The novel coronavirus, ever refracting normalcy, casts an eerie glow on the path ahead.

Two veteran journalists overcome all manner of obstacles to put together a program to celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage, while taking a fresh look at the latest threats of voter suppression.

Noah in Amagansett

Noah, a men’s clothing brand with a flagship store in New York City, has launched a pop-up shop called Noah Hideout in Amagansett Square. The store is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sept. 6.

Philosofit Scales Back

AMAGANSETT

15 BS Lane L.L.C. to I. Lemberger, 15 Bittersweet Lane, 2 acres, June 29, $4,500,000.

The New Trust to R. Scully Trust, 36 Hedges Lane, .67 acre, May 15, $6,550,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Berg Family Trust to 180 Mid Ocean L.L.C., 180 Mid Ocean Drive, 1.59 acres, June 23, $13,825,000.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone angrily denounced President Trump on Wednesday, telling reporters that the president referred to federal disaster assistance as “some sort of bailout” during his fund-raising visit to the South Fork on Saturday.

Bus Agreement Extended

Liz Joyce of Goat on a Boat Puppet Theater returns to Guild Hall on Wednesday for a performance of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale — with a twist.

The Town of East Hampton and the advocacy group Renewable Energy Long Island will co-host a webinar on community choice aggregation on Monday from noon to 1 p.m.

Cancellation
East Hampton
August 9, 2020

To the Editor:

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the cancellation of Calvary Baptist Church’s annual barbecue, which was scheduled to be held on Aug. 9, 2020.

A public meeting of the Suffolk County Aquaculture Lease Program's 10-year review advisory group will happen next Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. The meeting will take place via video conference.

A popular annual event celebrating East Hampton’s maritime heritage might be another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, but may also happen in modified form this year.

When word came from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on July 31 that the last Covid-19 patient had been discharged and there were no suspected or confirmed cases among other patients, it was cause for celebration — a celebration that lasted a whole week.

Although not yet publicly announced, Phillips auction house proclaimed its presence in the Hamptons this week with a demure and obviously temporary sign at the rather showy location of 1 Nugent Street in Southampton Village.

Lovers of poetry and prose have been invited to attend the first reading at the Wainscott Green, the grassy, open acre on Montauk Highway just west of the hamlet’s business district, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

From Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., strict social distancing and Covid-19 safety measures will be in effect, according to Dennis Fabiszak, the library director.

The decade-old Wounded Warrior Project's Solider Ride, for which East Enders come together every July, will look different this summer in light of Covid-19, but the tradition itself will soldier on.

If scenes from Beyonce's new "visual album" on Disney+ looked familiar, maybe that's because scenes from the superstar's "Black Is King" were filmed in Guild Hall's galleries in 2019.

The 2020 East Hampton High School salutatorian has started a petition on the website Change.org as a call to action for the district administration to hire more teachers of color.

Wearing stars-and-stripes polos and red caps, supporters of Donald Trump gathered for a TrumpStock boat parade on Friday. An estimated 1,500 boats were expected to join the event, which began in Noyac and stopped around the Orient Point Lighthouse before motoring east to the Montauk to eventually tie up as a flotilla in Fort Pond Bay in Montauk.

The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival has announced its first-ever virtual program, Camp Shakespeare Online.