A rediscovered letter from 1972 sheds new light on parenting.

South Fork realty. The hits just keep on coming.

Emma Cline’s new novel chronicles the adventures of an escort, thief, and pill addict over six days in the Hamptons.

The young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton will stage "Cinderella" on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Bridgehampton School.

Jeremy Blutstein's new Montauk restaurant is "a steakhouse, but not a steakhouse," and the vision of an obsessive locavore with "the chops to cook your chops."

The Church in Sag Harbor will celebrate the art of that village’s Eastville and SANS communities with a panel discussion, an exhibition tour, and a reception.

Melanie Crader has been hired as director of visual arts to oversee Guild Hall's exhibition program in the renovated galleries it will reopen in July.

The Southampton Arts Center will host a jazz concert by the Robin Verheyen Quartet and a six-session acting workshop with Kate Mueth and Josh Gladstone.

An award-winning classical pianist will play a concert of works from the Romantic period at the Parrish Art Museum, and "Latin Dance Night" at LTV Studios.

Ann Pibal and Emily Pettigrew at Halsey McKay, Alice Aycock drawings in Chelsea, Dan McCleary at Madoo, group shows at LTV and Alex Ferrone Gallery, and a virtual lecture on Charles Pollock, Jackson’s oldest brother.

Special menus for Mother’s Day at several South Fork restaurants, and holiday celebrations at Sparkling Pointe and Bedell wineries on the North Fork.

A new gourmet butcher in Wainscott, Gosman’s and Salivar's now open in Montauk, a North Fork wine dinner, Enchante takes over Red Bar, a new cookie from Tate’s, New York City chefs to take residencies at Rosie’s, and more.

Epic Martial Arts is teaming up with the Retreat to offer a self-defense and safety awareness class on Monday, May 15, for women and girls 14 and older.

East Hampton Town officials indefinitely closed the rickety asphalt-covered bridge above the Long Island Rail Road track on Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett after a sizable hole appeared in it on Sunday.

The May Day 5K, a charitable run and walk initiated by Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O'Donnell, two East Hampton High School students, will return for its second year on Sunday. Participants will set out from Main Beach at 9 a.m. rain or shine. Registration is $30 in advance at bit.ly/44dOmH4 or $35 on race day.

With growing calls to rein in the rampant development and redevelopment characterized by outsized houses and abundant lot coverage in East Hampton Town, Councilwoman Cate Rogers announced a new zoning code amendment work group that will begin with an assessment of residential zoning and, “where needed, reducing house size, clearing, total lot coverage, how we classify natural grade and below-grade development, and other sections” of the code.

It is fair to say the Wainscott School District’s financial situation has reached crisis level: A budget with a 49.27-percent jump in overall spending — carrying a tax-levy increase of more than 95 percent — is on the table for the 2023-24 school year.

The long-awaited renovation, which has been split into three phases by the East Hampton Village Board, is underway. First up: a new softball diamond, tennis courts, and walkways, all set to be complete by summer, along with the restroom. Left out of this early work are pickleball and the baseball field.

A process that began eight years ago came to a sudden ending last week, as the East Hampton Town Planning Board voted 5-to-1 to allow a 70-foot cell tower at St. Peter’s Chapel in Springs.

A bill that passed in the New York State Assembly, but has yet to win approval in the Senate, would restrict the use of popular pesticides known as neonics, which are commonly used on lawns to kill grubs but persist in the environment and are affecting populations of pollinators and causing water contamination.