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Southampton Town residents can now buy beach permits online, the town announced this week, allowing them to bypass the Parks and Recreation Department line and have a contactless and paperless transaction.

The East Hampton Town Police Department has announced that school crossing guard positions are available.

East Hampton’s Ladies Village Improvement Society shops reopened on Saturday morning with new spring merchandise as well as new safety measures in light of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. 

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons kicked off a two-week-long online auction on Thursday in partnership with Christie’s and hosted by Charitybuzz to benefit the pet adoption center in East Hampton.

Representative Lee Zeldin of the East End's First Congressional District will hold a town hall-style meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital have been named leaders in LGBTQ health care equality for 2020 by the National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.

On Friday from noon to 1 p.m., the East Hampton Library will hold a virtual African-American Read-In for teens, in which high schoolers are invited to read literature, speeches, and poems written by Black authors, poets, and leaders. Participants can read passages aloud or simply observe and listen.

The Wellness Foundation's latest Jumpstart 360 workshop, promoting healthy eating and overall well-being amid the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, begins on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Owing to Covid-19 difficulties and mounds of recent snow, it has been a long, cold winter — and it's not over. Long Islanders in need of help paying for home heating costs this winter have a few places to turn.

Local libraries will honor Black History Month with readings, book recommendations, and music.

With Valentine's Day around the corner, the Friends of the Amagansett Library have picked an opportune time to launch a campaign asking the community to "Show Your Love" for the library and its soon-to-be flower and children's gardens, now in the planning stages.

Peconic Baykeeper, an East End nonprofit that advocates for Long Island’s clean water, is looking for an upper-level undergraduate student or recent college graduate with a focus in biological or environmental science to work as a paid intern in the 2021 field season.

Recent weather has been a warmup for Hamptons Observatory's next virtual lecture, "NASA's Airborne Lab: Mapping Polar Ice," co-sponsored by the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. On Thursday at 7 p.m. Walter E. Klein, a navigator for NASA, will share details of his current work including as a project to map the world's polar ice.

The Bridgehampton School announced this week that it will host a reunion for graduates of the class of 1971 at this year's commencement ceremony on June 19.

Residents of East Hampton have been invited to respond to an anonymous survey published by the East Hampton Town Police Department and its Reform and Reinvention committee.

East Hampton Village's nonresident beach permits for the 2021 summer season will go on sale at midnight on Monday, and because Village Hall is closed to the public due to the pandemic, they can only be purchased online, by mail, or with the use of a drop box at the back door of Village Hall.

Former students may remember her as Mrs. King, who worked in many East End schools, from Mattituck on the North Fork to Montauk on the South Fork.

For children residing in the Springs School District who will be 4 years old on or before Dec. 1 this year, registration for the district’s prekindergarten program in the 2021-22 school year is officially open.

For people who are interested in building or upgrading to an energy-efficient or unorthodox house, the Amagansett Library has ample resources.

In light the continuing pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that the open enrollment period for uninsured New Yorkers will be extended from the original Jan. 31 deadline through March 31.

“76 Days,” a 90-minute, award-winning documentary, will be available for streaming without charge on Saturday only from Hamptons Doc Fest.

The fitness and empowerment sessions for middle school girls will begin a new virtual session on Feb. 1, allowing girls to take part no matter where they live. Parent meetings this week via Zoom will introduce families to the program.

The East Hampton Library has invited high school students to take its online Young Adult Winter Reading Challenge.

Rabbi Joshua Franklin of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton will host Beatty Cohan, a psychotherapist and the radio host of "The Ask Beatty Show," today at 5 p.m. for a virtual conversation about nurturing emotional well-being during the pandemic.

This year for Martin Luther King's Birthday, celebrated on Monday, Calvary Baptist Church will live-stream its service on YouTube, beginning at 1 p.m.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons will hold its next Pet Food Pantry event on Jan. 16.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has announced that the New York State Department of Transportation has entered the design phase of a project to resurface part of Montauk Highway in Montauk.

For a new, five-week workshop, Guild Hall has partnered with Loot, a Brooklyn comic book store that holds classes for kids.

Guild Hall announced this week that it has named Amy Kirwin as its first chief creative officer.

Federal lawmakers have awarded a five-year, $125,000 grant to the group SAFE in Sag Harbor to help combat substance abuse among young people, Representative Lee Zeldin announced Tuesday.