For many teens, there has been an increased pressure to socialize in seemingly Covid-risky situations that come from a "desire to see friends after being apart for so long." These quaran-teens face social isolation that can compound pre-existing mental health issues at an already chaotic age.

Springs School officials have concluded that the district is short classrooms to be able to bring all students back while maintaining social distancing and keeping class sizes reasonable.

The Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers has endorsed the re-election campaign of Representative Lee Zeldin in New York's First Congressional District. The endorsement represents Mr. Zeldin's ninth union endorsement in the 2020 election cycle.

The East Hampton Town Board held its most substantive discussion to date about rezoning a narrow 14.2-acre undeveloped site off Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton on Tuesday. As many as 60 units of affordable housing could be built there.

A "sacred sound journey" was followed by lunch at Shou Sugi Ban House, a Japanese-inspired "luxury wellness resort and spa" in Water Mill, where the consulting chef, co-founder of Noma (!), Mads Refslund, was on site cooking.

Drive-in movies, a puppetry camp, a teen beach cleanup, and other kids' activities are all coming up.

After surveying many of their families and realizing there are financial hardships among them, officials at the Ross School in East Hampton have made a pitch to the school's wider community for donations.

Updates from the Sag Harbor School District.

Parents who are interested in home schooling their children must submit written notice of their intent to do so by Aug. 1.

Kathy Engel’s new poetry collection, “The Lost Brother Alphabet,” concerns itself with mortality, with the mystery of how we endure and what we become after those we love die.

The hospital's 1199 union members are still fighting for crisis pay, which they assert would help make them "whole" after they said they sacrificed so much on behalf of the Covid-19 patients, and other patients as well, between mid-March and early June.

With 46 new Covid-19 cases reported by state officials on Tuesday, just two deaths in the last 10 days, and a daily infection rate holding steady around 1 percent, Suffolk County appears to be maintaining control over the spread of the virus.

The Hampton Library's Fridays at Five summertime series of author appearances returns, but it'll be online in these pandemic times.
 

Rick Murphy, a former executive editor of The Independent newspaper, died unexpectedly late Tuesday at Southampton Hospital after being hospitalized on Friday and having a heart attack. Mr. Murphy’s career as a journalist included a stint as a cartoonist for The Sag Harbor Herald and as a reporter at The East Hampton Star. An obituary for Mr. Murphy will appear in a future edition.

Michael Clancy left his 1998 Mercedes-Benz in the Fresh Pond Park parking lot on July 15 and went to a nearby bench to have a half-hour’s conversation with his father. While he was gone, someone punctured the front seat with Mr. Clancy’s own pen, which was still stuck in the seat, and stole $40 from the center console.

Upon backing a Hampton Tank Gas Service truck into an Amagansett driveway on Friday afternoon, Robert Coleman hit a parked 2020 Volkswagen, damaging the backs of both vehicles. A police report noted that there were multiple parked cars in the driveway.

East Hampton Village police arrested an East Hampton masseur on Sunday, charging him with two misdemeanor counts of "forcible touching" and one of "unauthorized practice of profession," a felony. 

Union Burger expands to steaks and sushi, Main Street Tavern opens, Carissa's Bakery's new delivery service, a happy hour at Bostwick's, and more

This weekend, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival normally would have begun its annual summer concert series, as it has for 36 years. But aside from the heat, this summer is anything but normal. Fans of the series, however, will be able to hear five hourlong performances in the comfort and safety of their home or garden beginning Sunday.

Hamptons Film Drive-In at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton will screen its last week of movies next week: a remake of "The Parent Trap," the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," and a brand-new SummerDoc, "Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art."