The East Hampton Village Police Department now has a newly promoted captain, lieutenant, and two sergeants, as well as a new full-time officer.

Police officers conducted routine liquor-license checks of bars, restaurants, and liquor stores in Montauk, Springs, and East Hampton over the last two weeks, finding that all had up-to-date documentation.

Just before 8 a.m. on Monday, a fire broke out in Stephen and Missie Hesler’s home on Carlisle Lane in Sag Harbor, causing heavy damage to the house. Mr. Hesler was able to rescue the couple’s two dogs, Gus and Gabbie, from the flames.

A fight at Murf’s Tavern Saturday night led to the arrest of a “highly intoxicated” 27-year-old Sag Harbor man who screamed obscenities, berated the security guard, and threatened to “kick everyone’s ass” and “kill you.” He forcefully resisted arrest, police said, but officers — including some from East Hampton and Southampton who responded to the village’s request for assistance — were able to wrestle him to the ground and handcuff him.

The Parsons Blacksmith Shop in Springs will open for the season on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a free series of tours and live demonstrations of traditional ironworking tools and techniques.

How much do people who live in the right-wing news ecosphere know about Fox News’s $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems? Not much.

Here on the South Fork, now is the time that the landscape-industrial complex is in full swing.

One summer night, my brother wrecked my car.

Seventeen Edwards Lane had slowly been descending into the gloom for a year or more.

If the Mets say to grab a mug and tea proudly, I’m happy to oblige.

Fox and Murdoch got off easy.

When the construction never lets up, the rules have got to change.

It happened here, readers.

Another busy week in Star letters. There's even one that questions the paper's letters policy.

The South Fork's latest reported real estate transactions.

The FoodLab at Stony Brook Southampton has vegetable and herb seedlings available at its greenhouse behind the student center on campus at 39 Tuckahoe Road.

The late Lucas Matthiessen’s memoir recounts losing his vision, a descent into drinking, and a new life in recovery.

The Suffolk County Water Authority has more than doubled its account credits for thrifty tech, including low-flow showerheads and "smart" irrigation controllers.

While they often start with a simple image — a palm tree, or a lighthouse — Jamie dePasquale’s paintings develop over time into works of remarkable, and often surreal, complexity.

Harper’s Gallery has paintings and ceramics by three artists whose moody, complex works “straddle an axis of abstract and recognizable imagery.”