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Unseasonably warm weather and the promise of hard clam delicacies including chowder, pies, and clams on the half shell drew what was likely the largest crowd in the history of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest to the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum.

In 1900, the friendly neighborhood Star evoked sizzling sausages and hot griddle cakes to welcome fall. And other, more prosaic entries from our past pages.

May the best clam win! The East Hampton Town Trustees’ 34th annual Largest Clam Contest happens on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum. 

With Banned Books Week set to begin on Monday, local librarians report that, for the most part, South Fork libraries have dodged the clutches of a censorship trend that has been on the rise across the country and elsewhere on Long Island. 

These photos are from an album donated in 1979 that was likely compiled by a family member of Gilbert Huntting Cooper (1819-1890), either one of his children or his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gardiner Cooper (1822-1905).

The building that houses Sam’s Bar and Restaurant on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has been sold to Robert Zecher, founder of Vault Development, and a small group of investors. 

The nonprofit organization Heart of Springs will host its second annual SpringsFest, a community music festival, on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. on the grounds of the Parsons Blacksmith Shop. 

In the fall of 2000 a big blow off the coast was a boon to surfers, and a lucky break for the fishermen they saved after a boat capsized. And more dramatic and not-so-dramatic snippets from our past coverage.

In a world filled with stress, an emotion, and anxiety, a physical state of being, many people — including a group in East Hampton — have turned to Transcendental Meditation and other forms of meditation to reduce those maladies.

As winter looms, state and local medical professionals, concerned about public health emergencies amid a mistrust of vaccines sown by federal officials, are advising the public to trust science and protect themselves against viruses such as influenza and Covid-19. 

On Sunday at Guild Hall, the writer, activist, and environmentalist will address the urgent need for more cost-efficient solar power, and how the U.S. is falling behind.

Amid the headlines on the front page of The East Hampton Star’s issue published 100 years ago today, one directly below the masthead stood out: “CARL FISHER BUYS 9,000 ACRES AT MONTAUK FOR $2,500,000 PLANS HUGE DEVELOPMENT.” With that transaction, East Hampton Town’s easternmost hamlet would never be the same.

To better understand how to help animals that may or may not be in distress, it’s important to look at the most common wildlife rescues that take place here.

This still image from an LTV archive video shows Hugh King, director of the Home, Sweet Home Museum, at the 2003 dedication of the John Howard Payne bust upon its installation there.

The Anchor Society of East Hampton will continue the Winter Shops program it inaugurated last year to provide downtown retail space to local businesses in the off-season. This year, the nonprofit is again working with the fashion brand Alice + Olivia, the leaseholder at 79 Main Street, where Our Fabulous Variety Show and SewHampton will take up temporary residence starting Oct. 4.

Police reports show an uptick in troubling raccoon encounters here. Most or all had distemper, but rabies has been detected up the Island.

Mark Forrester, a salesman at Village Hardware in East Hampton, offers expert grill repairs through his Hamptons Grill Doctor service.

Was it only a century and a quarter ago that John Drew became a Lily Pond Lane landowner? Seems like yesterday . . .

Algal blooms may have been around since the 1950s, but they have increasingly become a concern for local scientists, who have observed sharp increases.

East Hampton Village will close Newtown Lane to traffic Saturday afternoon for a family block party that will run from 4 to 8 p.m. There will be carnival games, including a bucking bronco, available free of charge, street performers, and music by D.J. Nice and the band Hot Date. 

Registered voters in the East Hampton Library District — which includes the East Hampton, Springs, and Wainscott School Districts — can cast ballots Saturday on the library’s $3.994 million budget for 2026. 

Since its May 22 opening, the 22,000-square-foot Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department on Pantigo Place has “fundamentally changed the health care landscape,” receiving almost 5,000 visitors between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends, a Stony Brook Southampton Hospital official said. 

Cappy Amundsen (1911-2001) was a man of many talents — athlete, artist, writer, sailor, fisherman — and many names.

While we humans are pinned down by gravity, there’s an overnight flow of birds hundreds and thousands of feet overhead using sound as their invisible traffic control system. 

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins on Monday evening and continues through Wednesday. In East Hampton, services will be held at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Chabad of the Hamptons, both on Woods Lane. In Sag Harbor, Temple Adas Israel will open its doors to worshipers and Gesher | the Bridge Shul will hold services at Bay Street Theater. 

A hundred years ago, Carl Fisher landed 5,000 acres in Montauk for a cool million. And the rest is history.

Former New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has been named to the board of Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island. 

Thursday evening at 6 the East Hampton Town Fire Chiefs Association will hold a memorial service at the Hook Mill green to mark the day and the many losses that resulted.

HarborFest 2025 will be taking over Sag Harbor this weekend, with events and activities planned throughout the village both Saturday and Sunday. 

Two recent architecture and engineering grads who pitched a scalable housing solution for Sag Harbor received an enthusiastic reception from the village board.