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'Gray Fungus' and Brass Knuckles Found in Car Stop

Thomas Ingoglia of Manhasset, 21, was arrested early Sunday morning at the Plaza in Montauk on a felony charge of criminal possession after East Hampton Town police reported finding a hallucinogen in his 2017 Subaru.

On the Police Logs

A resident of Devon Road in Beach Hampton saw someone "admiring the particular siding of a residence and taking a photograph of it," and notified police.

Pamela J. Gledhill

Pamela J. Gledhill, a homemaker and former teller and auditor at Bankers Trust and the Dime banks in New York City, died of breast cancer on Jan. 30 at home in Springs. She was 69 and had been ill for 10 months.

Gloria Leber, 95

Gloria Leber, a New Jersey native who lived with family members in Montauk for five years late in life, loved reading, traveling, and hosting tea parties and boating get-togethers. She was a kind, gentle, wise, and witty grandmother, her family said, who also happened to love the New York Yankees.

LTV to Broadcast in Southampton

LTV's Channel 20 public access content will soon begin broadcasting to Southampton, via that town's new channel, SunTV. In the future, the plan is for SunTV to add content of its own and handle most of Southampton Town's programming.

Amagansett Citizens Committee Talks Shots and Garden Plots

People at a well-attended virtual meeting of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night cheered and applauded East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc as he relayed encouraging news about the numbers of town residents vaccinated locally over the weekend.

Library Item of the Week: Seeing British Ships Off Montauk

Joseph Hand writes to Nathaniel Huntting (1793-1863) on April 3, 1813, describing the sighting of British ships off Montauk Point.

East Hampton Village May Offer Monthly Beach Parking Permits

A proposal to offer monthlong nonresident parking permits at East Hampton Village beaches garnered broad support at a village board meeting on Thursday. A permit would cost $300, and expire at the end of each month.

On Call: The 'One-and-Done' Vaccine

How does the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, approved last week by the F.D.A., compare with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines already in use? Differences aside, all three appear to be practically perfect at preventing hospitalization and death from Covid-19.

Looking to Add Indigenous People's Day to School Calendar in Sag Harbor

The Sag Harbor School Board is expected to vote Monday on a 2021-22 school calendar that for the first time will include Indigenous People's Day in addition to Columbus Day. Juneteenth will also be officially added to the school calendar, as New York State has designated it an official holiday.

Artwork by a Thousand Kids in Parrish Student Exhibition

The Parrish Art Museum's annual Student Exhibition, a 60-year tradition featuring the work of more than 1,000 young artists, begins tomorrow. More than 200 individual works by high schoolers, and another 70 or so group pieces by younger artists, nursery age on up, from schools across eastern Long Island, will be on view through April 18. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography are featured.

Hampton Classic Horse Show Set to Return This Summer

"Right now, our plans are all systems go, but we recognize that anything could still change," said Marty Bauman, the show's communications director.

Pandemic Compounds School's Tax-Cap Angst

In a pandemic environment that has cost the school district more than $600,000 so far, and against the fiscal pressure of New York State's cap on tax levy increases, East Hampton school officials are holding the line on budget increases wherever possible as they develop their 2021-22 school spending plan.

Kids Culture 3.11.21

Teen Creative Studio at Guild Hall

Army Corps Again Delays Montauk Beach Project

After repeated assurances that downtown Montauk would be the first component of the long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Project, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said last week that the Army Corps of Engineers had announced that the town is not slated to see renourishment of the ocean beach this fall, when the project is scheduled to begin, but rather in 2023.

In Pursuit of Three Mile Harbor Kelp Farming

The East Hampton Town Trustees are throwing their support behind a proposal from the town's shellfish hatchery director to fund a pilot kelp-farming program in Three Mile Harbor. 

Additional Covid Restrictions Relaxed

As Covid-19 infection rates continue to either fall or plateau across the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that pandemic-related restrictions on social gatherings, indoor dining at restaurants, and attendance at arts venues will be relaxed.

Many More Get Access to Vaccine as Distribution Sites Increase

As eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccines expands in New York, so too are the locations closer to home where people can get their shots. Last week, East Hampton Town administered first or second doses to nearly 2,000 people at its site, and still more were able to get vaccinated at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons in Southampton. In addition, the state is opening a mass vaccination site at the Stony Brook Southampton college campus.

Bragman Will Challenge Van Scoyoc for Supervisor Nomination

Passed over by the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee for a second run town board run, Councilman Jeff Bragman announced this week that he will seek to challenge Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc in a primary.

The Moral Is Never Wait for Washington

The East Hampton Town supervisor shared a truth this week when he explained that keeping sand on the denuded downtown Montauk ocean beach was not something that the town and Suffolk County could afford to do for the long term.