The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation’s monthly wellness fair will take place Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former Most Holy Trinity Catholic School. Parking is in the church lot off Buell Lane. Services will include screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, and H.I.V.

After sharing space with churches in Wainscott and East Hampton for nearly 14 years, the Vida Abundante New York congregation will finally have a home of its own this spring as it moves into the historic St. Thomas Chapel in Amagansett.     

East Hampton Library's Long Island Library Collection's Item of the Week focuses on a crew at the Amagansett Life-Saving Station in the early 20th century.

The students who created Breathe In Change at East Hampton High School, a group opposed to vaping, have also brought change there in the form of fewer student suspensions, more honest conversations, and a heightened awareness of the negative effects of vaping.     

A proposal from AT&T to build a 50-foot-high freestanding “campanile” to house cellphone antennas, at St. Peter’s Chapel on Old Stone Highway in Springs, took a big step forward on Feb. 26, when the East Hampton Town Planning Board determined the project would not have a negative impact on the environment.     

Though a statewide ban on plastic bags officially took effect Sunday, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that it would not begin enforcement of the action until April 1.

Yearly maintenance dredging at Georgica Pond — up to 15,000 cubic yards of sand — is nearing completion.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced in January that it would not perform the independent Superfund evaluation that many Noyac residents had hoped for. 

When the artwork of more than 1,000 students arrives at a well-known South Fork museum for a massive, six-week show, it’s safe to say it’s a can’t-miss kind of exhibition.     

The Southampton Town Board, using money from the community preservation fund, voted last week to purchase two parcels in Shinnecock Hills, in an area believed to be ancient burial grounds of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Members and supporters of the Nation had lodged strong protests over housing construction at a nearby site.     

Randy Hoffman has a challenging time ahead, but he is buoyed by the good will of so many neighbors and colleagues. “People are really good,” he said, and “as soon as I can get back to working on the ambulance, I want to do that.” 

Seeking to address the chronic lack of parking in the village during the summer, the board is considering charging for spots on Main Street and in the Long Wharf lot and creating a designated lot for residents.     

Pols will take the 8:26 Friday morning to mark the one-year anniversary of the rail service.

Thomas W. Horn, the oldest member of the Sag Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, died at Stony Brook South­ampton Hospital on Feb. 25 of congestive heart failure and heart valve stenosis.

James Lipton, the renowned host of the television series “Inside the Actors Studio,” died on Monday at home in Manhattan.

Ed and Grace Lightcap of Montauk have announced the engagement of their oldest son, Dustin, to Alison Jones, the daughter of Bill and Kathy Jones of Murfreesboro, Tenn.     

East Hampton Town police charged the manager of the Springs Tavern on Saturday with two misdemeanors, saying he had someone working as security, checking identifications, despite not having the proper license, and that alcoholic beverages were not properly stored.   

A Sensory Friendly Morning at the Children's Museum of the East End, a primer on creating a family tree, printmaking, and a new session of Mandarin language classes in Sag Harbor are among the happenings of interest for kids this week.

A transmitter was stolen on the morning of Feb. 24 while a worker was marking underground utilities on Baiting Hollow Road.

Another motorist reported an erratic driver heading west on Montauk Highway back on Feb. 11, leading to a drunken-driving arrest of a man previously convicted for the same offense.