Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day, an initiative to help people safely dispose of unneeded medications, with collection sites planned in East Hampton and Southampton Towns.

John Irving’s new doorstop of a novel vividly sums up a lifetime’s worth of themes, from family to sex to identity.

A reading celebrates Anne Porter’s poetry, and a talk hails Mary Rodgers’s bitingly funny memoir.

The best team did not win in a Class A semifinal soccer playoff game contested here with Half Hollow Hills West Monday. East Hampton's 1-0 loss left Don McGovern, his players, and a crowd that had filled the bleachers stunned.