David Stiles of East Hampton and New York City, an author and prolific builder of treehouses and other garden structures, died of heart failure at home in New York on Dec. 28. He was 91.

As the summer season draws closer, East Hampton Town’s new director of the Ordinance Enforcement Department is urging residents to remember the words “assurance” and “patience” when registering complaints about code violations.

A hearing held by the East Hampton Town Board about a community preservation fund acquisition at 351 Old Stone Highway in Springs highlighted the need for a subsequent discussion about changes to the town code regarding nature preserves. Legislation governing nature preserves was written in 1991, before creation of the community preservation fund or even the town’s Land Acquisition and Management Department.

OpenGov, software powering payments, permitting, and licensing on the Town of East Hampton’s website, is now open for business.

The East Hampton Town Board seems inclined to extend a Covid-era outdoor dining pilot program, which expired at the end of December, for another three-plus years and possibly to make it permanent.

The East Hampton Town Board has decided it’s time to restore the historic Peach House, which lies about a peach’s throw from the board’s own meeting room. The renovation could begin this fall and be completed by May 2026, at which time it will house three town offices and a reception area.

With a vote on the Montauk School’s proposed $38 million renovation bond due in about 10 days, Joshua Odom, district superintendent and school principal, addressed community members last week in support of the project.

Springs School stepped up its appearance by placing new signs at the school’s entrance on Old Stone Highway.

After two challenging years coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, which the Wainscott School Board president described as “probably the darkest moment in the history of the district,” the school has “met the challenge” from both a financial and program perspective, David Eagan told the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee on Saturday.

A party at the Clubhouse in Wainscott tomorrow with live music by Real East End Brass and a silent auction will raise money for the East Hampton High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association.

As the weather warms, opportunities for outdoor activities for kids are also heating up. New offerings beginning next week include an after-school sailing program at the Breakwater Yacht Club in Sag Harbor and tennis clinics at the Amagansett Youth Park.

In April a woman reported seven broken windows at her Sag Harbor house. She told police the windows were fine last July, when she’d last been in town, but that a caretaker had since reported finding four teenagers in the house, and kicked them out.

Two East Hampton women were involved in the sole serious road-related accident reported last week.

While my boat is still shoreside, I want to remind motorboat owners that as per 2025 law they need to attend and pass a New York State safe-boating course.

Kieran Hildreth of Montauk, a 15-year-old at Burke Mountain Academy, finished the season last month as 2025’s top U-16 male alpine skier in the country, while his siblings, Baron and Audrey, are also making their mark in U.S. and Canadian competitions.

This Mother’s Day card, made by Sarah E. Horton of East Hampton’s Fowler family for her mother, Maria Horton, on May 13, 1917, exemplifies how the day was initially celebrated.

Wading into the Sag Harbor sewage problem circa 1925. The problem was still there 50 years later. Plus much more dredged from the newspaper of record’s deep past.

Helen Elizabeth Eblen Sarfati, a memorable figure at the East Hampton Library for many years, died of cancer on April 2 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Elaine de Kooning House and the Pollock-Krasner House have teamed up with the artist Eric Haze for an exhibition of the prolific artist's work that can be seen only in the metaverse.

In a new production of "God of Carnage" at LTV Studios, civility turns to hostility when two couples meet after one child hurts another in a park.