPA will send the Agreement to the State Attorney General’s Office and the State Comptroller’s Office for review and approval.

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.  LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation in terms of customers served and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered.  In 2006, LIPA outperformed all other overhead utilities in New York State in all three major reliability categories.  LIPA does not provide natural gas service or own any on-island generation assets. More information about LIPA can be found online at: www.lipower.org.

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Restoration Work Completed Following Successful Installation of Major New Power Cable from New Jersey to Long Island

Wantagh, NY-June 6, 2007-The Wantagh State Parkway bicycle path has reopened following the successful installation of a major new power cable that will provide the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) with access to previously unreachable sources of electricity in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the mid-West.

The bike path was temporarily closed last fall to allow work on the cable project to proceed along and under the east side of Wantagh State Parkway from Jones Beach State Park north to Cedar Creek County Park in Wantagh.  It reopened before Memorial Day weekend following completion of landscape restoration along and resurfacing of the bike path.

“I’m delighted that the success of the Neptune cable project also means the reopening of a local treasure, the bike path along Wantagh Parkway, complete with a new surface and some new landscaping to go with it,” said Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) CEO and President Richard M. Kessel.  “Bicycle riders, joggers and recreational walkers can once again take advantage of this wonderful facility, while all of LIPA’s customers will benefit from our ability to access lower cost sources of energy through the Neptune cable once it opens this summer.”

“This bike path provides a great opportunity to experience and appreciate the natural beauty of Long Island,” said Carol Ash, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. “The reopening of this path, on the heels of National Trails Day, is the perfect time torecognize the importance of the various recreational trails in New York.”

“We truly appreciate the patience of the public as we fulfill our commitment to complete the Neptune project on a timely basis and commence delivery of much needed power to Long Island,” said Ed Stern, CEO of Neptune Regional Transmission System.

“We also want to thank the Office of Parks and the Department of Transportation for their close cooperation in making sure the bike path restoration work was done safely and well by Hallen Construction and several other excellent local contractors.”

The Neptune Regional Transmission System will link Long Island to diverse sources of energy in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and eleven other states in the mid-Atlantic and Ohio River Valley regions. It will provide up to 660 megawatts of electricity to help meet Long Island’s needs when it opens this summer.

Neptune was selected as the off-Island component of a diverse portfolio of resources developed by LIPA under a comprehensive request for proposals process in accordance with the procurement requirements of the State of New York.  The 65-mile-long cable will connect New Cassel, Long Island with Sayreville, New Jersey.  In conjunction with the 25-mile-long cross-Sound cable between Shoreham, Long Island and New Haven, Connecticut, it will open up an energy corridor that runs from the mid-West and mid-Atlantic, through Long Island, and on into New England and Canada.

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.  LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation in terms of customers served and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered.  In 2006, LIPA outperformed all other overhead electric utilities in New York State in all three major reliability categories.  LIPA does not provide natural gas service or own any on-island generating assets. More information about LIPA can be found online at: http://www.lipower.org.

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Watercolor Impressions Captured en Plein Air by an Artist in Love with the North Fork   

Riverhead, NY (June 5, 2007)–A collection of Michael Killelea’s watercolor paintings celebrating Long Island’s North Fork is on display in the new Rosalie Dimon Gallery in the Jamesport Manor House on Manor Lane in Jamesport from May 14 through Aug 13, 2007. An opening reception will be held on Sunday June 24th from 3-6 pm. The public is invited.

Killelea’s artwork, headlined as “exquisite watercolors” in a feature article in American Artists Watercolor magazine, was done on location during his travels throughout the area. He is an inveterate plein air painter who carries his brushes with him almost everywhere he goes. “I keep trying,” Killelea says, “but there just doesn’t seem to be enough time to paint all the paintings I see.”

The compulsion to paint that began as he wandered locally, expanded as he traveled west across the United States and east through much of Europe, and continued during trips to Thailand and China. Killelea is also the author-illustrator of two books of prose and watercolors about the North Fork, Wandering the North Fork (2004) and Seasons on the North Fork (2006). His work can be seen online at www.killeleart.com. Sales of Killelea’s art will be made through the East End Arts Council.

The Rosalie Dimon Gallery is housed in the magnificently renovated Jamesport Manor Inn on Manor Lane, one mile north of Main Road in Jamesport, NY.

EEAC exhibits are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts, Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs and the Town of Riverhead.

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North Fork Artists Michael Killelea and Max Moran Christen Jamesport Manor Inn’s Rosalie Dimon Gallery

Jamesport, NY (Monday June 5, 2007) –The long anticipated reopening of the Jamesport Manor Inn will delight locals and visitors with the addition of the new Rosalie Dimon Gallery. North Fork artist Max Moran will open the Gallery with a collection of his North Fork paintings to be on display through August 2007. An opening reception highlighting new works will be held on

Sunday Afternoon, June 24, 2007 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

As a former resident of Manor Lane, Moran will return with observations and his conversations with the landscape. “With so much agenda-driven art, I’ve decided to give landscapes an agenda with this new group of paintings. I’ve observed, over my 30 years as a painter, how often artists who once started with landscape paintings abandoned and then returned to the subject later in life. I have never left the landscape; it continuously gives a wealth of information and inspiration through the medium of paint and canvas. These new paintings, some of which were executed early this spring, will continue my tradition influenced by the 19th and 20th century American Masters. Their paintings still move and profoundly affect my work today. A landscape painting can quietly and sometimes profoundly remind us who we are as temporary custodians of the land.” Moran can often be seen in the fields of Manor Lane and the North Fork “chasing clouds” and capturing them in his paintings. After an encounter with one of Moran’s Manor Lane canvasses, Suffolk County Poet Laureate George Wallace penned the poem “State of the Sky.”

Moran has been a member of the East End Arts Council for many years and would like to thank them for arranging this exhibition at the newly restored Manor Inn at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery. Mr. Moran’s work can be seen online at www.maxmoran.com.

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LIPA Commends Oyster Bay Town for Being A Wire Friendly Tree Leader

Massapequa, NY-June 5, 2007-The Long Island Power Authority(LIPA) is dedicated to providing Long Island with a safe, reliable supply of electricity.  To do this, LIPA has implemented a number of proactive programs that help reduce electric outages and improve safety.  One of the most effective programs in this area is LIPA’s Forestry Program, which features line clearance and planting smaller, “wire-friendly” trees near electric lines.

The Town of Oyster Bay and Supervisor John Venditto have been strong supporters of LIPA’s “wire-friendly” tree program.  Today LIPA CEO/President Richard M. Kessel presented the Town of Oyster Bay with rebate checks equaling $6200 for the planting of “wire-friendly” trees in the spring and fall of 2006.  Oyster Bay was the first town to join LIPA’s program nine years ago and has been instrumental in creating its success.

“It is due to the support of public officials such as Supervisor Venditto and municipalities like the Town of Oyster Bay, that LIPA has been successful in providing safe and reliable electric service to our customers,” said Mr. Kessel.

With today’s check presentation, LIPA has rebated $320,440 to municipalities or civic organizations for the planting of “wire-friendly” trees, since the start of the program.  The Town of Oyster Bay has been the largest recipient to this date.

“I am proud that the Town of Oyster Bay holds the distinction of being the first municipality on Long Island to sign up for LIPA’s ‘Wire-Friendly Trees’ program,” said Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto. “One of the Town’s major assets is its trees. Without trees, our streets would be sterile landscapes of concrete, brick, and asphalt.
My Town Board colleagues and I have a strong commitment to protecting and enhancing the Town’s tree resources. The Town’s participation in the ‘Wire-Friendly Trees’ program has helped us keep that commitment and is one of the reasons Oyster Bay has been named a ‘Tree City USA’ for the past 19 years. By planting ‘wire-friendly’ trees, the Town can maintain attractive, shaded streetscapes while reducing the chance of a tree or branch coming in contact with electrical wires. It is a win-win for both the Town and LIPA.”

LIPA has been named a Tree Line USA utility by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters.  LIPA was the first electric utility in New York State to achieve this distinction.  The Tree line USA Award recognizes utilities that meet three requirements:  A program of quality tree care, annual worker
training, and public education.  Better tree care by Tree Line USA utilities means beautiful trees for the future and savings for the customer.  For further information on LIPA’s programs visit our Web site at http://www.lipower.org/.

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.  LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation in terms of customers served and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered.  In 2006, LIPA outperformed all other overhead electric utilities in New York State in all three major reliability categories.  LIPA does not provide
natural gas service or own any on-island generating assets. More information about LIPA can be found online at: http://www.lipower.org/.

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Attorney General Cuomo Leads Coalition of States Urging Bush EPA to Enforce Clean Air Act

NEW YORK, NY (June 5, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that he is organizing an effort to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to weaken the New Source Review (NSR) provision of the Clean Air Act.  To date, seventeen other Attorneys General have joined in coalition with Attorney General Cuomo.

“The EPA should enforce and strengthen the Clean Air Act, not weaken it,” said Attorney General Cuomo.  “Pollution from coal-burning power plants and other facilities cause real problems throughout the United States from acid rain to urban smog to global warming.  These problems threaten people in New York State and other northeastern states
downwind of these plants.  It’s not just our region that’s at risk when the EPA tries to weaken the Clean Air Act — it’s the whole country, and the whole planet.”

The NSR provision is a key part of the Clean Air Act that governs air pollution from older coal-burning power plants and other facilities.  It requires these facilities to install modern air pollution controls if they expand their operations and increase emissions.

The Attorneys General wrote to the EPA in response to a proposed rule on record keeping and public information requirements for coal-burning facilities and other major industrial plants that the EPA issued on March 8, 2007.  The EPA was required to issue the rule in response to a 2005 decision by the federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in an action brought by the State of New York and other states.

In 2005, the Court had sent back the regulations the EPA had formerly issued, which did not require plants making modifications to track and report their emissions – so long as the plant operators saw no “reasonable possibility” that these changes would trigger NSR requirements.  The Court found these regulations to be arbitrary.

The Attorneys General believe the EPA’s new proposed rule still fails to fix this problem, making it easier for power plants to escape NSR enforcement.

Signatories to the letter, in addition to Attorney General Cuomo, were the Attorneys General of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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EEAC Juried Painting Show Interiors

Riverhead, NY—(June 4, 2007) The East End Arts Council will be accepting submissions for the juried painting show Interiors, which will run from July 20–August 24, 2007. We’re not looking for a room with a view—we’re looking for a view of the room! The show is open to all painting media. The guest juror for the show will be Pedro Sousa, owner of Gallery 4222. (For more information on Mr. Sousa, please check our website at www.eastendarts.org/gallery/about the jurors). Well known Greenport artist and teacher Jada Rowland will have oil paintings exhibited in the Project Room.

Artists may submit artwork for consideration on Thursday, July 12th through Saturday, July 14th, from 10 AM-4 PM. All work must be dropped off in person at the East End Arts Council Gallery at 133 East Main Street, Riverhead. For details on submission requirements, please see our website, www.eastendarts.org , or call the gallery at 727-0900 for a prospectus. The opening reception will be held on Friday, July 20th from 5-8 PM.

The public is invited.

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Summer Art Classes

Riverhead, NY (June 4, 2007)—The EEAC Community School of the Arts is now taking registration for summer art & music classes. For kids there’s African Drumming, Pinhole photography, Nautical Art, Book Making, Mommy & Me Art, Group Guitar, Youth Choir, Teen Theatre, On Camera Acting and more. For adults there’s Pastel Drawing, Oil, Watercolor & Plein Air Painting, Drawing Camp and African Drumming. For registration and information call the Community School of the Arts at (631) 369-2171, or visit www.eastendarts.org

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African Drumming

Riverhead, NY (June 4, 2007)— Classes in traditional African Drumming for adults and children will be held throughout the summer at the East End Arts Council Community School of the Arts on Tuesdays from 6 – 8 PM in the historic Fresh Pond School House located on the grounds of the East End Arts Council. Classes for youth age 9 + will be held at the Southampton Youth Center in Southampton. For registration and information call the Community School of the Arts at (631) 369-2171, or visit www.eastendarts.org

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