Grind

Friday is the one day for residents of East Hampton Town who live outside village boundaries to get a nonresident 2023 East Hampton Village beach permit before the price rises from $500 to $750, but there's a catch: They have to show up in person at the Emergency Services Building between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the right documentation.

Are there really minks and long-tailed weasels still living on Long Island? That's one question raised by Seatuck's Long Island mammal survey, which, according to a press release from the organization this week, "will utilize images from trail cams to map the distribution of our medium-to-large sized terrestrial and semi-aquatic animals." 

Curious about Camp Hero? Want to see some seals? You're in luck this weekend.

The Sag Harbor School District announced this week that it has scheduled another Marsden Street community forum. It will take place on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Pierson library and virtually via Zoom.

The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station trustees are looking for docents for when the station is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays between May 1 and Oct. 31. The station is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Long Island Power Authority's Legislative Commission will hold a public hearing Friday on the future of the agency's service to the East End. It will take place at Southampton Town Hall at 11 a.m., with a virtual livestream also available.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday issued its annual reminder to New Yorkers to steer clear of marine mammals that have come ashore. Whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals, the D.E.C. reminds us, "are protected by federal and state laws to ensure they are not harmed and to keep people at a safe distance."

East Hampton Town Democrats and Republicans have put out the call for people interested in running for public office this year.

Two religious institutions, Calvary Baptist Church and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, have ceremonies planned to mark the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday on Monday.

Registration opened last week for East Hampton Little League, including tee ball, baseball, and softball programs for kids as young as 5 and up to seventh grade.

The Montauk Friends of Erin have announced that Jim Grimes will be the 61st grand marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade, to be held on March 26 at noon.

Express Fluency, which helps adults swiftly learn foreign languages for travel, business, or other reasons, is offering a free demo lesson in Spanish in Sag Harbor on Jan. 18.