Villages

Last week, an excavator tore up the Reutershan Parking Lot at the end of Eastman Way in East Hampton Village as rings for a new sanitary system sat behind a chain-link fence, a sign of big changes to come downtown.

Long Island’s Indigenous communities are hailing a new set of long-overdue rules, established by the Biden administration effective Jan. 12, that have museums and universities across the country covering up or altogether closing exhibits containing Native American funerary displays and other artifacts, which now must either be returned to sovereign tribes for reburial or displayed only with the permission of those Indigenous communities.

This invoice from Isaac Plato (circa 1767-1832) is signed by both Plato and Abraham Parsons, who paid him on behalf of the East Hampton Town Trustees. The invoice is partly for “chestnut rails” for the East Hampton parsonage.

The dawning gas nightmare of 1972, and much more from The Star of yore.

The long-running matter of Harry Macklowe’s Georgica Pond property was again before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday, ending this time in a unanimous vote that is unlikely to satisfy the homeowner and will likely be appealed.

In the Rev. Jon D. Rodriguez, the East Hampton Presbyterian Church believes it has found a dynamic and engaged young leader for its pulpit for years to come.

The Center for Compassionate Leadership has announced a customized Compassionate Leadership Certification Training Program to be held this spring for nonprofit organizations on the South Fork.

The first cruise ship to call Sag Harbor a stop on its itinerary will moor in sight of Long Wharf in three months. Officials are looking to ease the way.

Three of the buildings that comprise Adam Potter's 11 Bridge Street Limited Liability Company in Sag Harbor — 23 Bridge Street, 12 Rose Street, and 8 Rose Street — hit the real estate market this week, raising the question of whether his plan for a large, mixed-use building there is dead.

For 50 years, Edward Thomas Banks used a horse-drawn wagon to collect refuse around East Hampton. When he finally gave in and bought a truck, it merited a page-one story in The Star.

Two large pumps buried near the Beacon restaurant on West Water Street were the unsung heroes after Superstorm Sandy, removing an estimated eight million gallons of saltwater from the parking lots behind Main Street, and even in less extreme situations the pumps play an important role in keeping the area dry.

When three East Hampton High School juniors rocked the chemistry world. And much more of note from past Stars.