Springs School is kicking off the midway point of the year with two new fund-raisers. Amanda Pond’s class initiated the bagel fund-raiser and the PTA is having its Valentine’s Day candy-gram fund-raiser.

Collapsing sections of roadway, an exploding propane tank: Back in 2000 it was the bridge reconstruction follies in Sag Harbor. And more ripped from our past coverage.

Special events for kids this week incude a “Moana” movie night and sing-along at the Children’s Museum of the East End, a salamander search with the South Fork Natural History Museum, and three free walks with museum educators during the school break week.

A Sag Harbor woman reported a stranger in her backyard early Sunday morning. Police concluded that undisturbed snow on the ground suggested that nobody had entered her property. She then told the officer, “Maybe I didn’t see anyone, I just thought I did.” 

Two drivers lost control on the ice, while an East Hampton man was taken to the hospital after his sedan was rear-ended by a van.

The East Hampton Village Board targeted false fire-alarm scofflaws at a work session last week, raising the penalty for causing firefighters or village police to mobilize needlessly.

Audrey Raebeck, an educator with a specialty in early childhood reading and a founder of the Group the East End, died on Jan. 31. She was 93.

Ray Hartjen, the driving force behind the creation of the Hartjen-Richardson Community Boat Shop in Amagansett, died at home in Springs on Jan. 31. He was 93.

Vernice Mae Fordham North of Noyac, whose family goes back 11 generations on the South Fork, died on Feb. 5 at the age of 98.

Jessica Fitzpatrick, an educational consultant who focused on family literacy, died at home in Calverton on Feb. 6. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 77.

David Allyn Webb, a general contractor who worked on projects ranging from Norman Jaffe’s Gates of the Grove to the Ross School, died on Feb. 6 at Peconic Landing. He was 87.

The Montauk Inlet holdup is a good illustration of how Americans depend on the federal government to fund critically important work — the kind of necessities threatened by a two-headed presidency’s frenzied rush to cut spending.

The old saw “strange bedfellows” and political expedience are no decent explanation for the cast of unsavory characters our president and his administration go out of their way to call “friend.”

The Westminster Dog Show may have just concluded with Monty, a giant schnauzer, the overall winner, but every day is dog-show day here.

Have you tried Sleep Jar or the ambient noise function on Alexa? My sleep sounds of choice are wintry and stormy. The chill blast.

A thoroughly painful viewing experience.

On earthquakes, literal and artistic, and how art has the power to not just reflect the times, but shape them.

New real estate moves, Montauk to Southampton Village.

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