Suffolk County's number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases went up again on Wednesday to 844, contributing to a new total of 29,588, and an end to a three-day decline in new cases.
County Executive Steve Bellone acknowledged in Wednesday's press briefing that this was an increase from the 587 cases reported on Tuesday, which had been the lowest number of positive daily test results achieved since March 26.
East Hampton Town will begin enforcing summer beach parking regulations on Friday, April 24, weeks earlier than the regulations usually take effect, in order to forestall overcrowding at beaches and in parks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bluefish Jump
Manhattan
April 20, 2020
To The Star:
Eight decades of life summarized in five words, captured by an early morning memory, the image so clear. Barely awake, alone in a skiff, no others around. Dressed in raggedy shorts, bleached T, threadbare sneaks.
HE WORKS OBSESSIVELY every night, often till the sun comes over his compound: the farthest-out home on Long Island’s South Fork. Hours later, after a restless sleep, Peter Beard walks out to the edge of the bluff, sits on a boulder, and watches the birds wheel and keen over the sea. “I always feel better,” he says, “when I’ve done a bit of this.”
At one point the county was seeing at or more than 1,000 new confirmed cases every day. From Monday to Tuesday, that number dropped to 587, the lowest since March 26.
The Southampton Arts Center is celebrating Earth Day with Trash to Treasure, the third in its weekly Creativity Challenge series.
The South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center has introduced a new digital program to help people stay connected to nature while stuck at home helping to stop the spread of Covid-19.
A brigade of sewers and cutters is turning donated fabric into 1,600 protective masks outfitted with surgical-grade filters for East Hampton health care workers, first responders, and essential personnel in the town and village.
Apparently in reaction to his appearance on the cover of the New York Post Tuesday morning, the "Good Morning America" host George Stephanopoulos turned to Twitter to explain himself.
Tuesday's Post cover featured a photograph of Mr. Stephanopoulos walking near Guild Hall in East Hampton Village the day before, Monday, speaking into a cell phone but with a protective mask pushed down around his neck. The headline? "Mask Hole."
Katherine McMahon of the Elaine de Kooning House gets creative for displaced restaurant workers.
