Long Island is in a precarious situation in terms of meeting growing energy demands. So how will the construction of offshore wind farms affect the grid?

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East Hampton Town officials this week renewed the call for medical and nonmedical volunteers for upcoming Covid-19 vaccine clinics at a town site on Stephen Hand's Path.

New seasonal openings of Bostwick's Chowder House and Rosie's in Amagansett, and Easter and Passover meals from all over

Walter Isaacson reveals in clear, simple, factual, and fascinating detail how Jennifer Doudna spearheaded the invention of the revolutionary gene-editing tool Crispr.

The tale of the downfall of the Knoedler Gallery after dealing Abstract Expressionist paintings made in Queens by a convincing forger for more than a decade is the subject of a Netflix documentary called "Made You Look," directed by Barry Avrich, and a scripted series now in development.

An online program designed to highlight the power of poetry to influence music, dance, and video art will launch the spring season of Reflections next Thursday.

The spring auction season is offering some new opportunities to see art that would not normally be in the mix out here. This week, it is photographs in the Phillips auction house's spring sale on view in its Southampton galleries.

Master Gardeners Spring Gardening School will be held virtually this year for the first time in its 30-year history. The day-long program from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County will kick off on Saturday morning with a keynote address by Doug Tallamy.

Concerts, film screenings, lectures, and more are all part of the cultural offerings this week.

Frank Wimberley goes solo in Chelsea and another group artist talk at the Southampton Arts Center

Starting on Wednesday morning, people will be able to schedule appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations at a new state-run site opening Friday at Stony Brook Southampton college campus.

The money was borrowed 10 years ago, with permission of the New York State Legislature, to address a financial shortfall due to fiscal mismanagement. The final $162,700 payment on the bond was issued this week.

Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource Energy, developers of the proposed South Fork Wind farm, were to commence pavement borings in the roadway on Montauk Highway west of the intersection of Wainscott Northwest Road as early as Monday. 

A new, ad-hoc committee called the Hamptons Neighborhood Group — consisting of more than 140 property owners and "interested parties" — will hold a Zoom meeting on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to discuss the Shinnecock Indian Nation's proposed casino.

Another round of workshops and academic assistance courses via Project Most’s School Vacation Learning Lab is open to kids as young as 4 years old through fifth graders over spring break, March 29 to April 2. 

With six women so far coming forward to accuse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior and alleged cover-ups of nursing home deaths during the earlier days of the pandemic and safety concerns about the newly opened Mario Cuomo Bridge, support for an impeachment inquiry is growing among Albany lawmakers. 

The annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montauk may have been canceled, but you can still get a taste of the holiday this weekend.

Greg and Ernie Schimizzi, brothers who run Hamptons Television, WVVH-TV, out of East Hampton, will be inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame in October after 44 years of working together in the film and television business.