Democratic Party debates for East Hampton Town supervisor and town board happen Thursday night at 7, broadcast live on LTV's Channel 20, on its YouTube channel, and at ltveh.org.

The East Hampton Town Board is expected to approve use of an aquatic weed harvester in Georgica Pond on Thursday. Used in the pond in the summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018, and on a limited basis last year, the harvester is part of a multifaceted effort to alleviate conditions that have promoted blooms of toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that have fouled the pond every summer for almost a decade.

Two saves on the water over the holiday weekend were efficient and without major injury, a good warm-up for chaotic summer months likely to come. One involved a kiteboarder tangled in his equipment and the other a pair of inflatable boats, each with five people on board, that were caught in two-to-three-foot waves in significant winds.

Hamptons Jazz Fest 2021 will span July, August, and September from Montauk to Southampton, featuring some of jazz's most distinguished players from around the world in more than 50 concerts, most of which will be free.

A.R. Gurney's play "Sylvia" mostly succeeds as a funny, insightful look at modern relationships, driven by fine actors, even if it runs a bit long.

An Art Apart repeat coming soon, new exhibitons at galleries such as Drawing Room, Harper's, Studio 11, and Grenning, plus art-related film, talks, and more.

Live and in-person performances are returning to the Bay Street Theater, both in the theater itself and in its outdoor courtyard, which will be transformed into an immersive video performance space.

The Retreat offers a star-studded benefit, environmental documentaries in Southampton, and a weaving workshop at the Watermill Center

The Lone Sharks take over the Talkhouse, Kate Usher and the Sturdy Souls at the Surf Lodge, checking out the Clubhouse, and the Jam Session Radio Hour

In memory of Edie Windsor, the well-known advocate for same-sex marriage who died in 2017 at the age of 88, Southampton Town has launched the Edith Windsor Heart Project to build a heart-shaped pavilion at Town Hall to be used for performing civil marriage ceremonies.

From EAST magazine: An Excerpt From Amanda M. Fairbanks’s "The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown and the Four Men Who Vanished at Sea and the Survivors They Left Behind."

What makes Erika Hecht’s “Don't Ask My Name” different from its many companions among Holocaust survival memoirs is the dynamic between the author and her mother, and the account of the mother’s ruthless determination to save her family.

The Wine Stand returns with music, food, and rose in Sagg, breakfast and brunch options, supper in East Hampton, and chocolate whiskey for dessert

Kids ages 12 to 17 who opt to get fully vaccinated for Covid-19 will be entered into a random drawing to win a full college scholarship, including room and board costs, to a SUNY or CUNY institution, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced.

Blooms of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, have been detected in Wainscott Pond and in Lake Agawam in Southampton, according to analysis by Stony Brook University. Suffolk County health officials have asked residents not to use, swim, or wade in the water bodies and to keep children and pets away from the area.

The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court has ruled that the Department of Environmental Conservation overstepped its authority in granting more width and more depth for the Sand Land mine in Noyac.

Cove Hollow is no more a "tavern" than Cafe Max was a place to sip cappuccino and nibble a croissant. What it is is a serious restaurant with seriously good food. 

Starting on Friday, East Hampton Village will provide a free morning and afternoon shuttle between the longterm and Reutershan parking lots for those who work in the commercial district. The shuttle, which will operate daily, will take a direct route through Herrick Park.

This image shows Lawrence Smith and Leander Arnold constructing the base of the veterans monument next to Ashawagh Hall in Springs. The monument was officially dedicated on Memorial Day weekend in May 1989.   

Brayan Rivera, an East Hampton freshman, broke the freshman 1,600 record that Erik Engstrom had held, while Penelope Greene, a Pierson senior who runs in the spring with Bonac's girls track team, set an East Hampton High School record in the 1,500 meters.