Melanie Hayward and David Eagan are facing off for a seat on the Wainscott School Board in the district’s first contested board election in 12 years.

One day before the W.H.O. announced that it was ending the Covid-19 emergency, the East Hampton Town Board recognized Robert Chaloner and Robert Ross of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for their “dedication and determination” throughout the pandemic.

The East Hampton Town Board has appointed Robert Connelly as the new town attorney. Effective May 30, Mr. Connelly will head of the legal department, with John Jilnicki staying on temporarily to help with the transition.

Proposed changes to the East Hampton Town Code pertaining to attached and detached affordable accessory apartments — legislation aimed at alleviating the acute scarcity of affordable housing while preserving neighborhood character, quality of life, and environmental resources — could soon be adopted.

East Hampton Town’s Water Quality Technical Advisory Committee recommended that the town fund projects in East Hampton and Sag Harbor Villages, Montauk, and Springs. Among them: an expansion of the wastewater management district in Sag Harbor Village, a constructed wetland wastewater treatment system at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, and the upgrade of a failing septic system at the East Hampton Historical Society’s Clinton Academy.

The Hampton Hopper’s “last mile” shuttle service, which takes commuters from the Long Island Rail Road stations in East Hampton Village and Amagansett to their places of work in the morning and back again in the afternoon, has quietly become a success.

A proposed management plan for the Amagansett Plains Preserve, also known as 555 Montauk Highway, will soon be reviewed by the East Hampton Town Board, which will “discuss it and decide if there should be modifications,” Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc told the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night.

A trawl survey of the ocean floor near the landing site of the South Fork Wind farm’s export cable is being conducted this week, John Aldred of the East Hampton Town Trustees announced on Monday. The survey was to take place between May 8 and May 15.

East Hampton Town’s Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan, known as CARP, will have its own website.

The contractor charged with the annual sand replenishment at downtown Montauk’s ocean beaches began mobilizing on Tuesday for what was expected to be a 10-day project.

The young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton will stage “Cinderella” tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at the Bridgehampton School. Plus: Kite decorating, recycled bottle art, toddler music and movement, and more coming up for kids and teens.

A bottle of 18-year-old Macallan Scotch whiskey valued at $475 was stolen from Amagansett Wine and Spirits on the afternoon of April 26. A man was seen putting the bottle under his sweatshirt while an employee was helping a customer. Charges will not be pressed, management told police, if payment is received or if the bottle is returned intact.

This student-made guide to the native plants of the East Hampton Nature Trail from 1976 feels particularly relevant this spring.

One hundred years ago, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the village’s most famous “lowly thatched cottage” — John Howard Payne’s Home, Sweet Home.

Eleanor B. Newirth of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney and ardent feminist, died at home in Manhattan on April 5. She was 80 and had been ill with leukemia for seven years.

Roy J. Pollock of Bridgehampton, a real estate broker, died on May 3. He was 92 and had been ill with multiple sclerosis.

Carlo Grossman, a resident of East Hampton since the 1960s, died at home on Friday. He was 90 and had been in declining health. No funeral services are scheduled.

The best boys tennis team Kevin McConville’s overseen since he began coaching at East Hampton High School five years ago is about to enter the postseason this weekend in the conference individual tournament, with the county team tournament to follow next week.

Three senior East Hampton High School athletes — Jack Dickinson, Cami Hatch, and Claire McGovern — as well as two adults, Kim Covell and Tom McGlade, were honored by the Old Montauk Athletic Club at a dinner at the Springs Tavern Friday evening.

More than 800 participants turned out for Sunday’s May Day 5K here, a race founded last year by two East Hampton High School track teammates, Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O’Donnell, to raise money for organizations addressing mental health problems.