The Southampton Cultural Center will host a recital of of piano classics and a benefit performance of 19th-century music for East Hampton's Freetown community.

Michael A. Butler, a self-described "narrative folk artist," was selected as the Top Honors recipient in Guild Hall's Artist Members Exhibition.

"Tosca" from the Met at Guild Hall, workshops at Bay Street, "9 to 5: The Musical" in Bridgehampton, jazz and drumming at the Masonic Temple, comedy at SCC.

A lecture on Charlotte Park at the Parrish, holiday shows at Kramoris and Grenning feature small-scale artworks.

Thanksgiving dining options from Silver Spoon Specialties, Il Buco al Mare, Baron's Cove, Lulu Kitchen and Bar, and Old Stove Pub.

During an information session on Wednesday night at LTV Studios in Wainscott, PSEG Long Island will present its plans to build an underground transmission line between its substations in East Hampton and Bridgehampton.

Part of a Further Lane house that an anonymous donor gifted to Project Most to be used in a hub for its children's programs on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton has been demolished and discarded, having been exposed to weather conditions that allowed it to deteriorate. 

No Sailor, a five-piece folk band led by the singer-songwriter Kieran Garvey, is returning to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett for a performance Friday night at 8. Also on Friday, the band will debut its latest single, “Tactless Butcher,” the fifth song from its upcoming album, “Anchor Broken Free.” 

A fire that started in a basement laundry room at 66 David's Lane at around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday was extinguished quickly by the East Hampton Fire Department.

Samone Johnson, Jessica Neal, and Bridget Ehmann served in the military, learning formative lessons in discipline, readiness, and sacrifice that would forever shape their lives outside the service. They’ve also found themselves in the employment of the East Hampton School District, where they each draw meaning in their interactions with students, parents, and colleagues.

A little over a week out from a decisive national election, both the Democratic and Republican Parties are examining what the results say about where the country stands. Looking over the preliminary data from the New York State and Suffolk County Boards of Elections, as well as the archived data from past elections, one can see how Suffolk County has changed and what trends have emerged.

Still unhappy with the pace at which new accessory dwelling units are being built in East Hampton Town, a committee charged with keeping tabs on them made four recommendations to the town board Tuesday that it hopes will spur some construction action.

Proposed changes to the East Hampton Town Zoning Code, which, among other things, would slash the allowable maximum house size from 20,000 to 10,000 square feet and require portions of basements and attached garages to be counted toward a structure’s gross floor area, were aired at a well-attended, nearly three-hour hearing.

East Hampton has over 300 miles of roads, and his officers write about 5,000 traffic summonses a year, Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo told the town board this week as he once again urged its members to ask permission from New York State to lower speed limits in several places. “The enforcement is there, to the extent it can be without having officers sit on your road all day,” he said.

Over the past five-plus years, Peconic Bay scallops have suffered mass die-offs blamed on an infectious parasite, but researchers at the Cornell Cooperate Extension have found a source of scientifically informed hope: genetic diversity.

Work on a boardwalk to connect Windmill Beach and the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park in Sag Harbor has begun, and one clear sign of that was the removal last week of a large but invasive tree in its path.

The East Hampton Historical Society broke ground on a climate-controlled collections-storage center at the Mulford Farm last Thursday. It will unite the historical society’s 20,000 archival items — now stored at five separate sites — under one roof.

“In 1910, New York State Judge Blackmar ruled that the Montaukett Tribe no longer existed, yet the Montauketts remain resilient and continue to seek rightful recognition,” read the proclamation that East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez offered to Chief Robert Pharaoh and Sandi Brewster-walker.

A wake for Fran Morey of East Hampton, who died on Wednesday, will be held on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Mrs. Morey was 95.

Even with recently updated guidance from the federal Fish and Wildlife Service on the endangered northern long-eared bat, no change to the construction protocol for the East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center is necessary, the town's acting planning director told the town board this week.