In this slim and lyrical novel, Max Little, an author with a fatal disease, ponders what’s ahead while dreading having to tell his wife.

After concerns were raised by the community and preservationists, East Hampton's Guild Hall has scaled back the ambitious plans for renovating its theater. Instead, it will preserve many of the space's historical architectural elements and keep them visible in the final design, while upgrading the overall experience of productions there.

East Hampton High’s wrestling team took four of five matches at Doc Fallot, the Southampton Mariners swept to the Kendall Madison championship, and the Bonac girls hoopsters finally won one.

Montauk’s young Pleiades rugby 7s side that Kevin Bunce Sr. coaches did itself proud in the Thanksgiving 7s tournament on Randalls Island, sweeping through the social division without a loss.

Ellen Cooper, Kathy McGeehan, and Sandy Vorpahl — all of them East Hampton High School Hall of Fame members — are searching through old yearbooks and making phone calls to ascertain who among the school’s female athletes predating 1976 are worthy of being considered by the Hall of Fame committee.

East Hampton Town has an advertising problem.

Purchasing goods and services close to home has some surprising benefits.

Laid up with a stomach bug for the past several days, I have had a lot of time to watch what is going on outside.

The only person I know who says they don’t gossip and holds true to that word is a friend who is autistic.

A simple question for the sellers on those social media marketplaces hereabouts . . .

Yes, Virginia, even 82-year-olds can freak out.

Trump’s actions with respect to losing the election, while extreme, is hardly new. Winning is a supreme value in American culture.

From an 1897 issue of The Star: “Who says this is a slow town?”

It might be the shortest tally of South Fork real estate transactions ever.

A new book of stunning underwater photographs by the Montauk scientist and explorer Gaelin Rosenwaks is a fascinating portrait of sperm whales, nature's largest predator and the inspiration for "Moby-Dick."

"Sr." is an offbeat and fascinating portrait of Robert Downey, who emerged as an iconoclastic underground filmmaker in the 1960s, and his complex relationship with his son, the actor Robert Downey Jr.

The Teachers Association of Sag Harbor has thrown its support behind the potential joint school-and-town purchase of five lots on Marsden Street for an athletic field near Pierson Middle and High School, citing the academic benefits the plan would bring.

"The Thief Collector" is a documentary about a de Kooning painting stolen in 1985, its discovery and restoration more than 30 years later, and the apparently unassuming thieves, a married couple who lived in a small New Mexico town.

The race for a seat on Montauk Fire District's board of commissioners is contested this year, with two experienced first responders facing off for a five-year term. Voting is Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Fire Department headquarters on Flamingo Avenue. All registered voters in Montauk are eligible to cast ballots; the commissioner's election is not limited to fire department members.

A documentary about the writer Robert Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, won the Hamptons Doc Fest Audience Award.