This installation of the column for teens and tweens focuses on a selection of favorite books from the mystery, fantasy, and dystopian genres.

“There’s been some pretty significant glimmers of hope — only to have our hopes dashed again,” Peconic Baykeeper’s executive director, Pete Topping, said at the start of a panel discussion the group hosted in December on this year's scallop season and prospects for the future.

This fall, Sharon McCobb, widely considered an ideal citizen here, lost the lease on the house she rented with her husband, falling victim to the town’s affordable housing crisis. So they packed up and moved to Chester, Vt.

A petition urging East Hampton Town to allow licensed cannabis retail dispensaries popped up recently on change.org, arguing that a regulated cannabis market would increase community safety and foster opportunities for economic growth.

A church seeking to stockpile construction materials on its site was front and center on the Dec. 4 agenda of the East Hampton Town Planning Board.

The developer Jeremy Morton’s proposed renovations for the K Pasa and former 7-Eleven buildings in Sag Harbor took another step forward last month, with more review ahead.

A dock on West Water Street next to the Beacon restaurant in Sag Harbor has “reached the end of its lifespan,” according to Chris Duryea, who with his fellow harbormaster, Robert Bori, at a village board meeting on Dec. 10 presented a plan to completely replace it.

The Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals voted on Dec. 17 to close a public hearing on the planned expansion of the restaurant Page at 63 Main Street, plans that involve the use of the second floor. The village attorney will draft a decision to be voted on.

After 35 years as a mainstay on Sag Harbor’s Main Street, Sylvester & Co. will close its doors for the last time next week.

Of dozens of proposed new rules for East Hampton Village beaches, the one that generated the most discussion would prohibit dogs on the Main Beach Pavilion between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. “It’s dangerous to have animals on the pavilion at the same time as when it’s busy,” the deputy mayor told the village board last month.

The year just past was an inspiring one when it came to sports here, from Cole Brauer’s circumnavigation of the world in a sailboat solo and nonstop, to the community volunteer work of Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O’Donnell, top East Hampton track athletes.

David Brandman and the Artists and Writers Softball Game’s impresario, Leif Hope, recently handed out $10,000 checks to four beneficiaries — the Eleanor Whitmore Center, the Retreat, Phoenix House, and East End Hospice.

This still image from a 1988 video from the LTV Archive features a spoof by the artist Robert Janz, as he tries to draw a clock face on a timepiece in motion.

Rick Whalen of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will lead a hike at a moderate pace through the woods and fields of the former Talmage Farm in northern Springs on Saturday.

Springs School recently had its annual Winter Spirit Week. Every year, the school celebrates by giving students a fun week to dress up and be creative with their holiday outfits.

The youth sports training facility Hub 44, on Tan Bark Trail in East Hampton, will host a glow dodgeball session for children 8 to 12 on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Plus: board games, trivia, book buddies, and a new fort-building club at the East Hampton Library.

Sag Harbor Village police spotted what appeared to be 12 drones flying at different altitudes over the Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter Bridge last Thursday evening, after a caller reported seeing around seven of them that same night.

Sag Harbor Village police spotted what appeared to be 12 drones flying at different altitudes over the Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter Bridge last Thursday evening, after a caller reported seeing around seven of them that same night.

A businesswoman on Springs-Fireplace Road contacted police recently after people told her they were receiving strange messages from her on WhatsApp and asked if “everything was okay.” Police told her to deactivate the account and contact her customers by other means.

Two local men were hit by cars while bicycling on the evening of Dec. 19. One was taken to the hospital.