An art auction this weekend at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery in East Hampton Village will benefit Kayla Kearney, a young Springs woman and aspiring artist who endured more than eight months of hospitalization, surgeries, and physical therapy stemming from a tumor on her pituitary gland.

The White House’s move to abandon the climate assessment follows a raft of other moves that collectively are an immense setback to the urgent transition from fossil fuel combustion to clean and renewable energy.

One of the intriguing possibilities presented by the town’s new online system, OpenGov, is that it could improve public access to information.

Slavery and the debt owed to Black Americans are among the subjects the Trumpist thought police are seeking to erase from their telling of United States history.

I’m glad Gardiner’s Island has remained in private hands. Is that wrong?

A homily for parlous times.

One shining example of what customer service really means.

Hail the May Day 5K, and more tributes to The Star’s late publisher, Helen S. Rattray.

Real realty, real now, South Fork-style.

East Hampton Village police officers searched the car of Richard Daunt of Montauk and allegedly found a plastic bag containing 17 individual smaller bags each with a white powdery substance inside.

The Anchor Society of East Hampton, a nonprofit community group with a mission to revitalize the community and increase year-round foot traffic in the village commercial district, has issued a call for applications for the second year of its Winter Shops program.

The East Hampton Village branch of M&T Bank at 99 Newtown Lane will close permanently next Thursday at 4 p.m. The bank’s branches at 351 Pantigo Road in East Hampton and 746 Montauk Highway in Montauk will remain open.

Two ospreys return to scene of Accabonac Harbor destruction despite bird-deterrent devices, while town trustees call out feds and D.E.C. over lack of action.

New York State will require “bell-to-bell” smartphone restriction in all public and charter kindergarten-through-12th-grade schools starting in the 2025-26 school year, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced on Tuesday.

The New York State comptroller’s office has completed another audit of the Montauk Fire District, alleging that the district overcompensated its 17 paid emergency responders and failed to resolve discrepancies in time-clock activity for three of those employees.

Removing an eastbound lane on Main Street, reconfiguring the Reutershan parking lot, and redevelopment of the Gingerbread Lane/Railroad Avenue district were among the ideas voiced during a virtual workshop on an update to East Hampton Village’s comprehensive plan.

East Hampton's Trevor Meehan pitched a no-hitter versus Half Hollow Hills West on April 30, apparently the first here since Guy Ficeto pitched one on April 3, 1995. 

The Ross School boys tennis team routed two large school division leaders last week, Ward Melville, which was the county tournament runner-up to Commack last year, and Connetquot. 

Paid Notice: Stephen Fitzgerald, 63, of East Hampton passed away April 11th surrounded by loved ones.  Stephen’s quiet strength, kindness and subtle sense of humor will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

Paid Notice: September 29, 1933 – May 8, 2020