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Bits and Pieces: 03.05.20

A dramatic reading in Sag Harbor, film classics have a new focus in Montauk, Inda Eaton at Bay Street, and more

Calling Bridgehampton's Class of 1970

The Bridgehampton School is planning a class reunion for alumni who graduated in 1970. As per the school's annual tradition, the reunion will be held around the time of the high school graduation ceremony in late June, with exact details to be announced.

Judge Issues Split Decision on East Hampton Toy Shop Display

East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana issued a split decision on Monday in the case of Colleen Moeller, the owner of the Petit Bleu children’s store in East Hampton Village who had been cited with two code violations for placing stuffed animals and a chalkboard at the entrance to her Park Place shop. 

Bloomberg's Shinnecock Comment Draws Tribe's Ire

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, is under fire for remarks delivered in Oklahoma City last week in which he described the Shinnecock Nation as "a disaster" characterized by domestic violence, drugs, and alcoholism.

Bridgehampton Names 2020 Valedictorian, Salutatorian

The Bridgehampton School has announced that Madeline Grabb is the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class, and Jaden Campbell is the salutatorian.

YES! YES!, Kids

The South Fork Natural History Museum has announced the formation of YES!, its new Young Environmentalists Society, which will hold its first meeting on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Family Health and Wellness Fair Sets Up in Southampton

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Family Health and Wellness Fair will be held at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on St. Andrew’s Road on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

HarborFrost Happenings

Clear your schedule for HarborFrost in Sag Harbor on Saturday. The day of events will begin with a hike around Mashashimuet Park at 10 a.m. and conclude with a performance by the HooDoo Loungers at 8 p.m. at Bay Street Theater. Tickets for the latter are $30 and available on the theater’s website.     

Former CVS Manager’s Attempted Murder Trial Is Imminent

Patchita Tennant refuses a plea deal, insisting she shot her boyfriend in self-defense.

Dredging Up a Load of Controversy

A federal Army Corps of Engineers official did not address why dredges and crews were being redirected from the Fire Island to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project to a nonemergency project less than one mile from President Trump’s resort in Florida in response to an inquiry by The Star this week, saying only that the project would nonetheless be completed by the June 19 contracted completion deadline.     

Village May Allow Seating in Food Stores

Retail food stores in East Hampton Village's business district could be allowed to provide seating for up to 16 customers, part of a new push by the village to reconsider some code restrictions on businesses.  

N.Y.C. Firing Loops in LongHouse

The resignation of Caroline Baumann as director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has local ties to another institution with its roots in design.     

Graduation Requirements May be ‘Updated’

Educators, parents, students, employers, and community members have been invited to a series of regional meetings hosted by the New York State Board of Regents, which oversees public education, as part of the board’s new review of high school graduation requirements.  

African-American Lit Hits Hayground

“It’s important, because black people don’t see black people in books,” said Carol Spencer, the owner of a traveling bookstore, “and in the history books they are always slaves.”     

A House Waits on Wheels as Its Owner Sues

Continuing his effort to relocate an Amagansett house designed by the late architect Francis Fleetwood from its present location to another parcel nearby, Michael Novogratz, the billionaire investor whose properties are the subject of two stop-work orders, has sued the Town of East Hampton.

Kids Calendar 02.27.20

A guide to story times, movies, art, and music happening this week for kids and teens

A Free Black Man at Mecox in 1659

Today, the place where Peter may have farmed and lived, more than 70 years before George Washington was born, is hidden behind privet hedges where Ocean Road jogs left toward the ocean beach.

And Down Come ‘The Springs’ Signs

The controversy over the proper name of one of the Town of East Hampton’s hamlets flared anew last Thursday and again this week, after signs bearing the message “Welcome to The Springs” were removed from Three Mile Harbor Road and Springs-Fireplace Road.

Sediment Study at Georgica

In its ongoing effort to remediate the degraded condition of Georgica Pond, which has experienced toxic algal blooms every summer since 2012, a group of pondfront property owners sought and received permission from the East Hampton Town Trustees to take part in a sediment chronology study.     

African-American Genealogy on Saturday

For those eager to go deeper into family histories, the Suffolk County Historical Museum in Riverhead will host a program on African-American genealogy on Saturday at 1 p.m.