Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued a warning to New York State residents about “scammers” who are spreading false information about the inflation reduction refund checks that are being sent to more than 8.2 million households. 

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will host five virtual and live debates starting on Monday and continuing through Oct. 23. 

The East Hampton Village Board accepted the resignation of Sarah Amaden and appointed Jason Tuma to fill her seat. At the same meeting, the board acknowledged the retirement of J.P. Foster, a public safety dispatcher for more than 35 years.

These photos are from an album donated in 1979 that was likely compiled by a family member of Gilbert Huntting Cooper (1819-1890), either one of his children or his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gardiner Cooper (1822-1905).

In a world filled with stress, an emotion, and anxiety, a physical state of being, many people — including a group in East Hampton — have turned to Transcendental Meditation and other forms of meditation to reduce those maladies.

The brilliant early-autumn weather provided a perfect backdrop for Saturday’s dedication of Rickenbach Park, the expansive lawn bordered by Pantigo Road, Accabonac Road, Methodist Lane, and Hook Mill Road in East Hampton Village, named in honor of the village's longest-serving mayor, Paul F. Rickenbach Jr.

The building that houses Sam’s Bar and Restaurant on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has been sold to Robert Zecher, founder of Vault Development, and a small group of investors. 

At a hot Berlin Marathon, members of the Hamptons Run Club turned in strong performances, including a personal best, and raised money for the American Cancer Society.

While the season to harvest bay scallops opens in state waters at sunrise on Nov. 3, unfortunately the once-plentiful bivalve again experienced a die-off toward the end of summer. 

More than 2,800 athletes descended on Southampton Village on a clear and virtually windless Saturday morning for the Hamptons Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K.

Paid Notice: A memorial service for Susan Comey Dayton will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m.

In the fall of 2000 a big blow off the coast was a boon to surfers, and a lucky break for the fishermen they saved after a boat capsized. And more dramatic and not-so-dramatic snippets from our past coverage.

This week sees early salvos in the coming town election. And, as ever, much more.

On Oct. 18, the L.V.I.S. landmarks committee will host a fund-raising lunch at the Maidstone Club, and speaking will be Allison McGovern, an anthropological archaeologist who will share insights from the Mapping Memories of Freetown Project and the Freetown Neighborhood Cultural Resources Survey.

The fast slide toward a post-constitutional dictatorship was on display Tuesday as the president and defense secretary addressed a perhaps unprecedented gathering of the nation’s top military leaders.

Each intense storm provides a tree-pruning service. We are overdue for another.

A curmudgeon may be someone who hates change when change is for the worse, hates trendiness, but a curmudgeon is also someone who plays a useful role as cultural watchdog.

Jeff VanderMeer redeems an entire literary genre. Make that several.

A lifelong Red Sox fan says the enemy Yankees made him a better loser. You might say even a good-will ambassador.

The Hamptons. They’re all about real estate. Herewith, newly reported transactions.