The Bridgehampton Carnival, which raises money for affordable housing in the Town of Southampton, starts Friday — it was supposed to begin on Thursday, but rain seems to have delayed the opening — and runs through Sunday, returning from July 24 through July 27.
Tickets have gone on sale for the 15th annual East Hampton Library Authors Night on Aug. 10 starting at 5 p.m. under a tent in Amagansett.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that Sunrise Wind, a joint venture of the Danish energy company Orsted and the Connecticut company Eversource, and Empire Wind, proposed by the Norwegian company Equinor, have each been awarded contracts to develop offshore wind farms — one of them some 30 miles east of Montauk.
