There will be a Pfizer vaccine clinic on Monday at East Hampton High School, administered by Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, for students of the school district who are ages 12 and up.
Appointments are necessary for the clinic, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As of Tuesday night, there were approximately 20 slots left. Registration can be done online at this link.
Second doses will automatically be scheduled three weeks from Monday.
For the first time, a death has been linked to the alpha-gal meat allergy that is spread by ticks, primarily the lone star tick. According to researchers in Virginia, in the summer of 2024 a healthy 47-year-old man from New Jersey died four hours after consuming beef, likely unaware he had contracted the allergy.
Karl Grossman, an author and educator who has tirelessly advocated for the environment and journalism, and against nukes, will be honored on Saturday at the Sag Harbor Cinema in a fund-raiser hosted by Fred Thiele.
This weaver’s account book was kept by Benjamin Parsons, who began recording business transactions in 1794. His father was one of 49 weavers in East Hampton who signed the 1778 Loyalty Oath to the British.
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