The East Hampton School Board is considering making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for students who play sports on district teams or take part in after-school activities, though some questions remain unanswered at this point.

John Papas Cafe, an East Hampton Village fixture since 1992, is for sale for an asking price of $1.3 million, Hal Zwick and Jeffrey Sztorc, the Compass Real Estate brokers who hold the listing, announced on Monday.

Harold Eriv of East Hampton, the chief executive officer of Foundation Press, a publisher of law books, died of heart failure on July 20 at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 91.

John Hatton Fallon not only "shaped the minds of numerous students" as an East Hampton High School social studies teacher for 30 years, but "as a father, he did it all, from being a scout leader to getting involved in every aspect of his boys' lives," said his family. 

Lynn Klein, a veteran of the Coast Guard who was a police officer in East Hampton Village for 20 years, died of cancer on June 14 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The East Hampton resident was 72 and had been ill for one month.

Word has reached The Star of the death of Cora Brody Marcus at Southampton Hospital two years ago today. Ms. Marcus, a former resident of East Hampton, was living in Sag Harbor at the time of her death. The cause was a heart attack, following a long illness. She was 80.

John J. Dworsak of Springs died on Saturday at the Brookhaven Health Care Facility in East Patchogue. He was 78. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

An auditor's report for the year 2020 pronounced East Hampton Town's financial statements fairly presented and in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework, the town board was told this week, with no instances of noncompliance, nor deficiencies or material weaknesses disclosed during an audit that was conducted in the spring.

Following another East Hampton Town Board discussion of a "re-envisioning" of East Hampton Airport on Tuesday, analysis and discussion will continue with four public workshops in September.

The New York State Public Service Commission has denied petitions to reconsider its March order granting the South Fork Wind Farm a certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need, one of several requirements for its construction and operation.

Between 2010 and 2020, the population of East Hampton Town grew 32.3 percent, and of Southampton Town 21.6 percent, according to data released by the United States Census Bureau last Thursday. 

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging New Yorkers to take part in the annual survey of the state's numerous wild turkeys.

Surprisingly little ink has been spent on the personal friends presidents may rely on for savvy, unselfish counsel that can impact policy, the nation, and the world. Gary Ginsberg rectifies that with “First Friends.”

The Sag Harbor School District and Mashashimuet Park appear to have settled their differences on the use of park facilities for student-athletes, reaching a tentative agreement on Friday that will ultimately have to be approved by both the school board and district voters.

The hospital said in an announcement that the recent increased rate of transmission of Covid-19 has caused it to look at this matter with the safety of its patients and their loved ones, and employees, in mind. Since Aug. 9, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been an average of just over 363 new cases per day in Suffolk County.

While going on to write five novels, a book of short stories, and a memoir of his early life, Frederic Tuten never lost his passion for the visual arts. It wasn't until he was 60, though, that he picked up some colored pencils and began once more to draw.

How much you enjoy 'Camelot' will have a lot to do with your taste for classic Broadway-era nostalgia. If this solid, well-performed version seems weighed down, it may have to do with dragging a slightly fusty musical into contemporary relevance.      

After an absence of more than a decade, Bernard Goldberg is back in East Hampton with a new gallery just off Newtown Lane specializing in American fine and decorative arts from the first half of the 20th century.

HamptonsFilm's SummerDocs series concludes its 13th season on Saturday with a screening of “Lily Topples the World.” The film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers with HamptonsFilm's co-chairman Alec Baldwin and its artistic director David Nugent.

South Fork police are on alert after eight overdoses linked to the same batch of fentanyl-laced cocaine resulted in six deaths on Shelter Island and in Southold last week.