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Main Newsletter March 7
March 7, 2026
Today: Cloudy with some showers, high 42, winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Cloudy with occasional rain, low 39. Tomorrow: Cloudy with fog in the morning, high 47, winds west-southwest at 5 to 10 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 5:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 7:11.
Spring ahead! Remember to change your clocks overnight.
Approximately 600 dead Canada geese, believed to be victims of avian flu, have been removed from around Georgica Pond in the last two days and buried in the sand, said Jim Grimes, an East Hampton Town trustee.
By Christopher Gangemi
 | Reports of dead Canada geese in great numbers along the ocean beaches in the waning days of February announced the arrival of what appears to be a wave of avian influenza here. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Two important cultural venues in East Hampton Town, LongHouse Reserve and the Brooks-Park Arts and Nature Center, have suffered severe damage as a result of last week’s blizzard: the partial collapse of Buckminster Fuller’s iconic “Fly’s Eye Dome” at LongHouse and the James Brooks studio. By Mark Segal |
 | Buried beneath the budgets and bond updates at the East Hampton School Board meeting Tuesday was the announcement nobody wanted to hear: The district's athletic director, Kathy Masterson, is retiring at the end of this school year. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | A former vice president and co-treasurer of the Sag Harbor P.T.A. was arrested Tuesday on charges that she stole more than $10,000 from P.T.A. bank accounts. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | The ghost of Justin Timberlake’s adjudicated June 2024 drunken-driving arrest in Sag Harbor resurfaced this week, with the pop star’s lawyers fighting the release of video footage from the incident. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | Minerva Perez, the executive director of Organizacion Latino Americana, has been pushing local governments to adopt an East End Public Safety and Accountability Law, drafted by OLA, that would clarify how local police would respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids here. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | East Hampton School District officials will officially present their three bond proposals at a March 17 school board meeting, and there are some significant changes since the projects were decided on. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | An equestrian center complete with a 21,000-square-foot indoor riding arena, a stable for 26 horses, manure pit, three 2,272-square-foot houses, and a nearly 15,000-square-foot garage proposed on a protected parcel of land next to the Channing Daughters Winery in Bridgehampton was roundly panned by residents at a Southampton Town Planning Board hearing. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Grass or brick? Those were the options on the table during a town board discussion about “beautification” to the south side of Amagansett Main Street from Hedges Lane to the west entrance to Amagansett Square. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Plans are in the works to revegetate an acre at Springs Park, cleared last year of invasive autumn olive trees. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Beach season may be hard to picture with the ground still covered in snow, but the East Hampton Town Recreation Department is already preparing kids for the summer ahead, with training, evaluation, and testing for the junior lifeguard program happening at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter set for Sundays through late June. By Carissa Katz |
 | Thespians in East Hampton High School’s musical, “Into the Woods,” are onstage for a three-night run this weekend, and there’s still a chance to catch the show Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Sag Harbor residents were the first on the East End to try out new, all-digital voting machines unveiled by the Suffolk County Board of Elections last week in anticipation of the June 23 primaries. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | The name of the game in real estate marketing has always been print, signage, and Main Street storefronts showcasing the latest listings. While East Hampton Village still has about a dozen storefronts where potential buyers can swoon over photographs of what’s for sale, the marketing is shifting. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | At the 2026 state championships in Albany last weekend, Bronco Campsey, a junior from Pierson High School, clawed back from a loss in the second round to place fifth in the state in the 126-pound weight class. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Alyssa Bahel, a 2015 East Hampton High School graduate and track star, ran the 2026 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 3:09:34, the 275th woman to finish in a field of nearly 39,000 runners. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The Bonac Boys 4-by-800-meter relay team tried one more time to break East Hampton’s 23-year-old school record last weekend at the Long Island Elite Meet. Their time of 8:42.53, while not record-breaking, still earned them a third-place finish at St. Anthony’s High School. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Two of Bonac’s top female track and field athletes competed at the Long Island Elite Meet at St. Anthony’s High School. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | “Those unexpected rest days turned out to be a blessing in disguise” ahead of the state meet this weekend, Coach Craig Brierley said. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The story of the Mulfords, their extended family, and their James Lane homestead. By Megan Bardis |
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