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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has announced an online job board for both employers and job-seekers, with employment fairs, hiring events, and career exploration -- a virtual employment center that he called a one-stop shop.

After hitting a low of 45 new cases per day in mid-June, confirmed Covid-19 numbers have moved slowly upward in Suffolk County.

There have been about 60 new coronavirus cases reported each day in July, with a high of 102 cases on July 13. Case counts reflect the date on which they were provided to New York State by reporting laboratories.

For Saturday night only, the Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton Village is offering a contactless takeout or picnic paella dinner prepared in-house by Fernando Saralegui of The New York Times-starred restaurants Alva and L-Ray.

Four poets will pay a virtual visit to the Shelter Island Library for a mini poetry festival on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Reading from their work via Zoom will be Fran Castan, Carole Stone, George Held, and Gladys Henderson.

Visitors have been given the green light to return to nursing homes and long-term care facilities on a limited basis.

Eleven of the 39 South Fork water bodies regularly tested by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk were found to have had medium to high levels of harmful bacteria, it said in its most recent reporting.

The East Hampton Library is planning a virtual art exhibit to showcase the work of local teens, and has put out a call for entrants.

Hamptons Film Drive-In, in partnership with the Hayground School, will show Tina Fey's "Mean Girls," from 2004, as the Monday retrospective film, and Jordan Peele's "Get Out" as the Scary Wednesday film. 

East Hampton Town's Junior and Nipper Lifeguard programs for kids will begin this week with reduced capacity and new safety protocols in place.

Upcoming events and news in Montauk.

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce has canceled the village’s annual HarborFest fair, scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13, because of the ongoing pandemic.

Wondering where to see fireworks this Fourth of July weekend? It's a pretty short list, as displays all across Long Island have been canceled to keep crowds from gathering during the pandemic.