On the Wing: Our Only Winter Warbler
The yellow-rumped warbler, also known, colloquially, much to my 10-year-old’s delight, as a “butter-butt,” is our only regular winter warbler and our region’s most abundant.
Bonackers Play Four Games in Five Days
The East Hampton High School boys basketball team, without its star guard, Luke Reese, evened its league record at 3-3 with a 43-32 win over Sayville last week.
A Two-Win Week for East Hampton Wrestlers
In the past half-dozen years it has been a rarity to witness an East Hampton High School wrestling team win at home, but it happened last Thursday.
Trash Talk
The new curve-topped trash bins adorning the East Hampton Village business district are frankly ugly.
Missteps Began Early on Plastic-Field Plan
East Hampton Town should never have gotten itself into the public storm it now faces over a plan to install artificial turf playing fields on a site off Stephen Hand’s Path.
The Mast-Head: Dumb Stuff on Main Street
Road rage: Nine out of 10 people say they don’t have it. Actually, I have no idea if that’s true; I just made up the statistic to get your attention. But the subject has been on my mind a lot lately.
The Shipwreck Rose: Napoleon Brandy
My career on the stage was short and inglorious.
Gristmill: The Driven Slush
On the roads the layer of snowpack and slush was an improvement, quieting the traffic, for once slowing the heedless drivers, adding adventure to the school drop-off routine.
Point of View: Finding Warmth in Winter Days
Rather than kind acts, it’s the failures to act kindly that I tend to remember.
Guestwords: Ultimate Rejection!
Do you know how many rejections we have received of this potential classic of world literature? It could be something like Fyodor Tolstoy’s “Crime and Peace” or Joseph Conrad’s “Fart of Harkness.”