Dwayne A. Denton, a decorated volunteer firefighter who served the Amagansett Fire Department for 33 years, died at home of cardiac arrest on April 8. He had been ill for about a month with lung cancer. He was 61.

Theresa Frood, who lived in East Hampton from 1949 to 2000, died after a short illness on Easter Sunday in North Carolina.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.

Writing a biography of the couture-sporting, Slavic companion of “the most toxic leader in American history”? Sounds like trouble.

A few weeks ago, Sebastian Gorgone, the gregarious and always welcoming proprietor of Mrs. Sam’s Bait and Tackle in East Hampton, explained to me that the local fishing season will get in high gear only once the daffodils begin to wilt. I had not heard of this local proverb before, and I wondered, was it true?

The Bridgehampton School on Wednesday warned families about a troublesome TikTok account called "bhssecretspy" that has been "disseminating videos that are derogatory in nature," according to an email from Michael Miller, the school principal.

For the first time in a month, since the spring season began, on April 28 the Bonac boys tennis team played a home match, on redone courts to which the final touches had been added just a day or two before.