There will be a blood drive organized by the New York Blood Center on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Bridgehampton School gym. One lucky donor could win $1,500 worth of shopping at Walmart or Target, and second and third prizes will also be offered as part of the center's "thank-fall sweepstakes."
Walk-ins will be welcomed, but appointments are preferred by calling 1-800-933-BLOOD, visiting nycb.org, or contacting Marie Bouzos-Reilly at the school. The phone number is 631-537-0271.
Only 4 percent of Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts, and Calogero Sferrazza, a junior at Pierson High School, is about to become one of them. As a scout, he has earned almost 21 merit badges, and plans to earn his final credentials with a project honoring veterans in his hometown of Sag Harbor.
The L.V.I.S., which maintains the trees, greens, ponds, and parks that characterize East Hampton Village, has announced a plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States by planting 250 trees over the next decade.
The East Hampton Town Marine Museum on Bluff Road in Amagansett will be closed to the public through the summer as the town and the East Hampton Historical Society plan a comprehensive, multiyear renovation after a burst pipe damaged the building over the winter.
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