The Hampton Hopper’s “last mile” shuttle service, which takes commuters from the Long Island Rail Road stations in East Hampton Village and Amagansett to their places of work in the morning and back again in the afternoon, has quietly become a success.

A proposed management plan for the Amagansett Plains Preserve, also known as 555 Montauk Highway, will soon be reviewed by the East Hampton Town Board, which will “discuss it and decide if there should be modifications,” Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc told the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night.

A trawl survey of the ocean floor near the landing site of the South Fork Wind farm’s export cable is being conducted this week, John Aldred of the East Hampton Town Trustees announced on Monday. The survey was to take place between May 8 and May 15.

East Hampton Town’s Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan, known as CARP, will have its own website.

The contractor charged with the annual sand replenishment at downtown Montauk’s ocean beaches began mobilizing on Tuesday for what was expected to be a 10-day project.

The young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton will stage “Cinderella” tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at the Bridgehampton School. Plus: Kite decorating, recycled bottle art, toddler music and movement, and more coming up for kids and teens.

A bottle of 18-year-old Macallan Scotch whiskey valued at $475 was stolen from Amagansett Wine and Spirits on the afternoon of April 26. A man was seen putting the bottle under his sweatshirt while an employee was helping a customer. Charges will not be pressed, management told police, if payment is received or if the bottle is returned intact.

This student-made guide to the native plants of the East Hampton Nature Trail from 1976 feels particularly relevant this spring.

One hundred years ago, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the village’s most famous “lowly thatched cottage” — John Howard Payne’s Home, Sweet Home.

Eleanor B. Newirth of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney and ardent feminist, died at home in Manhattan on April 5. She was 80 and had been ill with leukemia for seven years.

Roy J. Pollock of Bridgehampton, a real estate broker, died on May 3. He was 92 and had been ill with multiple sclerosis.

Carlo Grossman, a resident of East Hampton since the 1960s, died at home on Friday. He was 90 and had been in declining health. No funeral services are scheduled.

The best boys tennis team Kevin McConville’s overseen since he began coaching at East Hampton High School five years ago is about to enter the postseason this weekend in the conference individual tournament, with the county team tournament to follow next week.

Three senior East Hampton High School athletes — Jack Dickinson, Cami Hatch, and Claire McGovern — as well as two adults, Kim Covell and Tom McGlade, were honored by the Old Montauk Athletic Club at a dinner at the Springs Tavern Friday evening.

More than 800 participants turned out for Sunday’s May Day 5K here, a race founded last year by two East Hampton High School track teammates, Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O’Donnell, to raise money for organizations addressing mental health problems.

It’s school board vote ramp-up week in The Star’s estimable letters section.

A rash of luxury homebuilding on the South Fork has prompted East Hampton Town to appoint a committee to look into revamping the rules that govern how houses are built and where. Expect meaningful results.

Tuesday could represent a pivotal moment for public education here, with several school districts asking voters to approve larger than usual property tax increases.

As the world shut down in the first months of Covid, it was the presence of huge fish along the Nature Trail that got my attention.

My son, Teddy, has been given a more-or-less-clean bill of health by his orthopedic surgeon after 12 years of what amounts to rather major medical intervention.