The M.F.A. program in creative writing and literature at Stony Brook Southampton will welcome the poet Major Jackson for an online reading and talk on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

East Hampton Village's nonresident beach permits and the cost of daily parking at Main Beach and Two Mile Hollow Beach will both increase for the 2021 summer season — permits by 25 percent and daily passes by nearly 70 percent.

Jerry Larsen started putting his stamp on village government last week by hiring a new village administrator, choosing new chairs for appointed boards, and laying the groundwork to create a new office of business and tourism, and to bring the code enforcement office under the oversight of the Police Department.

The Bridgehampton School District is circulating an online survey to gather feedback and information from its families for administrators' planning purposes.

Laurie Baum has resigned from her post as Sag Harbor School District business administrator, a position she has held since Dec. 17, 2019. Her last day with Sag Harbor will be Dec. 1.

Lucia Beeton, a senior at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, has earned recognition as a "commended student" in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. This honor means she placed among the top 50,000 scorers on the PSAT in her junior year, out of 1.5 million total test-takers.

Candidates are being sought for the Student Council officers at the Montauk School in grades five through eight. Sign-up forms and campaign posters are due tomorrow to the club advisers, Shawn Ward and Jennifer Jamet. More information is online at montaukschool.org.

Fun books and movies just in time for Halloween, plus Spanish and sculpture classes, virtual fun from the Hampton Library, and lots for teens in East Hampton.

One of the pleasures of "reviewing" a new Ina Garten cookbook is that her cookbooks are pretty much flawless. So it's not a chore or a review, it's just me with a cup of tea or a fancy cocktail, making notes and muttering to myself "THAT sounds good!"

After the pandemic put an end to her career as an event planner in New York City, Samantha Perlstein quickly cooked up a plan B and launched a healthy, high-end brand of granola that's been selling out at East End farmers markets.

The latest restaurant news and specials and a correction

A recently published monograph, "Skolnick: Architecture + Design Partnership" (Pointed Leaf Press), explores the 40-year legacy of the East End architect Lee Skolnick and his firm. Alastair Gordon caught up with him to talk about his practice, his design aesthetic, and his collaborations with artists and cultural institutions. 

With the coming retirement of State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, eastern Long Island voters have a renewed opportunity to gain a more active and responsive representative in the New York Legislature’s upper chamber.

Two matters for voters to decide in the form of propositions are included on the Nov. 3 ballots for most Suffolk residents. The first would lengthen the term of office for county legislators. The second would allow the county to avoid repaying money it borrowed from a sewer-tax reserve fund. We recommend “no” votes on both propositions.

It is about 30 miles in a more or less straight line from Point Judith, R.I., to the Montauk Inlet. My friend Jameson and I made the crossing Saturday, sailing Cerberus to its new home.

I am only too happy to revisit Midtown. I will never see another youthful dawn in Alphabet City, but there will always be Macy’s.

The Sagg General Store, the historical building on Sagg Main Street in Sagaponack that is occupied by Pierre’s Market and the village’s post office, is on the market for just under $4 million.

Can we talk? About, oh, the pointlessness of Supreme Court confirmation hearings?

The New York governor’s persona intrigues me, and I draw on my love for Italian cinema to explore my fascination with him.

The latest property transfers.