Our new Digital Long Island website gives us better keyword-searching capability, and as part of this we have uploaded all the East Hampton High School yearbooks in the Long Island Collection’s holdings, beginning with The ’51, which is featured here.

The bathrooms at Herrick Park are about to get a much-needed overhaul, with new siding, impact-rated glass, and new lighting, among other things.

The East Hampton Library has a new video series, “Covid Hamptons: How the Pandemic Reshaped an Iconic Community," documenting current historical events as they unfold. It includes firsthand accounts from people such as police officers, musicians, farmers, and barbers as they talk about the once-in-a-century, one hopes, event that has transformed life in the town and across the globe.

Because of a significant decline in demand for Covid-19 testing, East Hampton Town’s test site at the former Child Development Center of the Hamptons on Stephen Hand’s Path, operated by CareONE Concierge, has reduced its hours of operation.

Revel, “a community of women fully embracing the next chapter, and creating a fresh approach to our 40s, 50s, and beyond,” according to its website (hellorevel.com), launched Hamptons Revelers last week. It’s a group within the platform specifically for female East Enders of a certain age, to connect and participate in events such as ice skating at the Bucksill Winter Club, or a walk along Gerard Drive.

In a contempt hearing last week, lawyers for Napeague oceanfront property owners who have been battling the town for years over an area popularly known as Truck Beach grilled East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and other town officials about their handling of a June 2021 court order demanding the town prohibit all driving and parking on that beach.