Mark Forrester, a salesman at Village Hardware in East Hampton, offers expert grill repairs through his Hamptons Grill Doctor service.

Elaine Jones, an outspoken observer of local politics who, when neither of the town’s major parties met her expectations, founded and led her own, died at her family house in Amagansett on Sept. 18. She was 82.

Neil Kraft, the creative director behind groundbreaking campaigns at Calvin Klein, Esprit de Corps, and Barneys New York, died at home in East Hampton on Sept. 6. He was 68.

A memorial service for Phyllis Kriegel will be held on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

Marilyn Fitterman, a former president of the New York State branch of the National Organization for Women who lived part time in East Hampton, died on Tuesday at her second home in Florida.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that staying healthy means listening to the advice of the president and R.F.K. Jr. and then doing exactly the opposite.

Here are some suggestions for what you might drop off at a food pantry collection point this fall.

There is a saying among sailors that there is no shame in running aground because it happens to every one of us eventually.

I’m childishly optimistic that this will be the year that Halloween trick-or-treaters return to my front door.

Remembering Peter Walsh and Coogan’s, his storied Washington Heights bar, at the resurrected Potato Hampton 5K in Bridgehampton.

Afflicted by tennis elbow, tennis shoulder, and tennis groin, I didn't know from physical therapy. I always hated gyms and their scary steel machines. Not anymore.

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.