When white Americans talk about a “second civil war” there can be no mistaking their meaning — a return to a divided society with men at the top and Black Americans and other segments of the population at the bottom.

Suffolk County provides health clinics and low-cost buses for East Enders, but the paradox of a cash crisis UpIsland that will largely be escaped here does point to an unresolved question, whether the five East End towns are so different that their needs would be better served by breaking away and trying something new.

One of the many things that struck me on my recent and ongoing sail from Marblehead, Mass., to East Hampton is how accommodating the communities on the other side of the water are to passing boaters, especially as compared to Long Island.

Last week, a production crew from a PBS show called “Legacy List” landed on Edwards Lane to film an episode — starring my house, my family, and the contents of my attic, basement, and barn.

Streaming television is supposed to be sleek and high-tech, but its nether reaches remind me of the old UHF channels.

I know my social media apps and Google search history are tracked, but now I am starting to think that Duolingo is spying on me, too.

This year I finally planted my victory garden. My coronavirus home farm, inspired by the victory gardens of World War II.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will sponsor candidates debates for New York's First Congressional District and State Senate District next week.

E — E Home, a new store on the southwest side of Amagansett’s Main Street, looks alluring from the outside, but it is upon stepping inside that a feeling of having strayed into a museum or an artisan’s studio hits.

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Today, Oct. 15, is the last day for people to complete the United States census, the once-per-decade population survey that figures prominently into government funding for schools, transportation, emergency services, health care, housing, and other key programs.

On the border of a busy parking lot, not to mention in the midst of a terrifying pandemic, brave professionals in the restaurant business are doing everything they can to make your dining experience fun, flavorful, and above all, safe.

The year 2020 will be infamous for many things, but one positive aspect could be the 2020 vintage on the South Fork, where the warm and sunny weather created "pristine" and "intense" fruit now being harvested.

Seasonally appropriate specials at Nick and Toni's and Fresno welcome fall.

As part of the Parrish Road Show, the artist Scott Bluedorn will launch Bonac Blind, a reimagined duck blind that both memorializes Bonac traditions of fishing, hunting, and farming and comments on the sad consequences of East Hampton's stratospheric cost of living.

The fall art season has officially arrived at Guild Hall, which is presenting a recorded talk with Shirin Neshat about her latest video and film projects on Sunday, an installation by Rosario Varela opening Friday, and a virtual talk with Renee Cox and Sanford Biggers on Tuesday.

Will Pomerantz, Bay Street Theater's associate artistic director, has reimagined three of Poe's thrillers into short plays with contemporary settings, under the title "Awake at Night."

The Sag Harbor Cinema will launch "Wednesdays With Wiseman," a virtual cinema series of three films by Frederick Wiseman, on Oct. 21 with "Ballet" (1995), which focuses on the American Ballet Theatre. Each film will be preceded by a prerecorded conversation between Mr. Wiseman and another notable documentarian.

Local organizations have received grants from the Frankenthaler Foundation, plus new shows at Tripoli, Ashawagh, Philllips, Harper's Books, No. 53, and more.