Villages

From the day in 1922 when Long Island duck growers ate turkey at John Duck's restaurant, to another Health Department inspection of Grey Gardens in 1972.

While the song is the sparkling characteristic of the hermit thrush, I also appreciate its muted appearance. We can’t all be cardinals.

“We are going to continue to be open for the foreseeable future,” said Dr. Jason Cavolina of CareONE Concierge, which provides Covid-19 testing for East Hampton Town at the former Child Development Center of the Hamptons. The decision reflects yet another uptick in transmission of the virus.

A panel discussion on sustainable land care will happen on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Church at 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor.

As the seasons shift and we head into the fullness of spring, many people take the opportunity to spend more time outdoors and be more physically active. To avoid injury or discouragement, it's generally best to start small and slowly build up to a fuller exercise routine, rather than start aggressively and then become overwhelmed.

East Hampton Town's senior citizens center, on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton, has been temporarily shuttered following several cases of Covid-19 among program attendees and staff.

The local jail passes muster in 1922, the county pushes smallpox vaccinations in 1947, and the day in 1972 when the sloop the Sojourn came aground at Montauk.

After months of tinkering with a very challenging project, the Sag Harbor Village Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to set a public hearing on proposed changes to the village code that will allow for affordable housing development in the village.

Irwin Levy led a successful hike through the studios of the late Abstract Expressionist artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park connecting nature and art, and then thought, why not nature and history?

This cyanotype shows Grace Binney Winkley Wilson (1862-1952), who spent summers in East Hampton between 1891 and 1895, posing with a racket on a grass court, a tennis net directly behind her.

Eleven days ago, on April 3, the northern gannets invaded Sag Harbor. A friend sent a video of several hundred crowding the waters surrounding Long Wharf. Above them, the sky teemed with more. In 20 years of birding around Sag Harbor, I had never seen more than a handful from the wharf.

Neighbors of a potential two-story brewery and restaurant at 17 Toilsome Lane had argued that the village had misinterpreted the zoning code. Their appeal was denied.