A benefit art sale for the Southampton Arts Center, a new gallery in Southampton, and new shows at Nightingale, Colm Rowan, Grain Surfboard, and BCK

Southampton Arts Center screens "Guardians of the Galaxy" outdoors and a documentary on Hal Buckner inside and Lynn Blue Band at the Parrish

It doesn’t look good for our local police departments to continue to withhold complaints against officers following a decision in federal court last week that they must be released.

Voting by absentee ballot has already begun in a rare, contested East Hampton Village Board election. And in the last weeks of a very long campaign, village voters will be paying close attention. Here’s what they might look for.

After Byron Kim was swept away in a rip current off a Napeague beach and a rescue mission became a recovery effort, friends recalled the struggle to save him and the challenges of calling for help.

Agree with the message or not, the online disparagement of the Montauk Brewing Company long after it posted online support for the Black Lives Matter movement has been deeply disappointing.

Nearly every morning since the middle of March, I get up, make coffee, feed the dogs, and look up the previous day’s coronavirus numbers.

Graduation was held at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton on Saturday evening, and the parents kind of fell apart.

Monday night’s opening of the Republican National Convention raised important questions every American must ponder.

Even as Suffolk County reached a grim milestone, surpassing 2,000 deaths from Covid-19 last weekend, the spread of the virus seems to be holding steady at approximately a 1-percent daily infection rate.

In partnership with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center will host a mobile Covid-19 antibody testing and cardiovascular health screening service Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

When it comes to statues, I would like to advance the idea that the Confederates are in a class by themselves.

AMAGANSETT

J. and B. Teatom to B. and D. Slusarev, 15 Arbor Path, 1.98 acres, May 1, $2,500,000.

84 IWH Realty L.L.C. to El Refugio 84 L.L.C., 84 Indian Wells Highway, 2.1 acres, June 25, $6,300,000.

EAST HAMPTON

G. Figliolia to M. and E. Beinus Trusts, 80 Sherrill Road, .34 acre, June 10, $4,000,000.

Above and Beyond

Representative Lee Zeldin of New York’s First Congressional District will be a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, delivering his speech from Long Island.

Because the pandemic has boosted its enrollment across almost every grade level, the Ross School will use its former Lower School campus on Butter Lane in Bridgehampton, which it had put up for sale in early 2019, in addition to its East Hampton campus.

The Southampton Village restaurant 75 Main had its liquor license suspended by the New York State Liquor Authority on Sunday, following a Saturday night visit by S.L.A. investigators and officers from the village, the Suffolk County Police Department, and the County Sheriff’s Office that revealed numerous violations of coronavirus-related regulations, according to a release from the state.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has said game on for "lower-risk" school sports starting Sept. 21.

A fortunate few will be able to attend an intimate gathering to hear Laurie Anderson and Christian McBride reprise their critically acclaimed and occasional concert series at Guild Hall on Sept. 5.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital will provide free in-person cancer screening for head and neck cancer patients this week.