“User Friendly” is an insider’s history of design, highlighting triumphs and catastrophes, foibles and advancements, a new benchmark in the study of user experience.

A quest for a more savory and lighter in texture shortbread led Loraine Houston to create Blake's Mother's Cookies, a baker of flavors such as rosemary, lemon, lavender, and spice.

The Church, an arts and cultural center planned for the old Methodist Church in Sag Harbor, has its first director as of Jan. 1.