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Time for a Car-Free Day

Tomorrow is the seventh annual Car Free Day Long Island, and on Tuesday the East Hampton Town Board adopted a nonbinding resolution in support of the designation.

Vote to Ban Offshore Drilling

The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to permanently protect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico from offshore drilling.

CVS Manager Back in Court

The manager at the CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village, who was accused earlier this month of shooting her boyfriend at their home in Flanders and then fleeing with their 3-year-old daughter, was back in court last week, flanked by a dozen supporters.

On the Police Logs 09.19.19

An East Hampton woman only noticed her china was missing when she moved the locked cabinet away from the wall to clean behind it and the back of the cabinet came off.

Community Service Is an Opportunity

The words “volunteers needed” are heard frequently in and around East Hampton, and high school students often rise to the challenge.

A Dynamic Duo of Indie Film

Kaylie Wilson and Lua Li have essentially grown into their teenage years together on film. They have starred in four indie flicks produced and directed by Adam Baranello of Hampton Bays, a musician, choreographer, and artist in addition to filmmaker.

Sagg School to Explore Bridgehampton Option

Thanks to the efforts of some parents whose children attend the Sagaponack School, the district’s superintendent and school board are again exploring adding the Bridgehampton School as an option for Sagaponack students in fourth grade and above.

Kids Culture 09.19.19

Saturday is Big Truck Day at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The museum will have all sorts of trucks and rigs there for kids to explore, from emergency vehicles to farm machines to construction equipment. The fun happens from 10 a.m. to noon, and the cost is $15, but museum members get in for free.

Hampton Library Election

The Hampton Library’s annual bud­get vote and trustee election will happen on Tuesday, with voting from 2 to 9 p.m.

Judge Keeps Stop-Work Order in Place at Stony Hill

Last Thursday, State Supreme Court Judge William Ford denied a motion by the owners of nearly six acres of reserved land near Stony Hill Road in Amagansett to lift a temporary restraining order stopping them from cutting down trees or doing any other work there.

The Springs Football Team, 1929

Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection

Wen and Gibbons Wed at Wiborg’s Beach

Cora Evelynn Wen and David Scott Gibbons were married at Wiborg’s Beach in East Hampton on Saturday morning in a brief ceremony attended by friends and family that was officiated by Wickham Boyle, an author and friend of the family who is ordained in the Universal Life Church. 

He Met Every Requirement, and Then Some

Felicity Carmichael Sundlun and Eric Kavan Spencer were married on Saturday in the Amagansett garden of Nina Gillman, a family friend.

They Met in Israel and Married in Montauk

Raymond W. Bimson and Hanna Palamarchuk were married on Aug. 31 in Montauk in an outdoor ceremony at the home of the groom’s mother, Jane Bimson. Bruna DiBiase, a New York City judge, officiated.

Janet Hendrickson

Janet Eileen Beman Hendrickson, a former head of the East End chapter of the National Organization for Women, died of a heart attack at her Bridge­hampton residence on Aug. 6. She preferred to keep her age to herself.

Tossed Bottle Broke a Nose

A man tossed a liquor bottle from his boat to another boat docked at Gurney’s Resort and Marina on Star Island Road in Montauk on Sept. 1, breaking a woman’s nose and leading to an assault charge.

Driver ‘Missed a Utility Pole by Inches’

Applications for Southampton Town affordable housing units at Sandy Hollow in Southampton and Speonk Commons are still being accepted, the town announced Wednesday.

Rallying for Clean Energy

Thousands of young people are expected to rally around the world tomorrow in a students’ day of action to call attention more aggressively to the need to combat the looming crisis of human-caused global warming. New York City leaders are taking climate change seriously, to the point that they are allowing the 1.1-million public school students to leave classrooms and take part in the protests without penalty. Closer to home, some students are expected to walk out on their own; others are likely to be among those headed to the city on rented buses.

A Lot for a Little

On Saturday, voters in the East Hampton, Wainscott, and Springs School Districts will have a chance to support an institution that is a cultural and educational hub for the community. The East Hampton Library, on Main Street overlooking the Village Green, is asking residents to approve a modest tax increase to help pay for its growing services.

Aiding the Abacos Islands

While the White House either is or is not hurtling toward war with Iran, the Democratic primary, and, not to overlook it, the beginning steps of a presidential impeachment, we should not forget that thousands of residents of the Abacos Islands in the Bahamas remain in dire need of assistance.