Dorothy Dolores Malik, a former bookkeeper at the American Cyanamid pharmaceutical and chemical company, died at home in Montauk on Saturday. She was 84.

Mary Patricia Robert died on June 18 at home on Egypt Lane in East Hampton, surrounded by family, friends, and her dog, Peaches. She was 87 and had been ill for three weeks.

Surfing brought Thomas Havlik to Montauk from Floral Park, where he had grown up, and it drew him to settle there after college. He died on July 4, aged 70.

In this painting, Annie Cooper Boyd depicted a whaling hunt scene featuring a whaleboat approaching a surfaced whale.

East Hampton Town could convert all of its streetlights to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, before next Memorial Day weekend, realizing both energy and cost savings as well as improved visibility, less glare, and reduced light reaching nearby properties.

A tagging study could explain where juvenile bass are coming from.

The population of students learning English as a second language in American public schools is the fastest-growing student demographic in recent history. It is a trend reflected in the East Hampton School District, where the number of students learning English for the first time has grown dramatically, and is expected to continue growing in the coming years. 

Three Mile Harbor will be closed to shellfishing from sunrise on Saturday through Wednesday, coinciding with the Clamshell Foundation's annual fireworks display, which is set for Saturday night.

East Hampton Village police charged an 18-year-old from New York City with misdemeanor drunken driving on Saturday night, plus a laundry list of other misdoings.

Among recent arrests was one that followed a reported assault aboard a Long Island Rail Road train on the morning of July 7. 

Fraudsters scammed an East Hampton Town resident on July 6. Posing over the phone as "the head of collections from PSEG," they told him his power would be shut off if he did not pay an outstanding balance of $2,556 immediately.

Two longtime friends have combined their respective small businesses to create Clay Camp, which offers a mobile two-hour course in hand building and throwing, rolling and whirling on a potter's wheel.

Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee members discussed real estates advertising with "extensive computer-generated imaging of very oversized houses and landscapes," suggesting to prospective buyers that plans and permits are already in hand when they are not. 

Board members and the public addressed the lingering tension between the village's new mayor, James Larocca, and Bob Plumb, a trustee who had supported former mayor Kathleen Mulcahy's bid for re-election and clashed with Mr. Larocca during the campaign

A first haircut is a rite of passage for kids. Parents watch with pride as youthful locks hit the ground, a symbol of growing up. For the O'Brien family, however, their grandson's first haircut had particular meaning.

The summer brings with it not only the joyful opportunity to spend time with friends and family or explore the outdoors, but also an associated increase in minor wounds and lacerations.

The use of Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton as a makeshift parking lot for guests attending a private party on Saturday elicited outrage from the organization that manages the cemetery. "Why would anyone think it's okay," the president of cemetery association wondered.

Let’s say something positive about leaf blowers for a change, shall we?

East Hampton Village residents may want to begin keeping an eye on Newtown Lane and Railroad Avenue, where a large-scale luxury townhouse complex could one day soon replace the brick building where Mary’s Marvelous is.

Retail sales of recreational marijuana, or pot or, as the growing industry prefers it, cannabis, are not quite there yet on the East End, but got closer last week with a split vote of the Riverhead Town Board.