Item of the Week from the East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection

The East Hampton Village Board, which is seeking to hire a firm to help tackle challenges in the village’s commercial district, discussed the details last week.

East Hampton Town’s Energy Sustainability and Resiliency Committee is urging the town to aggressively pursue community choice aggregation and battery storage to meet its goals to fully transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources across all sectors.

Former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot has lost a bid to force an Independence Party primary election against County Legislator Bridget Fleming ahead of the Nov. 5 election in Suffolk’s Second Legislative District.

Nancy Goroff, a professor and chairwoman of Stony Brook University’s chemistry department, told The Star this week that she will soon decide whether to seek the party’s nomination.

The East Hampton Town Board is poised to adopt a resolution supporting the goals of proposed New York State legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.

Two incumbents, J.P. Foster, the board president, and Wendy Geehreng, are both seeking re-election, while Sandra Vorpahl, who previously served six years on the board, and Jeff Erickson, who ran last year, are also looking for a seat.

The arguments turned to the metaphysical on Tuesday when members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife implored the East Hampton Town Board to ban hunting on one weekend day, with several speakers referring to the spiritual and healing qualities of nature.

Accabonac Harbor in Springs and Northwest Creek in East Hampton will receive a new degree of scrutiny after an expansion of a water testing program run by Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

The East Hampton High School boys track team, which numbers about 40, improved to 1-2 on Monday with an 89-38 home win over Wyandanch.

From a Bonac girls track meet here on Friday to Katy’s Courage 5K in Sag Harbor Saturday, here’s the latest rundown.

The East Hampton Town Trustees appear close to drastically changing the way they manage the rented sites of the old fishing cottages at Lazy Point.

East Hampton won 4-3 at Westhampton Beach last week, while girls tracksters took high hurdles, racewalk, pole vault, and 4x800 relay.

The Section XI Warriors, a youth rugby team coached by two former Montauk Rugby Club players, bested Bishop Loughlin’s 15s side at Mattituck High School on Sunday.

A full summer of concerts, plays, dance performances, comedy, talks, and more goes on sale Wednesday at Guild Hall. Some events may sell out quickly.

The Long Island Rail Road’s South Fork shuttle train service was launched with high hopes in March. The experiment was years in the coming. Public-transportation advocates and elected officials had long considered trains to be the most likely solution to the hellish trials of the morning and evening commute along our east-west highways.

The girls in Theresa Roden’s ever-growing I-Tri program who packed the East Hampton Middle School’s auditorium for a Mentoring Day were urged by the Rev. Tisha Williams to “show up and shoot your shot.”

Pachanga at Bay Street, "Art" and 'Idol' from OFVS, van Gogh animated on screen, movies and a dance party at SAC, and more

There is seemingly no end to the number of artists associated with the East End, past and present. Annual exhibitions that attempt to bring more of them to our attention should be commended for giving us a fuller picture of the creativity that has existed in our midst for more than a century.

Bonac softball and baseball games at home are on the docket this week.