Hildreth Is Vermont Giant Slalom Champ
Kieran Hildreth of Montauk and Burke, Vt., won the Vermont State Tri-Council u-14 giant slalom alpine ski race held at Burke Mountain on Jan. 31, defeating 77 competitors.
Bonac Swimmers Ninth at County Meet
All eight of the swimmers Craig Brierley took with him to the county championship meet at Stony Brook University over the weekend swam personal-best times.
Whalers Were Sharp in Class C Semifinal
The Pierson (Sag Harbor) Whalers, top seeded in Class C, defeated Southold 67-41 Saturday afternoon, and are now looking forward to another go at Southampton in the county B-C-D game on March 1.
A Riveting Futsal Clash at the Sportime Arena
John Romero’s Maidstone Market men’s soccer team has been a perennial champion outdoors, but it’s taken a while for his futsal squad, the East Hampton Futbol Club, to master the indoor version.
Palin’s Pain, News Media’s Worry
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times this week, but this important case may be headed to the Supreme Court.
Town Airport Closing Should Proceed
The F.A.A. doesn’t like it one bit, but East Hampton Town should stay the course on a long-sought change to the way its airport operates.
The Mast-Head: East Hampton’s Enslaved
Four years ago when a few of us began looking into early East Hampton’s relationship with slavery, we were met with a cocked head and some variation of “We don’t have anything about slavery.”
The Shipwreck Rose: Desk Set
The news keeps reporting studies that conclude remote work is more productive work, but those studies are clearly incorrect.
Gristmill: Talking to Coltrane
Two essential graphic novels on the occasion of Black History Month.
Point of View: Encore! Encore!
Continuing in the same vein as last week, more excerpts from “Five Characters in Search of an Editor,” read 50 years ago at Guild Hall.