Holiday observances at local churches, from pageants to vigils to Masses.

Three of East Hampton Library's young-adult librarians share some of their favorite books and series for teens.

The nonprofit Southampton Playhouse has established itself as not only a showcase for first-run features and film classics, but as a resource featuring a diversity of community-friendly programs.

August Gladstone, a multitalented screenwriter, poet, musician, and songwriter, will perform music from his upcoming album and recent EP at Sag Harbor's Masonic Temple.

Louis John Arceri, known as LJ, died at home on Bow Oarsman’s Road in East Hampton on Nov. 30. He was 69.

Roger G. Lang, an executive with Federated Department Stores since the 1960s, died on Nov. 28 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. An East Hampton resident since 1973, he was 83 years old.

The Dredge Oyster Bay was permanently damaged after encountering a "really big rock" in the channel, and a new dredge, the Scrod II, has been called in to relieve it. The Army Corps of Engineers’ project is still on schedule, despite the many delays since it began just over a month ago.

The East Hampton Town Police Department says it is ready to take on dispatch responsibilities starting in January when it assumes responsibilities from East Hampton Village and becomes the primary Public Safety Answering Point, or P.S.A.P., in the town.

East Hampton Town appears to have stepped down in a fight against a Further Lane homeowner who neighbors say is violating a decades-old scenic easement on their lands.

A proposal by owners of the former Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe in Montauk to double the occupancy of an outdoor bar area on the East Lake Drive property got some pushback at a recent East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting.

A security guard at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor reported a “suspicious male” wearing a face mask and “riding a bicycle in circles” near the school gym. The young man subsequently told police he was waiting for his friends to get out of school, and said he was wearing a mask “because it’s cold outside today.”

Two automobile accidents on Montauk Highway, one in Wainscott and another in Amagansett, resulted in injuries last week, as did a third in Springs.

For anyone tracking the East End’s next famed artist, the search may be over. A seventh grader from East Hampton Middle School is off to a great start. Lily Limonius won the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons annual holiday card contest this month, and it’s not the first time her work has been spotlighted by a local nonprofit.

Springs School educates approximately 700 students from prekindergarten all the way to eighth grade, and around 200 of them are English language learners. Some kids are more advanced in their English vocabulary, while others are just learning the language.

The Golden Eagle, an art supply store and East Hampton institution that first opened in 1954, will close next month. It’s a familiar story, as told most recently by Nancy Rowan and Michael Weisman, the Golden Eagle’s owners: The internet has decimated brick-and-mortar retailers across the country.

The plan for the 1.12-acre Wainscott Green and a park to commemorate the L.G.B.T.Q.+ community that was something of a pioneer on the East End was endorsed by members of the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee on Saturday.

At Pitch Your Peers the Hamptons, paying members pitch local charitable organizations to one another, and everyone votes on where to allot their funds. This year, the group awarded grants to the Retreat and Share the Harvest Farm.

As an arctic blast blows across East Hampton Town heralding the start of winter, swimming enthusiasts can take heart. Wednesday, the Sarah and Maurice Iudicone Aquatic Center, a project years in the making, opened at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

ACAC picks over a proposal for a park with playground equipment next to the hamlet’s municipal parking lot.

This photo from The Star’s archive shows Alfred James LaBatti (1922-1971) performing as “the Wreck” at Guild Hall in 1944.