The week ahead in high school sports here.

The Main Beach concession and open space in Sagaponack are top of mind this week.

Was it only a century and a quarter ago that John Drew became a Lily Pond Lane landowner? Seems like yesterday . . .

The latest real estate report, Montauk to Southampton.

It’s back to school season and the two books featured in this column are perfect autumn reads.

In the ongoing struggle over the offshore wind industry in the United States, the Danish energy company Orsted has won the latest round, with a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction on Monday allowing construction to resume on its Revolution Wind farm.

To better understand how to help animals that may or may not be in distress, it’s important to look at the most common wildlife rescues that take place here.

The Anchor Society of East Hampton will continue the Winter Shops program it inaugurated last year to provide downtown retail space to local businesses in the off-season. This year, the nonprofit is again working with the fashion brand Alice + Olivia, the leaseholder at 79 Main Street, where Our Fabulous Variety Show and SewHampton will take up temporary residence starting Oct. 4.

The 2025 season hasn’t quite gone the way that Don McGovern, East Hampton’s boys soccer coach, had hoped it would. The team, which is usually a playoff contender, was still looking for its first win after playing seven games through Saturday. 

The Hamptons Marathon and Half-Marathon will bring scores of people to Southampton Village on Saturday for races that begin near Agawam Park.

With Friday’s East Hampton High School homecoming football game against Wyandanch taking place at 6 p.m. under the lights at the town’s new turf field on Stephen Hand’s Path, on-site parking will be limited.

Mrs. Hoagland's Cookies, a brand conceived by and sold at the Monogram Shop in East Hampton, will now be baked by the team at the South Fork Bakery's Scoville Hall kitchen in Amagansett.

The big news for foodies on the South Fork this week is that Honest Man Hospitality has announced that it will close Coche Comedor, its Mexican restaurant in Amagansett, effective Saturday after a six-year run in the space next door to La Fondita.

The current hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our advanced technologies, much in nature remains unpredictable.

A wake for Elaine Jones of Amagansett, who died on Sept. 18, was to be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. On Wednesday, a celebration of her life will take place at 11 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, followed by interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, and a reception at the Amagansett Fire Department.

The upcoming Hamptons Film Festival will include "On the End," a film by Ari Selinger inspired by the true story of the effort to remove a mechanic from his Montauk property.

The Sag Harbor American Music Festival will bring four days of concerts, all but one free, to multiple venues throughout the village.

"A Steady Rain," a two-actor play at LTV, is about a pair of Chicago policemen whose trust and loyalty are challenged after a domestic-disturbance call turns tragic.

Jazz at Duck Creek, celebrating Jules Feiffer, Hamptons Pride film series, music in Montauk and Southampton, and a Bridgehampton Museum benefit at the Bridge.

Bonsai workshop at LongHouse, group shows at Bridgehampton Museum and Depot Gallery, Bretzke and Elkins at Grenning, new gallery in Southampton.