This photo from the Amagansett Historical Association shows Anastasie Parsons Mulford (1869-1963) with her arm around her daughter, Louise Parsons Mulford (1899-1963). They ran the Windmill Cottage boarding house for many years.

Long Island’s South Fork, known for beaches, maritime history, and fancy people, is also known for its hedges. Hedge installation and maintenance are big business, and there could be a whole book about hedges, with different varieties popular during different eras. In the last decade, for example, the “green giant,” a now ubiquitous tree, has been placed along property lines throughout the Hamptons. It’s here to stay, and grow, and grow.

The Katy's Courage 5K in Sag Harbor on Saturday drew a large crowd despite the particularly blustery winds, with 471 people runners and walkers finishing the course. 

Earth Day on Monday brings with it the kickoff weekend for the East Hampton Town Litter Action Committee’s No Fling Spring, and there will be cleanup efforts all over town.

A representative from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office met with Springs Middle School students recently to tell us how dangerous drugs are, including cocaine, oxycodone, and marijuana, and especially fentanyl, which is so dangerous that even the tiniest amount can be lethal.

Tomorrow and Saturday, the student actors and singers of South Fork Performing Arts will take on a beloved musical tale that needs little in the way of introduction — “The Wizard of Oz.” Plus: puzzles and chess, custom mug making, snacks and stories, and more coming up for kids and teens.

On Pantigo Road near Bostwick’s, a 38-year-old man who appeared to be intoxicated was questioned by police on the afternoon of April 7. He said he wasn’t causing trouble, just canvassing businesses looking for work. Police drove him back to his house. Eight days before, the same man had been seen opening a storage shed and walk-in cooler behind Rowdy Hall in Amagansett, and he was later accused of taking 20 containers of beer and four containers of iced tea. According to the official report, petty larceny charges may be pending.

Barbara Ann Anderson of East Hampton, a former switchboard operator and accounting secretary, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Feb. 22 of complications related to surgery. She was 80.

Peggy Anne Bradt, beachgoer, bridge player, and Amagansett part-timer, died of complications of vasculitis on March 23 in New York. She was 91.

Sarnie Ogus, a dance therapist who lived in East Hampton from 1991 to 2012, died on April 2 at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx. She was 97.

Dr. Paul Fordham Nugent Jr., a native of East Hampton, was an Air Force officer, flight surgeon, and military hospital commander who later served as medical monitor for NASA’s manned spaceflight program. He died in Cincinnati on April 6 at the age of 95.

A lunch celebrating the life of Janet Rose Dordelman of Springs will be held on May 4 at noon at the Springs Firehouse. Mrs. Dordelman, who ran a beauty salon in the hamlet for many years, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 89.

Mark H. Nason died on April 9 in Vandalia, Ohio. Mr. Nason grew up in East Hampton and was an Air Force veteran. He was 67. A service will be held at a later date in Ohio.

Two weeks ago, a woman who answered a call to Zero Bond in Manhattan denied that the private social club — which offers its members space for meals, drinks, and meetings — was looking to open in East Hampton. This week, however, an attorney representing the Hedges Inn, with which Zero Bond is negotiating a lease, said, "We're not denying that at all."

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Montauk is in a rough place with the imminent closing of its sole pharmacy.

East Hampton Town has a waiting list of more than 450 people seeking affordable senior citizen housing but only 127 apartments. A proposal to allow 12 housing units per acre might increase the supply by a third.

Newsreaders and culture mavens were delighted this week to learn that Guild Hall has announced that after two years of work the arts institution will raise the curtain on a fully renovated John Drew Theater in July.

This late winter and spring have been wet and wild.

Everything I understand about social class in America I learned at a farmers market summer job.