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A Shoe Lover’s Shoe Sale

The annual Shoe-Inn warehouse sale will start Tuesday and run daily through Monday, and again from Wednesday, Aug. 21, through Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. at the American Legion post in Amagansett.

A Drive Calls for Food and Household Donations

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. is hosting a food drive for the month of August, teaming up with Island Harvest, a hunger-relief organization, to collect food for those in need. Items collected on the South Fork will go to the Bridgehampton and Southampton food pantries.

Music All Over Montauk This Week

Music for Montauk will kick off its summer series of outdoor concerts Thursday with “Brahms Gypsy Dances,” passionate quartet songs, accompanied by piano and strings, under a tent at Third House at Montauk County Park.

Crash Closes Road Between East Hampton and Sag Harbor

An alleged drunken driver hit an electric utility pole on Route 114 in East Hampton Saturday morning, closing a portion of the main thoroughfare between Sag Harbor Village and East Hampton for several hours. 

As Trump Woos Donors, Protesters Gather Nearby

While donors prepared to greet President Trump at Sandcastle, Joe Farrell's 17,000-square-foot house in Bridgehampton, and at a Southampton event hosted by Stephen and Kara Ross later in the afternoon, more than 100 people gathered on the Water Mill Green for a peaceful protest organized by the Progressive East End Reformers. 

The Town Paper

East Hampton Village, 8:30 A.M. — Patricia ‘Pat’ Ryan makes her way down Dayton Lane, gently tugging on the thin red leash of her 14-year-old Cocker Spaniel, Lucy, who trots happily beside her. It’s a bright June morning and she is on her way to pick up a copy of The East Hampton Star, as he has every Thursday for almost fifty years. 

Mr. Fix It

When was the last time you had something fixed? Reupholstered a chair? Brought a dress to be hemmed? Had an old stereo rewired? To someone born after 1985, these efforts can feel antiquated, effortful, slow. The kinds of chore we might think about but will never really get around to doing — like getting car tires rotated.

Up, Up, and Away

When a crowd gathers for the commencement of an event greater than itself, something like magic happens.  The relighting of the old Sag Harbor Cinema sign this past Memorial Day weekend was such a moment. So was the clear April day in 2007 when onlookers lined Pantigo Road to watch several 18th-century buildings carried down the road on trucks to become East Hampton’s  new Town Hall.

Ayahuasca Moms

As psychedelics gain scientific traction for their healing properties, enthusiasts are diving into enlightenment at weekend retreats by the beach. Sophie Griffin, a young writer, ran into tripping tourism on her spring break, and she had a few questions.

N.A.A.C.P. Leader to Talk Equality on the South Fork

Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will discuss matters of race and equality on the South Fork at 6 p.m. on Wednesday as part of the Thinking Forward Lecture Series at Guild Hall.

The free talk is in partnership with the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

Grant for East Hampton Church Repairs

The New York Landmarks Conservancy has awarded the East Hampton Presbyterian Church $2,500 to help fund exterior carpentry and roof repairs.

Barbecue Day

Calvary Baptist Church on Spinner Lane in East Hampton will have its annual barbecue on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m.

Wildlife Rescue Class at South Fork Natural History Museum

The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will host a free wildlife rehabilitation basics course at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Debate Zoning Change for Hospital’s East Hampton Satellite

With a new hospital farther west set to eventually replace Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, the effort to clear the way for an emergency-care facility in East Hampton is “an emergency itself,” Councilwoman Sylvia Overby said on Tuesday.     

Campaign Cash: Mayor Pete Gets South Fork Nod

Campaign reporting data compiled from the Federal Election Commission’s website had some surprising statistics this week. Since December, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., has received more individual donations from Southampton to Shelter Island than any other presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican — ahead of President Trump by a double-digit margin.     

Expansion of Montauk Shores Units Opposed by Town Hall

As a debate ensues over a septic system at the Montauk Shores Condominiums mobile home community, a county agency is reviewing applications for redevelopment of two units there.    

Honey, honey Town Board Offers Support for Bees

A resolution supports legislation that would require notification to certified apiarists to attempt to relocate a “nuisance” bee colony or hanging swarm before pesticides are applied or other action taken that would damage or exterminate it.

I.Y. Halsey’s Newtown Lane Garage

In business for over 50 years in East Hampton, Halsey’s Garage rose from humble beginnings but seemed to find itself in the right place at the right time.

Recommendations to Improve Septic Rebates

To spur East Hampton Town residents to replace aging or failing sanitary systems to improve ecologically degraded waterways, the town’s Water Quality Technical Advisory Committee has recommended several modifications to the town’s rebate program.

Trestle Work Yields Pile-Driving, Rattling Noise, and Traffic ‘50 Cars Deep’

Hook Mill Road in East Hampton Village will remain closed to most traffic through Nov. 10 as construction crews continue replacing the railroad trestles crossing North Main Street and Accabonac Road.