Health Fair This Week at St. Luke's

Mon, 12/02/2024 - 13:08

December 2, 2024

St. Luke's Episcopal Church will be the site of a free health fair on Friday. Sponsored by the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation, it will offer flu shots, glucose exams, H.I.V. and hepatitis C testing, and blood pressure screenings. Applications will be available for no-cost mammograms and Pap smear tests for women over 40 who are uninsured, and for colorectal screenings. The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Representatives from health insurance organizations, OLA of Eastern Long Island, the East Hampton Town Human Services Department, and Cornell Cooperative Extension will answer questions about nutrition, food stamps, and more.

Villages

Buddhist Monks on the Path to World Peace

Twenty of so monks from a monastery in Texas are making their way to Washington, D.C., on a mission of compassion, while locally a class on the Buddhist path to world peace will be held in Water Mill.

Jan 29, 2026

‘ICE Out’ Vigils on Friday

Coordinated vigils for what organizers call victims of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement will happen across the East End on Friday at 6 p.m. and in Riverhead on Saturday at 10 a.m., with local events scheduled in East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor.

Jan 29, 2026

Item of the Week: The Reverend and the Accabonac Tribe

This photostat of a deposition taken on Oct. 18, 1667, from East Hampton’s first minister, Thomas James, is one of the earliest records we have of “Ackobuak,” or “Accabonac,” as a place name.

Jan 29, 2026

Your support for The East Hampton Star helps us deliver the news, arts, and community information you need. Whether you are an online subscriber, get the paper in the mail, delivered to your door in Manhattan, or are just passing through, every reader counts. We value you for being part of The Star family.

Your subscription to The Star does more than get you great arts, news, sports, and outdoors stories. It makes everything we do possible.