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On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Hampton Town residents can take hazardous household materials like paint thinners, drain cleaners, antifreeze, and pesticides to the Montauk waste transfer station for safe disposal on STOP Day.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced temporary shellfish closures across Long Island, including in East Hampton and Southampton Towns, due to the heavy rainfall and “extraordinary amounts of stormwater runoff and localized street flooding” on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The up-and-coming Springs Brewery is planning to release its two newest brews this weekend.

Citing inclement weather, the East Hampton School District has postponed an affordable housing forum that had initially been planned for Tuesday night. The district is seeking solutions and ideas for how to mitigate the impact of the region's too-high housing costs on its faculty and staff.

Wanted: Ambitious do-it-yourselfer willing to bring an old boat back to life.

Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming and Joe Brown, commissioner of the county's Public Works Department, will hold a community meeting on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. about roadwork and sidewalks on County Road 79, also known as the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.

Registered voters who want to cast their ballots before Nov. 2 can do so starting Saturday, when early voting begins.

The East Hampton Town Republican Committee will hold an in-person "town hall" style meeting at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Collection sites will be established on Saturday in Bridgehampton and East Hampton for people who want to safely dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medications.

The Retreat, a shelter for domestic violence victims, and Sag Harbor Cinema will hold a panel discussion about domestic abuse at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

It's time to pick out your pumpkin and break out the carving tools — the Bridgehampton Lions Club's annual Halloween pumpkin-carving contest is back.

From the science of eclipses to scientific poetry and everything in between, the Hamptons Observatory has been hosting astronomy talks since 2005, and its next one will look back at how astronomy impacted ancient Egyptian culture.

Montauk United will hold a town meeting with the current East Hampton Town Board members regarding the possible closing of East Hampton Airport and its ramifications for Montauk on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Montauk Firehouse.

This year's Amagansett Maritime Heritage Day happens on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day is a collaboration among the Amagansett Library, the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station, the East End Classic Boat Society, and the East Hampton Town Marine Museum.

The New York State Division of Consumer Protection and the State Health Department have warned residents of a text message phishing scheme to try to steal personal information from those attempting to validate their Covid-19 vaccine status. 

In recent weeks, the East Hampton Town Police Department has received enough reports of items missing from vehicles to call them "a string of larcenies." In most of the incidents, the cars were unlocked and parked in people's driveways.

The South Fork Commuter Connection, a system of trains and shuttles that many people use in lieu of cars to travel to work here, will not operate its usual Long Island Rail Road trains between Tuesday and Thursday this week because of track work planned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce's 40th Fall Festival, two days of food, live music, and fun for the kids, will be held on the downtown green on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Montauk Lighthouse, the Kings of the Coast Pirates will put on shows filled with mayhem and misadventure at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The East Hampton Group for Good Government will host a debate among the candidates for supervisor and town board on Monday at 7 p.m.

Amber Waves, a nonprofit farm and market in Amagansett, has a current fund-raising campaign for which it is seeking donations to provide 200 local families with $100 gift cards.

The New York State Department of Education is seeking nominations for an award for exemplary high school seniors through Oct. 28. Twenty students, including 10 boys and 10 girls, will be New York's candidates in the Presidential Scholars Program, which was established in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.

Low-income and middle-income Suffolk County residents who need financial help paying for home heating bills or to repair or replace a home heating system, can apply for state aid through the Home Energy Assistance Program starting Friday.

Montauk Youth's annual field day, a Montauk tradition since the 1980s that is co-sponsored by Third House Nature Center, will be held on Sunday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Montauk County Park.

The East Hampton Town Trustees' Largest Clam Contest, an annual event that for the 31st year will showcase the group's role in town government and the bounty of the town's waterways, will happen on Sunday at noon on the grounds of the Lamb Building on Bluff Road in Amagansett, which houses the trustees' office.

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present the 34th iteration of “PechaKucha Night Hamptons,” its popular series of rapid-fire presentations by creative East End residents, live in its theater and streamed online, Friday at 6 p.m.

Book lovers who cherish the chance to talk about literature, hear from authors, and explore new titles will have plenty of opportunities to do so this week.

Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island is joining with the Shinnecock Tribal Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society, Honor Our Indigenous Ancestors Inc., the Unkechaug Nation, and descendants of other tribal people of Long Island to form the Afro-Indigenous Burial Ground Partnership at Sylvester Manor. 

Dogs and their people have been encouraged to sign up for the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons' Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser, which will take place on Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Starting Thursday afternoon, Project Most will run eight-week soccer clinics for children ages 3 to 8 on Thursdays through Nov. 11.

In light of a recent spate of opioid overdoses on the East End, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming has partnered with Sheriff Errol Toulon, HUGS Inc., and Suffolk Community College to offer a training and education seminar on the use of naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, which can be used to help prevent such overdoses.