Driving while intoxicated, usually a misdemeanor, is elevated to a felony charge when a child is in the vehicle at the time, under New York State's Leandra's Law.

A Bridgehampton man was charged with two first-degree felonies, “criminal sex act by forcible compulsion” and criminal contempt, following an incident at a house on Accabonac Road in East Hampton.

Harry Alan Meeker of Springs and Melbourne, Fla., a retired teacher and Korean War veteran, died on Feb. 5 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne after a fall at home. He was 96.

Elisabeth Louise Bastion Varese, who had worked in advertising in New York and London, died last Thursday in Florida. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 101.

Allan Abraham Retzky of Amagansett, who came to creative writing later in life and published works of fiction in the pages of The Star and elsewhere, died at home on Saturday with his wife of 61 years, Susan Retzky, at his side. He was 86 and had congestive heart failure.

The dawning gas nightmare of 1972, and much more from The Star of yore.

Bonac's Juan Roque, a 124-pounder, placed sixth on the mats, while boys swimmers took ninth in the county meet at Stony Brook, and Pierson has a new 1,000-point scorer.

Meet the 29-year-old Iranian-born figure-skating instructor at the Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton.

Revisiting happy outcomes for Bridgehampton girls hoops and a Bonac team that clinched a league crown.

The Montauk Friends of Erin, which organizes the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montauk, announced last week that their March 23 cocktail party at Gurney's has officially sold out, but tickets are still available for the grand marshal's luncheon.

Last week, an excavator tore up the Reutershan Parking Lot at the end of Eastman Way in East Hampton Village as rings for a new sanitary system sat behind a chain-link fence, a sign of big changes to come downtown.

From what’s happening at Herrick Park to what’s happening with newspapers, here is the week in reader comment.

The rate at which the land is sinking varies; the worst is in Nassau County, but Suffolk and the East End are not far behind.

Beyond longevity, as an elected official Fred Thiele had the capacity to restore trust in government.

Just think how different our coastline would look if there were a sudden, no-holds-barred green light for raising waterfront houses.

What out-dumbs TikTok?

Coffee and tea are the hot beverages of contemplation.

A return to a vastly changed Commonwealth Avenue and Boston University — and its famous racing facility.

A vacation in “Centereach with palm trees.”

A tale of two ad men.