An all-star roster for the Chowdah Chowdown, specials for fall at Elaia, brunch at Coche Comedor, freebies at Hampton Eats, seasonal closings, and more.

Grants for the Moran Studio in East Hampton and the D’Amico Home and Studio on Napeague, solo shows for Valerie Jaudon in Manhattan and Mary Heilmann at Dia Beacon, spotlight on animals at the Oscar Molina Gallery.

LongHouse lecture by Liz Collins in Manhattan, ‘War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast” landing in Southampton, Cowgirls’ “The Dreamer” at LTV, lecture on post-war modernist architecture, African drumming and dance workshops, Gershwin recital.

East Hampton Village's Department of Public Works began its leaf pickup program on Oct. 9 and will continue to pick up leaves through Dec. 8.

The Springs Citizens Advisory Committee is sponsoring a forum on drinking water quality at 6 p.m. on Monday at the East Hampton Library.

The Sag Harbor Garden Center on Spring Street will host a pumpkin party on Friday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

As people across the world mourned and prayed for those killed, wounded, and taken hostage in a violent surprise attack by the terrorist group Hamas in Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, so too did the South Fork’s Jewish community, joined in solidarity by members and leaders of other religious organizations.

“Today, we are topping the building with a final piece of steel," Dr. Fredric Weinbaum, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s chief medical officer and chief operating officer, told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday. Completing the 23,000-square-foot structure itself is one hurdle and staffing it will be another, he said, but the freestanding emergency room under construction could be open this winter.

A traffic roundabout at the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path, Long Lane, and Two Holes of Water Road in East Hampton could see “substantial completion” by summer, a consultant told the board on Tuesday.

A wintertime pipe burst at the Springs General Store, which has been shuttered for a year, spurred changes to plans to redevelop and reopen the store. Its owners have obtained liquor licenses for on and off-premise consumption, which seemed to pique the anxieties of the East Hampton Town Planning Board last week.

The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee was enthusiastic about a proposal to transform Wainscott Green and connect past, present, and future with the creation of a “celebratory memorial” to the Swamp and the Annex, the nightclub and restaurant that stood for many years on the site.

The East Hampton Town Board’s public hearing last Thursday on amending the “purposes” section of the zoning code to control development drew more than 35 comments, nearly all of them in favor of modifications that would better reflect the town’s comprehensive plan.

Beginning Saturday and continuing for the next six weekends, the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will lead hikes that break the length of the town’s portion of the Paumanok Path into roughly eight-mile sections, starting in Wainscott and ending at Montauk Point.

East Hampton Village already has a leash law at beaches during the summer. Now new rules being considered would expand the leash law to the village’s other public places.

After months of planning and one postponement due to inclement weather, East Hampton Town will celebrate its 375th anniversary on Saturday, weather permitting.

East Hampton Town’s Water Quality Technical Advisory Committee has endorsed nine projects, aimed at improving the health of local surface and ground waters by upgrading septic systems and eliminating pollutants, to receive a combined $2.24 million in grant money.

Nancy Goroff, the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee to represent New York’s First Congressional District, has announced a second bid for the party’s nomination, three years after losing the election to then-Representative Lee Zeldin.

After 22 years at Amagansett Square, Mandala Yoga Center for Healing Arts will soon move to Scoville Hall on Meeting House Lane, not far from its existing location. Scoville Hall has served as a satellite space for Mandala’s yoga classes since 2021.

As Sag Harbor Village considers a law pertaining to the preservation of trees, one village resident displayed photos that, she said, "illustrate how often, when given the opportunity, all trees on properties are felled, and usually replaced with lawns and hedges, not new trees.”

This month will see candidates debates for East Hampton Town and Southampton Town supervisor and board, and for the Suffolk County Legislature’s Second District, hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork.