Bird populations have declined steeply over the last 50 years, but the North American Bird Conservation Initiative's "State of the Birds 2022" report, published in early October, balanced the gloom with some success stories and offered strategies for future action which would "bring birds back."
Leonard L. Schaefer, whose family company, Edward Schaefer and Sons, bused East Hampton children to school for decades, died on Oct. 7 at the Villa at Westhampton, an assisted living facility. He was 70.
Hazel M. King of Springs, a devoted homemaker who will be remembered as her two grandchildren's "number-one fan," died on Sunday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 76.
The East Hampton Town Trustees set Nov. 13 at sunrise as the opening of waters under their jurisdiction to the harvesting of bay scallops.
In light of multiple incidents of poaching in East Hampton Town waters, the town board and town trustees are united in supporting amending the town code to sharply increase the fines for harvesting shellfish without a town permit, for harvesting undersize shellfish, or for taking quantities in excess of the legal limit. They also agree on establishing an “aggravated" level of violation for persons acting in concert or possessing at least 25 percent more than the legal limit.
Amber Waves Farm will host a community dig at which guests have been invited to dig and harvest dahlia tubers from its farm fields on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming and Nick LaLota, vying to succeed Representative Lee Zeldin in New York’s First Congressional District, clashed over the economy, abortion, gun policy, and crime in a debate at Newsday’s studio in Melville on Oct. 19. They also disagreed about aiding Ukraine, which included a gaffe by Mr. LaLota that Ms. Fleming seized on.
After more than 38 years of service, Manny Vilar of Springs retired on Sunday from the New York State Park police, and with mixed emotions.
Marine units and other law enforcement personnel from around the East End were still searching this week for a 31-year-old Queens man, Dario Cholula, who went missing on the evening of Oct. 19 while fishing off North Haven in a small kayak.
The East Hampton Town Board will hold a public hearing on the town's 2023 preliminary budget — a roughly $90.36 million spending plan — during its meeting next Thursday at 2 p.m.
