Those who enjoy nature can take advantage of several upcoming adventures, from full-on hikes to shoreline walks.

Heritage is as important to Kristina Felix Ibarra as expression, and she has found a way to incorporate both in her love of food. It may sound simple, but it's not. Like much in her life, it's actually quite complicated.

A proposal that would impose term limits on East Hampton Village's elected officials, a tentative budget for the next fiscal year, and the impact of the state's marijuana legalization were discussed at a village board meeting last Thursday. The board also announced that a public hearing will be held on Friday, May 21, on a proposal to convert parallel parking spaces to angled, drive-in ones on parts of Newtown Lane.

Mother’s Day has passed, but in its honor Hamptons Doc Fest is presenting “Her Name Is Chef,” a documentary about changing gender roles in restaurant kitchens, online through May 23.     

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital announced Tuesday that it has now earned certification as a Level III trauma center in both adult and pediatric medicine from the American College of Surgeons. 

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Bay Street Theater will hold a series of outdoor fund-raising dinners through the late spring and summer. Tracey Mitchell, the executive director, and her husband Blaze Makoid, an architect, will host one featuring a performance by Richard Kind, an actor, at 7 p.m. on June 10 (rain date June 11). The cost is $2,500 per person, and only 28 seats are available. 

the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee tackled the subjects of litter and the profusion of signs when it met this week. The town should "rip out" the signs, one woman said of those at the beach. "If it looks nicer, people might treat it nicer."

Carole Ann George, familiar here from her jobs at the I.G.A. markets in Amagansett and East Hampton, died of cardiac arrest at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va., on March 8. She was 73 and had been ill for two years.

It was a bit of a surprise that I was stopped on the water last Tuesday morning by the Coast Guard for a safety inspection, but it felt good to know they had checked to see that I had all I need to be safe on the water. 

Bonackers contributed to the South Fork Islanders' 10-7 win over Riverhead Saturday, and the girls beat North Babylon 18-11 on Friday.