Rallies, pressing the flesh, hitting the campaign trail — these time-honored electoral traditions have been put aside, at least for now, as the Covid-19 pandemic upends the country. Campaigns have gone virtual in New York’s First Congressional District, where several candidates are vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge the incumbent, Representative Lee Zeldin.
The ban on restaurant dining during the Covid-19 pandemic has decimated the South Fork restaurant business, according to Mark Smith, a co-owner of the Honest Man Restaurant Group, and Jason Weiner, a co-owner of Almond in Bridgehampton. Both have had to lay off employees in order to remain finacially strong enough to reopen after the crisis has passed.
The editor and writer Bill Henderson of Springs has won a 2020 Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced last week.
“Our focus today is on what is true right now, to focus on the actual moment rather than letting the stories of your mind take you to a place that is not necessarily true,” Leslie Pearlman said in her virtual yoga class.
