Editorials

Since January so much has become uncertain for the future college graduates of 2029 — from how they will fund their education to what classes they may or may not be permitted to take.

Among the points made at a forum held on July 20 about landscaping, sustainability, and community action was the idea that incentives for homeowners could help the groundwater supply.

News has leaked that the Environmental Protection Agency was working to abandon its fundamental basis for fighting climate change.

The frequency of fender-benders, and worse, in front of our Main Street office is an indication of the folly of blindly following digital maps.

Like most towns of any size and history, ours has a few public servants whose service is so exemplary it becomes legendary. Into this category we would place Randy Hoffman.

If Nick LaLota is not willing to speak up for Congress, he should look for another job.

East Hampton Village is on the right track to target noise from landscaping equipment, but it is wrong in its way of going about it.

There are more people crowded out here than ever before, but fewer of them are willing or able to raise their hand to volunteer to keep our community institutions going.

An East Hampton Village Board effort to reduce the terms of members of the zoning board of appeals and planning board should be abandoned.

There is no alternative on the horizon for when the most serious natural disasters — 50 to 60 per year — strike.

It feels a bit like someone up in Albany is punking us with the “Groundhog Day” roadwork situation at the intersection of Route 114 and Stephen Hand’s Path.

This is a plea for Representative Nick LaLota to prioritize fighting Washington’s war on weather forecasting and climate science. This congressional district is particularly at risk.

East Hampton Town is poised to make two important land deals in the coming weeks, $20 million for one, $16 million for the other, and they merit a closer look.

Here on the East End, we watch the plants like meteorological instruments: Will they survive this week’s brutal weather?

No matter how benignly a day begins, being on the water carries inherent risks.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s arrest on Tuesday for interfering with federal immigration officers may have been technically justified, but it is he — and people like him — who hold the higher moral ground.

The retail turnover here produced an unusual new boutique called Gathering Marketplace where the business operator and landlord came together to make something good happen.

A first step we can take toward greater digital privacy is to pay attention to which entities profit from taking it away from us.

R.F.K. Jr., who just dismissed the entire C.D.C. committee responsible for making vaccination recommendations, is not just the leading vaccine skeptic, he is a conspiracy theorist who believes this committee is a secret cabal lining their pockets with gold. They are not.

A fishing industry lawsuit filed last week seeking to stop construction of Empire Wind 1, an 810-megawatt project in the ocean off Long Island, is just one part of a multipronged assault on clean energy.

Homeowners should not automatically get the right to a second floor merely because of FEMA’s minimum elevations.

In the years since e-bike popularity spiked during the pandemic, emergency rooms have seen ever-increasing rates of serious injuries and deaths.

The legendary QB showed that there are ways to bring a more diverse crowd into town.

A senator dresses down Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator.

The demolition of important Modernist houses continues apace.

There is a disturbing quality to the Trump administration’s bringing charges against a member of Congress in connection with her attempted oversight visit to a New Jersey immigrant detention center.

If it seems like The Star has a weird ax to grind over the local proliferation of “green giant” arborvitae, well, yes, we do.

Why did Nick LaLota vote for using “Gulf of America,” this jingoistic nod to the hyper-patriotism of the President Trump fan base?

Being able to eat outdoors at a South Fork restaurant during the summer is a delight, but too much of a good thing means trouble.

We believe that the business folk behind Bonac’s latest mega-label boutique know exactly what they are doing.