A story in which Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. announced political appointments for after he resigns on Dec. 31 has led to an accusation of dirty politicking.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals made it clear on Friday that it will deny an application from the owners of an oceanfront property at 33 Lily Pond Lane to tear down a house in a coastal erosion hazard area and construct a new one. An official determination will be issued at a future board meeting.

The East Hampton Town Anti-Bias Task Force will host an information forum on New York State’s new law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library.

A pilot program launched in 2017 to narrowly target the application of mosquito larvicide around Accabonac Harbor brought another dramatic decrease in its use this year, East Hampton Town and Suffolk County officials announced on Friday.

There are two seats open on the Suffolk County Family Court bench, with four candidates, including Andrea Harum Schiavoni, a sitting Southampton Town justice and North Haven resident, and Michael P. Sendlenski, a former East Hampton Town attorney.

The East Hampton Town Republican Committee is hosting a Countdown to Election Day fund-raiser tonight from 6 to 9 at the Bel Mare restaurant at 28 Maidstone Park Road in Springs.

Lori Hubbard and Jim Esposito are not used to asking for help. But when they did — on behalf of their 15-year-old son, Jimmy, who has a balance disorder, hearing loss, speech delays, and other conditions — the community answered.

Fireplace embers fell into a small grating in front of the fireplace at an East Hampton house Saturday morning and started a fire.

A Montauk man, Gregg S. Weinstein, was charged Friday with misdemeanor criminal contempt in the second degree for allegedly sending emails he was not supposed to.

In another relatively quiet week on the roads, East Hampton Town police charged just one man with drunken driving. Gregorio Tovar-Reyes, 41, of East Hampton was arrested on the misdemeanor offense on the afternoon of Oct. 21.

The equipment, including pull-up bars and parallel bars, was donated by a local nonprofit in honor of Mike Semkus, a Sag Harbor native, coach, and teacher who died of an overdose in 2016, but its installation has been mired in controversy for several weeks.

Public schools in East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, Montauk, Sagaponack, Springs, and Wainscott will be closed for students on Tuesday. Classes will be in session at the Amagansett School. Some districts will hold superintendent conferences for faculty and staff that day, and the East Hampton School Board will still hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m.

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton promises a “smashing good time” on Saturday at its first-ever pumpkin fling, in which gourds will go flying from a working catapult.

Employees at White’s Apothecary called police on Oct. 23 after confronting a woman who put a cosmetics case in her tote bag before purchasing it.

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Denise Gorgone, the former owner of Sam’s Auto Service and Mrs. Sam’s Bait and Tackle in East Hampton, died on Oct. 20 at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport, N.C.

Nan Noell’s work life had many twists and turns, including years spent in restaurant management, addiction counseling, and estate management.

Andrew Andry, a children’s book author, died of heart failure on Sept. 28 at home in East Hampton. He was 83.

Henry L. Haney of East Hampton, who hosted a show on LTV for many years, died on Tuesday. He was 88.

The Sag Harbor Village Board discussed the current state of the village and its plans to address water quality, parking, and the development of the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park at its first weekend work session on Saturday.