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Films Where the Earth Is a Star

Hamptons Doc Fest is celebrating Earth Day with four days of programming that will include live and virtual screenings of documentary films on environmental themes.

Art Made for the Environment

The Southampton Arts Center will join other East End cultural venues celebrating Earth Day with its next exhibition, “EARTH: Artists as Activists,” which will open Saturday.

Bits and Pieces 04.15.21

Guild Hall brings live theater back with an intimate twist, Oscar noms to be screened at Sag Cinema, this week's live music offerings, and more

The Art Scene 04.15.21

The Church is offering tours of its new facility, Johnson at Storm King, and new shows at Tripoli, Harper's, Ashawagh, and more

Wainscott Village Petitioners Will Try Again

Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott, whose petition to force a vote to incorporate a 4.4-square-mile expanse of the hamlet was rejected by East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc last month, will prepare a new petition to present later this year. 

A Reminder From PSEG About Digging

PSEG Long Island has issued an announcement to remind customers, contractors, and excavators to “call before you dig,” even when planting a tree or building a deck, to avoid hitting underground pipelines, conduits, wires, and cables.

Five Departments Beat Back Brush Fire Near Gun Club on Saturday

A brush fire steadily crept across 3 acres at the northern edge of the Maidstone Gun Club in Wainscott on Saturday starting around noon. According to East Hampton Fire Department Chief Gerry Turza, a pilot approaching the East Hampton Town Airport called it in, which he said happens every once in a while.

There's Good News for Single Moms

Single moms, who are among those hit hard by the pandemic, have a lot on their plates. To help them out, the organization There's Some Good News is donating wholesome meals from Honest Plate and providing individualized support to mothers under stress. 

Bonackers Had Best Football Game Yet and a Volleyball Win

Joe McKee, East Hampton High School's varsity football coach, told his players after Saturday's 25-14 loss at Port Jefferson that it was the best they'd played, "by far," this season. The boys volleyball team, coached by Josh Brussell, won its first game.

Town Will Move Cautiously on Legal Marijuana

Two members of the East Hampton Town Board expressed wholehearted support for the "decriminalization" of marijuana on Tuesday, one week after the New York State Legislature voted to legalize it for adult recreational use, but said that the board should move slowly in deciding whether to opt out of allowing its retail sale in the town.

Toward Utility Integration

Representatives from the New York Power Authority pitched the East Hampton Town Board on the New York Energy Manager utility bill integration platform on Tuesday.

Library Item of the Week: The Dune Alpin Story

This photograph shows farm buildings at Dune Alpin Farm in East Hampton sometime after 1934 and before 1960. The date is estimated based on the appearance of the farm's owner, Abraham Katz, at the right side of the image.

Bonac Girls Field Hockey Team 'Had Them Scrambling'

After last Thursday's 4-2 loss here to Miller Place, Nicole Ficeto told her East Hampton High School field hockey players, whose record had dropped to 4-5, that they would have to win out if they wanted to make the playoffs. Apparently they listened.

East Hampton Girls Cross-Country 3-0, Volleyball Improving

East Hampton's girls cross-country team took a 3-0 record into the season-ending meet with Amityville on Tuesday. The girls volleyball team is playing well, but a win is proving elusive.

Village Revisits Paid Parking, Smoking and Drinking on Beaches

East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen introduced a new scaled-back proposal to charge for parking in the Reutershan and Schenck parking lots at a village board meeting last Thursday, and the board discussed plans to provide free Wi-Fi in the commercial district, to allow Tesla, the electric car company, to install charging stations in the small municipal parking lot on Osborne Lane, and to lift bans on drinking alcohol and smoking on village beaches.

Petition to Speed Up Sand Replenishment in Montauk

Concerned Citizens of Montauk have started a petition to urge the Army Corps of Engineers to replenish the downtown Montauk beaches this year, rather than postponing the long-planned project until 2023.

Three People, Two Ambulances

Headed east on Montauk Highway in Amagansett last Thursday, 18-year-old Melissa Fallo of Hampton Bays "turned her attention" to the gas station near Oak Lane, according to a police report, and rear-ended a 2019 Mercedes van that had stopped to turn left into the lane.

On the Police Logs 04.08.21

A Muir Boulevard woman who was trying to rent a place on Gann Road nearby lost a large amount of money last month in a scam. It began when a man on Craigslist told her to send $600 for an application.

Drivers Without Documents

Paulo Molina of East Elmhurst and Amil Soyos-Chamale of Riverhead were both charged with unlicensed operation and will be in East Hampton Justice Court on Wednesday and on Friday, April 16, respectively.

Walter J. Thomason, 86

Walter J. Thomason of East Hampton worked for 31 years with the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, but in his spare time, he pursued many interests. At various points in his life he raised and showed prize bantam chickens, raced homing pigeons, took up fly-fishing, photography, and wildlife caretaking, and volunteered at the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center.