A new book — “Memories of Gosman’s Dock, by the Help” — is a love letter to the local institution Gosman’s used to be, before it changed ownership last fall.

Did you know East Hampton once hosted the Hampton Classic Horse Show? This Dan Rattiner map shows the layout at Dune Alpin Farm in 1979.

A 75-year-old New York City woman was arrested by East Hampton Village police on Tuesday afternoon and charged with assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors, after police identified her as the person who they said had “grabbed” and “bitten” the arm of a 7-year-old child while trying to retrieve a T-shirt tossed from the pavilion balcony during an Aug. 12 concert at Main Beach.

A Brooklyn man was injured early Saturday evening on Skimhampton Road in Amagansett after his Hertz rental car collided with a deer.

Nicoly Ribeiro De Souza, the 23-year-old accused of driving under the influence into the Montauk Artists Association Art Show early on the morning of June 29 and causing $100,000 worth of damage, was ordered Wednesday by East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky to retain private counsel before her next appearance in Justice Court.

A New York City man faces a felony charge after showing a police officer a false identification card early on Aug. 13 in the parking lot of the Montauk 7-Eleven.

Marie-Christophe de Menil, a child of a fabulously wealthy, cosmopolitan, and culturally prominent family, died on Aug. 5 at her apartment in Manhattan. A past resident of Amagansett and East Hampton, she was 92.

Adam Perle of Wainscott, a musician and former innkeeper and sommelier at the 1770 House in East Hampton Village, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 76.

Ronald LeRoy Walker, a fan of travel and motorcycles who worked at Suffolk Community College, died of a heart attack at home on Sayre’s Path in Wainscott on Aug. 1. He was 78.

These days there are far fewer folks fishing from their boats or from shore in Sag Harbor than there were 30 years ago. This year I’ve probably seen around five boats fishing all season from my vantage point on Shelter Island Sound.

“We’re not about to lose to those guys three years in a row,” a delighted Mike Lupica said in the joyous — for the Writers — aftermath of Saturday’s Artists and Writers Softball Game at East Hampton’s Herrick Park.

This year’s Ellen’s Run on Sunday in Southampton was up for grabs, and Karl von Sanden, a 23-year-old Uruguayan, took full advantage, leading wire to wire, while Penelope Greene of Noyac, a recent Geneseo grad, was tops among females.

For the fifth year in a row, Northbar Properties (formerly East End Land Planning) won the East Hampton Town women’s slow-pitch softball playoff trophy last Thursday, this time defeating Montauk Dental 15-3 to complete a two-game sweep at the Terry King ball field in Amagansett.

The weeklong Hampton Classic Horse Show, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is to open Sunday at the Snake Hollow Road showgrounds in Bridgehampton with leadline classes from 8 a.m. for 2 through 7-year-olds in the Grand Prix ring.

The day Stephen Talkhouse, the man, landed at the East Hampton Library — his portrait by Charles Day Hunt, anyway. And more coverage from our deep and storied past.

It feels good to go off, doesn’t it, readers?

We suggest that the Town of East Hampton explore a Route 114 shuttle, perhaps in partnership with the Town of Southampton and the Villages of Sag Harbor and East Hampton.

The desire to water lawns has pushed the system to its limit.

Drivers here increasingly see stop signs as optional.

Where did all the boaters go?