The East Hampton Lions Club is hosting a blood drive on Tuesday at the American Legion in Amagansett.

Blood collection agencies in many states, including New York, are testing blood donations for Covid-19 antibodies and collecting convalescent plasma to help current coronavirus patients recover more quickly, according to the American Red Cross.

The Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor has announced a range of high-summer theater camps and single-day programs for kids and teens interested in learning or improving performance skills.

A new fire department substation officially opened in the Northwest section of East Hampton on Saturday morning. The 3,800 square-foot, one-story building on Old Northwest Road will bring fire and ambulance equipment closer to properties in the Northwest Fire Protection and Water Supply Protection Districts.

For those who have been using the pandemic as an excuse to avoid going to the dentist, Dr. David Mambrino, an owner of the East Hampton Dental Group, has a message: "I want people to know that it's safe."

A 43-year-old East Hampton resident was arrested on July 30 in connection with several reports of lewd behavior at a Miller Lane house in East Hampton.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and East Hampton Village Police Department detectives are seeking help from the public and offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for any information on the women, who were in the store at 4:53 p.m. on July 23.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Friday announced that for the first time since March 8, it has no new, suspected, or confirmed Covid-19 patients.

East Hampton Village's ocean beaches are closed to swimming Friday after a shark sighting off Georgica Beach, and East Hampton Town officials have warned prospective beachgoers that popular ocean beach parking lots could again be closed this weekend as they continue to limit beach capacity to comply with Covid-19 safety regulations.

Truth Training is hosting an online kettlebell-swinging challenge to benefit Project Most starting Aug. 3.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging people to participate in its annual Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey.

Legislation introduced by Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. to restore state recognition of the Montaukett Indians was unanimously passed by the State Assembly last Thursday in a vote of 142-0. In 2013, 2017, and 2018, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo vetoed similar legislation.

On a normal Monday in a normal July, the Quinipet Camp and Retreat Center on Shelter Island would be buzzing with activity, its lodgings, spread out over 11 buildings on 25 acres, filled with sleepaway campers newly arrived for a week of technology-free summer fun, complete with multimillion-dollar views of Peconic Bay. Now those spectacular views are being offered for a not-so-hefty price tag to families looking for a different sort of retreat.

A lot of people are keeping an eye out, but from all that I've seen and heard so far this summer, the water clarity in the creeks, estuaries, harbors, and bays has been rather good.

Art lessons at home, comedy for all ages, and guided meditation for teenagers

Before the Cedar Island Lighthouse was built, whaling ships and vessels risked hidden hazards on their way into Sag Harbor, and a local captain, Joshua Penny, maintained stake lights to guide them safely past Cedar Island.

The late John Giorno’s memoir of “poetry, sex, art, death, and enlightenment” shows him as a man very much in the middle of the New York art scene’s 1960s and ’70s heyday.

Seven in 10 New York State voters believe that recovery from the coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity to realign our relationship with the natural world and plan for future challenges including climate change, according to the Nature Conservancy, which surveyed 640 randomly selected likely voters in June on a range of environmental issues.

Rick Murphy, the former co-publisher and editor of The Independent newspaper died on July 21 at Southampton Hospital after a heart attack. He was 70.

Maureen T. Kenny of East Hampton died of complications following a fall at home on July 17 at Stony Brook University Hospital. She was 89.

Dr. Soll Berl, a former World War II Army medical technician who had a long career as a neurochemist and psychiatrist, died of cancer at home in Pittsboro, N.C., on June 7. The part-time Amagansett resident was 101 years old, just five days shy of turning 102.