Hands Across the Sand in Greenport

TROY GUSTAVSON PHOTO
Members of the community gathered at Sixth Street Beach for
hands Across the Sand Saturday.

Greenport community members and their North Fork neighbors drew a line in the sand at Sixth Street Beach Saturday.
The beach was one of thousands of locations worldwide used Saturday for Hands Across the Sand — a movement for the protection of coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, and the fishing industry.
Greenport was one of 11 Long Island locations to host a Hands Across the Sand event. The movement was born in Florida.
People gathered at the beach to form a line at 11 a.m. At noon they joined hands.
The movement is about “saying no to off-shore drilling, and saying yes to clean energy,” the event website says.

— GRANT PARPAN