School districts in Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor this week approved tax exemptions that grant school tax relief to veterans in their districts who served during a time of war. Veterans who want to receive the exemption must apply with their town assessor by March 1 for the savings to affect this tax year.

After a month-long debate, Pierson High School Principal Jeff Nichols confirmed Friday that Sag Harbor students will be able to take whatever transportation they choose to the prom this spring.

By Danny Peary Like many of you, I was deeply sadden by the death this month of baseball’s legendary Ralph Kiner (pictured, left with Danny Peary; photo by Carol Summers), a Hall of Fame player with the Pittsburgh Pirates (and Cubs and Indians) and broadcaster for the New York Mets from their inception in 1962 [...]

“I was a groupie at heart,” Fred W. McDarrah confessed, “and my camera was my ticket of admission.” It was also his meal ticket. As The Village Voice’s picture editor, and for a long time the only staff photographer, Fred (who died in 2007 at 81) made his living documenting the downtown scene for more than four decades.

The Watchcase condominium project fell victim to vandalism sometime this weekend, with the words “savesagharbor.org” stenciled in navy blue spray paint on the face of one of the townhouse units on Sage Street.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, about one-fifth of high school girls report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. Girls and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence, almost triple the national average, according to the Department of Justice.

After setting his beloved model train set aside years ago when a vital piece disappeared, an elderly Bridgehampton man was finally able to return to his hobby, thanks to a new 3D printer at the Hampton Library.

SAT MAR 1

Mulvihill Exploration. 10 a.m. to noon. Meet at Bridge Hill Lane and Brick Kiln Road, Sag Harbor. 725-0450.

Napeague Pines Hike. 10 a.m. Meet on the south side of Napeague Meadows Road, off route 27, Napeague. 267-6608.

SUN MAR 2

Long Pond Greenbelt Journey. 10 a.m. to Noon. Meet at end of Round Pond Lane, Sag Harbor. 848-2255.

The glow surrounding the Pierson girls basketball team after its exhilarating win over Southold in the Suffolk County Class C Championship faded during a loss to Hampton Bays in the Suffolk B/C title game at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue on Saturday night.

By all accounts, John Howard Payne is one of the most revered names in East Hampton history, even if he didn’t spend that much time there and didn’t actually live in the house now known as “Home, Sweet Home” that now occupies such a central place, both literally and figuratively, in the heart of the village.

So, it is hard to believe that Payne, whose famous song was later claimed by the village as its own sentimental anthem, inadvertently managed to tick off a good part of the local population when he wrote a lengthy description of its inhabitants that appeared in a 1838 edition of The Sag Harbor Corrector (a forerunner of this newspaper and one of the first papers to be published on the East End.)