The mayor weighs in on the ambulance matter, and he’s not alone.

Until proven otherwise, any kind of out-of-the-blue request to change a password or divulge personal details or solicitation of any sort has to be viewed very, very suspiciously.

Nick LaLota’s re-election chances improved this week after a State Legislature committee opted against radically reshaping New York Congressional District 1. Bring on John Avlon.

The South Fork has more trails than you could shake a stick at, and now is the time to go.

Parenthood is a pendulum. Whatever direction our parents swung in the habits and policies of our own raising, we swing that pendulum far back over to the other side.

In last week’s episode of “Capote vs. the Swans,” our man in letters clawed back some dignity. And a fan ponders the arc of his career.

Leafing through some of The Star’s bound volumes, I was chagrined to find my early-1970s columns were unvaryingly issue-oriented.

At an arty dinner party in Sag Harbor a woman announced to the table, “There’s just too much art!” If that day ever comes, we’re in trouble.

More South Fork real estate moves . . .

Para los adultos a los que les gustan los libros y para los niños a los que les gusta el cine, se avecinan nuevos eventos.

La Fundación de Atención Médica de East Hampton (East Hampton Healthcare Foundation) patrocina una feria de salud el viernes desde 11 a.m. a 2 p.m. en la iglesia de St. Luke's en East Hampton.

The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation is sponsoring a health fair Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the meeting room of St. Luke's Episcopal Church on James Lane.

“The Finest Kind” at Clinton Academy features photographs by Doug Kuntz and others, who captured the vanishing way of life of the South Fork’s baymen for the project that became “Men’s Lives.”

Billy Joel’s “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first new song in 17 years, has drawn raves from a cross-section of South Fork listeners, among them WLIW-FM’s Brian Cosgrove, Cliff Young, a music journalist, and Mark Schiavoni, a guitarist for the Montauk Project.

Love and passion return to Springs, birthday cakes for Romany Kramoris, plein-air painters in Bridgehampton, an exhibition tour at Southampton Arts Center, Linda Stein is solo in Manhattan, and American artists in Paris at N.Y.U.’s Grey Art Museum.

The Moondogs cover the Beatles in Sag, a dance party at LTV, pop and funk at the Talkhouse, jazz at the temple, a disco dance party, a Rush tribute, Taylor Dayne in Riverhead, and more.

“Love Letters” in Southampton, a lecture series at Madoo, highlighting Sag Harbor’s Eastville community at the Sag Harbor Cinema, and more.

In this sophisticated espionage novel, Lea Carpenter’s young heroine seeks experience in her search for an identity. She gets more than she bargained for.

The Tea Talk Tuesday series has culinary and agricultural experts, products from local food producers, and chats over cups of tea.

Loaves and Fishes has chicken pot pie, learning about Spanish wines and others, things are brewing in Springs, a talk on East End wine, and more.