The next wine class at East Hampton's Park Place Wines and Spirits will focus on the wines of Italy's Piedmont region.

After the Suffolk County district attorney’s office announced last Thursday that two people had been indicted following an investigation into alleged bribery and official misconduct at the East Hampton Town Building Department, the town and the department’s former chief, who was the whistleblower, responded.

A suspended East Hampton Town Building Department office assistant and a former building inspector who resigned earlier this year were indicted on multiple counts of bribe receiving and official misconduct for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for expediting building permits and certificates of occupancy in 2024.

Ten East Hampton High School students made their way to Cornell University last month to attempt to solve the world’s food problems, and their ideas just might restore your faith in our future.