In casually banning public expression that they did not like, officials in Bay City, Mich., put themselves up against the heaviest of hitters on the issue.

In praise of those members of the East End G.O.P. who, instead of hosting screenings of wild-eyed-fantasy films produced by the far right, are standing up to defend the actual, longstanding principles of real Republicans.

Reflections on the deaths of four young people on their way home from worship in 1716.

This week, I went back to Facebook to be reminded of the humorous things my children said when they were little.

A conservative school up the Island goes all-in on classical education. Attention must be paid.

Remembering the greatest play in National Football League history.

The Broadway and pop composer Cy Coleman died nearly 20 years ago. In time for the Grammys, a remembrance of the always fun times with him, from Elaine’s to the Hamptons.

The latest reported South Fork real estate transactions.

On Jan. 8, someone called the Suffolk County CrimeStoppers line alleging the “illegal dumping of records” off the trustee road at Barcelona Point. An officer went to investigate that afternoon, but “was unable to check all of the access roads in the area before it got too dark,” according to the report.

Adrienne Rose Adorno and John (Jackson) Stoddard Peddy of Mount Kisco, N.Y., were married at the Church of Saint Barnabas in Irvington, N.Y., on Dec. 28.

On Monday, four and a half years after her arrest, Tenia Campbell of Medford was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for suffocating her twin 2-year-old daughters to death. She was arrested a few miles west of Montauk Point on June 27, 2019, after a search involving multiple police jurisdictions.

On Thursday night, the East Hampton High School select ensemble concert will take place, where fellow students, family members, friends, and community members can go to celebrate the students' musical accomplishments.

In her memoir “Castles & Ruins,” Rue Matthiessen looks to recapture the mystery and magic of Ireland — and of her mother.

The multipart exhibition “Artists Choose Parrish,” for which 41 contemporary artists selected work from the museum’s collection to pair with their own, yielded a plethora of fascinating juxtapositions across styles, mediums, and decades.

South Fork cultural organizations are celebrating Black History Month with a variety of cultural programs, ranging from multimedia presentations about Black comedians and Sidney Poitier to a benefit performance by That Motown Band, jazz concerts, an Afrofuturism art exhibition, and more.

Bay Street Theater will host a rockabilly dance party with Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks, and launch three new classes.

Gerald Brann and Yellow Brick Road, an Elton John tribute band, and three female comedians "of a certain age" will be at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.

A woman out for a walk found the body of a Middle Island man in front of a house on Industrial Road near Navy Road in Montauk on the morning of Jan. 21, East Hampton Town police said this week.

Game-day with Doubles, candlelight Fridays at Wolffer, cookie love from Levain, Coche Comedor and One Stop Market specials, Cookery lunch delivery, and more.

Hamptons Art Network presentation and jazz concert at The Church, comedy at the Southampton Cultural Center, roundtable gardening discussion in Bridgehampton.