The Amagansett School Board last week reviewed a second draft of next year's school budget, which is proposed at $11.9 million, up from this year's $11.37 million. If the district moves forward with the version presented, the year-over-year spending increase would be 4.7 percent.

Expressing concerns over the timeline of the district's major renovation and expansion project, the Springs School Board and administration on Monday postponed approving the official 2021-22 school calendar.

"The district did not have to search far for an individual who is intelligent, hard-working, curriculum focused, dedicated, and always puts students first," Debra Winter, the district superintendent, said during Monday's school board meeting.

Here's what's coming up for kids during the February school vacation.

Sag Harbor's Board of Education, faced with a student petition to overturn a recent decision by the district superintendent, Jeff Nichols, not to let Pierson High student-athletes compete this winter in "high-risk" sports, once again seconded the superintendent at a meeting Monday night.

For the next season of his show "What Made America Great," which began airing this week on the Fox Nation streaming service, Brian Kilmeade was tasked with finding a local story with national appeal. Covid-19 made traveling tough, so it had to be close to home in New York for Mr. Kilmeade, one of the anchors of Fox and Friends.

In “What Becomes a Legend Most,” Philip Gefter shows Richard Avedon to be an eminent fashion photographer driven to be recognized as a great artist but met with disdain from the establishment.