There will be two free screenings Sunday of “Waterproof,” the 40-minute documentary released two years ago that focuses on East Hampton’s lifeguarding community, and in particular on John Ryan Sr.

“Soldiers, Sailors From Here On Duty in War-Hit Hawaii” was how the Pearl Harbor attack, 80 years ago next week, was reported in The Star. Nineteen men and three women from East Hampton were believed to have been stationed in or near Honolulu, Hawaii, when the bombing began.

In a new column about birds, The Star's Christopher Gangemi discusses the "spark bird," that bird that first makes you notice birds in general, sparking a deeper curiosity about the many birds around you. His, in December of 2001, was the tufted titmouse.

For those who have relatives or friends struggling with alcohol, Al-Anon meetings held at a handful of locations on the South Fork offer support. Adults meet at the Montauk Community Church on Sundays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Lunch meetings take place on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church session house. There are also meetings on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

It’s not uncommon after a holiday break like the Thanksgiving one we just enjoyed for patients to mention to me that they gained five or six pounds thanks to hefty holiday meals. Indeed, New Year’s resolutions being just around the corner occupy a significant place in the American health psyche as people scramble to get back on track with regard to healthful food and exercise choices.

Arielle Hessler, the new director of the Amagansett Library arrives in Amagansett having spent the last three years at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, first as an emerging-technologies librarian and then as program and outreach coordinator.

Visiting hours for Dennis Franklin Donatuti of Springs, who died on Nov. 5 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, will be held Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

A wake for Richard Bono will be held on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral will take place on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Cedar Lawn Cemetery here.

A. Robert Towbin, an investment banker and sailor who lived in Key Largo, Fla., and New York City, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 18 at home in Key Largo. A former East Hampton resident, he was 86 years old.

Energize East Hampton, a town campaign to boost environmentally friendly technology initiatives in houses and businesses, will hold a virtual talk on “green heating and cooling” methods on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

The evolution of the village property at 8 Osborne Lane in East Hampton, wedged between the railroad tracks, the middle school, and another village property on the corner of Newtown Lane, entered a new phase recently as Tesla Motors Corporation completed the physical installation of 12 supercharging stations.

The East Hampton Village Board voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to relax rules limiting the size of cellars in houses, and at the same meeting voted against allowing cannabis dispensaries and consumption establishments within the village.

This week’s item features the Garden Club of East Hampton’s program from its first season, 1915. It lists the club’s officers and their planned events, including the club’s first flower show.

East Hampton School District officials wanted their affordable housing forum on Tuesday to be a brainstorming session focused on solutions and proposals, and from innovative financing and land use ideas to promises of partnership from elected officials to participation by community members, that’s just what they got.

For teens this week through local libraries, there are community service opportunities, a chance to unwind with art, and a suicide awareness training session to help students recognize when someone is in distress and offer support.

What had been an anticipated dip in high school graduation rates brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic across the United States largely did not come to pass in school districts on the eastern end of the South Fork, data from the last two school years show.

Programs for kids this week offer a big dose of holiday fun and a chance to move, create, and connect.

Reports of all sorts of scams, which are popping up in local police records with what appears to be more and more frequency, should serve as cautionary tales to all. Is the supposed representative of the utility company asking for payment in gift cards? Did the caller request bank account information? “People have to be vigilant," police say.

Amos Goodman, a former chairman of the East Hampton Town Republican Committee, was sentenced on Nov. 22 to 45 days in jail, stemming from campaign issues in 2018 in which he was accused of forging signatures on nominating petitions.

On Nov. 22, the 61st day of autumn, a Georgica Road resident called police, as well as the Public Works Department, to report leaves in the roadway.