Since March, the Willem de Kooning Foundation has provided $550,000 in grants and challenge grants to several East End organizations, with a focus on Springs, to address hunger, child care, and medical care. That is in addition to contributions of $2.15 million to the much broader arts community.

With less gathering and more cocooning this holiday season, don't forget the rich trove of virtual offerings by South Fork's arts organizations when it's time to cozy up to the couch.

At any year's end, it's a good time to take stock and reflect on what has happened since the last Jan. 1. This year might require something deeper and more elaborate.

The East Hampton School District on Tuesday awarded contracts to construction companies for the new bus depot the district is going to build at the former scavenger waste property on Springs-Fireplace Road.