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Live, from East Hampton: Your town board members will take part in a virtual video meeting on Friday that will be streamed on LTV’s Channel 22 and online.

Libraries across East Hampton Town are there to help you get through the days at home.  

Many local fitness, dance, and yoga professionals are now offering online programs, from A&G Dance to the Y.M.C.A. to Yoga Shanti.

Steve Bellone will offer an update on Suffolk's response at 6:30 p.m. as cases in the county rise to nearly 1,500.

Although possibilities for escape in the outside world are growing increasingly limited, the virtual world of art and culture is offering plenty of fresh experiences, performances, concerts, and more.

The East Hampton Food Pantry has adjusted its distribution procedure in light of the coronavirus situation.

In photographs, how businesses and residents reacted as coronavirus precautions began to take hold.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc will offer an update on the COVID-19 situation at the town board work session on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The meeting will be broadcast live on LTV, but will be closed to public attendance.

Restaurants were ordered to shut down their dining rooms, but many had already hastened to transition to takeout and delivery services in order to comply with social distancing recommendations. Here's a list.

The LTV Media Center in Wainscott on Monday announced it has created a new live news broadcast, "Facts at Five," to air on Channel 20 in East Hampton Town and stream online each day, starting today.

In the interest of keeping our readers and our community informed about health-related matters, this week The East Hampton Star removed the paywall for all of its virus-related coverage, meaning that you can read these stories for free whether you are a subscriber or not.

Update, March 14, 7:10 a.m.: The East Hampton Library has announced that it would be closed indefinitely and that fines would be waived for all overdue items. Updates will be posted on the library's website and facebook page.

All talks, classes, and other public programs at the East Hampton, Southampton, Sag Harbor, and Amagansett Libraries have been suspended through the end of March.

A number of conveniences are available so you don't have to leave the house.

The United States Postal Service has announced plans to remove a mailbox from the Bridgehampton Commons, in front of the King Kullen grocery store.

"The volume collected from this collection box is no longer significant enough at this location to warrant keeping [one] there," the Postal Service said in a notice placed on the mailbox and tacked up at post offices regionally.

The Montauk St. Patrick's Day Parade has been canceled, and as COVID-19 takes hold in Suffolk County many organizations have closed or canceled programs as a precautionary measure. The Star will update this list as new information becomes available.

Nothing beats good hand washing, but you can easily make a great DIY hand-sanitizer.

You'll need very high proof vodka or rum (we used Spirytus grain alcohol from Poland that is 192 proof — 96% alcohol!) and aloe (available in food stores and Latino specialty shops).

The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation’s monthly wellness fair will take place Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former Most Holy Trinity Catholic School. Parking is in the church lot off Buell Lane. Services will include screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, and H.I.V. Applications for colorectal screenings and appointments for no-cost mammogram and Pap tests for uninsured women over 40 will also be available.     

Rock the Retreat, a fund-raiser that was to happen tonight at the Stephen Talkhouse, has been rebranded. A “community jam” featuring the Rum Hill Rockers and bands led by East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman will benefit the Retreat, which provides domestic violence and sexual assault services and education.

The Family Service League will host a workshop at the Springs School on Monday to help adults, teens, and children avoid becoming addicted to vaping.   

Barry Sonnenfeld, the legendary director and cinematographer, will visit the Hayground School tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to sign copies of his new book, “Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker.”

The Bridgehampton School is planning a class reunion for alumni who graduated in 1970. As per the school's annual tradition, the reunion will be held around the time of the high school graduation ceremony in late June, with exact details to be announced.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Family Health and Wellness Fair will be held at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on St. Andrew’s Road on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The South Fork Natural History Museum has announced the formation of YES!, its new Young Environmentalists Society, which will hold its first meeting on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Clear your schedule for HarborFrost in Sag Harbor on Saturday. The day of events will begin with a hike around Mashashimuet Park at 10 a.m. and conclude with a performance by the HooDoo Loungers at 8 p.m. at Bay Street Theater. Tickets for the latter are $30 and available on the theater’s website.     

The Bridgehampton School has announced that Madeline Grabb is the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class, and Jaden Campbell is the salutatorian.

For those eager to go deeper into family histories, the Suffolk County Historical Museum in Riverhead will host a program on African-American genealogy on Saturday at 1 p.m.

As part of the East End Mental Health Initiative, East Hampton Town is offering three workshops in March under the umbrella of "Self Help for Mental Health." Each will focus on a different subject, covering meditation, nutrition, and movement.

Presentations, on consecutive Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., starting March 10, will be in video format, followed by discussions and demonstrations. They will be held in the auditorium at East Hampton Middle School, 76 Newtown Lane.

The next installment of the LTV series “East End Underground,” filmed in front of a live audience at the public access studio in Wainscott, will feature blues and gospel music in celebration of Black History Month.

A presentation and panel discussion on how the history of the enslaved is being revealed through archaeology, anthropology, and other methods that fill in the gaps left by official records will be held on Sunday.

On Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1 p.m., a Montauk Point State Park naturalist will lead a three-mile hike from the state park office in the lower parking lot to see shore birds and seals.