The week ahead will feature the Hampton Lifeguard Association’s run-swim-run tomorrow at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett and what could be the last 18-mile Paddlers 4 Humanity paddle from Montauk Point to Block Island Saturday.

There were 163 finishers in the I-Tri empowerment program’s 16th youth triathlon Saturday at Long Beach in Noyac — 129 of them being I-Tri members.

East Hampton Town experienced a total governmental funds loss of $27.3 million in 2024, primarily due to losses in the general fund and the community preservation fund, the latter impacted by last year’s $56 million purchase of a 30-acre lot at 66 Main Street in Wainscott, the largest C.P.F. purchase in the town’s history.

A choice find on Rummage Sale Saturday, and other summertime pleasures (and occasional kvetches).

East Hampton Village is on the right track to target noise from landscaping equipment, but it is wrong in its way of going about it.

If Nick LaLota is not willing to speak up for Congress, he should look for another job.

There are more people crowded out here than ever before, but fewer of them are willing or able to raise their hand to volunteer to keep our community institutions going.

My own summer jobs history provides a look at just a few of the roles a young person can find on the South Fork — and the memories they create.

My brave friend Randy Hoffman, who I met in 2017 in the back of an ambulance when I joined the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, has died.

Anthony Lane envy in a fellow crime fiction fan.

Through rainy weather, no wind, uncooperative currents, heavy seas, and thunderstorms, three friends and sailors keep it together — and keep talking.

South Fork land sales continue apace.

Jeff Miller, the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town clerk, will hold a campaign fund-raiser at LTV Studios in Wainscott on July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

James Patterson and Mike Lupica hit it off so well when they met four years ago that they have collaborated on six novels since then, most recently on "The Hamptons Lawyer."

G.E. Smith, the guitarist and former bandleader on "Saturday Night Live," will be joined at Guild Hall by two other late-night bandleaders, Louis Cato and Paul Shaffer.

LongHouse will host an evening of conversations about humanity's capacity for growth and healing, a bonsai workshop, and an exhibition of innovative garden containers.

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival's summer series will feature celebrated works of the classical canon, two premieres, and a commission, all linked in some way with words.

Santi Debriano, an acclaimed jazz bassist, will bring his ensemble to The Church in Sag Harbor for a program rooted in global jazz traditions.

Lauren Shooster has opened Shooster Arts & Literature in Sag Harbor, a gallery of fine art, antiques, and rare books from her own collection of artifacts.

Taking up a paddle on a long-ago July Fourth weekend.