A tale of two teens, a grudge, and a gun reveals a way to address violence in our cities.

A genealogy test answers nagging questions of identity and prompts a deeper search.

Two beloved East End businesses have come together on a collaboration that is sure to be a very chill hit this summer: a specialty cinnamon-doughnut-spiked coffee ice cream, combining Dreesen’s Famous Donuts with John’s Drive-In’s ice cream.

Amanda Green, daughter of a legendary Broadway family and part-timer in Springs, has a hit of her own right now with "Mr. Saturday Night," starring Billy Crystal.

The Springs General Store is the unofficial center of the hamlet, a place where people flock for breakfast on weekends or coffee and camaraderie on weekday mornings, and where children head after school for a bag of candy or three cookies for $3. "For me the biggest gift is that I was able to be an active part of the community in a way that one person cannot always be," said the business's owner, Kristi Hood.

So far this year, Mother Nature has served up a curveball, as bunker showed up on schedule but dispersed rather quickly to parts unknown.

The District 36 Little League playoffs got underway at the Pantigo fields here Saturday morning as East Hampton’s 9-and-10-year-old all-star team, coached by Chris Carney, Scott Abran, and Chris Diamond, overwhelmed Southampton 15-1.

Nine months ago, Jeremy Grosvenor of Sagaponack suffered a dislocated hip while surfing at Camp Hero’s Radars break. He had experienced mishaps while surfing before, but nothing like this.

Throughout July, Colette Dong and Aly Giampolo have set up shop — a rather bouncy shop — at the Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton. The two friends met while performing in a dance company and formed the idea for the Ness, a type of trampoline workout that they describe as “an aerobic form of cross-training.”

An indoor regulation-size N.H.L. hockey rink will be up and running at Riverhead’s Stotzky Park by the fall, Troy Albert of the Peconic Hockey Foundation said last week.