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September 09, 2009 | 03:16 PM
Brookhaven Fair
The Town of Brookhaven will hold its 30th annual Brookhaven Country Fair on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, at the historic Longwood Estate, located off Longwood Road and Smith Road in Ridge. Admission to the fair is $2 and is free for seniors and children 12 and under.
Fair activities include battle reenactments from the Revolutionary War, a solar-powered stage featuring live music, children's crafts, primitive cooking, pony rides, a quilt show, demonstrations of traditional crafts, vendor booths and lots of food.
The rain dates for the fair is Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27. For additional information go to www.brookhaven.org or call 924-1820.
Blood drive
The Setauket Fire Department Auxilary will hold a blood drive on Monday, Sept. 14, from 3:30 to 9 pm at the Main Street firehouse on Route 25A.
Village Green walking tour
Discover Setauket's rich history as you explore its architecture and beautiful natural environment. Visit the cemetery where the leader of the Setauket Spy Ring is buried, near the resting place of the artist William Sidney Mount. See the 17th and 18th century homes of the early residents of Suffolk County and the 19th century homes of sea captains. This Three Village Historical Society walking tour is designed for students, families and adults and will be held Sunday, Sept. 13, at 2 pm.
Tours leave from the Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main Street, across from the Mill Pond. The tour lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes. Fee: $3 for Society members, $5 for nonmembers.
For more information contact the TVHS at 751-3730 or visit: www.TVHS.org/walkingtours.htm.
Vendors wanted
The Three Village Kiwanis Club and the Setauket Fire Department Engine Company #1 will hold the 12th annual Duck Race/Family Fun Day on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Setauket Kiwanis Park adjacent to Se-Port Deli. Festivities begin at 10 am and run until 5 pm. 10' x 10' vendor spaces are available for $35. Vendors must provide their own tables and chairs. This is a rain or shine event. To reserve your space contact Gina Doerler at 631-751-2669.
3V Educational Fndn fundraiser
Tickets for the Three Village Educational Foundation's third annual fundraising event are now on sale. The event, on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Three Village Inn, will be filled with great food, exciting auctions and raffles, as well as words of recognition for this year's honorees - the innkeepers of the Three Village Inn, Dan and Marri Laffitte.
Tickets are $55 per person and "super tickets," which enter attendees into a drawing to win a 42-inch flat screen HDTV, are $75 per person. Tickets can be reserved through the foundation's website, www.3vef.org; by emailing info@3vef.org; by calling 631-582-6400, ext. 2365; or by mailing a check to TVEF, P.O. Box 821, Setauket, NY 11733. Checks should be made payable to the 3 Village Educational Foundation.
Funds raised and donations collected will directly go to benefit the children of the Three Village Central School District. Last year's fundraiser provided funds for 18 mini-grants for teachers, as well as monies that were allocated in support of the young composer program and the theater arts, athletic and health departments, totaling more than $25,000.
Billion-year-old gene discussion at BNL
Arnold Levine, a leading authority on the molecular basis of cancer and faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study, discovered a protein known as p53 - now known as the single most common genetic marker for cancer - in 1979. On Monday, Sept. 14, Levine will give a lecture at Brookhaven National Laboratory on how the genes for p53 and related proteins have survived through a billion years of evolution. For details contact the BNL Communications Office at 631-344-2347 or www.bnl.gov.
The week in meetings
• The Brookhaven Town Board will meet at 5 pm on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Town Hall in Farmingville.
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