At a West Lake Drive house in Montauk on Oct. 28, East Hampton Town police arrested a local man on a charge of violating an order of protection, a class E felony.

Once more unto the liquor smuggling and running wars of the 1920s. And note that Suffolk County expressed interest in acquiring Plum Island way back in 1949. Plus much more from our past pages.

This time of year, in one of the most beautiful but most expensive places on the planet, holiday gifting calls out for extra-special touches and money-saving methods. Here's how to wrap those presents with love from the East End.

Phyllis Italiano of Springs, a political activist and former host of “The Democratic View” on LTV, died of cancer at home on Oct. 28 at the age of 88.

Jeff Yusko of Wainscott died on Nov. 19 of complications from a traumatic brain injury he sustained about 18 months ago when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He was 64.

The holidays are right around the corner and naturally you want not just the perfect present, but one that's easy to gift-wrap, right? There's one natural answer: Books, of course! Here, an actual librarian's helpful hints on titles to please all the loved ones on your list.

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, an attorney and a founder and the current president of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, died of esophageal cancer at home in Manhattan last Thursday. He was 80.

A graveside service for Albert A. Zaccaria of Montauk, who died on Saturday at age 93, will take place on Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Calverton National Cemetery.

Barrett Whitman Jr., a retired Grumman aeronautical engineer who lived in Montauk full time since 1988, died at home on Nov. 15. He was 95.

There is one tradition of Thanksgiving that I miss even a decade later. My good friend Wayne Clinch of Montauk used to organize consecutive fishing charters on the Friday and Saturday after Turkey Day.

Kathy Masterson, the East Hampton School District’s athletic director, gives a rundown of the fast approaching winter sports season, which looks promising given the turnouts for the high school’s half-dozen teams.

A small army of 30 was working to transform the Buckskill Tennis Club into the Buckskill Winter Club last week, the plan being that a regulation-size ice rink overlying four Har-Tru courts there will be up and running on Thanksgiving Day.

From the inaugural Sea-to-Shore Crossing to the glory days of Southampton College soccer, it happened here.

Reader comment, the Thanksgiving edition.

In a town where just getting a permit to build a deck can take six months or more, taking time to get things right should be seen as just part of the deal.

Here’s what we are most grateful for on Thanksgiving eve, 2024.

At Thanksgiving it seems appropriate to think about eastern Long Island’s very first land flip, which began 383 years ago when the Manhanset Indians were robbed of the place we know today as Shelter Island.

Dinner at Sam’s Bar and Restaurant with both my children followed by a brand-new Ridley Scott movie: Life probably won’t get much better than that.

Coming to you from the D-III national championships in Terre Haute, Indiana . . .

This Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving, a new chapter of Hamptons Pride history will be written in the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, as quilts from the National AIDS Memorial will be on display.