Birdhouse is back, Renate Aller at Parrish and MM Fine Art, new shows at RJD, and a show at Temple Adas Israel

Gavin Menu and Kathryn Menu of The Express will share publishing duties at the merged entity, with the Press's publisher, Joseph Louchheim, giving up his position after a transition period. The merger will consist primarily of pooling editorial resources rather than dissolving into one paper, they said.

Five of the nine East Hampton Town bodies of water that last week showed elevated bacteria counts remained high in samples taken this week by Concerned Citizens of Montauk. Two beaches in Southampton Town, meanwhile, came up with red flags this week in testing conducted by the Surfrider Foundation.

East Hampton School District officials have reached a compromise with the Suffolk County Board of Elections that will allow the school's fifth-grade moving-up ceremony to proceed as planned on Tuesday, by moving primary voting out of the John M. Marshall Elementary School's all-purpose room for this election only.