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Congressman Tim Bishop and United States Senator, Charles E. Schumer sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, Michael Huerta, and reiterated their repeated calls for an alteration to the North Shore helicopter route.

The Shelter Island Cricket Club (SICC) will play their Third Annual Cricket Match to raise funds for the Shelter Island Ambulance Corps.

Organizers of the Hamptons Marathon and Bridgehampton Half presented Southampton Hospital with a donation of $10,000 to represent a portion of the proceeds from their First Annual Half Marathon.

"Chabad North Haven in The Hamptons" are hosting IDF Wounded Soldiers when they visit the Hamptons this weekend.

Mixed media artist Ben Moon custom painted a 1985 collector's Rolls Royce called "silver spur" with his signature black and white designs to raise money for the Wounded Warriors.

Maureen's Haven Homeless Outreach is hosting its Annual Lobster Bash Disco Style at Docker's Waterside in East Quogue to support the Day Center & Winter Shelter Program.

The Clamshell Foundation is hosting the 33rd Annual Great Bonac Fireworks Show this weekend.

With the looming threat of a Long Island Rail Road strike that would doom many East Enders and New Yorkers trying to get back and forth to Manhattan, action is suggested quickly from Southampton and East Hampton Towns.

The Hamptons Visitors Council is presenting the "All for the Bays" concert at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. WPPB's Bonnie Grice will host the event, which will feature performances by Rick Derringer, LA Woman and Dub Steady.

Southampton annually boasts the largest Fourth of July parade on Long Island, and despite the monsoon, this past fourth was no different.