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Saturday Is AVIS Day

Saturday is Celebrate AVIS Day, honoring the Amagansett Village Improvement Society, which was founded in 1921 and is marking its 100th anniversary one year late because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Great Bonac Fireworks Show Is Saturday

The Clamshell Foundation’s Great Bonac Fireworks Show is set to go off over Three Mile Harbor on Saturday night at 9:30, with Fireworks by Grucci providing the pyrotechnics.

A Montauk Lake Club Marriage

Devon Luckey, a daughter of Joanne and Thomas Luckey of Wantagh and Montauk, was married to Jaime Daniel Alava on June 25 at the Montauk Lake Club.

Wed on a Ranch in Sky Valley

Evan Thomas Lightcap and Lauren Elizabeth Sanford of Cleveland were married on April 30 at the Penny Lane Ranch in Sky Valley, Calif.

Mashashimuet Park Vote Set for Sept. 29

Sag Harbor School District voters will have a chance on Sept. 29 to weigh in on a proposed $13.5 million renovation and upgrade of Mashashimuet Park.

Kids Culture for July 14, 2022

Among this week's lineup of fun for kids and teens: art and nature exploration at SoFo, music and dance, and a moon-themed story time session for all ages.

On the Police Logs 07.14.22

East Hampton Village officials called police on July 5 to report litter scattered along Buell Lane between Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the library — cups, water bottles, and other detritus. A caterer was initially suspected, but was eventually vindicated. Public Works employees came by to clean up the mess.

Half a Dozen Significant Accidents

One hit-and-run collision was among this week's traffic accidents in Springs, East Hampton, and Montauk.

One Parking Spot, Two Cars

A confrontation over a parking spot at the Meadow Street lot in Sag Harbor led last Thursday to the arrest of an East Hampton woman.

Five Drunken-Driving Charges in a Week

Three men from away and two residents were charged over the past week with driving while intoxicated.

Shark Encounters Are on the Rise. Why?

A handful of recent shark attacks and sightings on Long Island's barrier beaches has beachgoers on edge and officials responding with red-flag beach warnings and enhanced shark patrols — but don't blame the sharks, said Greg Metzger of the South Fork Natural History Museum. They aren't here to feast on humans but on the vast schools of menhaden, or bunker, that have settled in for their annual summer residencies. 

Item of the Week: The Clan Galbraith at Flying Point

This photograph shows the Clan Galbraith, a Norwegian four-masted steel bark, after it ran aground near Flying Point Beach in Water Mill.

Jason Spielberg, 71

Jason Spielberg, a former East Hampton resident and landscape business owner here, died on July 9 at Thompson Health Center in Canandaigua, N.Y., of respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia.

Helen Anne Spanierman

Helen Anne Spanierman, who helped run the Spanierman Gallery on Newtown Lane in East Hampton for many years, died of respiratory distress on Saturday in Morristown, N.J. She was 89.

Mary Margaret Struk Niggles

Her family was with her when Mary Margaret Struk Niggles died at home in Wainscott on July 6 after a long illness. She was 91.

Sally Matson Edwards

Sally Matson Edwards died on Monday at home on Hook Pond Lane, East Hampton, a family residence for 70 years, less than a month shy of her 96th birthday.

Carol-Ann Morgan, 81

Carol-Ann Morgan died on June 30 in East Hampton, with her children by her side. She was 81 and had been in declining health.

Southampton Weighs Sites for Weed Sales

The Southampton Town Board is working to amend the town code to accommodate the possible arrival of cannabis dispensaries and on-site pot lounges in town. Turns out it’s a pretty contentious issue even after the town voted along with more than 600 other towns across the state to participate in New York’s newly legalized cannabis economy. 

Wyclef Jean at Calissa in Water Mill

Wyclef Jean will kick off this year's Calissa Sounds series on Friday at the Greek restaurant and lounge in Water Mill.

New Path Named for Zach Cohen

A multiuse path in the Buckskill Meadow Trunzo Preserve in Wainscott will be named to honor the late Lewis Zachary Cohen, a longtime member of East Hampton Town’s Nature Preserve Committee, during a ceremony on Monday at 11 a.m.