Alexander Michael DiJulio, an artist, gallerist, and food entrepreneur, died of cancer at home in Springs on Feb. 4 at the age of 36.

The Corner Bar, a Sag Harbor Village mainstay since the 1970s, officially shut its doors on Sunday. But before the last-call bell was rung, there was a party.

Thus far, one big advantage Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez has received from becoming the chosen candidate of the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee at its Jan. 14 nominating convention is that it and the Suffolk County Democratic Committee have since been attacking her primary opponent, Village Mayor Jerry Larsen.

In discussing the devastation wrought by the invasive southern pine beetle on pine trees in Hither Hills and Napeague State Parks, state officials sent a message of resilience and the promise that “we are going to make a new forest, and it’s going to be great.” That effort starts Friday with a controlled burn.