Fire Department volunteers responded Wednesday night to a house on Cosdrew Lane, in East Hampton's Northwest Woods, where the basement had become smoky and electricity had partially gone out.

There will be no basement at the new East Hampton Town senior center, or Center for Modern Aging, as Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez is calling it.

In June, when Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo ordered the dissolution of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, the only question left unanswered was what would happen with the nearly $400,000 in the association’s bank account.

While an earlier meeting in July addressed residents’ most immediate concern — frequent and long-lasting electrical outages at the East Hampton Village Manufactured Home Community — a follow-up meeting last week addressed issues with septic tanks, roads, and general safety, in addition to the electrical issues.

After a bumpy rollout back in April, the Suffolk County on-demand bus network in East Hampton appears to be running smoothly as it nears the end of its first summer in operation.

A Sag Harbor woman took down two trees and is now facing two charges: One for removing a tree of over 12 inches in diameter without a permit, and one for removing a tree that was on village property.

A proposed project at the old Stern’s site would see 32 to 48 units built for local workers — privately funded. Unlike regular affordable housing, there would be no financial involvement or oversight from any federal, state, or town agency.

A tale of two artists: This Star photo by Helen Harrison shows the 8-foot-by-20-foot mural Jimmy Ernst painted on David Shaw’s Amagansett house.

Are you someone living in Suffolk County who enjoys reading? If so, there’s still time to join the Summer Library Tour, a program of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System running through Aug. 31. The goal is to visit as many libraries as possible, according to an announcement.

Traffic was in the sights of the Sag Harbor Village Board Tuesday night, as members rejected two proposals to stem the incessant flow and issued a request for more, hoping to bring in some new engineering voices.

With a recent surge in demand from hospitals, the New York Blood Center is in urgent need of type O+ and O- donors. The organization is seeing the lowest levels of donated blood since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, according to a release.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons will host its annual Bow Wow Meow Ball on Saturday to commemorate its 50th anniversary with a night of cocktails, dinner, and dancing the proceeds of which support ARF’s work to help animals in need.

The Montauk Historical Society, Eastville Community Historical Society, and the Southampton African American Museum have come together to organize Amistad Week, a series of educational and commemorative events beginning next Thursday, centered around the 128-foot schooner Amistad, a replica of a vessel that held an infamous place in world history.

The circus performers Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix are coming to LTV Studios for the Friday Family Frolics series tomorrow at 5 p.m. to make the whole family hoot and holler. Plus: Summer reading wrap-up parties, family art activities, fun at the library, an outdoor movie, and more coming up for kids and teens.

The East Hampton Star’s Summer Academy took a field trip to Amagansett this week for a stop at Bonfire Coffeehouse, which opened in May. Laura Donnelly, the East End’s expert food critic and longtime Star food columnist, offered a primer on restaurant reviewing. After tasting a range of Bonfire’s sweet and savory offerings, here’s what our students had to say.

“We found Faith through a fluke,” said the award-winning singer and PBS-TV host Cristina Fontanelli, referring to Faith Mullaly, a 13-year-old Montauk student who will be performing at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton on Saturday as part of a charitable concert organized by the Cristina Fontanelli Foundation.

Project Most, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing meaningful after-school programs, day care, and weekend activities for children of all ages, has an aptly named fund-raiser coming up this weekend: Building Blocks.

An Audi was stolen from a Jericho Lane driveway on Saturday morning. The owner logged in to her Audi account, she later told police, and noticed an E-Z Pass transaction at the Throgs Neck Bridge earlier that day. Police in Newark located and impounded the car, which she has since retrieved.

Two bicycle riders required medical attention recently after colliding with vehicles in East Hampton Village and Montauk.

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the South Fork last week with good news not just for coastal resiliency in Montauk, but also for the Retreat, a domestic violence response and advocacy group in East Hampton.