The Southampton Town Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a 30-year-old Southampton man whose family has been unable to locate or contact him since Aug. 22.

One man's Mercedes was said to contain a hidden compartment with 50 glassine envelopes of cocaine, and the D.A. said police found over 1,000 individual baggies of cocaine, 589 grams of cocaine, 269 grams of ecstasy, and $19,046 in cash in the Springs house where the man lived when he was arrested on Aug. 2.

One man's Mercedes was said to contain a hidden compartment with 50 glassine envelopes of cocaine, and the D.A. said police found over 1,000 individual baggies of cocaine, 589 grams of cocaine, 269 grams of ecstasy, and $19,046 in cash in the Springs house where the man lived when he was arrested on Aug. 2.

Sunday’s main event at the Hampton Classic, the $30,000 Open Jumper Challenge, was won by Sydney Shulman Desiderio and Villamoura, topping a field of 41.

In Sagaponack residents continued last week to push back at plans to erect a 100-foot cell tower just south of Sagaponack Village Hall off Montauk Highway, with residents calling it an “eyesore” that cuts against village character and others raising concerns about the health effects of the 5G technology it would support.

“Everyone believes some revisions are necessary,” said Tim Treadwell, senior harbormaster with the East Hampton Town’s Marine Patrol, the enforcement agency on the beach. “It has become problematic. There are so many dogs.” And lifeguards trying to enforce restrictions are often harrassed or ignored by dog owners.

The trails are mapped today, but when two former college classmates began their horseback rides on them decades ago, without maps or smartphones to guide them, the goal was to find a path that stretched through the woods and reached the edge of the ocean. With an expanded group of women, they are still exploring the trails today.

What appeared at first to be a quirky but heartwarming story about a friendly mute swan that had taken to roaming the streets of Sag Harbor, often stopping traffic and interacting with people, ended tragically just a few weeks after the bird had become a summertime character on the north end of Main Street.

A disciplinary hearing ongoing since July 10, conducted by the New York State Education Department, seeks to answer the question of whether the Amagansett School principal took a red envelope containing a holiday gift card meant for another school employee.

“This has been a longtime problem on the South Fork,” Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. said in reference to a universal truth about Long Island: that gas prices generally get higher the farther east you go. The change in gas prices between UpIsland and the South Fork can be startling, and the change from just Southampton to Montauk even more so.

On Sept. 6, 1898, Col. Theodore Roosevelt paid a visit to the Montauk Lighthouse, signing this guestbook owned by Capt. J.G. Scott, the Lighthouse keeper.

“For me, it was one of the most challenging — grueling at parts — but challenging things I’ve ever done. And yet, it was one of the most exhilarating and euphoric when it was over,” Bennett Schmidt of East Hampton said of his participation in the 434-mile Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI.

John Wanag, who ran MTK Custom Rods and Repair, died of cardiac arrest at home in Springs last Thursday. He was 64.

Denise O’Brian-Lutkins, a gardener and self-taught painter, died of cardiopulmonary arrest at home in Montauk on Aug. 16. She was 60.

John Graham, the executive director of Hampton Racquet in East Hampton until this year, died of esophageal cancer on Aug. 16 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was 63.

Andrew Blauschild, a photographer, surf-business entrepreneur, and Montauk surfer, died on Aug. 19 at the age of 53.

The 78th Shinnecock Indian Nation powwow is planned for this weekend. The annual celebration of Indigenous cultural traditions brings together Native groups from many regions and offers educational opportunities for the community at large.

When Ken Lustbader and Jay Kidd first saw Casey, a female husky mix with special needs, at the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons adoption center 10 years ago, they were struck by her “sweet energy and intrinsic kindness.” Mr. Lustbader remembers Mr. Kidd saying, “that’s the dog we need.”

Back to the Bays is spearheading a project to build an oyster reef in Sag Harbor, which is bringing together local government and private citizens, as well as children.

Andy Sabin, president of the South Fork Natural History Museum’s board of directors, will help kids of all ages learn about snapping turtles and even try to find some on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the museum. Plus: kids' movies, arts and crafts, card games, and more family-friendly fun around town.