The East Hampton Town Board is set to approve the sale of a town-owned property that could become a new school bus facility. The site, a former sewage treatment plant on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton, would be sold to the East Hampton School District. 

An environmental study and a look at the bus facility’s projected effect on traffic have predicted modest impacts, Marguerite Wolffsohn, the town planning director, said on Tuesday. 

Additional traffic delays of about 30 seconds at the North Main Street-Three Mile Harbor Road intersection with Springs-Fireplace Road are anticipated at peak times. V.H.B., the engineering and planning firm that did the study, used June traffic data to make their estimates, she said.

Ms. Wolffsohn said that the intersection was already rated “F” by the school district’s engineering company. 

“That intersection wants fixing whether the school buses go in there or not,” she said.

“The school district is doing all they can to protect the groundwater in their design,” she said. The Planning Department’s view, she said, was that all work on buses be done inside the new building the district plans to erect on the site.

“What we are saying is that the building itself should protect the groundwater,” Ms. Wolffsohn said. There should be no drains in the floor, and the floor should slope to a low point where any spills could be quickly mopped up.

An initial proposal by the school district for a bus facility on a portion of its high school property that fronts on Cedar Street was met with strong opposition from some neighbors last year. The district has been leasing space at 41 Route 114 in East Hampton to house and work on its bus fleet since 2006, when it stopped contracting services from the Schaefer Bus Company.

The next step for the town is to authorize the sale of the property to the school district. The price agreed to with the town was $2.3 million for the almost-3-acre site. East Hampton School District residents will have to vote in favor of the plan for it to go forward, likely in May.

The new building would include maintenance bays, offices, spaces for employees, and room for vocational training for students. 

Ms. Wolffsohn said that the buses would use the existing driveway at the so-called scavenger waste plant.

Some 50 mentors from a range of professions — including elected officials, artists, writers, photographers, graphic designers, a veterinarian, chefs, and police officers — talked about their careers with East Hampton High School sophomores on Tuesday morning. Students picked two areas to learn about during two half-hour sessions with the mentors, a number of whom were East Hampton graduates themselves.

Among the many on hand to share their professional experience were East Hampton Town Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez; Nora Kleps, a veterinarian; Dell Cullum, Michael Heller, and Durell Godfrey, photographers; Abigail Vogel, an artist; John Musnicki, a graphic designer, and T.E. McMorrow, a reporter for The Star and children’s book author.

Four 13-year-old students at Springs School were given a tour of East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday, led by Gordon Ryan, an attorney with an office in Montauk. Laura Calderon said she wanted to be a lawyer, and Aidan McCormac, a judge. Christian Campoverde and Jaye deGroof said they were more inclined toward the sciences, but were curious to see how the legal system works.

It was all part of the Springs School Shadow Day, which gives young people the chance to step into the workplace and satisfy their curiosity about different professions. The kids who chose to go to justice court were given a full tour of the facility, including the holding cell for prisoners, which was of particular interest. 

They sat through all the proceedings on the day’s court calendar, which, on Thursdays, is only criminal cases. They were each given a copy of the calendar so they could follow along.

As each defendant’s name was called, Mr. Ryan would explain the charges. “The students get a taste of what the police, lawyers, and judges go through,” said Mr. Ryan, who has been leading students from Springs on Shadow Day for six or seven years.

After the cases on the docket were completed, Justice Steven Tekulsky, who was on the bench last Thursday, spoke with the students and answered their questions. So, too, did Rudy Migliore Jr. and Doug Fedun of the district attorney’s office, Gloria Rosante, court reporter, Sandra Ramos Connor, court translator, and the court officers. 

“It leads to creating great respect for the system and great respect for the people in it,” Mr. Ryan said. And, who knows, maybe a future Supreme Court justice or two.

Family Adventures

The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton has two family adventures planned for this weekend. On Saturday, families with children 3 and older will head to the Walking Dunes on Napeague, where they will use binoculars to search for birds, learn to read animal tracks, make leaf rubbings, practice using a compass, and study things up close through magnifiers. The outing begins at 10:30 a.m. There is a $2 materials fee for journals. 

Salamanders and how they hibernate will be the focus of a program on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the museum. Families with kids 5 and older will learn about the amphibians in the museum’s collection and then head outside to the field to search for some good hibernation spots. 

Reservations are requested for both programs, as space is limited. 

Babysitting Course

There’s a lot more to babysitting than sitting, as anyone who has done it will tell you. On Saturday at the East Hampton Library would-be babysitters in sixth through eighth grade can get a crash course in what it takes to do the job well. There will be hands-on activities and a course certification for those who attend the 1 to 4 p.m. program. 

A fall lantern workshop for high school students on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. could help them make the perfect decoration for next week’s Thanksgiving table. On Tuesday at 4 p.m., younger children ages 4 to 6 will listen to a Thanksgiving story and then make a Thanksgiving craft. Gobble, gobble!

With school out for many on Wednesday, the library will screen the family movie “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul,” about a family road trip adventure gone mostly wrong. Show time is 2 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 24, another family film, “Leap,” will be shown, also at 2.

That same day at 1 p.m., the energetic beat-boxing Jester Jim will return to the library with his prop-filled show for all ages. 

Advance registration is required for all but the Jester Jim show. 

Making Muffins

Kids can spend time in the kitchen and on the dance floor this week at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. A cornbread muffin-making session that was to have happened last weekend was rescheduled for this Saturday at 10 a.m. Kids 3 and up can measure, mix, and pour as they learn to make this favorite fall treat from 10 to 10:45 a.m. The cost is $19, including museum admission, or $5 for museum members. 

On Friday, Nov. 24, the museum will give families a chance to shake off the holiday meal at a family disco dance party from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Requests are being taken in advance and can be emailed to [email protected]. The party costs $15 per person, $5 for members. 

Looking ahead to Nov. 25, Katharine Holabird, the creator of the Angelina Ballerina and Twinkle series of children’s books, will be at the museum for her annual Thanksgiving weekend reading at 10 a.m. The cost is $15; members get in free. 

Advance registration is suggested for all events, as some sell out. 

Musical Petting Zoo

Libraries in Sag Harbor, Montauk, and Amagansett also have some fun planned for the week ahead. 

Young readers can practice reading aloud with Wally, a therapy dog, on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Wally will be back at the library on Dec. 16. Kids can listen as someone else reads to Wally or call the library to reserve a spot to read. 

Professional musicians from Stony Brook University will play and talk about their instruments on Sunday as John Jermain sets up an “instrument petting zoo” for kids 3 to 7. Children will get the chance to hold and play the instruments and will leave with a musical gift, the library promises. The program begins at 2:30 p.m.

At the Montauk Library, Saturday is Turkey Time, with Thanksgiving stories, crafts, and a visit with a real turkey. A session for little ones ages 2 to 5 will run from 2 to 3 p.m. Kids in first through fifth grades will take over from 3 to 4 p.m. 

At the Amagansett Library, kids 5 to 12 can explore the world through stories on Saturday at 3 p.m. and map their adventures on their own globes and as part of a collaborative mapping project. 

Advance sign-up is requested for all library programs.

He is not the first rapper from East Hampton, but Pr€sident, also known as Mizel Faison, a 17-year-old who attends East Hampton High School, is leading the charge to put the South Fork on the rap map. 

By that he means, unlike his forebears, such as T-Shyne, a homegrown rap success story who is never seen locally, touring instead with the likes of Wiz Khalifa and Young Thug, Pr€sident (he uses the euro symbol in place of the “e”) wants to remain anchored to the Hamptons, both musically and emotionally, even if and when fame and fortune come calling.

It certainly seems like perfect timing, as thus far news of rappers on the South Fork is usually limited to the number of zeros at the end of Jay-Z’s real estate deals.

The Pr€sident of the Beast Coast, as he is known among his friends, is part of the next generation of artists on SoundCloud — the online audio distribution platform that enables users to upload, record, promote, and share their originally created music. SoundCloud seems to be home to an entire universe of young, often school-age rappers, many with colored dreads and names containing a multitude of symbols and a distinct dearth of the “Lil” prefix prevalent in the early 2000s. Producing melodies inspired by emo, pop punk, and the latest mutations of Atlanta’s trap genre, these young musicians work on building fan bases on SoundCloud while they wait for the spotlight to pan in their direction. 

On Halloween, Pr€sident dropped his latest song on SoundCloud. Called “Goners,” it offers sharp observations on the hazards of labeling youngsters. The “bad” kids at school, the song goes, are called “goners,” a euphemism for not going anywhere, since they are into drugs and partying and are failing at school. Yet despite turning his life around and displaying some talent, the singer says, he still feels like a goner “because at the end of the day that’s what they called us all, goners.”

Labels stick, is his message, so be careful what you call your children.

In person, Mizel is poised and displays a remarkable facility for language, which is unusual in most teenagers and helps explain the lyrical honesty that is especially apparent in the most recent of his eight tracks on SoundCloud. Like nearly all rap today, it is explicit, not unnervingly so, like the more violent “drill scene” that came out of Chicago’s South Side. Mostly, however, there is much to read between the lines of his insights on growing up, including this from “Goners”: “If I learned my lesson in adolescence / That its pressure can form perfection.”

He talks easily and openly about his life and music, even offering a self-deprecating critique of his early attempts at rap as being “just words with no flow.” He admits that he has never been a terribly good student but has always loved English. “I started writing poetry really early,” he said, around age 10. Focusing on particular words, their cadence, and the effects of certain sounds on people has turned into something of an obsession.

“Lost in thought and that’s the train you’ll never catch” was a line he wrote when he first started dabbling in rap lyrics. He shared it with his grandmother Laura Grossman, who was a member of the East Hampton School Board for more than 20 years, and she encouraged young Mizel to keep going, to pursue his passion as a musical wordsmith. 

Today, she is his talent agent, working on getting him bookings and maybe signing with a record label. He has lived full time with his grandparents since he was 2 — his grandfather is Stephen Grossman, an attorney with an office in Sag Harbor. Mizel said they are hugely supportive of his music but added, with a smile, “They just kinda earmuff when they hear something they would have rather not.”

Three months ago, the young rapper released “Beans and the Flats” on SoundCloud, and it became a party hit of the summer in East Hampton and even New York City. His following rocketed from 20 people to about 90. Today he has 126, which doesn’t sound like a lot by today’s “going viral” standards, but SoundCloud is still relatively new. The song, which was listened to more than 5,000 times on the site, was a collaboration with Damma Beatz, a talented young music producer who Pr€sident credits as “a big reason the song blew up.”

In July, Mizel was in Manhattan with his father, who lives in Los Angeles. They went to the Bitter End club on Bleecker Street to listen to an uncle, a resident singer there. Suddenly, said Mizel, his uncle called him up onstage and handed him the mike. Mizel seized the opportunity, spewing his lyrics in front of a wildly appreciative audience in a performance that harked back to the old-school format of grime M.C.s freestyling live onstage or on the radio, long before the era of SoundCloud.

He intends to go to college, he said, to study music management and production. Until then, his main focus is on shooting music videos and securing live performances at places like the Bitter End, or out here at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, which he hopes will add an occasional young rapper like him to its roster. 

That, he believes, will truly help him jump over the orange-and-white SoundCloud and go from URL to IRL.

Bake, Drip, Splatter

With Thanksgiving around the corner, the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will host a family workshop on Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on how to make cornbread muffins, an apt addition to the feast. The workshop is open to parents and caregivers with kids ages 3 and up. The cost is $19 per child, including museum admission, $5 for members.

Or, instead of baking on Sunday, how about drip painting at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs? This family workshop will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and includes a private tour of the renowned Abstract Expressionists’ historical house, located at 830 Springs-Fireplace Road for parents and caregivers with children ages 4 and up. The cost is $1 per adult, $5 per child, including a canvas board and paint supplies. 

Dance, Movies, Candy Sculpture 

There’s a lot going on for high school students at the East Hampton Library this week. Tonight from 5 to 6:30 a Just Dance party will include snacks. On Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., high schoolers have been invited back to watch the screening of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” at 1 p.m., followed by “Paper Towns” at 3 p.m. Again, snacks will be provided. On Monday 4 to 5 p.m. they can learn how to create a cozy scarf on a loom in just an hour. The scarf can be taken home to wear or donated to a local person in need, for which students will earn community service hours. 

Finally, next Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. Julie Raynor Gross, dubbed a leading expert in the field of college admissions, will talk with high school students and their parents or guardians about the process and then answer questions. 

For middle schoolers, the movie “ Guardians of the Galaxy” will be shown next Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Snacks will be provided.

Wondering what to do with that extra Halloween candy? Kids ages 4 and up can stop by the library on Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. to create a candy sculpture to hang or decorate the holiday table.

Registration is required for all events.

Book Club Party in Sag Harbor

Sixth through eighth graders can pop in to the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor on Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. for a party to kick off the new biweekly book club. The first book will be handed out while participants chat about the club and choose a book club name. The goal is to read a book a month and meet every other week throughout the school year.

East, Sing, and Be Merry

On Tuesday between 3:30 and 4:30 at the Montauk Library, kids 4 and up who are interested in making healthy food choices can explore the world of grains, including lesser-known ones and gluten-free options. The session will end with a sampling of whole grain, booster-packed snacks, including a “healthed-up” version of a Thanksgiving favorite, according to the library. 

Lori Hubbard, a local musician, will be at the library next Thursday from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to celebrate Thanksgiving through song, dance, and play in a program for children 1 to 5. 

Education and Fun at SoFo

Children ages 8 and up can learn all about the science and mythology of the most prominent fall constellations at the South Fork Natural History Museum on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and then make constellation projectors to light up their rooms. This workshop will be led by Crystal Oakes, a SoFo nature educator. There is a materials fee of $5 for each participant.

On Sunday, at 10:30 am, Melanie Meade, also a SoFo nature educator, will teach children 6 and up to make a “water journey” bracelet to remind them of the journey a water molecule takes as it travels to all the places on earth where water is found. There is a $3 materials fee for this one.

The Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter has invited fourth through 10th graders to spend Friday evenings between 6 and 9 in a “safe and structured environment to socialize and explore their interests,” according to a release. 

Free round-trip transportation to the center, on Gingerbread Lane in East Hampton, will be provided for children who live in Sag Harbor, Bridgehampton, and Southampton.

Fourth through seventh graders, or ages 10 to 13, can participate in a free preteen program that will include activities such as multi-sport games, swimming, craft making, a computer lab, and drone and tech instruction. They will hear from guest speakers, as well.

For those in eighth through 10th grades, or ages 14 to 16, the Youth Leadership Club is a free program designed to help teens improve individual and social skills. Training will be offered in lifeguarding and swim instruction, customer service, youth counseling, and fitness training, among others.

More information is with Sondra Vecchio at 631-329-6884, extension 21, or [email protected]. Online preregistration is required at ymcali.org.

Culture Galore at Guild Hall

There’s a lot going on at Guild Hall this weekend and in the coming weeks for young people, from auditions for a production of “Romeo and Juliet” to a cultural exchange to voice and digital photography workshops. 

Tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., high school students have been invited to audition for Guild Hall’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Josh Gladstone. Performances will run Fridays through Sundays, March 14 to 25, 2018, with school matinees on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Rehearsals will be held evenings and weekends in January, February, and March. Teens will appear alongside adult actors. Students can audition for the roles of Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Balthasar, Peter, Prince Escalus, and Apothecary. A modest stipend will be offered. 

Auditions can be scheduled with Jennifer Brondo, the general manager of Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater, at 631-324-4051 or [email protected].  Sides will be available, but a one-to-two-minute classical monologue is also encouraged.

On Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., Guild Hall’s second ArtXchange celebration of cultural diversity will take place. The fun family afternoon includes creative activities centered on the exchange of traditions, ideas, and stories about inclusion as a way to foster respect and ignite interaction within the community. Activities will include a children’s workshop with Aurelio Torres, an artist, cookie decorating workshop with the team from Citarella, museum gallery activities for adults and children, and theater entertainment with local performers from East Hampton High School.

A voice workshop for aspiring actors, ages 8 to 14, will be held every Monday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. starting this week. The goal will be to help young singers project their voices and work with other students and even learn to perform songs together accompanied on piano. Taught by Amanda Borsack Jones, an East Hampton native who has taught various East End theater groups, the workshop will culminate with a performance for parents. The cost for the six-week workshop is $225, with a 10-percent discount for siblings. Registration is with Ms. Brondo. 

Jeremy Dennis, a photographer whose work can be seen at Guild Hall through Dec. 11, will teach a digital photography workshop for teens on Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required. 

Fall Fun at CMEE

November’s Pizza and Pajama Night is tomorrow from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of the East End, and it’s all about fall’s fantastic foliage. After a pizza dinner and an interactive read-aloud of Lois Elhert’s autumnally apropos “The Leaf Man,” kids attending this monthly event will make a fall collage and enjoy open play in the exhibits. The gathering costs $12, free for members.

On Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon, the Shinnecock Dancers will return to CMEE with an interactive performance influenced by their traditional dances, accompanied by an explanation of each dance’s meaning. An educator from the Shinnecock Nation will also lead a craft-making workshop for children of all ages. The performance costs $12, but members get in free. The workshop costs $7, or $5 for members of the museum. Advance tickets can be purchased online at cmee.org. 

Mason Jars and Window Dressing

Sixth through eighth graders can stop by the East Hampton Library on Tuesday between 4 and 5 p.m., to decorate a mason jar with autumn-colored leaves using Mod Podge. The jar can be used as a candleholder to light up the room with orange, red, and green fall colors. 

Kids 4 and older can design colorful window hangings that will mimic stained glass during a program on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. 

Another series of Snap Circuits classes, teaching the basics of electronics, will begin next Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. for kids 7 and older. Additional workshops are at the same times on Nov. 15, Nov. 30, and Dec. 13. Kids can sign up for just one or for as many as all four. 

Advance registration is required for library programs. 

Basketry and Memory Jars 

Families can learn to make their own special basket to fill with small gourds for their Thanksgiving table or to give as a house gift when visiting friends or relatives. On Saturday, at 10:30 a.m. at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, Pat Robben, a basket weaver for 23 years, and Trish Trophy of the Mohawk Tribe will lead a workshop on how to make a simple reed basket by first learning the basics of basketry. A complete materials kit will be provided for a fee of $16 per person.

On Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Xylia Serafy, a SoFo nature educator, will lead a nature walk through a wide path in the woods where participants can collect natural treasures such as acorns, lichens, and small pieces of bark, which they will use to create a forest memory jar to take home. There is a $3 materials fee for this one.

Advance registration is requested for both programs. 

Be a Drip

With the help of teachers from the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, kids ages 5 to 12 can create their own Pollock-style drip painting on Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.

On the next five Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p.m., kids ages 7 to 10 can join Kristen Dehler for a fun, creative class to explore the workings of the brain, including simple breathing exercises, mindful eating, and a practice of gratitude. Advance registration is required at johnjermain.org.

Pie, Health Boosters, and a Movie

Children ages 4 and up can head to the Montauk Library on Tuesday between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. to discover the benefits of health boosters such as flax seeds, goji berries, turmeric, and more. During the program they’ll have a chance to sample a fall snack that their parents might appreciate too. 

There’s apple pie family fun on the schedule on Saturday at 2 p.m. when the Baking Coach leads a session on how to make this all-American treat. Participants are asked to take a rolling pin; the rest will be provided. Each family will take home a ready-to-bake pie. Space is limited to 15 families, and advance sign-up is a must.

Scary Fun in the Stacks

Tomorrow between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., kids ages 4 and up can make a huggable witch or pumpkin pillow at the East Hampton Library.

Also tomorrow, but for high school students only, there will be scary fun lurking during a young-adult after-hours haunted library event from 5 to 7 p.m. 

Next Thursday between 3 and 6 p.m., high schoolers can stop by and make holiday cards for wounded or deployed soldiers in the United States military. Community service hours will be granted.

Kids 4 and up can drop in that day from 4 to 5 p.m. to make turkey pretzel treats to take home and enjoy. Advance sign-up is required for all library events.

Halloween With the L.V.I.S. 

The East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society will welcome costumed kids in second grade and below for an afternoon of Halloween stories, treats, and crafts on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. The free event happens rain or shine at the L.V.I.S. headquarters on Main Street. 

Ghoulish Fun in Sag Harbor

Kids can pull on those Halloween costumes early and head to the John Jermain Memorial Library’s Halloween fair on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to enjoy some ghoulish fun with a special surprise guest. People are asked to call ahead or stop in at the library to register.

The streets will be filled with costumed revelers on Sunday during the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s annual Ragamuffin Parade, which starts at 1. The starting point is the corner of Main Street and Nassau Street. From there, people will parade to the Customs House, where there will be family games, dance music, and a bake sale. 

Halloween day trick-or-treating along the Chamber of Commerce’s Pumpkin Trail will take place on Main Street and the surrounding business district  from 3 to 5 p.m. Pumpkin faces will be displayed in the windows of participating businesses.

“Frankenstein Follies” at Bay Street

Stages, a Children’s Theatre Workshop will host its 23rd annual production of “Frankenstein Follies” at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor this weekend. Performances are tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. 

This Halloween-themed musical revue features monsters and ghouls played by a cast of young performers. Tickets cost $15 and are available at the Bay Street Theater box office.

Fall Gathering

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center will hold a family celebration with games, karaoke, a raffle, and face painting on Sunday from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. The event is free, but those looking for a special something or a bite to eat can browse the vendors’ booths or take advantage of the fish fry. The center is on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. 

Halloween Parade

Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will host an annual Halloween parade and story time on Saturday at 10 a.m. Families donning their Halloween costumes should meet at the library for a story before setting out on the town to scare up some treats. The parade happens rain or shine. 

Montauk Monster Mash

Camp Soulgrow will host a Halloween Monster Mash tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. at its downtown studio on Carl Fisher Plaza in Montauk. The party is for kids 7 and older and is free, but donations for the nonprofit camp will be welcomed. 

Apple Picking With CMEE

The Children’s Museum of the East End has scheduled another visit to one of the South Fork’s largest apple orchards, the Milk Pail’s U-Pick Farm, on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. Kids can pick a variety of in-season apples (five maximum) and one pumpkin, after which the entire family can enjoy apple cider, freshly made doughnuts, and an autumn-themed scavenger hunt. The U-Pick Farm is at 50 Horsemill Lane in Mecox area. The cost for the visit is $13, $10 for members. 

Montauk Library

Young ghosts and goblins in kindergarten and above can celebrate Halloween on Sunday between 2 and 3 p.m. at the Montauk Library and sculpt a blob of slimy muck into a scary monster to take home. 

The Baking Coach will be at the library on Saturday between 2 and 3:30 p.m. to work with families to create an apple pie to take home and bake. Participants should take a rolling pin. All ingredients will be provided. Advance registration is required as supplies will be limited. 

Turkeys, Gourds, and Survival at SoFo

On Saturday at 10:30 a.m., tots ages 3 to 5, who like to trot through nature can join Ashley Federici, an educator at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, who will be talking turkeys and helping families to find turkey tracks, feathers, and maybe even spot a wild bird. Participants will collect fall leaves to make a turkey craft to take home. There is a $3 materials fee. 

Later, at 1 p.m., families can create a Thanksgiving centerpiece by learning how to hand-paint a gourd. The workshop is led by Pat Robben, a longtime basket weaver, and Trish Brophy, a Native American from the Mohawk Tribe, an expert in decorating gourds with various grasses and embellishments. Gourds and supplies will be provided. The cost of $12 per person covers all materials.

On Sunday at 10:30 a.m., ages 8 and up can join Eleni Nikolopoulos, a SoFo nature educator, for an interactive game that will help the entire family learn about how native Long Island wildlife species will have to adapt to climate change in order to survive.

The planned early December vote on the Springs School District’s $17.9 million expansion project will be delayed to allow time for the study required under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. The delay was announced by the district’s business administrator, Michael Henery, at a school board meeting on Monday. No one commented.

“Our district is compelled to expand the scope of research under SEQRA because we seek to increase building footprint, paved parking area, and new access road space, as well as field space, which could result in ground disturbances,” he said.

State municipalities are required to conduct detailed research under SEQRA when planning major capital improvements. The vote was on issuing the necessary bonds. “Given the requirement for this additional research, our timeline for a proposed bond project will be extended in order to ensure that all required reviews are completed,” he said.