The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has updated its guidelines for spotting the wood-boring Asian longhorned beetle to now include checking pools in addition to trees. The invasive pest, which continues to be seen on Long Island, is active through September, the D.E.C.

Mary Ann Caldarone, a frequent visitor to Amagansett, where her son, James Caldarone Jr., has a house, died on Aug. 10 at home in Schenectady, N.Y. She was 98 years old and had been in declining health for two years.

Allen Asbury Edmonds, a lobsterman, surfer, sailor, carpenter, boat builder, and motorcycle mechanic, died on Aug. 5 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. The Montauk resident was 69 and died of complications of cancer, which he had for three and a half years.

A memorial service will be held in the fall.

Weeks after some venues on the South Fork resumed offering live music, the New York State Liquor Authority clarified language on its website and contacted all bars and restaurants to ensure they were aware of the restrictions that have remained in place in mid-March. Word spread quickly among musicians, some of whom consider it another nail in the coffin for live music.

Although there did not appear to be an immediate danger when a smoke alarm at Wainscott’s LTV building alerted the East Hampton Fire Department at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, “We didn’t really take any chances,” East Hampton Fire Department Chief Gerard Turza said.

East Hampton Town Police said that Byron Dong Ha Kim's body was found in the water off the Ocean Vista Resort, which is about a half-mile east of where he had been seen last.

It is 12:27 a.m., and I should be asleep. I'm lucky that it usually doesn't take much to get me back on track with sleep. Until Covid-19. Then there weren't enough moments in the day to eat and go to the bathroom, much less for "self-care." I spent my nights replaying my days.

"We've historically had certain areas within town where there were dead zones and poor coverage," East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said. That condition worsens with the influx of summer residents and visitors, he said, and has deteriorated further since the Covid-19 pandemic brought second-home owners to town months earlier than usual, many of them working remotely.

"We broke up the existing town structure in order to better communicate and effectively deal with the crisis during this emergency," Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said. Now, with the state and county's infection rate under control, "I'm confident we can go back to our existing town structure" and return to a semblance of normal operations at Town Hall."

An East Hampton Village part-time resident, Robert Wood Johnson IV, the American ambassador to Britain, is under fire over allegations that, at President Trump's direction, he solicited the British government's help in having the British Open golf tournament held at a Trump-owned course in Scotland.

Fredi R. Nashipucha, 22, of First Street in Springs, was semiconscious when East Hampton Town police found him early Sunday morning standing by his black 2019 Ford Mustang on Springs-Fireplace Road.

Pamela Ann Gentner, 54, of Jupiter, Fla., was arrested on Aug. 12 on a charge of stealing a white Hartley romper from the Henry Lehr shop in Amagansett Square.

An East Hampton man driving a 2013 Ford pickup on Montauk Highway Saturday afternoon, "looked down to get a water bottle," and collided with the vehicle ahead, a 2015 Jeep.

Two Maseratis were reported speeding on Lily Pond Lane. The drivers were found, actually in Lamborghinis, parked at Georgica Beach. Both told police that "they were not speeding and were only having their photographs taken while on Lily Pond Lane," a report says.

Like blue-claw crabs, for several years now Menhaden's inshore presence has been abundant. It's been a welcome sight. While their population has exploded on a local level, efforts have been ongoing for several decades to help protect their stocks on a regional level. The menhaden board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided to finally adopt "ecological reference points" for their management.

The three candidates running for mayor of East Hampton Village on Sept. 15 Barbara Borsack, the deputy mayor, Arthur Graham, a village trustee, and Jerry Larsen, the village's former chief of police discussed their priorities and visions for the village's future in interviews last week.

Last week, the Cook Political Report announced that its rating of New York's First Congressional District — where Nancy Goroff, the Democratic Party nominee, is challenging Representative Lee Zeldin — had moved its rating for the district from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican." 

The Town of East Hampton appears to be following the lead of other municipalities on the South Fork in moving to enact restrictions on the use of gas or diesel-powered leaf blowers.

East Hampton can take a large step toward deriving its energy needs from renewable sources by joining 61 other municipalities in New York State with an active community choice aggregation program, speakers said during a webinar on the topic on Monday.