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In honor of National Family Caregivers Month this November, Peconic Bay Medical Center’s sixth annual Caregivers Retreat day will be held virtually, over Facebook Live, on Friday.

Thanks to promising weather over the next few days, the Leonids meteor shower can be seen in the pre-dawn skies this week. It will peak Monday night and the viewing will be made easier without moonlight, according to the Hamptons Observatory.

The East Hampton Lions Club will host a blood drive at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett on Monday from 11:45 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. The hall is on the corner of Montauk Highway and Abraham’s Path.

The John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor has an online college essay workshop planned for tomorrow from 4 to 5 p.m., promising tricks and tips for writing college admissions essays.

Two local libraries are helping kids say "thanks" to essential workers and others, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Honoring Veterans with ceremonies and perks.

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays will host an online training session on Tuesday for people who have an interest in volunteering to care for sick, injured, or orphaned wild animals.

East Hampton Town residents who have been holding on to those old paints, half-full gas cans, and the like can safely dispose of them on Saturday in Montauk.

On Thursday, Gail Baranello, co-owner of the A&G Dance Company, will lead a gentle, Covid-safe workshop called Moving Through Isolation, based around how people have been feeling during the pandemic.

The Greater East Hampton Education Foundation, which provides grants to local teachers for equipment and activities not covered in school district budgets, began selling tickets for its Winter Cold Cash Raffle this week.

If all 400 tickets are sold, the grand prize will be $2,500. A $1,000 prize for second place and two $250 prizes for third place will also be drawn. Ticket sales end Nov. 10, and the drawing will take place on Dec. 16.

Anticipating a disputed result of Tuesday's presidential election, an activist group called Progressive East End Reformers has scheduled a post-election rally on Wednesday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Community House.

On Monday evening, Artists for Democracy will continue their East End projections to encourage residents to vote on Tuesday, which is the official Election Day.

Halloween will look a little different this year because of the pandemic, but there's still plenty of fun to be had.

The police departments and school districts in Southampton Town will be joining forces to collect non-perishable food items for East End food banks from Nov. 1 to Nov. 20.

A new state law affecting all car and truck passengers ages 16 and over will go into effect on Sunday. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation in August instituting this new rule, which applies even if someone is sitting in the back seat. Formerly, only front-seat passengers were required to buckle up.

Upcoming events at Temple Adas Israel and John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., local authorities will take part in National Drug Take Back Day, collecting expired and unused medication for safe disposal.

Early voting ahead of Election Day, Nov. 3, begins on Saturday and continues through Nov. 1. In East Hampton, it will be held at the Windmill Village housing complex at 219 Accabonac Road, and in Southampton on the Stony Brook Southampton campus at 70 Tuckahoe Road.

After cancelling its popular in-person pumpkin-carving contest due to Covid-19, the Bridgehampton Lions Club is still holding the event this weekend. As the Lions put it, the contest is "glowing on," only on Instagram instead of on site.

There's an unusual scavenger hunt called Art Foray going on right now at East Hampton's LongHouse Reserve.

Kilian Ruckriegel, 12, and Sophia Cosmina Ruckriegel, 14, the Springs siblings who held a paddle-out in Amagansett this summer to support inclusion in surfing, are continuing their advocacy efforts by organizing a remote screening of the documentary "White Wash," which will be followed by a panel discussion.

Public libraries across the South Fork are taking part in the Great Give Back, a community service initiative of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System that gives patrons an opportunity to participate in service-oriented activities on Saturday, Oct. 17.

The Bridgehampton School this week launched a school-spirit clothing sale on the website Fancloth. Fans of the Killer Bees can order T-shirts, sweatshirts, leggings and sweatpants, pajama pants, caps, duffel bags, and other items, all outfitted with the school name and mascot.

Today, Oct. 15, is the last day for people to complete the United States census, the once-per-decade population survey that figures prominently into government funding for schools, transportation, emergency services, health care, housing, and other key programs.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will sponsor candidates debates for New York's First Congressional District and State Senate District next week.

Get those pumpkins and tools ready — it's almost time for the Bridgehampton Lions Club's annual pumpkin-carving contest.

Friday, Oct. 9, is the deadline to register to vote in the November general election. Here is how to make sure you can do so, be it in person or by absentee ballot.

The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and Students for Climate Action will co-host a virtual town hall event with the candidates for New York’s First and Second Congressional Districts on Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. 

Project Most will hold a fund-raising toy sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the East Hampton Neighborhood House at 92 Three Mile Harbor Road.

Toys for children ages 2 and up, such as dolls, sports equipment, trucks, and video games, will be available for purchase for as little as $2 each.

All proceeds support Project Most, which runs educational programs for children here during the school year, on weekends, and in the summer.

This year's recipient of the Wainscott Business Community Award from the hamlet's citizens advisory committee is the Clubhouse, the restaurant and entertainment center on Daniel's Hole Road that has also served as a food pantry and school campus during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The committee has given awards since 2012, an idea of its late former chairman Rick Del Mastro, to recognize businesses that are leaders here and those that contribute positively to its aesthetics.