Just beat it! With a blender and a few minutes' patience, you can turn ordinary cream into something extraordinary: your own homemade butter.

The art of tarot reading can inform your plans and inspire your dreams as you set your resolutions for 2026. These South Fork readers are on deck to help.

Government spraying of insecticide on Long Island has a checkered history. Mosquito eradication efforts, driven by fears of the spread of malaria, were paused in the 1960s after studies revealed the dangers posed by the insecticide D.D.T. to birds and humans. Twice a month — during the new and full moon tides — an East Hampton Town trustee and his team of volunteers walk miles of boggy marshland looking for mosquito larvae. The data, collected with the help of a plastic dipper cup affixed to a stick, is sent through a digital G.P.S.-enabled app to the county authorities who then tell their helicopter pilots precisely where to unload their cargo of larvicide.

The cold and dark of winter can be hard on runners and others who love sports. But hibernation isn't the only option. From tennis to bowling to batting cages, there are plenty of warm places to play inside.