Naomi Lazard, whose poems were published in 43 magazines and newspapers, died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 22 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. The former East Hampton Village resident was 93.

Louis A. Arceri, who as a bridge and highway engineer oversaw the construction of Montauk Highway from Montauk’s downtown to the Lighthouse, died at home in Amagansett on Jan. 2. The cause was heart failure. He was 94.

Linda M. Miller, who was known for her community involvement, her helping hand, and her smile, died of lung cancer at home in Springs on Dec. 16. She was 78.

Sandra Welsh, a nurse formerly of East Hampton, died at home in Edwardsville, Ill., on Jan. 22. The cause was cancer. She was 67.

Lee Walter, who produced classical music concerts and presided over a popular Sunday public radio show of classical music heard on the East End, died on Jan. 17 at the Bridge at Inverrary, an assisted living community in Lauderhill, Fla. The former Springs resident was 82.

Patricia Ann Corbey died at home in Springs of cardiopulmonary arrest on Jan. 2.  She was 64.

A funeral for Vindel R. Gaynor of East Hampton will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Hamptons Church at 69 Industrial Road in Wainscott.

Rhonda Winokur of Hampton Bays, an elementary school bus driver for the East Hampton School District for many years, died on Jan. 24. She was 65. The cause of death was not known.

In a survey conducted by East Hampton Village in October, village residents who responded were overwhelmingly against permanently closing the East Hampton airport, a town property, but most respondents who want it open favor limitations on noise and landing times. And some who want it closed still want it open for emergency use or could tolerate it with no helicopter traffic. In fact, only roughly a third of respondents wanted “no limits” on the airport.

Friction is brewing over Covid-19 precautions in the Sag Harbor School District, where a group of parents lobbying to make mask-wearing a family choice is expected to state their case to the school board on Monday.

The South Fork was spared widespread power outages and flooding over the weekend as Long Island’s first official blizzard since 2018 dropped nearly two feet of drifting snow in some parts of the region. East Hampton Town employed some 50 plow drivers, ranging from its 12 full-time employees to private contractors, who worked almost 24 hours straight starting on Friday night.

What we have here is Carl Bernstein’s sincere, often heartwarming love letter about his earliest years in the print-era journalism that seduced him at age 16.

On Saturday it's HarborFrost time. Starting at 1 p.m. on Long Wharf and going until dark, the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual winter celebration, highlighting two extreme elements — fire and ice.

The view from Lori Campbell's high-on-a-Montauk-bluff art studio is all Fort Pond Bay. Her paintings operate like fishing nets, trawling material out of the subconscious. 

Works by 50 artists from the Shinnecock Nation and other Native American communities will bring Indigenous voices to Southampton.

Watermill Center announced this year's residents and fellowship winners from 10 countries.

Gardeners can start prepping for spring at least mentally with virtual programs on shade gardens and deer-resistant native plants coming in February from the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons.

Parrish Art Museum names new board officers and All Star Comedy returns to Bay Street.

Leslee Stradford at The Church, Dan Christensen in Montauk, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald on film, plus Black public art and John Torreano on Zoom

Lovebirds can choose from a bounty of Valentine's Day dinners on the East End, with prix fixe menus on both forks.