For the first time, lifeguards at East Hampton Main Beach will have the ability to fly a drone to help pinpoint swimmers in distress.

Political ties run deep in Suffolk County, and there has been speculation that an old-boy network is behind the extraordinary fines a State Supreme Court justice has imposed on the town.

It had been missing for nearly a year, so when I found my wallet at the bottom of a bag of life jackets earlier this week I felt like a dope.

I was called an “idiot” the other day by a doubles opponent, and I couldn’t entirely disagree.

On John Romita, the smooth illustrator who remade Spider-Man and the entire look of Marvel Comics.

That the reduction in nuclear capacity after the Three Mile Island disaster would keep the coal industry alive and exacerbate climate change should have been obvious.

In reader comment, this is the week that was. (Or, the Maidstone Gun Club mobilizes.)

It was a relatively quiet week in Hamptons real estate, just some millions hither and yon.

The poet and farmer Scott Chaskey returns with fresh takes on birds and words, seeds and trees.

It's time to sing, dance, create, and play with these upcoming events for kids and teens.

Reservations are being taken for the Montauk Chamber of Commerce's Stars Over Montauk fireworks cruise on the Viking Starship on July 4.

Carl Irace, a lawyer and village resident, won 327 votes to beat out East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky, who ended with 141 votes, for a four-year term as Sag Harbor Village Justice. Mr. Irace will replace Lisa Rana, who is retiring.

The Wainscott School District failed to get the 60-percent approval it needed on Tuesday to pass an over-the-tax-cap budget, throwing it into "uncharted waters," its superintendent said.

The acclaimed poet Yesenia Montilla will offer a free poetry workshop for teenagers on Thursday night at 5:30 at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center. Registration is by calling 631-537-0616.

As director and curator of the Leiber Collection, Ann Fristoe Stewart organizes changing exhibitions in the museum and garden while continuing to track down handbags by Judith that are missing from the holdings.

A new adaptation of “Dial M for Murder” coming to Bay Street Theater keeps the thrills and suspense but adds wit, freshness, and some intriguing plot twists.

The Church in Sag Harbor and the Sag Harbor Cinema are focusing on boxing, with an exhibition at The Church of artwork that explores the subject, and movies ranging from “Raging Bull” to Buster Keaton’s “Battling Butler” at the cinema.

The Tribeca Film Festival included films with strong ties to the East End, including “Maggie Moore(s)” by John Slattery, a longtime Springs resident, a documentary on Ron Delsener of East Hampton, and two films with Ukrainian themes produced by Liev Schreiber, a South Fork part-timer.

Hamptons Jazz Fest’s third season will incorporate musical traditions from around the world, including Middle Eastern, Jewish, Indian, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and Argentinean music and musicians.

“Footprints of an Angel,” a feature film about a beloved matriarch and her family, was adapted from a play by Tramar Pettaway, a Southampton native who also served as the film’s associate producer.