Isabel Madison has stepped back into the role of assistant superintendent for business in the East Hampton School District. Deirdre Herzog, who retired as district treasurer in December, is also returning. Elsewhere, the Bridgehampton School’s new fitness center opened this week to members of the public who are residents of the district.

Tasty treats, story times, babysitting basics for teenagers, and much more.

When a man with a gun took a rabbi and three members of his congregation as hostages at the Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday — a situation that the hostages survived, but the gunman did not — ripples of resolve ran through Jewish houses of worship here.

A 20-year-old from Springs was lucky to avoid injury, East Hampton Town police said, following an early-morning accident on Jan. 8 in which she was charged with driving while intoxicated.

Multiple people at Main Beach reported seeing two flares go up over the water last Thursday afternoon, followed by airplanes flying over. An officer used binoculars to investigate, but could find nothing suspicious.

Roger Ames, a celebrated composer and conductor who had lived in Springs for 20 years, died of A.L.S. at home in Cumberland, Me., on Jan. 6. He was 77.

Joan Tyor Carlson of Sag Harbor died on Jan. 8 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. A writer for publications including Billboard magazine and Collier’s, she was also a ghostwriter on several autobiographical books.

Ed Allen, a pastor in Ohio and formerly of Springs, died of Covid-19 on Saturday at the Wooster Hospital in Wooster, Ohio.

Kathleen Carley, a founding member of Concerned Citizens of Montauk and for many years a summer resident of East Lake Drive in that hamlet, died on Jan. 2.

The family of Anthony John Corvi of Montauk will receive visitors on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk on Saturday at 11 a.m., with burial to follow at Fort Hill Cemetery.

Winter can often be the deadliest time of the year, but there are ways to protect yourself and your home from cold-related accidents.

“Finally, some hockey weather!” Danny Roman said with a smile following Saturday morning’s 12-and-under hockey practice at the Buckskill Winter Club.

Nick Escalante, a wellness teacher at the Ross School, is headed to Buenos Aires to vie for a spot in a semipro soccer league. His brother, Charles, is busy building up the basketball program at Ross.

Dylan Cashin, Melina Sarlo, Riley Miles, and Ryleigh O’Donnell set a distance medley relay record at the Zeitler Relays Saturday, and Juan Roque and J.P. Amaden showed grit in wrestling at 118 and 132 pounds.

The futsal (indoor soccer) season at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett is nearing the playoff stage, and it has been a lively season indeed.

With the airport private, the town in theory could just say no to certain kinds of aircraft and commercial flights or limit the number and timing of takeoffs and landings.

A proposal to double the number of affordable residences that could be built per acre in certain zones could go a long way toward easing the housing crisis in East Hampton.

No rink can compare to the joy of gliding on wide-open surfaces with the wind at our backs.

Birds’ cries are full of mystery.

A father and a daughter, playoff football on the TV at a snow-swept B&B, and the glories of western New York.