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Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

Local Rotary Club's participated in the Rotary Day of Service on Monday, May 21, with help from high school students. Activities included entertaining residents at the Southampton Rehabilitation Center with a performance by the Bridgehampton School marimba band and games like red light green light, hot potato, duck duck goose, led by Southampton students. Hampton Bays held a 5K run and helped out with water distribution during it. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ROTARY

The theme for May at the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center was

The theme for May at the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center was "community helpers," which included visits from a librarian, a doctor a policeman and two Bridgehampton firemen, who brought along equipment of the trade. COURTESY BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER

It wasn't just blocks on Saturday morning at The Children's Museum of the East End (

It wasn't just blocks on Saturday morning at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton. Families played miniature golf, enjoyed stomp rockets, crafts and games with community partners, chalk art, a pretend soda fountain and full kitchen, and the usual assortment of CMEE fun. cmee.org RICHARD LEWIN

Kayleigh Llorente at The Children's Museum of the East End (

Kayleigh Llorente at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Saturday. RICHARD LEWIN

Gemma Patel and Olivia Bieber at The Children's Museum of the East End (

Gemma Patel and Olivia Bieber at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Saturday. RICHARD LEWIN

Vivian Newman at The Children's Museum of the East End (

Vivian Newman at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Saturday. RICHARD LEWIN

Gemma Patel and Olivia Bieber at The Children's Museum of the East End (

Gemma Patel and Olivia Bieber at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Saturday. RICHARD LEWIN

Vivian Newman at The Children's Museum of the East End (

Vivian Newman at The Children's Museum of the East End ("CMEE")'s community "7th Annual Block Party" on Saturday. RICHARD LEWIN

Brenda Simmons with artist Mayowa Nwadike at the opening reception for his exhibit,

Brenda Simmons with artist Mayowa Nwadike at the opening reception for his exhibit, "What Is, What Was and What Could Be," at the Southampton African American Museum on Saturday evening. DANA SHAW

Dayo Ephraim and Ayo Otuyelo at the opening reception for Mayowa Nwadike's exhibit,

Dayo Ephraim and Ayo Otuyelo at the opening reception for Mayowa Nwadike's exhibit, "What Is, What Was and What Could Be," at the Southampton African American Museum on Saturday evening. DANA SHAW

Gaspard Lapierre and Kyla Williams at the opening reception for Mayowa Nwadike's exhibit,

Gaspard Lapierre and Kyla Williams at the opening reception for Mayowa Nwadike's exhibit, "What Is, What Was and What Could Be," at the Southampton African American Museum on Saturday evening. DANA SHAW

Marc and Jennifer Klein with Michael and Laura Levine at the Southampton Inn's annual Memorial Day barbeque on Sunday. LISA TAMBURINI

Marc and Jennifer Klein with Michael and Laura Levine at the Southampton Inn's annual Memorial Day barbeque on Sunday. LISA TAMBURINI

Catherine Larsen, Southampton Village Mayor Bill Manger, Dede Gotthelf and Eddie Moan at the Southampton Inn's annual Memorial Day barbeque on Sunday. LISA TAMBURINI

Catherine Larsen, Southampton Village Mayor Bill Manger, Dede Gotthelf and Eddie Moan at the Southampton Inn's annual Memorial Day barbeque on Sunday. LISA TAMBURINI

authorStaff Writer on May 27, 2024

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