Amagansett Coffee Co. launches inside Charlie and Sons Landscapes in that hamlet, and the Clam Bar opens for the season.

What do you wake up to each morning? A lover, a child, a pet — perhaps all of the above? Or maybe, like me, you wake up not only to a quietness, but also to the presence of flowers placed near your pillow. The most fragrant of blooms greet in scent before their mood-boosting color says good morning once you open your eyes.

An accident next to the 1770 House in East Hampton Village on Friday claimed the life of a local man.

Ralph Scott Barter of East Hampton, a member of the village’s Department of Emergency Medical Service for 15 years, died of lung cancer on April 4. A graveside service will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Cedar Street. 

Shortly after Kathy Masterson, East Hampton’s athletic director, announced her retirement last month, the Lululemon store on Main Street started plotting a way to thank her for all she’s done for the community.

Five East Hampton High Schoolers competed in the State Science and Engineering Fair in Queens on March 30, presenting projects on topics ranging from leaf development in butterhead lettuce to ocean wave growth measurements in hurricane-force winds.

What was reported as a suspicious van parked on Buck’s Path on the evening of March 31 turned out to be its driver taking a phone call.

Flames extending 30 feet in the air were reported last week during a raging fire on Bunker Hill Road in Amagansett.

The prospect of a nightclub-type establishment on Montauk’s Main Street had members of the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee concerned and sharply questioning its liaison to the town board.

Out of 13 hearings in a single day, only one drew comment: an amendment to the town code that would prohibit driving on the town-owned part of Gin Beach in Montauk from Memorial Day weekend to Sept. 15 during daytime hours.

The East Hampton Town Board is expected to make it clear that town personnel, including police, will not aid federal agents in immigration enforcement, while Fred Thiele, an OLA board member, weighs in on the draft law.

It was a struggle of the sexes Tuesday as the East Hampton Town Board debated details of the draft management plan for the John Osborn Homestead at 66 Main Street in Wainscott.

On Tuesday, in response to President Trump’s profanity-laden social media threats to destroy Iran, a small group of East Hampton Town residents gathered at the Hook Mill for a hastily organized “no more war” vigil.

Closed since 2023, at least the Cranberry Hole Road bridge in Amagansett now has a timetable for repair — it could begin in about a year.

An outlet of the national chain will open by May 14, right near Gubbins Perfect Fit and Set Point Tennis.

The Hamptons Whodunit crime and mystery festival in East Hampton Village runs April 16 to 19, with authors, true-crime experts, panel discussions, escape rooms, and graveyard tours.

The Young Filmmakers of Montauk are at it again with a new documentary, a short film about oysters and their role in keeping waterways clean and healthy.

With the soaring cost of diesel fuel amid the American-Israeli war against Iran, Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni has introduced legislation that would provide fuel tax exemptions for operators of commercial fishing vessels.

Tom Friedman, who’s 90, says he’s lived a long life, but since finding a kidney donor after being diagnosed with kidney disease four years ago, he may have even more life to live.

First, the East Hampton Village Z.B.A. denied the Jewish Center of the Hamptons’ appeal of a building inspector’s determination that the center is not a “residential property.” Now attorneys have sued to annul that determination.