A voice in the Northwest Woods offers a fresh take on the airport, while others train their letter-writing on the picnic tables of Newtown Lane.

The peanut craze of 1897, the telephone strike of 1947, and the day in 1997 that the G&T Dairy Chicken House closed for good.

As part of an ongoing celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Amagansett Village Improvement Society is sponsoring its first photography contest, "Capture Amagansett." All have been invited to participate and to "share the many wonders of Amagansett through the eyes of our community," said Shari Thompson of the society.

The comedian Ted Jones traded a lucrative and secure job in the family business for the risky business of funny business, and he's not looking back.

Guild Hall's planned renovation of its galleries and theater has drawn high praise from some and fierce criticism from others.

The Montauk Project, set to play the Talkhouse Friday, will debut "Bombshell," a hard rocker revised to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The John Giorno Foundation celebrates the legacy of the influential poet and artist with a series of films and other programs at Giorno's residence at 222 Bowery.

Wolosoff on the Rock, Nancy Atlas at Bay Street, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass onstage, country music hits, piano concerts on Shelter Island and in Southampton, a Native American storyteller on film

Group shows at Gardiner Mill Cottage, Ashawagh Hall, MM Fine Art, and Grenning Gallery, documentary on pioneering artist at Parrish, a fresh female gaze in NoHo, and new Zoom classes from Pollock-Krasner House

Main Prospect in Southampton is supporting Ukrainian refugees with proceeds from a special cocktail and Ukrainian dishes.

A benefit feast for Ukraine at Sen, Easter menus from 1770 House, Lulu Kitchen and Bar, and MTK Lobster House, picnic boxes from Loaves and Fishes, and Taco Tuesdays at K Pasa.

In line with Gov. Kathy Hochul's announcement on Saturday of New Yorkers' eligibility for second-booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccines, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has updated its appointment times and testing hours for Covid and influenza.

Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming has nominated Denise Smith-Meacham of Southampton for the county's 2022 Woman of Distinction Award, now in its 20th year.

A strain of avian flu that state officials have deemed "highly pathogenic" has arrived on the South Fork, where a farm in Sag Harbor lost a flock of about 6,000 game birds on March 23 due to the infection and its potential to spread. The outbreak has poultry farms here on high alert.

East Hampton Town's Covid-19 testing site at the former Child Development Center of the Hamptons on Stephen Hand's Path will continue operating at least through April 15, as concerns about the BA.2 subvariant and the upcoming April school break spark renewed interest in tests.

An awful lot of people are getting sick with one thing or another in the weeks since New York State's mask mandate was lifted. “In prior years, this is when flu season is just ending, but right now, it’s just starting,” said Dr. Gail Schonfeld, whose East End Pediatrics practice in East Hampton has seen an average of five cases of flu each day over the past two weeks.

Robotics competitions these days are complex affairs, filled with obstacles to overcome and tasks to complete, and the stakes are higher as teams of students from around the world face off against each other. After a two-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic, South Fork robotics teams eagerly rose to the challenge this month.

Inlet Seafood, the popular seafood restaurant off East Lake Drive in Montauk, has asked the East Hampton Town Planning Board for what would appear to be a straightforward request — the addition of an 1,800-square-foot vinyl awning to accommodate some seasonal outdoor seating — but has run up against other issues that cast a proverbial shadow over the application.

A statement issued from East Hampton Town Hall last week indicated that the plan to deactivate East Hampton Airport on May 17 and reopen it as the private-use “East Hampton Town Airport” two days later is proceeding on schedule, but aviation interests continue to insist that the plan is unworkable if not illegal, while opponents of the airport say plans to restrict airport operations do not go far enough.

The first blow to Long Beach's vegetation was struck long ago by Man, when a parking lot was laid a few hundred feet parallel to the shoreline, downwind of the prevailing wintertime northwesterlies — meaning it would always compete with blowing sand. Nature reclaimed some of that lot, and Man struck back, cleaning it up but also removing many native plants.