In a pilot program that he has been running since he was a freshman, Charlie Stern, a junior at East Hampton High School, determined that the school has thrown out over 100,000 plastic utensils in that time. Now, he's asking the district to consider ditching the plasticware.

When the East Hampton Y.M.C.A. Hurricanes swim team competed in the state meet at the Webster Aquatic Center in Webster, N.Y., the Springs School fifth grader Novella Dunham won five state championships. Asked how it felt to be a five-time state champ, Novella said that the event helped build her confidence to make her a better swimmer. “I think all of the swimmers did great and I’m excited to have the next meet.”

East Hampton High School’s science research symposium returns next Thursday evening at 6, and it is open to the public. The symposium gives students an opportunity to present the scientific research they have been working on.

Construction of the new aquatic and cultural spaces at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center is slated to be done by the end of June, according to Sarah Iudicone, president of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation. The date for the public opening, however, is still up in the air.

A hacker disrupted the Zoom portion of last Thursday’s Sag Harbor Village Board budget meeting, displaying pornographic images alongside racial and antisemitic slurs on the twin screens in the meeting room. “Those disgusting images are etched in my brain,” said the board’s Bob Plumb.

Hamptons Whodunit, a mystery and true-crime festival now in its third year in East Hampton Village, kicks off with a cocktail party at the Maidstone Club April 10 and continues with three days of discussions, tours, book signings, and interactive events.

Bridgehampton’s Atlantic House is an excellent example of the tradition of structural reuse hereabouts.

In 1950, farmers on the East End could take advantage of a new weather information service. In 1975, Sag Harbor Village officials got ribbed over their salaries. And, as always, much more.

Someone said to be dressed in a Boy Scout uniform was spotted peering into the windows of a Wheelock Walk house on Friday. Police did not find the person.

People will gather in East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and communities across the country on Saturday for a nationwide “day of action” organized by Hands Off 2025.

Elaine Stimmel, a real estate agent in East Hampton for many years, died of pancreatic cancer at home in New York City on March 15. She was 82.

The latest batch . . .

The Hands Off! protest on Saturday in front of Town Hall may start small, but it may also be the start of something big.

It is a national challenge. In many places, there are simply too many people competing for too few affordable places to live, and nowhere worse than on the South Fork.

The osprey is a kind of modern-day phoenix, risen from the ashes of near-extermination.

Zaire had attracted me for what I perceived as its perch on the knife edge between order and chaos. I had sought a challenge.

All the way to Florida and back it was my daughter, Nettie, who led me in the right direction, not the other way around.

The pleasure and practicality of a loaner.

What happens when loss is slow, the goodbye extended? Is it something to treasure or to dread?

The latest Hamptons real estate report.