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.

I am continually struck by how few attempts there have been at real-world data collection regarding the beaches here.

Has the zeitgeist ever felt so apocalyptic?

As if all its billions weren’t enough, the N.F.L. gets into bed with DraftKings.

The New Year’s Day plunges here were communal convocations as reassuring as any you’d find at a church or at any other gathering.

If you’ve ever shopped at Erewhon, you’re most likely aware that the luxury grocery store is the trendiest place in Los Angeles to see and be seen. The hype is real, the shopping experience far from ordinary.

Get your Hamptons real estate fix here, readers.

Montauk again took the brunt of the damage, with heavy flooding downtown and at Ditch Plain.

Calvary Baptist Church and St. Luke's Episcopal Church will join together in a celebration of the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. Luke's Church.

Céline Keating’s novel tells a story of Montauk vanishing before our eyes, with all the underlying social and economic tensions and environmental woes triggered by its booming popularity.

The East Hampton Fire Department's next free community dinner will take place on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the East Hampton High School cafeteria.

Parking will be in the main lot in front of the school; drop-off will be at the front door.

Additional community dinners will happen on Feb. 13 and March 6.

Heidi Lender, a widely traveled writer and photographer who once lived in Springs, eventually put down roots in Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, and established Campo Garzon, a creative institute offering art residencies, experiences, and events, including an annual art festival that brings thousands to the rural village.

Tripoli Gallery’s 19th annual "Thanksgiving Collective" features a diversity of work by more than 20 artists addressing existential angst and musings on death and other transitions, all of it worth seeing.

The next exhibition at The Church in Sag Harbor will focus on printmaking by artists and printers of the South Fork from 1965 to 2010, with works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, and Elaine de Kooning, as well as such contemporary artists as Mary Heilmann, Dan Rizzie, and April Gornik.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host “Kinetic Grace,” a musical dance performance, and a wellness program on “Visioning the Year Ahead.”