A man who was charged on Feb. 17 with with criminal mischief with intent to damage property, a misdemeanor, after a police officer reported witnessing him kick the passenger-side front door panel of a 2006 Toyota Highlander, shattering the window, faces second more serious charge for his alleged actions afterward.

This photograph, taken in the spring of 1900 at Second House, shows Ulysses Tillinghast Payne with his wife, Nellie, and their children, Betsy, Edward, Elias, and Mildred. Built in 1746, Second House is the oldest structure in Montauk.

In a tribute to Ukraine, a sharp reminder of the importance of knowing the past and how that knowledge can give us a better understanding of the present.

The visually pleasant change in the Reutershan Lot is not without a significant public safety risk.

Recognizing the pressure of a rapidly heating planet, change may be coming, in East Hampton Town, at least.

Big birds of prey seem to be all around, and my perch in the dunes off Cranberry Hole Road is a decent enough place to see them.

We feel that March is the true start of the year, just as it’s obvious that February is the year’s gruesome and grizzled end.

The challenges of a nightly reading habit.

The benefits of bilingual education, especially on Long Island, are obvious.

How divided is our country? Our medical community? We can’t even agree on what a fever is.

The march of the L.L.C.s continues with a $17 million buy on North Haven, among others.

An ill-fated bakery wagon in Montauk in 1897, the Maidstone Club's Howard B. Dean's 1947 Spring Party wingding at the Waldorf, and the plight of the Beales in the early 1970s.

From criticism of “Ask the Mayor” to praise for a new birding column, readers have their say.

Ronald Patrick Balcuns of Springs, a master builder and carpenter, died on Feb. 20 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Darleen Emma Deleski of Sag Harbor, remembered as the “heart of the family,” died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Feb. 13 at the age of 73.

Robert W. Hettiger of East Hampton, an Army veteran and prolific wildlife and combat artist, died of complications from an arterial stent placement at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Feb. 16. He was 73.

Clarence John Blowe Jr., a veteran of the Marine Corps who grew up in East Hampton, died on Jan. 20 at his residence in Manhattan. He was 65.

Kathleen Kirkwood, a fashion entrepreneur known as “the diva of shoulder pads” and a member of the Montauk Historical Society, died on Nov. 5 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.

Pamela C. Anderson, a retired mathematics assistant at East Hampton High School who coached gymnastics, softball, basketball, volleyball, and a champion bowling team, died of cancer at home in East Hampton on Sunday.

Theodore Leroy Meyer, a well-loved physical education teacher and football and wrestling coach in East Hampton, died on Feb. 25 at his Florida home. He had been living with cancer for the past three years.