Rather than kind acts, it’s the failures to act kindly that I tend to remember.

Do you know how many rejections we have received of this potential classic of world literature? It could be something like Fyodor Tolstoy’s “Crime and Peace” or Joseph Conrad’s “Fart of Harkness.”

The latest in South Fork real estate sales.

Back 125 years ago, all the trains were snow-blockaded, in 1947 a sperm whale washed up in Montauk, a rare occurrence, and in 1972 a Grants department store landed in Bridgehampton.

The week in reader comment.

Our new Digital Long Island website gives us better keyword-searching capability, and as part of this we have uploaded all the East Hampton High School yearbooks in the Long Island Collection’s holdings, beginning with The ’51, which is featured here.

The bathrooms at Herrick Park are about to get a much-needed overhaul, with new siding, impact-rated glass, and new lighting, among other things.

The East Hampton Library has a new video series, “Covid Hamptons: How the Pandemic Reshaped an Iconic Community," documenting current historical events as they unfold. It includes firsthand accounts from people such as police officers, musicians, farmers, and barbers as they talk about the once-in-a-century, one hopes, event that has transformed life in the town and across the globe.

A reader asked, is a third dose recommended after receiving an mRNA booster vaccine (such as Moderna or Pfizer) following the Johnson and Johnson single dose? Dr. Potter looked into it.

Because of a significant decline in demand for Covid-19 testing, East Hampton Town’s test site at the former Child Development Center of the Hamptons on Stephen Hand’s Path, operated by CareONE Concierge, has reduced its hours of operation.

Revel, “a community of women fully embracing the next chapter, and creating a fresh approach to our 40s, 50s, and beyond,” according to its website (hellorevel.com), launched Hamptons Revelers last week. It’s a group within the platform specifically for female East Enders of a certain age, to connect and participate in events such as ice skating at the Bucksill Winter Club, or a walk along Gerard Drive.

In a contempt hearing last week, lawyers for Napeague oceanfront property owners who have been battling the town for years over an area popularly known as Truck Beach grilled East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and other town officials about their handling of a June 2021 court order demanding the town prohibit all driving and parking on that beach.

When a group established to work on implementation of the Wainscott hamlet study met for the first time last Thursday, some members expressed disappointment at the pace of progress, with one asking, “Is there a point where we’re going to start implementing something?”

East Hampton Town’s beach advisory committee has recommended that the town board ban smoking of all types, including vaping and the smoking of tobacco and cannabis, for a specified distance to be determined from lifeguard-protected areas during hours that lifeguards are on duty.

Amid winter’s icy grip, the East Hampton Town Board spent much of Tuesday’s work session thinking about summer, specifically how the board might better manage large gatherings and commercial activity on public property.

The last 15 years have seen an almost 300-percent increase in the linear feet of bulkheads in East Hampton Town, a 600-percent increase in the linear feet of docks, and a significant increase in rock revetments in the same span, the town trustees were told last week.

East Hampton Town has been awarded a $250,000 grant for the installation of 20 Level-2 electric vehicle charging ports from New York State’s Drive Clean Rebate program.

The Springs School is one of the few remaining East End districts that does not have a full-day prekindergarten program, but that’s about to change. Owing to a $420,000 grant received from New York State specifically for “universal prekindergarten,” there will be a full-day program for families with 4-year-old children starting in September.

A Tennessee school board’s Jan. 10 decision to ban from its curriculum an acclaimed book about the Holocaust has made headlines across the country, and the publicity has seen the 30-year-old title, “Maus,” skyrocket to the top of best-seller lists once again. The ban has piqued an increased interest in the book among people here, too.

Coming up for kids and teens: a singing master class at Bay Street, a whole lot of hearts, and a library appreciation day.