As Covid-19 cases rise and hospitalizations decrease, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests that have erupted around the country were also on the minds of county officials here.
A dead humpback whale washed ashore at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett on Sunday morning. It had no signs of external injuries.
Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman extended emergency orders closing the town's beaches to out-of-towners and restricting parking in beach lots and nearby roads through June 5.
After imposing strict short-term parking limits in the village last weekend, the mayor on Friday set a 45-minute limit on parking for the final weekend of May.
Customers can make appointments on the Fresh Direct website for pickup at the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 7 p.m.
Jobs cancelled, loans rejected, two months waiting for unemployment to kick in, creditors calling. This Amagansett contractor's story will sound familiar to many who've been left reeling from the financial pain of the pandemic.
Charter and party boat captains, eager to get back to their livehoold and get clients back on the water, finally got the chance to do so this week.
Several key initiatives were announced by local, county, and state officials on Thursday, paving the way for restaurants to offer increased outdoor dining and for private business owners to officially refuse service to people not wearing masks.
William Kevin Eggers, 77, a producer and the president and founder of several record labels, including Poppy Records and Tomato Records, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on May 20.
A gas station on North Main Street was the site of an altercation between an attendant and a customer on May 19, when the driver of a tan Honda Element was asked to move her car, as it was blocking traffic. In reply, she got out and hit the attendant in the face, he told police.
