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Artist-Residents Return to Watermill Center

In Process at the Watermill Center, a series that fosters engagement between artist residents and members of the community, will resume on Saturday afternoon at 2, but, like so many cultural events these days, will do so virtually.

The Art Scene 11.19.20

Saul Steinberg at Pace, a new pop up through the Drawing Room, a virtual Artists Alliance holiday show, and more

Bits and Pieces 11.19.20

Audrey Flack's documentary is now available for streaming, Bay Street is holding an auction, and more

Loredo Brazos Sea Floor Measurements Underway for Wind Farm Cable

People visiting ocean beaches from East Hampton to Sagaponack on Sunday were surprised to behold the Loredo Brazos, a massive barge standing out of the water just offshore at the end of Beach Lane in Wainscott. The barge and a second vessel are conducting survey work for a transmission cable for the proposed South Fork Wind farm, to be situated approximately 35 miles off Montauk.

A Virtual Caregivers' Retreat on Friday

In honor of National Family Caregivers Month this November, Peconic Bay Medical Center’s sixth annual Caregivers Retreat day will be held virtually, over Facebook Live, on Friday.

Electrical Pops and Sparks in Sunday Night Windstorm

A Sunday evening windstorm prompted tornado warnings to interrupt television programming in the area -- and caused some damage in parts of Long Island, including Springs.

Schools Grapple With Ever More Covid Cases

One more positive test result was confirmed in Sag Harbor, meaning with four total cases, 22 students and five staff members are quarantined. The East Hampton Middle School reported its second covid case on Monday, and two additional East Hampton High School students have tested positive, bringing the school's total to 16 as of Monday.

Leonids Meteor Shower Is This Week

Thanks to promising weather over the next few days, the Leonids meteor shower can be seen in the pre-dawn skies this week. It will peak Monday night and the viewing will be made easier without moonlight, according to the Hamptons Observatory.

Blood Drive on Monday in Amagansett

The East Hampton Lions Club will host a blood drive at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett on Monday from 11:45 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. The hall is on the corner of Montauk Highway and Abraham’s Path.

'We've Come Too Far to Go Back Now'

Citing an “alarming spike in new Covid-19 cases” over the last week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced on Friday the immediate deployment of enforcement teams comprising a county fire marshal and an official from the county’s Division of Consumer Affairs that will supplement ongoing compliance efforts.

Surveying for Wind Farm Cable Landing in Wainscott Set to Begin

As soon as Monday, Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource Energy will conduct geotechnical assessments that will involve soil borings and measurements of the sea floor off the ocean beach at the end of Beach Lane in Wainscott.

Covid-19 Inventions From the Minds of Kids

At the Hayground School in Bridgehampton, students in Julie Fanelli's class of middle learners, who are between 6 and 11 years old, have been busy imagining and building "Covid-19 inventions" to eventually share with the community.

Thar She Blows, in Gardiner's Bay!

Their fishing trip in Gardiner's Bay on Monday may not have yielded the blackfish they were after, but Aidan McCormack and Mark Deckman came away with quite a tale to tell.

Suffolk Homicide Squad Investigating Riverhead Death

A 911 call reporting an abandoned car on Wednesday night led police to discover the body of Marco Grisales, 39, whose last known address was in Sag Harbor.

Wainscott Wind Opponents Double Down

Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott, a group formed in opposition to the plan to land the proposed South Fork Wind farm's export cable at the ocean beach at the end of Beach Lane in that hamlet, shared its views with the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee on Saturday.

East Hampton Town Trustees Ponder Staggered Terms

One year after the last election and one year ahead of the next one, the East Hampton Town Trustees took up the question of how the nine-member governing body is chosen, holding the first formal discussion of staggered election cycles on Monday.

On Call: Why the Wait?

I wish I could promise patients that I would never be late again, but there will always be the emergency phone calls just before I'm supposed to walk into a room, or the need to track down previous medical records or laboratory results. Sometimes, I'm late because I've seen a full schedule of patients, one after the other, and I'm sitting in my office for five minutes trying not to be overwhelmed.

On the Water: It's All About Location

After about an hour steaming off in my boat to the northeast on Gardiner's Bay, the fish finder machine in my cabin painted a perfect picture of the bottom I was looking for. With the anchor set on the incoming tide, I was positioned on top of a tight cluster of broken rubble and small boulders in about 40 feet of water. It looked fishy.

Golf Courses Here Are Top-Ranked

Golfers in the know already know the East End has several gems among its greens, but Golf magazine has made it official once again.

Marianne Ketcham, 87

Marianne Bernadette Egan Ketcham, formerly of Springs, died on Friday at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk, N.Y. She was 87 and had been ill for six years.