The spookiest time of the year is upon us, and there are plenty of ways to get into the spirit — and maybe even dress like one. Here’s a rundown of Halloween-related events for all ages.

Stony Brook University water testing at Bridgehampton's Kellis Pond on Wednesday morning identified a new blue-green algae bloom, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has announced.

The candidates for East Hampton Town supervisor and seats on the town board squared off at the East Hampton Library on Oct. 16 in their final debate before the Nov. 5 election, this one sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons.

“What you see is what you get,” is how Bonnie Brady, a longtime Montauk resident and EH Fusion Party candidate for East Hampton Town Board, described herself in an interview with Star staff this week. “I’d like to think of myself as a fair, honest person, someone who would work their butt off” for constituents.

The Southampton Town Board has approved funding to match recent fund-raising efforts to implement a water quality improvement project plan for Sagg Pond and Sagg Inlet, which is at the south end of the pond.

Voters in Southampton Town have a three-way race for supervisor ahead, with Greg Robins, a Republican, and Alex Gregor, the town highway superintendent, who is running on the Independence and Libertarian lines, vying for Jay Schneiderman's job.

On Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini's office announced the arrest of 24 people in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring on the Shinnecock Reservation.

In a scene some painted as just another example of government running roughshod over the desires of the citizenry, the East Hampton Town Board, with one abstention and over the furious objection of some residents, voted last Thursday to authorize the restoration of signs welcoming motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians to Springs.

The Long Island Rail Road will install a new, taller railroad trestle across Accabonac Road in East Hampton Village on Monday, according to a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the L.I.R.R.

A former Sag Harbor school business official told the school board on Monday that the district superintendent, business staff, and the board itself all knew the former Stella Maris Regional School construction project was going to be millions over budget even before residents voted to approve the project.

The cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, that have bloomed in Wainscott Pond in recent years produce dangerous toxins known as microcystins, the East Hampton Town Trustees were told on Friday, presenting a hazard to private wells or even those breathing the surrounding air.

Emily’s List, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice female Democratic candidates to office, has endorsed Nancy Goroff, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Representative Lee Zeldin in New York’s First Congressional District next year.

What started as Helene Leonard’s tribute to her late father, and her family’s legacy of love of the arts, has grown into a tradition on the East End.

Though his name does not appear anywhere on the EH Fusion Party ballot line, David Gruber, a former Democratic Committee chairman running for East Hampton Town supervisor, is by far the splinter group’s largest supporter.

New ideas and new management will birth a new culture at LTV, said Michael Clark, the public-access broadcaster’s new executive director.

Waters under jurisdiction of the East Hampton Town Trustees will open for scalloping on Nov. 10, the governing body agreed on Friday.

Only one drunken-driving arrest was made over the course of the last week. East Hampton Town police charged Jose R. Llivisaca-Nieves, 45, who lives in the town, on Sunday during a routine traffic stop.

A motorcyclist escaped serious injury Sunday morning after a 91-year-old driver failed to yield the right of way at an Amagansett intersection.

Students at the Sagaponack and Wainscott Schools learned last week that when two small schoolhouses go on one field trip together, it adds up to tons of fun.

Springs School officials put families on guard this week about a website called Omegle, which connects internet users to strangers for the purpose of anonymous chatting.