Precious minutes can be lost if a house is aflame and firefighters have to scramble to find hydrants and then dig them out as the flames rise.

Fallen houses have always drawn crowds.

Dr. Russell Hurlburt’s tests reveal that about 30 to 50 percent of people regularly talk to themselves silently.

“Wonder Man” on Disney+ succeeds with an unlikely friendship between two struggling actors compromised in different ways.

My crash course introduction to my mother’s imaginary world began with a home visit to plan her surprise 90th birthday party.

In his award-winning video series, "Bounty Uncharted," Jeff Ragovin takes people deep-sea fishing, then brings them and their catch to his house in Springs for a group meal.

Among the restaurants with prix fixe menus or a la carte specials for Valentine's Day are the 1770 House, Nick and Toni's, Fresno, Almond, Elaia Estiatorio, and the Ram's Head Inn.

A Bennington student is spending a term at the D'Amico House at Lazy Point, where she is cataloging books and digitizing materials documenting the lives and work of Victor and Mabel D'Amico.

The Church in Sag Harbor will welcome Paul Vogel, a bookbinder, mayfield brooks, a movement-based performance artist, and Kveta (Kiki) Hajkova, a holistic health facilitator.

LongHouse Reserve's Larsen Salon Series will bring Maxwell Anderson to the New York office of Robert A.M. Stern Architects to discuss the Miller House and Garden, a midcentury landmark in Indiana.

Jack Faragasso retrospective in Bridgehampton, "Love and Passion" at Ashawagh Hall, Gabriele Raacke in Uruguay, group show at Stella Flame, and Firestone opens in Florida.

A book on the Madoo Conservancy available for preorder, plus jazz at the Masonic Temple, a comedy film festival calls for submissions, and two programs from the Horticultural Alliance.

A musical weekend at Bay Street Theater will feature an Alanis Morissette tribute and That Motown Band in a benefit performance.

Super Bowl specials from Townline BBQ, wine charm workshop at Wolffer Estate Vineyard, and a wine class at Park Place Wines and Liquors.

It takes millions to get ahold of land here these days. But you knew that already.

From a 1926 article on how men have failed here to a 2001 clothing and costume bonanza at the dump.

Harry Lester Sr. of Cross Highway in Amagansett, an eighth-generation commercial fisherman, died in his sleep at home on Jan. 17. He was 95.

Paid Notice: Tony Lupo passed away peacefully on New Year’s Day surrounded by his family after complications from cardiac surgery. 

Born and raised in Amagansett, Deltra Rae Smith Schellinger, who taught first grade and kindergarten in Westhampton Beach for 34 years, died on Jan. 22. She was 86.

When big storms hit, Steve Lynch oversees an operation that straddles both the public and private worlds and needs to be manned nonstop, sometimes for days. The town bolsters its 32 trucks with outside contractors and personnel to form an army of 50 plows.