There will be a dance party fund-raiser at Rosie's restaurant on Thursday, May 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. to support the East Hampton Education Foundation, which provides thousands of dollars in grants to local teachers each year.
Tickets cost $100 and can be bought online at eh-ef.org. There will also be door prizes and auction prizes, from which proceeds benefit students from Montauk to Sagaponack. Rosie's is at 195 Main Street in Amagansett.
The antifungal pesticide Broadform, previously banned by the D.E.C., has been found to be effective against beech leaf disease in a far lower dose. Arbortech, a fungicide that is injected rather than sprayed, has also shown some effectiveness with less of an environmental impact.
Hamptons Whodunit, the festival that brings mystery and thriller fiction authors as well as true crime experts to East Hampton Village each spring, is expanding from its local origins with the first true crime weekend in Savannah, Ga.
ChangeHampton will host a Bio-Blitz, a citizen-scientist training initiative at the Community Pollinator Garden and Native Grassland Meadows on the East Hampton Town Hall campus.
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