Although I’m much more obsessive about keeping flowers around the house than the average American mom, I’m not so rhapsodic about it, and I’ve become less judgmental about what constitutes a decent flower.

Some people are rattled by a change in hours at the town dump. (Or one person is, anyway.)

Asked in a recent Science Times happiness questionnaire when was the last time I’d initiated a social plan with someone, I laughed.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders came in handy when I was terminating my analysis. I recommend it.

New South Fork real estate transfers.

Friday is the one day for residents of East Hampton Town who live outside village boundaries to get a nonresident 2023 East Hampton Village beach permit before the price rises from $500 to $750, but there's a catch: They have to show up in person at the Emergency Services Building between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the right documentation.

Frederic Tuten’s short prose vignettes accompany his prints in pastels and ink, and the result is delightfully whimsical.

The Siren Sisters, a trio of East End drag queens who will perform at LTV on Saturday, talk about the growing popularity of drag culture and how their own careers took shape.

The Sag Harbor Cinema and the Plain Sight Project are offering a month of events honoring the enslaved, indentured, and free people of color who lived in Sag Harbor and beyond from the 17th to the mid-19th centuries.

Linda K. Alpern, Leslie Wayne, and Lucy Winton, whose work can be seen in the Parrish Art Museum’s “An Expanded Portrait” exhibition, will discuss their creative process at the museum on Friday.

Almond Zigmund speaks at The Church, urban garden design at Keyes Art, group shows at Grenning and AB NY, and Hector Leonardi in Riverhead

Guild Hall sets awards dinner, four new workshops at Bay Street Theater, “Steel Magnolias” and a media workshop launching at LTV, and the Roses Grove Band will rock the Masonic Temple

Inspired by Instagram food posts, Julie Lavin posted her own stuffed cookie creations and discovered a hungry market for her decadent treats.

Herbal salt and natural wine at Amber Waves, Wolffer in Brooklyn, specials at Bridgehampton Inn, super treats from Smokin’ Wolf, and L.I. Restaurant Week starts Sunday.

Are there really minks and long-tailed weasels still living on Long Island? That's one question raised by Seatuck's Long Island mammal survey, which, according to a press release from the organization this week, "will utilize images from trail cams to map the distribution of our medium-to-large sized terrestrial and semi-aquatic animals." 

A forum on the Peconic Bay Region Community Housing Act will bring together State Senator Anthony Palumbo, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., and Matt Cohen of the Long Island Association for a look at what the new act means for the East End.

Curious about Camp Hero? Want to see some seals? You're in luck this weekend.

Mobile apps are especially risky in terms of privacy; even the most innocuous-seeming among them raise privacy concerns.

The East Hampton Town Trustees are to be congratulated for removing William Rysam’s name from their annual scholarship.

Libraries have adapted and now provide a wider range of services than ever before.