The East Hampton and Amagansett School Districts have signed an agreement allowing Amagansett to buy lunches prepared by East Hampton for its own students.

The community at large has been asked to pitch in to stock the new Little Free Food Pantry boxes that have been installed at the John M. Marshall Elementary School and East Hampton Middle School as well as one that will soon go up at East Hampton High School.

Construction began this week on broken roof trusses at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street, where East Hampton Village has held its public meetings for decades.

Tuesday, Jan. 23, will be the day for East Hampton Town residents to purchase village beach parking permits, a week before they go on sale to the general public.

Ruth Bedford Moran (1870-1948), seen here on a wicker “sleigh” in San Diego, and her father, the painter Thomas Moran (1837-1926), were among East Hampton’s early and prominent winter snowbirds.

In exclusive interviews with the Springs School Journalism Club, the school’s administrators reveal their New Year's resolutions for 2024.

For toddlers and their caregivers, several opportunities exist for group play in fun and educational settings nearly every day of the week. Plus: Pajama story time, kids' movies, science-themed activities, Lego Club, and more.

Following a road rage incident Saturday morning, a 28-year-old East Hampton woman reported that two middle-aged men in a Jeep had followed her into the long-term parking lot on Lumber Lane and confronted her. “If you’re going to give us the finger, we will teach you a lesson,” the men reportedly told the woman, before slamming her door shut. Police responded but were unable to locate a vehicle with two men matching her description.

The East Hampton Town Board’s liaison assignments for 2024 were announced on Tuesday, with the supervisor and four councilmembers assigned to each of the hamlets and their citizens advisory committees as well as town departments. Other assignments were to the All Hands on Housing initiative to create affordable housing for residents, key projects, various boards, and citizens and internal committees. 

The trustees re-elected Francis Bock to the position of clerk, or presiding officer, and Jim Grimes and Bill Taylor as deputy clerks. They also honored Susan McGraw Keber, who served three terms as a trustee until her retirement at the end of 2023.

The East Hampton High School wrestling team clipped the wings of the Deer Park Falcons here on Jan. 3, flattening the visitors 58-9.

“They’re coming along,” Samantha James, who coaches East Hampton High’s girls basketball team, said after the team had won back-to-back games, while the boys are looking to improve their defense and shooting.

Ryleigh O’Donnell, a senior on the Bonac girls indoor track team, set a school record in the 1,000 meters Sunday at Suffolk Community College-Brentwood. The boys swimmers, meanwhile, had an easy time of it.

Tales of a Bonacker’s adventures with professional basketball in Spain, and more from The Star’s sports pages of yore.

Charles W. Gallanti, who started his own HVAC company in Bridgehampton, died on Dec. 22 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 77 and had Lewy body dementia.

A celebration of Frazer Dougherty’s life will take place at LTV Studios, the public-access television station of which he was a founder, on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

A cold blast from the past: One January day in 1899, the temperature here hit zero. Afterward — need it be said? — “several days of good skating” were “enjoyed on Town Pond.”

Some years ago we realized that the best way to shake off the dreary midwinter doldrums is to force yourself to do something you haven’t done before.

It would be good for us all if the TV and online weather offerings gave equal time to news, like the fact that 2023 was the hottest year worldwide in more than 150 years.

It’s an important local forum, and here’s the latest.