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On Call: Life After the Vaccine

Many people who are now vaccinated are curious as to how it changes their lives in terms of day-to-day activities. What can you do once you are vaccinated that you couldn't do before? 

Boys Soccer Bagels Three Foes

Since playing to a 1-1 tie with Hampton Bays on March 12, Don McGovern's team defeated Wyandanch 4-0 on the 15th, shut out Shoreham-Wading River 4-0 on the 17th, and blanked Bayport-Blue Point 2-0 here Friday.

East Hampton's Girls Teams Are at the Fore

The March-April season has thus far gone swimmingly, at least as far as most of East Hampton High's teams are concerned, for the girls teams especially.

Springs School Board Digs Deep Into Budget

Monday's Springs School budget workshop was the first time board members and the community at large got an up-close look at the preliminary budget number the district is wrangling with for its 2020-21 budget: $32.12 million. Nearly every time a school administrator pitched a budget increase in a particular area, board members raised some form of the question "Why?"

East Hampton Town Limits Leaf Blowers

The East Hampton Town Board voted unanimously last Thursday, with one qualifier, to amend the town code pertaining to landscaping and gardening by restricting the use of leaf blowers. 

Paid Parking Progresses in East Hampton Village

East Hampton Village's plan to establish paid parking zones at Main and Two Mile Hollow Beaches and its downtown Reutershan and Schenck parking lots had a virtual public hearing Friday before the village board. License plate-reading technology and an online payment service are planned in future to implement and enforce paid parking.

Recipes for a More Secure East End Food System

Seeking to address food insecurity and weaknesses in the local food system that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the East End Food Institute and the City University of New York Urban Food Policy Institute launched an effort on Tuesday to develop a plan to improve the system with the help of farmers, food workers, and others. 

Women in the Lead in Male-Dominated Fields

One great thing about hearing women talk about working in historically male-dominated professions is that it seems like the most natural thing in the world to them. As Women's History Month comes to a close, a ferry captain, train conductor, sound engineer, architect, landscaper, and auto repair business owner shared stories of life on the job.

Bonac Football Has Better Result vs. Elwood-John Glenn

East Hampton High's footballers may have lost 18-8 last Thursday, but their improved performance augured well.

Montauk Library Hearing Is Monday

The $1.75 million proposal represents a $682,235 increase over the current fiscal plan. The large majority of that increase, $577,875, is a debt payment on the ongoing renovation and expansion project, approved by voters in 2019.

Students Contract Covid at Party, Dozens Quarantine

By now, it's an open secret: A single gathering of teens, reportedly held two weekends ago at a house in Sag Harbor and attended by students from multiple schools, has resulted in a spate of positive Covid-19 cases.

Former Student Sues Ross School

A former Ross School student and his father have filed a $10 million lawsuit in Suffolk Supreme Court alleging that the student was bullied, threatened, and verbally abused by Ross School faculty during and after an overseas field trip in 2020.

Kids Culture 03.25.21

The East Hampton Library will offer kids a chance to learn about turtles and tortoises today, and starting Saturday, Bay Street Theater will host online storytelling sessions with a diverse lineup of children's authors, each at 10:30 a.m., for eight weeks.

The Curtain Rises Again on Youth Performances

In the pandemic, dance competitions, school theater programs, and other creative opportunities were unceremoniously interrupted, as if a Band-Aid had suddenly been ripped off. But with the gradual improvement in Covid-19 statistics — a lower seven-day average positivity rate, for example — has come the return of performing arts programs. High school musical theater productions have resumed, albeit with many modifications in place, and groups like Our Fabulous Variety Show and the Neo-Political Cowgirls are also planning programs.

One Year Later, Two Felonies

Police said Noe Guaman-Nieves intentionally ran his 2012 Mitsubishi into a 2008 Hyundai parked in a driveway in Springs. Then, they said, he "aggressively" backed out, striking two mailboxes — all with his 2-year-old in the backseat.

On the Police Logs 03.25.21

On Saturday morning, on the back patio of a Lily Pond Lane house, three large garbage bags full of sawdust and polyurethane paint cans spontaneously combusted. The flames were extinguished by the homeowners before firefighters arrived.

Montauk Library Contractors in Dispute

The Montauk Library, which is currently undergoing a $4 million renovation of its facilities, was the scene last Thursday morning of an ongoing dispute between the general contractor, a Bohemia construction company called the Patriot Organization, and two local subcontractors.

Police Reform: 'One-in-Three' Rule Must Go, Chief Says

All local governments in New York State were ordered a year ago to adopt a police reform plan by April 1, 2021, a deadline that has now arrived.

Covid-19 Cluster in Town Office

A recent cluster of Covid-19 cases in an East Hampton Town government department "really brings home the point that this is not the time to relax," Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said last Thursday, after Councilman Jeff Bragman asked for a discussion of the cluster at the conclusion of a town board meeting.

Two Propositions Pitched in Amagansett

The Amagansett School Board on Tuesday voted to add two separate propositions to the May 18 budget ballot, one for renovating outdoor basketball courts, the other for technology and energy upgrades.