One More Look at the Year in Sports
Left out of last week’s “A Look at Sports in the Year 2023” were the honoring of Black basketball coaches here and Tim Garvin’s P.G.A. award for his work as a mentor at the South Fork Country Club in Amagansett.
Town Hall Going Pro
It was time for East Hampton Town Hall to join many other New York municipal governments in hiring a professional administrator to oversee both budgetary and day-to-day functions.
Cold for a Cause
Among all of the fund-raisers that go on here, not one makes so much money in so little time as the Jan. 1 “polar” plunges.
For a Merrier, Brighter Main Street
A letter writer this week floated the idea that this newspaper sponsor a contest for the best business district holiday decorations next December.
The Mast-Head: The Purple House
My grandmother was born in the house that makes up the core of town offices on Pantigo Road. With a new supervisor taking the corner office there, it seemed a good time to offer up a bit of its history.
The Shipwreck Rose: Eat a Peach
I tend to refer to cocktails of various kinds, but that’s not so much because I’m a drinker, as that I like the idea of a well-stocked bar cart of shiny bottles.
Gristmill: Head Games
The efficacy, benefits, and weirdness of hypnosis.
Point of View: Gifted at One Stop
Aside from world peace, what else am I wishing in vain for in the new year, immortality apparently being out of the question? I’m just hoping to stay connected.
Guestwords: Bad Chemistry
Much of what ails the world today is a result of Western governments arbitrarily dividing foreign lands that they have colonized or occupied with no consideration of national sovereignty or demographics.
The Way It Was for January 4, 2024
What’s old is new again: notes from the East Hampton zoning code battles of 25 years ago. And much else of interest from The Star of yesteryear.