Icy roads made for treacherous conditions on Northwest Landing Road, East Hampton, on Jan. 26 at 10:15 a.m., and again on Monday morning at the intersection of Springs-Fireplace Road and Abraham's Path in East Hampton. Neither driver was injured.

Over the years, Conrad R. Peterson worked his way up from an apprenticeship to become a master electrician. Known to his family and friends as Sonny, he could also fix just about anything else, from washing machines to screen doors.

Catherine Greene, formerly of Sag Harbor, was known to family and friends as Sweetsie for her kind, welcoming, and comforting nature. An industrious and dedicated child care provider and homemaker, she embodied the line of Scripture "for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also," her family said.

Lottie Hartwell Gaines, a former member of the Montclair Board of Education in New Jersey, died last Thursday of complications of a Covid-19 infection at Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees, N.J. The East Hampton native was 85 and had been ill for three weeks.

Sean Doyle, a native of Ireland and a resident of East Hampton for over four decades, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Jan. 2 after contracting Covid-19 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. He was 86.

Sylvia Chavkin, the founder and organizer of the Poetry Marathon at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum in Amagansett, died at home in Manhattan on Jan. 27 at the age of 95. The cause was Covid-19.

Three children’s book authors from hereabouts, Billy Baldwin, Susan Verde, and Kori Peters, boldly go where parents often neglect to tread, broaching the topics of perseverance, gratitude, and the social good.

The Bridgehampton School announced this week that it will host a reunion for graduates of the class of 1971 at this year's commencement ceremony on June 19.

Charging "bad faith, authoritarian motives, and irrationality," Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in State Supreme Court, Riverhead, against the East Hampton Town Board, Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, and South Fork Wind. The action follows the town board's Jan.

The New York State Department of Transportation issued a stop work order to the Shinnecock Nation last Thursday, demanding an end to the recent construction of the second of two controversial billboards on either side of Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays

Michi Itami has worked in a variety of mediums -- printmaking, ceramics, painting, digital photo collages -- but as an artist and teacher, her attitude is consistent: “If you just listen to what they say you have to do, you don’t get anywhere. If you step outside of the box, if you just think creatively, there’s so much you can do.”     

In a tribute to Black History Month, the Sag Harbor Cinema is launching a new series of Cinema Minutes devoted to pioneering Black filmmakers and stars.

Data released Monday by New York State shows the seven-day average rate of positive Covid-19 cases in Suffolk County has been ticking downward now for nearly a month. The rate reflects the number of cases that are positive as a percentage of the total tests administered.

At times, one can enter Keyes Art in Sag Harbor and see a pared-down exhibition, similar to any other buttoned-up gallery in the region. In all the best ways, this is not one of those times.

An introduction to the Bel Canto Boot Camp, prepared specially for Guild Hall, will take place online Thursday at 6 p.m. and be followed, on four consecutive Sundays starting this week, by sessions organized around specific themes.     

Tomashi Jackson speaks at the Parrish with Minerva Perez, new work by Monica Banks in a Southampton Village storefront, and a Lee Krasner talk via Phillips auction house.

For those who refuse to let the pandemic get in the way of a little night-on-the-town romance as well as those who'd prefer to snuggle in at home, restaurants are offering a variety of Valentine's Day dinner specials and dining options. 

Still more options for Sunday's big game and the latest entrees to take home from Sagaponack's Loaves and Fishes

Residents of East Hampton have been invited to respond to an anonymous survey published by the East Hampton Town Police Department and its Reform and Reinvention committee.

In its 6 a.m. report, the Weather Service said to expect snow on the East End of Long Island until about 1 p.m. before it changes to rain and snow in the afternoon, then all rain on Monday night. The wind will be from the northeast, 22 to 32 miles per hour with gusts to 47. At night, sustained winds could reach 34 with gusts to 50.