Elwyn Richard Harris Jr., an East Hampton native whose career as a pilot spanned 36 years in the Air Force and the Air National Guard, died on Jan. 23 at home in Brentwood, Tenn. His family was with him. He was 73 and had been ill with cancer for five years.

Robert Schepps was one of the first purveyors of bagels on the South Fork, having opened the East Hampton location of Hampton Bagels in 1999 following his success in Hampton Bays and Southampton. His "bagel family," as Mr. Schepps called his customers, reached far and wide, and he often donated bagels to senior citizens centers, food pantries, polar bear plunges, and memorial services.

The Village Preservation Society of East Hampton has awarded a $1,500 grant to the Plain Sight Project, a collaboration between The East Hampton Star and the East Hampton Library that is in its fourth year researching the history of slavery here.

Residents of Amagansett, one of the only communities on the South Fork without residential mail delivery, may soon see notices in their post office boxes asking whether they would prefer to get mail at home or are happy with the status quo.

A round of Covid-19 testing for East Hampton High School athletes and a more general testing session at the Springs School have turned up good results for both schools, officials announced this week.

Policing during Covid comes with a world of unprecedented stress, challenges that are exponentially greater, and the added worry of bringing the virus home to family members. "If you saw it in a movie or book you wouldn't believe it," one South Fork chief said.

Connecticut? Fuhgeddaboutit. Frustrated by an inability to get a Covid-19 vaccination close to home, South Fork residents have been traveling by road and sea to try their luck elsewhere, with some having far more success than others.

The position that a president or any other government official could avoid conviction simply by resigning is indefensible, both in terms of historical precedent and common sense.

A victory handed to a group of Napeague homeowners associations in the State Courts Appellate Division will almost surely have ripple effects elsewhere in East Hampton Town.

Valentine’s Day candles that double as a food pantry benefit, books as amenities at inns, and a look ahead to a monthlong stay in Southampton.

In East Hampton, if you had a street named for you before the 20th century, odds were that you were an enslaver.

Peak movie-going, for me, came in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when — a tangle-haired child of that unruly era — I was handed a 10-dollar bill and left to my own devices for entire weekends at a go.

Memories of “Go for 0, Tampa Bay!” and thoughts on the vagaries of N.F.L. fandom.

The other day, when Brett, one of the pros at East Hampton Indoor Tennis, noted that Jon Diat, The Star’s fishing writer, and I, its sportswriter, were among the few who wore masks when playing there, I said we did so because “we’re tyrannized by our wives.”

My introduction to the art of Prudence Punderson came in 1976 in Connecticut, when I took up embroidery and checked out a book on the subject that contained an example of her work. But an East Hampton connection? That came as a surprise.

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Cory and Lori Muscara to Kimberly Whitney, 73 Oak Lane, Sep. 29, $1,280,000.

Robin Burns-McNeill to 20 Whalers LN L.L.C., 20 Whalers Lane, Nov. 20, $4,200,000.

23 Bittersweet Lane L.L.C. to Geriann Tepedino, 23 Bittersweet Lane (vacant), Nov. 24, $1,875,000.

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Sag Harbor Village police believe it was the same miscreant who went on a spree on the morning of Feb. 3, rummaging through, but not taking anything from, a vehicle on Beach Avenue, then hitting three more cars on Walker Avenue.

The wintry weather saw quieter roads last week and just one arrest, in East Hampton Village.

Several cars skidded across the double lines and into snowbanks. Three such accidents happened on Feb. 1.