Divorced from reality, sanity, and the actual mechanics of driving, the new car commercials are as depressing as they are slick.

My friends and I never said “the Hamptons” growing up. That label refers to a resort for summer people and weekend warriors, not a place where you go to high school. But is “out east” any better?

Paid Notice: We are stunned and saddened to share the sudden death of Susan Leyner Wartur of Springs on Monday, August 25th.

Paid Notice: John Frederick Garretson, age 78, longtime resident of both Malverne and East Hampton, Long Island, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025, at the Home of the Good Shepherd Assisted Living in Malta, N.Y.

A jack of many creative trades, East Hampton's Zach Minskoff is a busy photographer, videographer, studio technician, production company owner, and graphic designer.

Three accomplished designers will share stories about their varied practices in a discussion at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons.

A lawsuit and a countersuit between the two architects behind R2 Architecture, the venture that designed the East Hampton Town senior citizens center planned on Abraham's Path in Amagansett, have further delayed the long-stalled project and could result in cost increases for the roughly $30 million project.

The next talk in LongHouse’s InsiderOutsider series will feature Savannah LeCornu, a self-taught artist from Ketchikan, Alaska.

The Hamptons Festival of Music's 2025 concert series will feature three programs of orchestral music by Prokofiev, Barber, Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Cimarosa, Berlioz, and Beethoven.

Hamptons JazzFest will present concerts by Hector Martignon and Foreign Affair in Sag Harbor and Godwin Louis and his ensemble at the Southampton Arts Center.

Art from the Art Barge at Ashawagh Hall, artist talk at Duck Creek, benefit for Gaza's children, solo shows for Mercedes Matter and Ben Fenske.

Andrew Carmellini, a chef and co-founder of NoHo Hospitality, which has 18 restaurants, will talk about his career with Florence Fabricant, the New York Times food and wine writer.

Fleetwood Mac tribute at Bay Street, jazz at Duck Creek, award-winning play at the Southampton Cultural Center, garden talk in Bridgehampton, and a call for vendors from The Church.

Fresno restaurant's fall specials, starting in mid-October, will include $1 oysters on Sundays, discounted wine on Mondays, and a rotating prix fixe for Taco Tuesdays.

It isn’t every day that one of the biggest bands in the world performs in Amagansett. Fittingly, Thursday’s annual SiriusXM concert at the Talkhouse drew a massive crowd.

School starts next week on the South Fork: Tuesday in East Hampton, Amagansett, and Bridgehampton; Wednesday in Springs, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack, and Wainscott, and next Thursday in Montauk.

Last week, a notice on the East Hampton Town website alerted visitors that “To better serve our residents, the Building Department office will be closed to the public on Wednesdays.” Department employees will still be at work behind the closed doors, however, reviewing and processing applications to attack a growing backlog.

To book a beach table this Saturday, during Labor Day weekend, groups must spend a minimum of $5,000. A table on the deck this weekend costs a minimum of $10,000. Along with good music, a great view, and a beautiful crowd, that might be part of the appeal.

In the spring, the first cohort of dual-language enrichment program students graduated from the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton after having spent their entire time at the school being taught in both English and Spanish. They will begin middle school next week.

A paramedic who was employed by East Hampton Village has sued the village along with the village’s fire and emergency medical services administrator, Suffolk County, the medical director of the county’s emergency medical services division, and the Montauk Fire District’s medical director following his suspension in the wake of a 2024 call for medical assistance in East Hampton’s Northwest Woods.