Editorials

In the same spirit as his assault on America’s research institutions, President Trump is gunning for our libraries and museums.

Precious minutes can be lost if a house is aflame and firefighters have to scramble to find hydrants and then dig them out as the flames rise.

It may be snowy February, but people are starting to notice an East Hampton Village plan to extend its daytime ban on pets and vehicles on the beach to Columbus Day.

Norms change. And it’s time for a norm change around gas leaf blowers.

The 40-acre Montauk property known to surfers and surfcasters as the Ranch is a priority for preservation.

The E.P.A. has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

Looking ahead toward the summer of 2026, there are some substantial and fascinating semiquincentennial events on the horizon.

There’s good news and there’s bad news for passengers on the Long Island Rail Road.

The United States House of Representatives should impeach President Trump and the Senate should convict him.

Science should drive medical decisions.

It is important to ask now how this clearing in Sag Harbor happened. One thing that could help prevent a similar outcome in the future is more village involvement.

An idea making the rounds in Town Hall to change the way farmland construction projects are reviewed may have value, but a degree of caution is necessary.

Stephen Miller and others in the White House have cast their bet that stirring up race-based hatred among voters is the only hope if the extreme right is to maintain its grip on Washington.

We are warming to an increasing trend on the South Fork scene toward quieter and cozier gatherings and outings on New Year’s Day.

A brilliant gift for someone special: an affordable membership to one of our wonderful South Fork cultural institutions.

In a scathing denunciation of the Department of Homeland Security, a United States District court judge excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement for what he called the inhumane and unlawful treatment of people held at the Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse in Central Islip.

As the most powerful nation in the world teeters at the edge of a dictatorial cliff, historians can counter this distressingly familiar story.

The East Hampton Library is the pearl in our town’s cultural crown.

From the Jan. 6 insurrectionists to George Santos to Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Donald Trump has made an art of opening the jailhouse doors.

Many New Yorkers’ health coverage is in real jeopardy.

It’s nice to be paying less at the pump, but, once again, South Forkers are feeling the gouge, and can expect to keep on paying more than $4 a gallon for regular.

Two recent events, both involving water, on nearly opposite ends of the South Fork provide a look into the future for our coastal communities, and it is not encouraging.

For millions of Americans — including many on the South Fork — the need for food benefits and pantries remains high.

This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the moms and pops who keep the lights on all winter. It’s a community service.

How dispiriting to hear our president implicitly condone Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s sanctioning of the 2018 murder and dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who reported for The Washington Post.

Before the end of the year, Gov. Kathy Hochul will decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs.

A standing-room-only crowd gath­ered at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday for the pastoral installation of a new leader, the Rev. Trevon C. Fergerson.

In the spirit of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, here are a few winterizing suggestions of our own for the homeowners and homesteaders of Old Bonac.

The success of Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite,” about the 18 minutes preceding the destruction of Chicago in a nuclear attack, has renewed discussion about the profound danger of nuclear war.

Residents should pay attention to an ongoing discussion of millions in school district spending aimed at improving its buildings and sports facilities.