Tickets go on sale Thursday for what is sure to be a highlight of this summer’s live music offerings on the South Fork. The 10-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Norah Jones will perform at the Montauk Lighthouse on Aug. 2, with proceeds benefiting the Montauk Historical Society.

Canio’s Cultural Cafe will welcome Tony McGowan, a professor of English at West Point and a Herman Melville scholar, at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor next Thursday night at 6 as he discusses the modern relevance of “Moby-Dick” ahead of this year’s Moby-Dick Marathon of readings.

This prizewinning barnyard-themed float was part of East Hampton’s Fourth of July parade in 1915, adorned with hay, vegetation, live geese, a calf, and a scarecrow. Riding atop it were Judy Hamlin (1909-1991), dressed as a farmer, and her older sister, Dorothy Hamlin (1890-1919), costumed as a milkmaid.

On May 9, Springs School junior high students flooded into their gymnasium in beautiful gowns and fancy wear as beams of light fluttered along the walls and banners and streamers adorned the room for the Masquerade Ball.

A pool heater on Miankoma Lane erupted in flames on Sunday evening and the homeowner called police, who shut off the power and gas line to the heater and called the Fire Department to extinguish the remaining flames.

A 68-year-old East Hampton woman was arrested in Sag Harbor Village on Saturday after allegedly driving into two teenage traffic control officers who were attempting to give her a summons.

Carol Hunting easily made friends wherever she went, her husband, David Hunting, wrote. People enjoyed her warmth, personality, and engaging smile. She was cheerful, optimistic, and selfless, he said, and will be remembered as a true and supportive friend. Her sense of humor and laughter were endearing.

James G. Kollegger of East Hampton, an influential figure in the fields of information and technology, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease on May 11. He was 83.

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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.

Scuffs where horseshoe crabs had made love during night covered the sand at Lazy Point. Their fevered trails crisscrossed the beach. Plovers and turnstones probed for eggs along the edge of the water.

One of the recurring themes of this column that I keep returning to — like a dog that annoys its master by wearing holes in the living room rug by habitually turning circles and clawing at the carpet with its paws before lying down — is the incontrovertible truth that people used to have more fun.

If you’re worried about whether society will hold together, a SUNY college commencement just might be a cure for what ails you.

I’m a dog person. Except when it comes to boats. With boats, I worry I might be a cat person.

Built nearly 25 years ago in Arichat, a small village on Isle Madame off Cape Breton Island in eastern Nova Scotia, the Rock Water is a stout craft and has served me well over the years. But my luck finally ran out last year, and it seemed everything was breaking down on a weekly basis. First was the demise of my fish finder, followed by my GPS/radar. Then the oil cooler went kaput. Next to die was the alternator.

The East End Classic invitational track meet, which was held under mostly sunny skies at East Hampton High School Saturday, has certainly grown: There were 853 athletes this time around from 28 schools.

While this spring’s buoyant East Hampton flag football team went winless, its head coach, Erin Gillott, and her assistant, Josh Brussell, were impressed by their players’ grit, and also by the fact — as was evident to anyone who saw them play — that the girls were having fun, which presumably ought to serve as a big draw when it comes to upping the sport’s numbers even further.

To say that the entire town turned out for John Ryan Sr.’s surprise 90th birthday party at the St. Luke’s parish hall Saturday may be a bit of an exaggeration. Say half the town then. You could be forgiven for gate-crashing a party to honor Big John Ryan, the guru of lifeguarding here.

The New York State Council on the Arts has awarded LTV, East Hampton Town's public access television provider, $99,000 to support a capital project that focuses on roof repair for its Wainscott studios.