The arguments turned to the metaphysical on Tuesday when members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife implored the East Hampton Town Board to ban hunting on one weekend day, with several speakers referring to the spiritual and healing qualities of nature.

Accabonac Harbor in Springs and Northwest Creek in East Hampton will receive a new degree of scrutiny after an expansion of a water testing program run by Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

The East Hampton High School boys track team, which numbers about 40, improved to 1-2 on Monday with an 89-38 home win over Wyandanch.

From a Bonac girls track meet here on Friday to Katy’s Courage 5K in Sag Harbor Saturday, here’s the latest rundown.

The East Hampton Town Trustees appear close to drastically changing the way they manage the rented sites of the old fishing cottages at Lazy Point.

East Hampton won 4-3 at Westhampton Beach last week, while girls tracksters took high hurdles, racewalk, pole vault, and 4x800 relay.

The Section XI Warriors, a youth rugby team coached by two former Montauk Rugby Club players, bested Bishop Loughlin’s 15s side at Mattituck High School on Sunday.

A full summer of concerts, plays, dance performances, comedy, talks, and more goes on sale Wednesday at Guild Hall. Some events may sell out quickly.

The Long Island Rail Road’s South Fork shuttle train service was launched with high hopes in March. The experiment was years in the coming. Public-transportation advocates and elected officials had long considered trains to be the most likely solution to the hellish trials of the morning and evening commute along our east-west highways.

The girls in Theresa Roden’s ever-growing I-Tri program who packed the East Hampton Middle School’s auditorium for a Mentoring Day were urged by the Rev. Tisha Williams to “show up and shoot your shot.”

Pachanga at Bay Street, "Art" and 'Idol' from OFVS, van Gogh animated on screen, movies and a dance party at SAC, and more

There is seemingly no end to the number of artists associated with the East End, past and present. Annual exhibitions that attempt to bring more of them to our attention should be commended for giving us a fuller picture of the creativity that has existed in our midst for more than a century.

Bonac softball and baseball games at home are on the docket this week.

An artist who paints and sculpts with light and a young multihyphenate creator of art and music will each take over a portion of the Guild Hall museum galleries beginning on Saturday.

“We probably were up there when it came to the number of competitors we brought vis-a-vis our size,” said Tom Cohill, who coaches the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter’s youth swim team, the Hurricanes.

East Hampton High School’s baseball team is in first place after an impressive 14-1 rout here of Westhampton Beach, completing a League VI series sweep.

The Halsey McKay Gallery’s exhibitions in East Hampton this month offer two renditions of America and American themes that on the surface appear to diverge, but stand as bookends to the disquieting reality of daily experience.

Photographers East at Ashawagh, new group at Tulla Booth, "Witness" in Sag Harbor, and much more

The Hamptons Doc Fest is celebrating spring with documentaries about farming, jazz, and journalists, each of which will be followed by a discussion.

Mark Rothko has been in the news lately, with significant sales of his artwork coming up next month and the release last month of a short film about his enduring tribute to a fellow artist.