Birds are in trouble everywhere, but it turns out our birds here on the East End are in even worse shape than most. On our beaches, shorebirds have lost 33 percent of their population since 1970, and in our trees, songbirds continue to experience significant population declines, losing 27 percent in the same period, according to the 2025 State of the Birds report from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.

For the first Am O'Gansett Parade in 2009, the organizers jokingly promised Clydesdales, Macy's balloons, and floats. With good humor and an enthusiastic response from the community, the very short parade has been an annual event ever since.

Sag Harbor Village and the Suffolk County Department of Transportation do not know who owns the four-way intersection of the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Brick Kiln Road, Jermain Avenue, and Main Street. This became apparent during the March 11 meeting of the village board.

On Saturday, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., it’s Earth Hour, a time to save energy and cut down on light pollution.

Aidan Corish of the Sag Harbor Village Board has announced his intention to seek his fifth two-year term.

The Sag Harbor Cinema’s “Projections” series, the mission of which is to support the work of nonprofit organizations here, returns on Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. to highlight the recent efforts of Hamptons Community Outreach.

The Springs School Board deliberated last week over a proposition for the May ballot that will ask voters to reauthorize the district’s repair reserve fund, but the phrasing of the proposal prompted questions from one resident and some clarification from the district’s business administrator.

The East Hampton School District is hoping to add a new clinical medical assistant program to its high school offerings.

Starting next year, the president of the East Hampton High School Student Association will have a new responsibility: sitting on the East Hampton School Board as an ex-officio member to represent students’ interests.

An evening of music, dancing, food, and fun on Friday from 7 to 11 at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will raise money for the Kendall Madison Foundation’s scholarship fund. Tickets cost $25 each or $40 for two and can be bought at the door. D.J. Dubbcity will provide the music, and there will be cash raffles.

A driver whose truck rear-ended a car in front of him told police he had been distracted by his dog and didn't notice that the car was braking.

Police at first thought that the water reported to be flowing onto Church Street last Thursday afternoon came from a water main break, but found upon arriving at the scene that it was being pumped from a nearby swimming pool, a violation of the village code.

Seamus McDonagh, who visits Springs frequently, is a good man. And a good storyteller. He has timing, wit, a light Irish brogue giving music to his words, and a hard-gained wisdom that lands as powerfully as a shot from a heavyweight boxer. Which he once was — a cruiserweight who went up a class to face Evander Holyfield, challenging the legendary champion for his title.

Karen Alice Schulz, an integral member of the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton for the 20 years that her husband, the Rev. Dr. Fredrick Wiley Schulz, was its pastor, died on Feb. 6 in Blue Ridge, Ga. She was 89.

James A. Avitabile of East Hampton, who was retired from the New York State Office of Court Administration, where he had been a court planner for the New York City court system, died at home on March 1. He was 82.

Judith Ann Favata, who worked as a receptionist at Advanced Auto Parts in East Hampton, died on March 7 at the age of 70.

Rory Callahan, who grew up partly in Amagansett and had a 30-year career in wine marketing, died on Feb. 18 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. He was 75.

In 1950, Plum Island was on the auction block. In 1975, East End fishermen were worried enough about their fishing grounds to head to Washington, D.C. And much more from our past coverage.

Recently, the school's Diversity Club hosted a sneaker drive to collect sneakers for those in need.

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