Ponder for a moment the one food that could start an uproar if it wasn't served at the Thanksgiving table. Mashed potatoes? Nah, it's gravy. Plus: Here's the delicious, classic giblet-gravy recipe that East editors have been making for more than four decades.

The back-and-forth story of the 79 condominium units proposed for 152 Three Mile Harbor Road and 33 West Drive now appears to be dead and buried.

If rezoning before the East Hampton Town Board is approved, it could lead to a 79-unit condominium development, the largest in the town. On Tuesday, the public said no.

After a decade on the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, with five of those years as its chairman during the frenetic building boom of Covid, Roy Dalene is leaving.

Nancy Edith Yudelson, a Flushing, Queens, native who spent much of each year in Montauk, died on Nov. 7 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 83.

Vincent P. Balcuns Jr. of Springs, who for more than 50 years owned Balcuns Service Center in Amagansett, died on Nov. 21. He was 75.

The East Hampton Town Board’s recent hearing on proposed amendments to the town code pertaining to spurring the construction of accessory dwelling units was the subject of discussion Tuesday.

Around 15,000 cubic yards of sand for the dune reconstruction project at Ditch Plain Beach in Montauk has been deposited, and the initiative to protect a residential neighborhood there moves toward completion.

Representative Nick LaLota said he would welcome a “fact-based, politically neutral review” of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decisions with respect to a Sept. 2 military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that some have called a war crime.

The dredging of the harbor at Lake Montauk, which is to restore safe navigation to the inlet, hit a snag last month when “they ran into a really big rock.”

A town board vote on the proposed rezoning of two parcels of land, at 152 Three Mile Harbor Road and 33 West Drive, to make way for a condominium development will not be held Thursday evening.

A trivia night at the Point Bar and Grill in Montauk on Wednesday from 6 to 9 will raise money for an East Hampton High School service-learning trip in February to Malawi, where students will work with a rural community to construct a school.

The Hampton Ballet Theatre School returns to Guild Hall on Friday, Dec. 12, for its annual production of “The Nutcracker.” The holiday favorite will take the stage at 7 p.m. that day and on Dec. 13, and at noon and 5 p.m. on Dec. 14.

The Sag Harbor School District will host its first community forum on the $40 million Pierson Capital Improvement Project on Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym.

Montauk School officials seek to reassure voters about a $34 million bond for upgrades as well as the matter of superintendent housing at the Fisher house in the hamlet.

When twinkling Christmas lights brighten Ashawagh Hall and the holiday spirit fills the air, excitement will become real for this year’s Lights of Love festival, which is being held on Sunday at 4 p.m.

The Choral Society of the Hamptons' winter concert will feature the premiere of “A Child Is Born,” a cantata by Bruce Saylor, an acclaimed composer.

The winter burn window at the Nature Conservancy’s Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island is in effect through Dec. 20. The public has been advised that during this time a prescribed burn may take place and smoke may be visible.

On Dec. 13 Sag Harbor Village businesses will launch Sag Saturdays, a monthly effort to attract commerce during the off-season by showcasing the village’s artistic and cultural heritage.

Construction fences were placed around the Springs General Store last week, and Daniel Bennett, co-owner of Springs General Real Estate, confirmed that he had applied for a building permit and was hopeful work could begin soon, with a possible opening in 2027.