Villages

“We in E.M.S. are completely in the dark on what the plan is for the coming months and what to expect,” the Montauk Ambulance Company wrote in a letter to the town board. “We need clarity and, more importantly, to have our thoughts heard.”

Two measures of Long Island’s progress toward reopening the economy appear to be at odds, but one thing is for certain at this point: When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Pause order expires tomorrow, Long Island will not be ready to fully reopen despite what is thought to be the waning impact of Covid-19 in New York State.

We’ve been thrust into a surreal crisis filled with uncertainty and fear. Without effective coping strategies that enable us to adapt, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Here are a few.

Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital have devised ways to give voice to their Covid-19 patients and help keep them in touch with their families.

Before Suffolk County can safely begin to emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown, an expansive contact tracing program designed to contain future outbreaks by identifying, monitoring, and isolating those who come in contact with someone infected must be in place.

The number of Covid-19 patients in Suffolk County hospitals increased by 10 on Monday, and a number from Tuesday was not yet available. The increase may just be a "one day thing," said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone at his daily briefing.

East Hampton Village Mayor Richard Lawler plans to appoint Ray Harden to a seat on the village board on Friday, he said in an interview on Wednesday.

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, founded in 2006 by the musician John Bongiovi Jr., a.k.a. Jon Bon Jovi, to address hunger and homelessness in the United States, is establishing a food bank to supply and deliver food to a central location in East Hampton Town for distribution to its food pantries.

"It's been a very rough couple of months -- but at least now there's a sliver of light," said Claude Okin, who owns the Sportime club in Amagansett and numerous other tennis clubs in the metro area.

The East Hampton Town Board voted unanimously last Thursday to add business district hamlet studies to the town's comprehensive plan, leaving out a controversial long-range plan to relocate Montauk's oceanfront motels and other businesses.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced over the last several days key initiatives including an investigation into the impacts of Covid-19 on children and an extension of the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse to file claims.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the county now meets four of the seven criteria necessary for reopening, but will not be ready to do so by Friday, the day the PAUSE order ends.