The East Hampton Village Board is set to appoint Richard Lawler as mayor and Barbara Borsack as deputy mayor at its meeting on Friday.

Ally Friedman, a senior in the Ross School’s tennis academy, is to receive an award from the United States Tennis Association that commends her tennis-centered empowerment work here with young girls.

East Hampton’s football program is considering whether to continue going it alone, or whether it wants, as was suggested last week, to merge with Southampton.

Girls winter tracksters do well at Suffolk Community College-Brentwood, while Bonac’s wrestlers hit the mats at an invitational in Copiague.

Speed-skating clinics come to Buckskill Thursday and Saturday. In boys hoops, Southold is at Bridgehampton Friday and Islip visits Bonac Saturday. And the girls winter track team will run at the League IV championship meet in Brentwood Friday evening.

Squirrels are the closest thing to monkeys that I can think of in our area. Not only are they consummate climbers but they can also jump from branch to branch and tree to tree, using their furry tails as ailerons to guide them as they fly through the air.

In the bleak and short days of winter, there can still be some color and interest in the garden to sustain us until spring. Holger Winenga, the horticulturalist at LongHouse Reserve, shared what he enjoys planting and seeing in the winter garden.

In “The Indispensable Composers,” Anthony Tommasini of The Times brings to bear wide personal experience, extensive knowledge, an approachable teaching style, and deep fondness for the material in taking us on a delightful journey.

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Restaurant news from the North Fork and Long Island Restaurant Week starts Jan. 26

Edward Albee's “A Delicate Balance” has neither the savage extravagance of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” nor the psychodramatic ingenuity of “Three Tall Women.” But the production at the Southampton Cultural Center is a commendable one.

Certain figures in history are so avant-garde they often have to wait years and even decades for the world to catch up to them. The artist Louise Bourgeois is one of those visionaries. A film at the Parrish explores her legacy.

Classes in playwriting and improv at Guild Hall, "Les Miserables" brings the French classic up to date via HamptonsFilm, and stand-up comedy returns to Bay Street

Joshua Harmon's “Admissions,” an examination of white privilege, white power, white anxiety, and white guilt, will begin a three-week run by the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue Thursday. It is directed by Andrew Botsford.

New shows at Drawing Room in East Hampton, White Room in Bridgehampton, an Artists Alliance show at Ashawagh Hall, and more

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Reading with Valentino, an American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Drawing the Buddha's Face for kids 8 to 12, with Pia Leighton, Saturday, 2 p.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

Prosecutors said that black box data from Lisa Rooney's pickup truck show she was traveling 85 miles per hour just before the truck struck and killed a bicyclist in Montauk this fall. 

The 2020 Academy Awards nominations were announced on Monday morning. Films with local ties did very well with "The Irishman" tied for second with most nominations at 10.

For the third time in the past few years, the possibility of East Hampton and Southampton High Schools combining football programs is again being considered.

Wayne Sapiane, a guest at Maureen’s Haven on New Year’s Eve, was assaulted two days later and found in downtown Riverhead with a serious head injury. He died Sunday night.