Classical piano at Montauk and Rogers Memorial Libraries, musical 'Rebirth' at Old Whalers Church, tea ceremony at LongHouse, J. Smith-Cameron to be honored by North Fork TV Fest

A documentary at the Parrish features art created behind prison walls, new paintings by Ted Hartley, JoAnne Carson, and Suzanne Unrein, and solo shows for Hiroyuki Hamada in Korea and Renate Aller in Vermont.

Pizza for a cause at Highway Restaurant, artisanal sausage from Loaves and Fishes, new fall menu items at Coche Comedor, Old Stove Pub opens in N.Y.C., and pizza is back at Nick and Toni's

Alicia Longwell's 38-year career at the Parrish Art Museum was distinguished by dozens of notable exhibitions, her thoughtful stewardship of the collection, and her enduring relationships with artists.

An attorney for the family of the two young women who died this summer in a fire at a rented house in Noyac has written to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney asking why his office has not pursued criminal charges in the Aug. 3 tragedy.

On Saturday, the Hamptons International Film Festival announced its awards for the films in competition.

Mourners filled the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor on Thursday afternoon to remember Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack, the pilot who died last Thursday when the small seaplane he was flying crashed at the edge of Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton.

Mourners filled the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor on Thursday afternoon to remember Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack, the pilot who died last Thursday when the small seaplane he was flying crashed at the edge of Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton.

The short documentary “Rocco Up” tells the inspiring story of Rocco, a 9-year-old Montauk boy with autism, whose father taught him to surf, much to the joy of his family and the Ditch Plain surf community.

“Probably the most alarming . . . finding was the severity of the mental health needs and experiences of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts among the L.G.B.T.Q.+ population,” Jennifer Mesiano Higham of Stony Brook University Hospital said of the results of a Stony Brook Medicine survey on the health care experiences and challenges of the L.G.B.T.Q.+ population on Long Island.

While there were winners at the East Hampton Town Trustees’ 32nd annual Largest Clam Contest — for clam chowder and for the largest clams harvested from Lake Montauk and Napeague Harbor — the day also ended with a cliffhanger because three of the five water bodies from which clams could be harvested were closed to shellfishing after heavy rains.

The Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees proposed a new law on Tuesday, which would create an overlay district in what the board called its “historically black beachfront communities.” Before the proposed amendment to the village code can take effect, however, it will have to go through a public hearing, on Nov. 8.

First light in Sag Harbor during autumn and the place belongs to the fish crows. They show up all at once, 100 landing in the big tree at M&T bank. As the day brightens, they spread out across the village into smaller groups. For a bird whose diet ranges from piping plover eggs to candy bars, Sag Harbor is a perfect foraging ground.

Ever since he first appeared on the political scene, Lee Zeldin, the long-shot Republican nominee facing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the November election, has consistently pointed to his military record among his qualifications.

Two teenagers were shot on Sunday near the Shirley residence of Representative Lee Zeldin of New York’s First Congressional District while he was campaigning in the Bronx. His teenage daughters were home, and he said later that a bullet was found about 30 feet from where they had been sitting.

East Hampton Town’s 2023 budget, still in its tentative form, continued to take shape this week, with minor adjustments to funding for community organizations and for the Marine Patrol, Highway, and Land Acquisition and Management Departments among the tweaks being considered.

East Hampton Town’s Aquaculture Department has been busy in recent months seeding local waters with oysters, overseeing a pilot program growing sugar kelp in Three Mile and Accabonac Harbors, and shepherding the town's oyster-gardening program, and its getting some help from high school interns working with the nonprofit South Fork Sea Farmers.

Wireless communication in Springs will be the hot topic at three meetings this week. There's an East Hampton Town Planning Board hearing on an application for a 185-foot-tall tower at Camp Blue Bay; the town board will discuss the subject at its work session on Tuesday, and the lobbying group Accabonac Strategies will update people that evening on its advocacy for activation of the 150-foot-tall tower on Springs Firehouse grounds.

A proposed .5-percent real estate transfer tax to fund community housing will be on the ballot in East Hampton in November and the town board and pro-housing community groups are getting the word out about the proposal and its anticipated benefits.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and North Fork will host virtual debates between candidates for the New York State Assembly and State Senate’s First Districts on Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.