For hikers who enjoy history, Celia Paul and Steve Rosen will lead a short walk at Northwest Harbor on Sunday that will also be something of a history lesson. The harbor was East Hampton's main port from 1654 until 1761.

Eric Alterman is back with a typically contentious, hefty, diligently detailed exploration, this time focused on the long-running American debate over Israel.

The boys basketball teams from East Hampton, Bridgehampton, and Pierson (Sag Harbor) High Schools have made the postseason, and on Thursday East Hampton, which won Division IV with a 13-2 record, will play host at 5 p.m. to the Amityville-Hampton Bays winner.

In response to last summer's drought conditions, the Suffolk County Water Authority has adopted new water-conservation rules for its customers, effective Feb. 1.