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Kids Culture 05.12.22

Through SoFo, kids and teens can take a full-moon hike, help tag horseshoe crabs, learn about snakes, or help with a beach cleanup. Plus, library activities and fun with Project Most.

Bridgehampton School Wins $2.5 Million State Grant

The New York State Education Department has deemed the Bridgehampton School District a 21st Century Community Learning Center, awarding it a grant of approximately $2.5 million spanning the next five years.

School Choice on Ballot in Wainscott

For the first time, the Wainscott School District and the Bridgehampton School District have come together to put a contract on the ballot that would offer a third choice for Wainscott families with children in fourth grade and up: the option to attend the Bridgehampton School.

Not Too Late for Absentee School Ballots

Monday is the deadline for voters to request an absentee ballot for the annual school budget vote and board member elections. Voters must request them from their respective school district clerks; applications for such ballots are generally available on the schools' websites or in person in the administrative offices.

A Rally for Roe in Riverhead Saturday

After the news broke that the United States Supreme Court, in a leaked draft of a decision, is poised to overturn the landmark case Roe v. Wade, several community organizations came together to organize a rally in support of abortion rights in Riverhead on Saturday.

Many Goings-On in Gansett

A pollinator garden is soon to be installed in Amagansett, on the ocean side of Bluff Road between Hand and Meeting House Lanes, just west of the East Hampton Town Marine Museum, the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee learned Monday as it got an update on a variety of things happening in the hamlet.

Town Wants Ideas for New Senior Center

On Friday, May 20, town officials will meet at the existing senior citizens center with current users of the building and staff as well as representatives of the town's Human Services Department and the architectural firms designing the new facility. The public has also been invited to a listening session in the main meeting room at Town Hall on May 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Eversource Looks to Sell Its Wind Farm Assets

Eversource, the Boston and Hartford-based energy company that is a partner with the Danish energy company Orsted in the South Fork Wind farm and other projects, may sell all or part of its offshore wind assets.

A New Tool to Help Address Town's Housing Crisis

If voters approve a .5-percent real estate transfer tax in a referendum on the ballot in November, East Hampton Town will have what Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc on Tuesday called "perhaps the most important tool" to address the scarcity of affordable housing. 

Passenger Ferry Can Use Sag Harbor's Long Wharf

Clearing the way for the Peconic Jitney's planned Greenport-to-Sag Harbor service, the Sag Harbor Village Board voted on Tuesday to amend the village code allowing for limited seasonal passenger ferry use at the end of Long Wharf.

Finding Jason Cuffee’s Name

In honor of “See Their Names,” coming to the library on Monday, this week’s item features an 1803 agreement between Jason Cuffee, of mixed heritage, and Abraham Osborn, an East Hampton property owner.

Dennis Longwell, 83

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

For Beverly Schanzer  

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Montauk Golfer to Face the World’s Best

Paul Dickinson, a top teaching golf professional at the Atlantic and Montauk Downs clubs here, realized a dream recently, qualifying, at the age of 45, for the P.G.A. Championship, which is to be played in Tulsa, Okla., next week.

Riveting Struggles With Tough Foes

Last Thursday was a very good one sportswise at East Hampton High School, a day in which Bonac’s boys tennis team and its baseball team grappled with league champions — Ward Melville in tennis’s case and Sayville in baseball’s.

A Write-In Will Win Seat in Sag Harbor

In the race for two open seats on the Sag Harbor School Board, four candidates — including three who are running write-in campaigns — have aligned themselves into two slates. Initially there was only one candidate, which surprised many in the village, where school board races usually have multiple people running.

Four Running for Two Seats in Springs

This year's race for two seats on the Springs School Board features four candidates, none of them incumbents, meaning that two newcomers are destined to be elected.

Architecture as Storytelling

This is the autobiography of a career more than a man, and an extended essay on a philosophy of architecture.

A School Ballot Study Guide

Residents of every public school district in New York State will head to the polls on Tuesday to weigh in on budget plans, propositions, and school board candidates. Most South Fork districts are staying within state-mandated limits on tax-levy increases, and only two districts have contested school board races.

Born in a Bathtub and Doing Fine

"To me, one of the more beautiful things about the experience was feeling the Springs community come together," said Lindsay Grodzki of Fort Pond Boulevard, who had an unexpected home birth about a month ago.