A small plane crashed on the edge of Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton on Thursday. A witness said one of the plane's wings broke off before the plane spiraled toward the water and exploded, killing the pilot, Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack.

By Carissa Katz

Imagine a world without wine. That’s the devastation that could be wrought by the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect from Asia that’s reached Ronkonkoma and is headed east, posing a serious threat to vineyards.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two fishermen chasing Spanish mackerel were in the right place at the right time for Bill Biebel, after a major mechanical failure blew a hole in the hull of the boat he was captaining.

By Tom Gogola

As part of an effort to create more affordable housing, the director of East Hampton Town’s Planning Department issued a slew of recommendations to the town board aimed at expanding incentives for residents to offer affordable accessory apartments for rent.

By Christopher Walsh

Residents of Wainscott continued to press for changes at the Maidstone Gun Club this week, including shutting it down, citing numerous instances of bullets hitting houses and the potential for a tragedy.

By Christopher Walsh

The new owners of the Springs General Store are eager to get to work converting a storage shed on the property into a tiny wine store, but questions about accessibility for the disabled and exactly what type of drinking would be allowed at the site have slowed the progress of their application before the East Hampton Town Planning Board.

By Christopher Gangemi

The East Hampton Town Board finds it necessary “to raise wages significantly in order to try and stay competitive within the market," Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said of the town's 2023 budget, which would grow by 5.6 percent over the current budget, to $90.36 million, if adopted.

By Christopher Walsh

The Sag Harbor School Board offered an update on the district’s plan to buy five residential lots along Marsden Street, using a combination of Southampton Town community preservation fund money and a portion of its facilities improvement capital reserve fund. A vote will be held Nov. 3 to authorize the use of the facilities fund. If approved, the district would begin plans to install athletic fields on the combined four-plus acres adjacent to the school.

By Christopher Gangemi

At the Long Island Power Authority’s quarterly board of trustees meeting last week, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt handed the board a petition with over 3,000 signatures in opposition to a plan to drill through the greenbelt to lay a transmission line between Sag Harbor and East Hampton.

By Christopher Gangemi

Offshore construction of the South Fork Wind farm commenced this week. Included is the start of the clearing of boulders where the wind farm’s turbine foundations will be situated and along cable routes, which must happen before the laying of the wind farm’s export cable and other connecting cables.

By Christopher Walsh

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ 32nd annual Largest Clam Contest, set for Sunday, will take place in a modified form after heavy rains over several days prompted the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to close some harbors to shellfishing this week.

By Christopher Walsh

The popularity of fly-fishing exploded in Quebec when the movie “A River Runs Through It,” starring Brad Pitt, was released in 1992.

By Jon M. Diat

Don McGovern’s Bonac boys soccer team won at Comsewogue and at Sayville to improve to 7-0 in league play and 9-1-0 over all.

By Jack Graves

The tennis team bageled Southampton 7-0, the swimming team defeated West Babylon 80-62 at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, the field hockey and girls volleyball teams cruised to easy wins, and the girls cross-country team placed second in the varsity A race in the Tom Knipfing invitational at Fireman’s Field in Ridge.

By Jack Graves

Peter Hedges's pandemic-inspired new film, "The Same Storm," showing at the Hamptons International Film Festival, was shot entirely on personal computers, phones, and in the homes of the 24 actors.

By Judy D'Mello

"Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of 'Midnight Cowboy,' " which will have its East Coast premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, places the Oscar-winning film in the larger social, political, and cultural contexts of its time.

By Mark Segal

A biography of the enigmatic queen of fashion that dishes plenty of industry dirt.

Reviewed by Sheridan Sansegundo

This amusing image shows Bertha Edwards Finch of Springs sitting atop a horned bovine with one foot on a stepstool. The photograph is a part of the Springs Historical Society Collection.

By Moriah Moore