Middle schoolers interested in taking on some babysitting work can learn about the job and the skills needed to do it responsibly during a three-hour course at the East Hampton Library on Saturday.

The Pierson Whalers field hockey team defeated the Greenport Porters 4-0 at Centereach High School on Monday night to become the Suffolk County Class C champions for the seventh consecutive year.

The polls had been closed for more than two hours when word was conveyed that there would be no further update to the Suffolk County Board of Elections' vote tally of East Hampton Town's 19 election districts, but the early vote totals indicated a clean sweep for Democrats. At nearly 1 a.m., when the board of elections website finally populated with all of East Hampton Town's unofficial numbers, those results held: The Democrats' candidates had won every contested town race from supervisor to town trustee.

Following a county title, Peter Solow's soccer squad added a Long Island championship to its laurels by defeating Carle Place 1-0 on Tuesday, meriting a Sag Harbor Fire Department parade later in the day.

The Springs Food Pantry and Share the Harvest Farm are gearing up for the return of the Chowdah Chowdown, a fund-raiser for both organizations that puts local restaurants' clam chowder recipes on display.

After 21 years at the helm of Guild Hall's theater, Josh Gladstone reflected on his high notes and described what his next, more creative, chapter might look like.

Amanda M. Fairbanks's "Lost Boys of Montauk" has been optioned by Bert Salke, a veteran showrunner and former studio president who has a production deal with Disney Television Studios.

New shows opening at the Parrish feature video by peter campus and paintings by Virginia Jaramillo and John Torreano.

A sly, perceptive, and timely comedy at Hampton Theatre Company tackles race, class, and a "border wall" with a deft touch.

A new Bay Street Theater virtual production of "Macbeth" reimagines Shakespeare's tragedy in a Scottish asylum in 1963.

Annie Leibovitz in Southampton, photography at The Church, Slater and Zerner at MM Fine Art, a barn happening, and more

Annie Leibovitz in Southampton, photography at The Church, Slater and Zerner at MM Fine Art, a barn happening, and more

Documentary at Sag cinema revisits Native American genocide and American slavery, classical music concerts in Sag Harbor, Water Mill, and on Shelter island

Long Island Restaurant Week, Thanksgiving dinner options, a chowder cook-off in Springs, D.I.Y. pizza from Nick and Toni's, and more

On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Hampton Town residents can take hazardous household materials like paint thinners, drain cleaners, antifreeze, and pesticides to the Montauk waste transfer station for safe disposal on STOP Day.

With less than two weeks before the 2021 election was to be settled, the East Hampton Town Democrats had outspent their opponents by almost double and still had plenty left for a final push.

After more than 21 years at Guild Hall and leading its stage program through its 90th anniversary, Josh Gladstone, has announced his retirement from the institution at the end of 2021 to pursue other opportunities.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced temporary shellfish closures across Long Island, including in East Hampton and Southampton Towns, due to the heavy rainfall and “extraordinary amounts of stormwater runoff and localized street flooding” on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A long-hoped-for project to remove the utility lines crisscrossing what may be one of the best views on Route 27 is finally within reach. State and local officials last week announced plans to remove poles and bury the lines at the western end of downtown Montauk, giving eastbound drivers an unobstructed ocean vista as they approach the heart of the hamlet.

Sheila Mary Clancy will be remembered, her family said, as a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt to her five children, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, one sister, and 37 nieces and nephews.