Sarah Amaden will be stepping down as a member of the East Hampton Village Board, effective after the Sept. 26 meeting.

The volume seen here, from the historical records of East Hampton Town, is an original copy of the legal code established by James, Duke of York, later King James II of England.

Simon Parkes of East Hampton, a noted painter, art conservator, adviser, and collector, died of cancer on Aug. 20 at the age of 71.