Phyllis Ann Lomitola of Montauk, who had a long career with Gurney’s Resorts, died on Oct. 20 in Tennessee at the age of 70.

A sailboat on its way from Maine to North Carolina was shipwrecked on Napeague under a clear midnight sky Oct. 22, as Vanessa Wyman and Mareson Yates attempted to navigate the local waters.

On the morning of Oct. 22, a caller reported a man "running in and out of traffic" near Stop and Shop. When police caught up with him, he told them he was late for court, and they waved him on.

A homemaker who raised five children and made Montauk her home for 22 years later in life, RoseMarie A. Kogut died on Oct. 10 at the Westhampton Care Center. She was 90.

Voting takes place Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Find a list here of polling places in East Hampton Town and eastern Southampton Town along with instructions for how to look up your polling place if you don't know it.

This haunting photograph shows the gravestone of Mercy Edwards Van Scoy (1732-1782) in the Van Scoy-Edwards Cemetery in Northwest Woods. Self-guided tours are available from the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society.

Pity Tom Banks, his head stove in by a horse hoof. That was 1899. Fifty years later, two pilots were forced to make daring emergency landings, one on Long Beach and another at the Shinnecock Canal. Do read on.

Here. Now. Real estate. The latest.

In an unusual move last week, the East Hampton Town Planning Board punted on the builder John Hummel’s proposal to move Amagansett’s historic George Baker House at 261 Main Street and convert it to offices for his firm. The house now sits well back from Main Street, and it is proposed to move it closer to the road to make room for parking behind it. 

It’s not all about the election. There’s the environment and the C.P.F., too.

Roberto de Guardiola, 29, of Southampton, won the East Hampton Village Foundation 5K on Saturday in a time of 19 minutes and 58.13 seconds.

One is using acoustic telemetry to track the movement patterns of local fish. The other is employing an 80-foot commercial fishing vessell to gather migratory data on commercial and recreational fish.

For decency. For rationality. For science. For truth — and for many, many other reasons — we are for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Representative Nick LaLota is in a tough spot: trying to present himself as a moderate while not appearing so cozy with Democrats that he risks alienating his conservative District 1 base.

Fred W. Thiele Jr., who has represented the East End in the State Assembly for nearly 30 years, leaves enormous shoes to fill. He has endorsed Tommy John Schiavoni to replace him, calling him the candidate with "the temperament, maturity, and leadership skills needed to get things done."

State Senator Anthony Palumbo can be found on the Republican and Conservative ballot lines. We believe that he is the better choice for our end of Long Island.

I have a problem with genius jerks who have a great idea in a garage somewhere and then see themselves as gods.

I am overawed by previous generations of Rattray women who managed to file their weekly Star columns without a break over the span of four and five decades.

Paging George Costanza? My college-age son has a wallet beyond his years.

Proposals for some development regulations that just might save this place are up for a public hearing with town board members next Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.