Memories of a weird, egalitarian “Panathon” road race, and happy times at the Montauk Lighthouse Sprint Triathlon.

The Star's indefatigable food writer explores the new gourmet food stores and finds an awful lot to love.

Lee Roy Reams, an actor, singer, and dancer, celebrates his friendship with Lauren Bacall, while the Django Festival Allstars pay tribute to the music of Django Reinhardt.

HIFF reveals festival poster, jazz and tango in Southampton, benefits for LongHouse, OLA, and Bay Street, Jake Lear brings the blues.

The East Hampton Historical Society's annual Antiques and Design Show benefit will feature antiques, prints, art, furniture, and more from 50 dealers.

Artist talk in Springs, analyzing Bourgeois's spiders, classic car recreations at the Parrish, outdoor sculpture in Southampton, painting classes, blue-chip artists in new exhibition space.

A series of poetry readings lands in a choice location in Springs on Tuesday, as Rosalind Brenner, Dee Slavutin, Walter Donway, and Linda Opyr read from their work, with a museum tour and refreshments.

Pizza and spirits return to Cedar Point Park, Crazy Pizza, La Goulue Sur Mer, and Lucky's Steakhouse debut on the East End, while Mavericks Montauk offers high-end ingredients for takeout.

Luis Gonzalo Barrionuevo-Fuertes, the 18-year-old East Hampton High School graduate who was driving the car involved in a fatal accident in Springs on the evening of June 15, is scheduled to have his first appearance in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Wednesday morning, and faces a long list of new criminal charges.

Guild Hall in East Hampton kicks off its summer series of KidFest shows this week with Mario the Maker Magician on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Described as "contagiously upbeat and full of heart," Mario the Maker's shows are "an all-ages theater experience," according to Guild Hall. 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will hold its Summer Fair — now in its 110th year — on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“You, the class of 2025, hold a special place in my heart, and in my career,” Sara Smith, the principal of East Hampton High School, told the graduating seniors as they sat together under a large white tent on the school’s lawn for their commencement ceremony last Friday evening. “You entered ninth grade as I entered as principal, and in many ways we grew into our current positions together.”

“I think this is the most concentrated spot for bluebirds in all of New York State,” said Joe Giunta on a drizzly Saturday morning as he walked along a segment of a bluebird trail on Daniel’s Hole Road, adjacent to 600 acres of relatively open space.

A private developer's plan to build 47 two and three-bedroom units on Pantigo Road and sell them as condominiums to local businesses for workforce housing “deviates from nearly every affordable housing development that exists in the town,” said Eric Schantz, a principal planner for the East Hampton Town Planning Department.

The East Hampton Town Board moved closer to loosening restrictions on homeowners who want to build accessory dwelling units on their properties, but not before two members of the public spoke out against the proposals.

East Hampton Town has ordered Christopher Winkler, a Montauk fisherman who was convicted in 2023 of falsifying records in order to sell fluke and black sea bass in quantities that vastly exceed legal limits, to vacate the slip at the hamlet’s commercial dock where his trawler, the New Age, has been docked for around 40 years.

Recent roadwork on the shoulder of Route 114 between East Hampton and Sag Harbor has highlighted a truth long known to cyclists on the South Fork: Biking here can be terrifying.

A discussion of the prosecutorial process and enforcing legal limits on the Trump administration will introduce a new era for the Hamptons Institute discussion series at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Monday at 7 p.m.

It may be bittersweet for Lee and Barbara Oldak of Amagansett Beach and Bicycle, which for three decades has met the outdoor recreation needs of South Fork residents and seasonal visitors, but this summer will be their last at the sales, rental, and repair shop at 1 Cross Highway.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk announced the election of Jessica James as the new board president at its annual meeting last month. Ms. James succeeds David Freudenthal, who has led the organization’s mission to protect Montauk’s unique environment through education, advocacy, and citizen action since 2021.