History is never an objective description of How Things Really Were. History is a human science and art, conveying the values of the historian.

A proposal to build a 4,373-square-foot house with about 3,000 square feet of decking, a pool, and attached garage at 20 Bendigo Road, the last parcel in a four-lot subdivision created in 1975 in the Devon area of Amagansett, was approved by the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 5, despite concerns about the extent of temporary clearing necessary for the construction.

After 20 groundbreaking years, Edsel Williams of the Fireplace Project in Springs has mounted his final show, featuring work by 95 of the more than 320 artists who have exhibited there.