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Aerial Mosquito Spraying This Week

Cedar Point State Park, the marshes in Napeague State Park, and Beach Hampton will all undergo aerial mosquito larvae treatment sometime between Monday at 7 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.

Governor Announces Plan to Remove Dead Pine Trees

A $2.2 million forest management contract for Napeague and Hither Hills State Parks, where the invasive southern pine beetle has killed thousands of trees and sparked concern about wildfires, will focus on areas adjacent to Montauk Highway and nearby residences and trails while creating additional access for fire departments to help reduce the risk to human life or property in the event of a wildfire, the governor said during a visit to Montauk Friday.

Blood Drive Wednesday in Amagansett

The community has an opportunity to help save lives by donating blood at the Amagansett Library on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Big Doings in Amagansett

The Fire Department's annual chicken barbecue is on Sunday and the Shoe-Inn warehouse sale has taken up residence at the American Legion Hall.

Fireworks, Films, and Music in East Hampton

Coming up: Main Beach fireworks on Saturday, free music Tuesday, and the final outdoor movie of the season in Herrick Park on Wednesday.

Lighthouse Weekend and Other Montauk Fun

At the Montauk Lighthouse, a national historic landmark, the Third New York Regiment will show off their Revolutionary War uniforms and accouterments, and the Kings of the Coast Pirates will perform. Downtown, the Montauk Artists Association is holding its second art show and sale of the summer.

Joan Lorraine Harrington

Paid Notice: Joan Lorraine Harrington of Stamford, Connecticut, and Amagansett, New York, died on August 7th in Stamford. She was 90. 

Remembering Robert Wilson, 83, a Theater Visionary

Robert Wilson died at home in Water Mill on July 31 after a brief illness. He was 83 and left behind not only a remarkable body of work as a theater director, playwright, and visual artist, but also the Watermill Center, a monument to his far-reaching vision. 

Photos: Calvary Baptist Church Chicken and Ribs Barbecue

Sunday marked the return of Calvary Baptist Church’s chicken and ribs barbecue, made possible with the help of a crew of volunteers and made successful by a steady stream of happy customers. 

Hoops Tourneys Aid Worthy Work

Hoops 4 Hope, which aids at-risk children in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and the LuMind Foundation, which improves the lives of those with Down syndrome, benefited from hotly contested basketball tournaments at Sportime in Amagansett.

Artists-Writers Game, Tennis Pro-Am, Ellen’s Run Ahead

This weekend will be an active one, with the Artists and Writers Softball Game at Herrick Park, the Johnny Mac Tennis Project pro-am at Sportime, and Ellen’s Run in Southampton.

Eyeing a Role Model’s Legacy

Susie DiSunno, the Kendall Madison Foundation’s most recent scholarship awardee, was welcomed by board members at Alan Patricof’s house in East Hampton Saturday morning for an informal gathering to continue the mentoring mission.

On the Water: On the Drift

Before you know it, it’ll be the middle of October, when the season for blackfish begins. So I canceled my regular morning of tennis to take an early drive to Montauk to fish for fluke and sea bass aboard the Simple Life.

On the Police Logs 08.14.25

Staff at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett heard noises from above and discovered a man on the roof, trying to gain access to the music venue. He told police he’d “just wanted to see what his friends were doing.”

Swerving Over the White Line

A 34-year-old man faces two felony drunken-driving charges following his arrest on the night of Aug. 3.

Rear-End Crashes in the Village

A Sag Harbor woman was injured on Aug. 6 after a westbound Mercedes sedan rear-ended her Jeep on Montauk Highway near Green Hollow Road.

Children Were in the Truck

A Rocky Point man was charged Sunday night with assault with a deadly weapon. East Hampton Village police said he had thrown a beer bottle at another man’s face as they were seated in a pickup truck a Montauk Highway intersection.

Item of the Week: Frederica Gallatin on the Beach

This East Hampton Star archive snapshot of Frederica Gallatin (1913-2003) on the beach at the Maidstone Club depicts what a beach day in the 1930s would look like for young women in the summer colony.

Elena McCormick

Elena Bosch McCormick of East Hampton, who for many years worked at a foundation that promotes inclusive democracy and progressive social change, died on July 23 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 94.

Phyllis Kriegel

Phyllis B. Kriegel, an editor turned painter who spent summers in Springs for 30 years, died at home in Greenport on July 29. She was 95.