The bandbox, a staple of 19th-century travel, was more than just a practical storage solution. It was a symbol of newfound freedom for a feminine work force.

A fire on Park Street in East Hampton early Saturday afternoon left extensive damage to a house and killed the family dog, East Hampton Fire Chief Duane Forrester said Monday. 

Throughout his long and successful career as an architect, Peter Gumpel has sustained a practice as a watercolor painter some of whose remarkable portraits are being assembled into a book.