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On Call: The Best Time for a Difficult Question

We tend to ask just about everyone we think could even possibly have some sort of serious event requiring CPR or intubation what their wishes are. The reason for that? Because experience has taught me, over and over again, to tackle these questions at the beginning.

Sep 2, 2020
Back the Blue in Morning, Black Lives in Afternoon

Supporters of law enforcement and the armed forces will gather in Southampton on Saturday for a Back the Blue rally at 11 a.m., and later in the day racial justice activists will march in a rally of their own, also in Southampton.

Sep 2, 2020
Blu Mar in Southampton Loses Liquor License

For the second time in a week, the New York State Liquor Authority has suspended the license of a Southampton Village restaurant and bar after numerous violations of coronavirus-related regulations were observed.

Aug 29, 2020
Gyms Reopen at Long Last

After having been excluded from all four phases of the state's economic reopening plan, East End gyms and fitness centers finally began welcoming clients back on Monday with a slew of new safety protocols in place. But for those who might still be wary about returning to fitness centers, virtual and outdoor workouts continue.

Aug 28, 2020
Recasting Sharks as Saviors of the Seas

Several East End scientists are working to dispel the persistent public perception of white sharks, which prevents understanding their importance in the ocean, and their increasing vulnerability.

Aug 27, 2020
On Call: Talking to Children About Covid-19

As parents or caregivers, it can be easy to feel like we're protecting our children somehow by being vague or even avoiding world events, but that negates the simple truth that children, while being inexperienced, are generally not dumb. They have eyes to see and ears to hear, and if your kids are like mine, they know something big is going on.

Aug 27, 2020
Letter to a Sag Harbor Captain at Sea

East Hampton Library item of the week: One of the more recent additions to the Long Island Collection is a group of letters written to Capt. Shamgar Slate by his wife, Maria Folger Eldredge Slate (1824-1889).

Aug 27, 2020
Ruschmeyer's Etiquette Concept Nixed Amid Scrutiny

Earlier this month, East Hampton Town intervened to stop an extravagant outdoor entertainment concept called Etiquette at the establishment; it featured music, aerial performances, burlesque dancers, and other acts, and nightclub-style lighting.

Aug 27, 2020
Cuomo Slams C.D.C., Trump

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo did not mince words Thursday while speaking about the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent modification of coronavirus testing guidelines, calling the recommendation that people without Covid-19 symptoms not get tested even if they have been exposed to the virus “dumbfounding” and “really bad advice.”

Aug 27, 2020
Clam Contest to Go Virtual

The East Hampton Town Trustees set Sept. 20 as the date for their 30th Largest Clam Contest on Monday, following a debate as to how the event could be conducted amid the coronavirus pandemic, and as with so many other events in the town this year, the event will be virtual.

Aug 27, 2020
Video Talk on Life-Saving Station

David Cataletto will give a virtual presentation on the U.S. Life-Saving Service on Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m.

Aug 27, 2020
Suffolk's Infection Rate Remains Low

Even as Suffolk County reached a grim milestone, surpassing 2,000 deaths from Covid-19 last weekend, the spread of the virus seems to be holding steady at approximately a 1-percent daily infection rate.

Aug 26, 2020
Southampton Restaurant Sees Liquor License Suspended for Violating Covid Rules

The Southampton Village restaurant 75 Main had its liquor license suspended by the New York State Liquor Authority on Sunday, following a Saturday night visit by S.L.A. investigators and officers from the village, the Suffolk County Police Department, and the County Sheriff’s Office that revealed numerous violations of coronavirus-related regulations, according to a release from the state.

Aug 24, 2020
State Ruling on Live Entertainment 'Killed Our Music'

Weeks after some venues on the South Fork resumed offering live music, the New York State Liquor Authority clarified language on its website and contacted all bars and restaurants to ensure they were aware of the restrictions that have remained in place in mid-March. Word spread quickly among musicians, some of whom consider it another nail in the coffin for live music.

Aug 21, 2020
Supersized Luxury Fleet Drops Anchor Here

The yacht charter business was initially hit hard by the pandemic because of restrictions on international travel, then, after about six weeks of quarantining, clients started clamoring to get on the water. Now many mega yachts that might normally be chartered in places like the Mediterranean have instead been in the waters off Sag Harbor and North Haven this summer.

Aug 20, 2020
Parsing a Dime-BNB Bank Merger

The impending merger of BNB Bank, the East End's last independent local bank, with Dime Community Bank of New York City will allow the institution to provide greater financial support to businesses while maintaining its connection to the region, Kevin O'Connor, the C.E.O. of BNB Bank, said in an interview last week.

Aug 20, 2020
Montauk Brewing Company Caught in Social Media Firestorm

When the company declared its support for the Black Lives Matter movement on a chalkboard outside its tasting room and on its Instagram account in June, initial reactions were largely positive. But a delayed backlash in the form of a new Facebook group that emerged last week called Defund Montauk Brewing Company is dragging the small business onto the battlefield of a social media war of words.

Aug 20, 2020
Virus Scare 'Averted' at Hayground Camp

After following up on a weekend scare in which a child tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, summer camp administrators at the Hayground School, in consultation with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, concluded the camp can safely continue running this week.

Aug 17, 2020
Call to Defund Montauk Brewing Company Leads Many to Defend It

When the Montauk Brewing Company declared its support for the Black Lives Matter movement on a chalkboard outside its tasting room in June, initial reactions were positive, but a delayed backlash in the form of a new Facebook group called Defund Montauk Brewing Company emerged earlier this week and by Sunday had over 20,000 members.

Aug 16, 2020
Engaged in Ithaca

Bill Delano and Kristina Felix Ibarra met at a yoga class.

Aug 14, 2020
Devlin and Baigent Married in Montauk

The couple's son was the ringbearer.

Aug 14, 2020
The Strong Brothers Blacksmith Shop

This photograph from the C. Frank Dayton photo collection at the East Hampton Library shows the blacksmith shop owned and operated by the Strong family here. It is believed to have been taken sometime in 1903.

Aug 13, 2020
Trump's South Fork Stopover Gave Fisherman a Tale to Tell

"It was a big deal to me . . . a once-in-a-lifetime experience," said Capt. Chuck Morici, a commercial fisherman from Montauk who won the chance to meet President Trump after having what was judged the best decorated boat in a Friday TrumpStock boat parade. He and his daughter were guests at a Saturday night fund-raiser at Donald Trump Jr.'s house.

Aug 13, 2020
Making Ma's House a Museum

It has been more than 20 years since his grandmother's death, and Jeremy Dennis, a photographer who is now 30, hopes to use the money he is raising to turn his grandmother's former home into an artists' studio and museum honoring the Black, Indigenous, and/or persons of color, or BIPOC, community.

Aug 13, 2020
Help for the Hungry

East End Cares and the Clamshell Foundation, a long-running East Hampton charity, have collected $126,000 in donations since March, with $70,000 from the Citarella grocery stores in Southampton, Bridgehampton, and East Hampton.

Aug 13, 2020
East Hampton Planners Examine Emergency Room Annex

In an initial review of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's proposal to build an emergency room annex and diagnostic center in East Hampton, members of the East Hampton Town Planning Board voiced concerns about the facility's impact on traffic flow, the placement of a Medevac helipad, and the possibility of "mission creep."

Aug 13, 2020
A Week Without Covid at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

When word came from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on July 31 that the last Covid-19 patient had been discharged and there were no suspected or confirmed cases among other patients, it was cause for celebration — a celebration that lasted a whole week.

Aug 12, 2020
Bellone Blasts Trump for Calling Disaster Assistance a 'Bailout'

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone angrily denounced President Trump on Wednesday, telling reporters that the president referred to federal disaster assistance as “some sort of bailout” during his fund-raising visit to the South Fork on Saturday.

Aug 12, 2020
'First of its Kind' Oyster Reef Installed off Star Island

The spat-on-shell crustaceans are juvenile oysters grown on recycled oyster shells at the cooperative extension's shellfish hatchery.

Aug 6, 2020
The House That Laura Built

A postcard from the East Hampton Library's Harvey Ginsberg Collection shows the home of Henry A. James, a pioneer of the summer colony here. The house, however, should be named for Henry's wife, Laura Brevoort Sedgwick James.

Aug 6, 2020