The Star has had word of the death on Aug. 29 in Montauk of Arna Pedersen. She was 79 and died in the arms of her husband, Bjarne Martin Pedersen, he said, after a year of illness from stomach cancer.

Alice Lamm Connick-Ryan, a painter, landscape architect, and interior designer who lived in Bridgehampton and Manhattan, died at home in Bridgehampton on Sept. 13 at age 88. Peter L. Connick, her son, and Jacoba Bonilla, her caretaker, were at her side. The cause was Parkinson's disease.

An outside counsel retained by East Hampton Town has questioned the State D.E.C.'s conclusion that a former sand and gravel pit in Wainscott should not be listed as a Superfund site.

Kate Gene Russell Bobker, a social worker and tennis enthusiast, died at her daughter's house in Sag Harbor on Friday at the age of 92.

Covid-19 continued this week to wreak havoc in local schools, with cases popping up in Montauk and Springs for the first time and a third instance emerging in East Hampton's John M. Marshall Elementary School.

Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott, a group that is fighting South Fork Wind farm's plan to land its export cable at Beach Lane, accused town board and the town trustees of a "duplicitous sell-out."

Project Most will hold a fund-raising toy sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the East Hampton Neighborhood House at 92 Three Mile Harbor Road.

Toys for children ages 2 and up, such as dolls, sports equipment, trucks, and video games, will be available for purchase for as little as $2 each.

All proceeds support Project Most, which runs educational programs for children here during the school year, on weekends, and in the summer.

During Monday's Sag Harbor School Board meeting, district administrators addressed the return of after-school activities. Matt Malone, the Sag Harbor Elementary School principal, said that taking into account the cohort system, returning to co-curriculars would be counterintuitive. Clubs would mean that children from different student groupings intermingle, so Mr. Malone said he decided not to add them back into the schedule to maintain existing safety measures. The same goes for middle school clubs, officials said.

East Hampton High School students who are 16 and have their learner's permit can sign up for virtual driver's education classes for $200 for the fall semester.