On Feb. 9, a group of 20 East Hampton High School seniors boarded a plane for Africa to begin the adventure of a lifetime. An 18-hour flight would transport them to Malawi, where they spent five days helping to build a school in the village of Chipa.

The Trump administration’s move this month to allow commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, 130 miles off Cape Cod, was welcomed by commercial fishing interests last week.

The Jerry Larsen for Supervisor campaign committee gave back an undisclosed sum of money to donors this week, after the Suffolk County Democratic Committee accused the campaign on Feb. 4 of accepting donations in excess of what is allowed by law.

East Hampton Town will be adding two police cruisers to its fleet this year, thanks in part to federal funds secured by Representative Nick LaLota that will be funneled through the Suffolk County Police Department for the purchase.

A snowy owl found dead near Louse Point on Jan. 17 died of bird flu, the State Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed. There have been reports of it in clusters of Canada geese and cormorants this year as well.

Kelly and John Piccinnini, the new co-owners and sole operators of 1 Main Street in Sag Harbor — more familiarly known as the Corner Bar — spoke this week about the future of the community staple and meeting place.

The East Hampton Village Board abandoned a proposal that would have extended the prohibition of animals and trucks on its beaches from the current date of Sept. 15 to Columbus Day.

It was a day for goodbyes to long-serving staffers when the East Hampton Village Board met on Friday, as the retirements of Ralph Gibson, medical director, and Jeff Verity, of the Department of Public Works, were reluctantly accepted.

With more than a fair share of snow this winter, the question on the minds of members of the Sag Harbor Village Board is how to keep the sidewalks in the village free of it.

Much to the chagrin of her captain, the bark Elmiranda never stood a chance once she was caught in one of our area’s thick fogs in April 1894.

From Montauk to Southampton Village, don’t ya know . . .

It turns out that there is a powerful biological basis for helping out.

According to the National Weather Service, freezing roads are responsible for nearly four times more deadly accidents than all other weather hazards combined.

It turns out that all this snow isn’t, in fact, killing off the blasted ticks.

Ever since hantavirus became a thing on the East End, it has been war.

The scene outside my bedroom window was a blur of whiteout. It was like being inside the white-and-purple twister lifting the house to Oz.

Olympics on the TV as a source of cohesion.

Freud equated understanding the mind with an archeological dig. The sites are sometimes real places.

The week in reader comment.

Five Bonackers will compete at the state boys swimming and diving championships on March 6 and 7 at Ithaca College: Nick Chavez, Liam Knight, Jasiu Gredysa, Aidan Menu, and Zeb Ryan.