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The New York State Division of Consumer Protection and the State Health Department have warned residents of a text message phishing scheme to try to steal personal information from those attempting to validate their Covid-19 vaccine status. 

In recent weeks, the East Hampton Town Police Department has received enough reports of items missing from vehicles to call them "a string of larcenies." In most of the incidents, the cars were unlocked and parked in people's driveways.

The South Fork Commuter Connection, a system of trains and shuttles that many people use in lieu of cars to travel to work here, will not operate its usual Long Island Rail Road trains between Tuesday and Thursday this week because of track work planned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 

The East Hampton Group for Good Government will host a debate among the candidates for supervisor and town board on Monday at 7 p.m.

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce's 40th Fall Festival, two days of food, live music, and fun for the kids, will be held on the downtown green on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Montauk Lighthouse, the Kings of the Coast Pirates will put on shows filled with mayhem and misadventure at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Amber Waves, a nonprofit farm and market in Amagansett, has a current fund-raising campaign for which it is seeking donations to provide 200 local families with $100 gift cards.

The New York State Department of Education is seeking nominations for an award for exemplary high school seniors through Oct. 28. Twenty students, including 10 boys and 10 girls, will be New York's candidates in the Presidential Scholars Program, which was established in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.

Low-income and middle-income Suffolk County residents who need financial help paying for home heating bills or to repair or replace a home heating system, can apply for state aid through the Home Energy Assistance Program starting Friday.

Montauk Youth's annual field day, a Montauk tradition since the 1980s that is co-sponsored by Third House Nature Center, will be held on Sunday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Montauk County Park.

The East Hampton Town Trustees' Largest Clam Contest, an annual event that for the 31st year will showcase the group's role in town government and the bounty of the town's waterways, will happen on Sunday at noon on the grounds of the Lamb Building on Bluff Road in Amagansett, which houses the trustees' office.

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present the 34th iteration of “PechaKucha Night Hamptons,” its popular series of rapid-fire presentations by creative East End residents, live in its theater and streamed online, Friday at 6 p.m.

Book lovers who cherish the chance to talk about literature, hear from authors, and explore new titles will have plenty of opportunities to do so this week.

Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island is joining with the Shinnecock Tribal Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society, Honor Our Indigenous Ancestors Inc., the Unkechaug Nation, and descendants of other tribal people of Long Island to form the Afro-Indigenous Burial Ground Partnership at Sylvester Manor. 

Dogs and their people have been encouraged to sign up for the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons' Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser, which will take place on Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Starting Thursday afternoon, Project Most will run eight-week soccer clinics for children ages 3 to 8 on Thursdays through Nov. 11.

In light of a recent spate of opioid overdoses on the East End, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming has partnered with Sheriff Errol Toulon, HUGS Inc., and Suffolk Community College to offer a training and education seminar on the use of naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, which can be used to help prevent such overdoses.

Several upcoming hikes and paddles are ideal for those who want to take advantage of the late summer and early fall weather outdoors.

A cultural surfing exchange and a teen girls surf meetup will happen at the ocean beach at Napeague Lane on Sunday.

I-Tri's annual Hamptons Ride and Wine cycling event, with 10 and 30-mile routes, sets out on Saturday morning from the Channing Sculpture Garden next to the Channing Daughters Winery in Bridgehampton. Participants will finish their rides at the sculpture garden with a buffet lunch and curated wine tasting.

This year's Car Free Day, when people are encouraged to get around without cars and instead ride a train, bus, subway, bicycle, or carpool or walk, happens on Sept. 22 on Long Island.

Starting Tuesday, Bridgehampton School students can take part in a new after-school club meant to teach the basics of soccer.

On paid parking, clam pies, and more.

A limited number of doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine will be available by appointment on Monday for East Hampton School District students ages 12 and up.

The East Hampton Library's budget vote will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is open to registered voters from the East Hampton, Springs, and Wainscott School Districts.

Bridgehampton Day, a gathering to celebrate community, is coming back on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bridgehampton School.

Bacteria levels in water bodies surveyed by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk were generally low this week, likely owing to limited rainfall. But eight of 24 sites surveyed in Montauk, Amagansett, Springs, and East Hampton showed medium or high levels of enterococcus.

HarborFest, Sag Harbor Village's weekend-long celebration, begins on Friday, Sept. 10, with a party with live music by the Nancy Atlas Project from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Breakwater Yacht Club.

A rundown of upcoming worship services at Temple Adas Israel, the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons, Chabad of the Hamptons, and the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

The Shinnecock Indian Nation's annual powwow is closed to the public for the second year in a row because of Covid-19.

There are still a few spots open for Wednesday's drop-painting workshop at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, which will be led by Joyce Raimondo, the founding director of Imagine That! Art Education.