Hampton Chutney, a culinary fixture on the South Fork since 1997, has begun construction on a new location at Astor Place in NoHo.

The architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi will be at LongHouse to discuss with Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, some of the problems faced by architects today.

News from the Fireplace Project, Sean Scully talk at the Parrish, new installations at Watermill Center, East End Photographers at Water Mill Museum, open studio in Springs.

Brazilian jazz at The Church in Sag Harbor, comedy about a deadbeat dad, a new executive director of HamptonsFilm, "Much Ado About Nothing" outdoors on Shelter Island.

Marc Murphy, a noted chef and restaurateur, will stir the conversational pot at Guild Hall with Florence Fabricant, and the Grill at Ruschmeyers in Montauk has a new executive chef.

A brush fire along the north side of Montauk Highway on a remote stretch of Napeague was reported on Wednesday afternoon and burned an area roughly the size of a football field before being extinguished.

A special event, purportedly for an electric vehicle educational display in Herrick Park, went awry on July 9 and was promptly shut down by Marcos Baladron, the East Hampton Village administrator, after he fielded multiple complaints from residents about a General Motors “car dealership” at the park’s entrance.

In the summer of 2011, Alex Esposito and James Mirras addressed a specific need with Hamptons Free Ride, an electric shuttle service that ran in a fixed loop through East Hampton and from parking lots in town to Main Beach. Since then, a “hometown side project” has developed into Circuit, an all-electric, on-demand “micro-transit” solution in more than 40 cities and towns.

In a move championed by educators, dreaded by many students, and mandated by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the East Hampton School Board last week officially approved a ban on student use of smartphones and internet-enabled devices during the school day. It will take effect at the start of the school year.