Ellen Feldman’s new historical novel brings vivid characters, juicy details, skillful pacing, and a solid plot, all in post-World War II New York.

The author of “Soil and Spirit” will be in discussion with Evan Harris, writer and Star book reviewer, on Saturday at Guild Hall.

Property owners who are 65 and over may be eligible for a break on the property tax they pay on their primary residence. 

East Hampton's Officer of the Year award is given in memory of Sgt. Ryan P. Lynch, who died of cancer in 2005 after serving on the town force for 10 years. For 2023, the honoree is Officer William Hamilton.

Children 13 and up who live in Suffolk County are eligible to enter their original creative works — poetry, spoken word, rap, monologue, song, or short scene or story — in a "new works" competition hosted by Bay Street Theater and the Sag Harbor Center for the Arts.

Jarhn Blutstein of East End Mixology creates high-end cocktails, and the recipe for her pineapple ginger margarita is here just in time for National Margarita Day.

Artists and Writers dinner at Almond, Gurney’s igloos are up through March, Serafina has reopened, deals from Inlet Seafood, and more.

Sag Harbor’s Jonathan Morse has worn many hats, including architect, real estate developer, and motorcycle and sailboat racer, but for the past 35 years he has focused on photography, especially portraiture, as well as art book publishing and fine arts printing.

The Church’s current print show highlights the art and craft of printmaking, focusing not only on the artists and printmakers of the South Fork, but displaying the tools, blocks, stones, plates, and states that go into the production of their work.

Appearing at The Church in Sag Harbor this weekend are D.J. Spooky, a multimedia artist, Bruce Wolosoff, a composer and pianist, and Dan Rizzie, a painter and printmaker.

“Look at the Book,” a new show at the Southampton Arts Center, features work by 33 artists and just as many different approaches to books and the written word.

A LongHouse lecture with Michael Arad and Paul Goldberger, landscape therapy with Edwina von Gal at Guild Hall, That Motown Band at Bay Street, drumming and jazz in Sag Harbor, a new single from Taylor Barton, the British invasion in Riverhead, and a grant application from East End Arts are in this week's cultural rundown.

Shinnecock stories at Ma’s House, celebrating Frank Sofo in Springs, a sculptural valentine in Southampton, abstract collages at Estia’s Little Kitchen, Warhol screen tests on the Lower East Side, Roman watercolors at Marymount Manhattan College, 19th-century paintings at Rogers Memorial.

The Montauk Historical Society has announced it is producing a documentary film about the Pelican II, a 42-foot fishing-party boat that foundered and sank in a squall a few miles southeast of Montauk Point in September 1951. Its captain and 44 guests were lost at sea.

Those who wish to contest their Sag Harbor Village taxes can file a grievance on Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5. There are two ways to file a grievance: in person at the Municipal Building and virtually via Zoom. Only current tax assessments, not those from years past, can be challenged.

El División de Protección al Consumidor de Nueva York ha notificado a todos que una nueva ley para modificar y aclarar la ley de recargo de tarjeta de crédito existente entró en vigor el domingo.

The East Hampton Town Planning Board moved closer to approving plans for the Beckmann Commercial building in Montauk at its meeting last week. Dr. Molly is waiting to move in.

In the Rev. Jon D. Rodriguez, the East Hampton Presbyterian Church believes it has found a dynamic and engaged young leader for its pulpit for years to come.

This invoice from Isaac Plato (circa 1767-1832) is signed by both Plato and Abraham Parsons, who paid him on behalf of the East Hampton Town Trustees. The invoice is partly for “chestnut rails” for the East Hampton parsonage.

The first cruise ship to call Sag Harbor a stop on its itinerary will moor in sight of Long Wharf in three months. Officials are looking to ease the way.