The deadline is Aug. 9 at 4 p.m. for community members, organizations, businesses, and other entities in East Hampton Town to apply for water-quality grant money.

Invasive plants are the enemy Saturday starting at 9 a.m. at Trout Pond in Noyac. Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni will be on hand with workers from the town's Parks and Recreation Department to remove invasive cabomba weed from the pond.

Neil J. Young has given us a nuanced look at the roles gay people have played in conservative American politics from the 1920s to the Biden administration.

East Hampton native Chris Clemence had a successful music career before leaving the road to become a tattoo artist and opening his studio in Montauk.

The peripatetic American flamingo, first spotted in Georgica Pond in East Hampton on May 31 before leaving the next day, has returned to the pond. In the past 10 days, it is suspected the same bird has visited Cape Cod in Massachusetts and Cedar and Oak Beaches in western Suffolk.

Over 100 pieces of Italian furniture by Paola Lenti will provide visitors to LongHouse Reserve with “respite from the summer sun.”

Juneteenth Jubilee party for Eastville Community Historical Society will feature a gospel performance and D.J. sets.

Three Roger Corman films at the Sag Harbor Cinema show the range of his singular career.

Benefits for Madoo and the Neo-Political Cowgirls, poetry and prose at The Church, focus on Indigenous culture at Guild Hall, award-winning doc in Amagansett.

Nocturnal subway station in Montauk. gallery talk at the Parrish, group shows from Keyes Art and Kramoris, Rossa Cole and Dee Coss in Springs.

A team of Star staffers sampled a variety of New York-style slices from four local pizzerias and found plenty of winners.

Artists’ Table brunch at Watermill Center, benefit for Project EATS at LongHouse, wine class at Park Place, new Amagansett eatery.

A car crashed into the exterior of the Zadig and Voltaire boutique at the corner of Main Street and the Circle in East Hampton Village around on Saturday morning. There were no injuries.

The race season here, from 5Ks to triathlons to and bay and ocean swimming competitions, will begin Saturday with the Robert J. Aaron memorial Olympic-distance triathlon in Montauk, to be followed on Sunday by the Montauk Mile.

The Ladies Village Improvement Society’s annual fair will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year brings the return of two perennial favorites — the carousel and the mystery gift booth — as well as all the usual offerings that fairgoers look forward to, from vintage clothing to toys and plants. 

Wendy Lynn Schellinger-Schwob, a 13th-generation Bonacker, died on April 22 in Vero Beach, Fla., where she had lived since 2007.

Sunday marks Montauk’s 68th annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony, beginning at 5 p.m. in Montauk Harbor and ushering in the start of the summer fishing season. 

Dylan Cashin, an East Hampton High School senior who is to attend the United States Naval Academy in the fall, set a school record Friday as she finished third in the 1,500-meter racewalk in 6 minutes and 57.65 seconds. The old record, of 7:14.82, was held by Nina Piacentine, a 2016 graduate.

An old elm tree thought to be lost after an intense storm roared through East Hampton two weeks ago is still standing thanks to the efforts of the village Highway Department and Jackson Dodds & Co., a tree care business.

Mary Lavelle, a former domestic worker born in Ireland, died on Sunday in Connecticut. She was 102 and had lived in Springs and then East Hampton for many years.