Samantha Klein, intergovernmental relations coordinator for the town, announced its eligibility for a $100,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority based on its work with the Clean Energy Communities program.

“We’re very pleased with the 2023 results,” Rebecca Hansen, the town administrator and budget officer, said after an independent audit showed "no material weaknesses" in the town's finances.

Phil Gamble of Montauk, fisherman and plumber turned Z.B.A. chairman, died on Aug. 3 at the age of 83.

Richard B.H. Stern, a management consultant known as the Mayor of Main Beach, died at home in East Hampton on June 27. He was 94.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association’s team in the national lifesaving tournament held last week on South Padre Island in Texas finished fifth among the 25 contending entries from around the country, a significant improvement from a year ago.

Coming this weekend are Paddlers for Humanity’s Montauk Point to Block Island paddle and the Southampton Village Ocean Rescue squad’s long-distance swims at Cooper’s Beach Saturday morning, the Artists and Writers Softball Game at East Hampton Village’s Herrick Park that afternoon, and Ellen’s Run at the Southampton Intermediate School on Sunday morning.

Tortorella Pools and Maidstone Market continue to contend for the lead and the playoffs’ top seed in 7-on-7 men’s soccer action Tuesday evenings at Herrick Park in East Hampton Village.

This year, Stony Hill Stables in Amagansett is celebrating 60 years in business, most of them under the ownership of the Hotchkiss family.

Strikes hit the Fahys Watchcase Factory in Sag Harbor 100 years ago and the A&P here 50 years ago. Plus a hair-raising airplane crash over North Haven.

It seems we must plead with beachgoers to stop leaving giant bags of garbage and other bulky discards in the general vicinity of the trash cans at the beach.

Seven curious, smart, spirited high school students have been taking part in our Star Summer Academy these last two weeks, learning what it takes to become a newspaper reporter.

Our roads are more dangerous now than ever before. There are more cars, and an explosion in popularity of e-bikes and powered scooters demands that local officials act swiftly to reduce the danger.

And it was not even particularly good coffee.

Notes from the East Hampton Library’s Authors Night.

When insects attack.

It’s hard to forget the surprising togetherness and making-do of New Yorkers plunged into darkness in the worst power outage in American history.

A weekly report of recent real estate moves here.

The Wainscott Sewing Society's popular annual rummage sale is set for Saturday at the Wainscott Chapel from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Come find your treasure," the society says on its Facebook page.

Shoe-Inn's 27th annual Hamptons warehouse sale may be the perfect chance to get your hands on your dream shoes, before someone else snatches them up first.

Two Star contributors make good — Nanci Lagarenne reads from her new novel, “Scape Ghost,” in Southampton, and Dianne Moritz lands in “Chicken Soup for the Soul.”