Community

It isn’t easy to get Almond restaurant, Scotto’s, Backyard Brine and Shock Ice Cream all in one place — but on Saturday, January 26, Katy’s Courage will bring them together.

The Friends of Havens Beach, of which Carol Williams is a founder, will present an “Indoor Field Trip to Havens Beach” on Sunday, January 20 at 3 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library. Jean Held is preparing a slide show for the event that will give the human and natural history of the beach, including current conditions, and “a look into better future,” according to Ms. Williams.

The Sag Harbor community and beyond are rallying around the Whelan family after Shannon Whelan, a Sag Harbor native and mother of three, died suddenly from cardiac arrest in Sydney, Australia, several days ago.

Brian Tupper, a 1995 graduate of Southampton High School, is a teacher who has traveled across the world educating students.

Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts announced late last month it is putting out a challenge to all of Main Street, Sag Harbor to eliminate single-use plastic water bottles and plastic straws in 2019.

Laurence “Laurie” Rossbach was born in Manhattan to Laurence Bache Rossbach and Edith Lowenstein Rossbach and died in hospice at the Peconic Bay Hospital in Riverhead.

Shana Conron died peacefully on December 19, 2018 after a period of declining health.

Wafa Faith Hallam, 62, a Sag Harbor resident from 2008 to 2017, when she sold or gave away all of her possessions and flew off on a 19-month solo journey to far-away places she had never been, is not one to rest easy.

The 17th annual East Hampton Polar Bear Plunge was held at Main Beach in near perfect weather conditions, though there were some choppy waves to contend with

Clarke Whitehead, a teacher in the New York City public schools, died at his home in Brooklyn, New York. He was 48 and had been ill for two years.

On Tuesday afternoon earlier this month, Minerva Perez was in full work mode — which was unexpected, considering it was her birthday. She had a...

This week, and just in time for the holidays, the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons launched its ARF 2018 Yearbook.

Municipalities, nonprofits and private companies on the South Fork will receive almost $16.7 million in economic development grants that were awarded by Governor Andrew Cuomo through the Regional Economic Development Councils on Tuesday.

On Saturday, Sag Harbor honored its late veterans in a new way — by taking part in Wreaths Across America, a national effort to decorate the gravesites of late veterans with holiday wreaths.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has announced that the David E. Rogers M.D. Center, which provides comprehensive HIV medical and mental health care to residents on the East End, will be renamed the Edith Windsor Center in 2019.