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Editorials

Doubting Lee Zeldin

We have to wonder if Lee Zeldin will bring his conspiracy mania to the governor’s race.

Jun 16, 2022
Hunger in the Season of Plenty

According to our sources at the various East End food pantries, many of our neighbors still need assistance getting healthful meals on the table.

Jun 16, 2022
‘Unofficial’ Newspapers

The East Hampton Star and The Suffolk Times have been the county’s “official” newspapers for their respective towns for about as long as anyone can remember. That was until this year, when the Suffolk Legislature removed them from the list.

Jun 16, 2022
Hastening the Airport’s Demise

It has been clear that because of their refusal to cooperate on effective noise control, the airport interests themselves are forcing the town’s hand.

Jun 9, 2022
A Village Election That Really Matters

The question for voters in the village is whether they think it is healthy or wise to support the mayor’s hand-picked candidates.

Jun 9, 2022
A War on Children

Here we are again — after each mass shooting, calls resume for stronger gun-control laws. Yet the killing goes on.

Jun 2, 2022
Padel What?

East Hampton Village residents should wonder why precisely it is that the trustees are eager to install a specialized glass playing enclosure for a sport that no one has heard of.

Jun 2, 2022
Missing Word

East Hampton Town appears about to have the wool pulled over its eyes again in Montauk.

Jun 2, 2022
To Bare or Not to Bare

Nantucket voters earlier this month voted in favor of topless bathing. But what about New York State, or even East Hampton?

May 26, 2022
The Cost of a Shave

It is often said that gas prices are out of whack on the South Fork, and now all prices are.

May 26, 2022
The Elephant in the (Affordable) Room

Most, if not nearly all, of the Airbnb hosts in East Hampton Town are breaking the law.

May 26, 2022
The Chicago Precedent

Like Chicago in 2003, East Hampton Town owns its airport, free of promises to the F.A.A. But unlike in the Windy City, there is a growing contingent of residents who say East Hampton’s should be closed.

May 19, 2022