New York State police and local law enforcement agencies will once again conduct special details to enforce vehicle and traffic laws in work zones.

On the real-world human impact of the Trump administration abruptly halting the United States’ vast aid network to the world’s poor and suffering.

The ospreys are back for the season, and I’ve spent more time than usual watching the show.

We’re having a potluck lunch on Sunday at Ashawagh Hall, following the 11 a.m. memorial gathering there for my mother, Helen S. Rattray.

Close and not-so-close encounters with bears.

How well do bioplastics decompose? While they claim to be compostable, many, including the most common, require industrial high-temperature composting and do not degrade in home composters, soil, or water.

A new round of South Fork property transactions.

Helen S. Rattray may have stood only 5-foot-1 in her prime, but she was a towering figure in the newsroom and in the town her paper served. A consummate journalist, exacting editor, and dedicated champion of the free press, Ms. Rattray served as publisher of The East Hampton Star until her death on April 16 and was its editor in chief from 1980 until 2003, when her eldest son, David E. Rattray, took over that role.

The Fistys are a three-woman in-your-race punk-rock band whose "sound and fury are a manifestation of their convictions."

Hamptons Doc Fest will celebrate Earth Day week with three days of films, interviews, and information hubs whose theme is our connection to trees, woodlands, and forests.

The Church in Sag Harbor is celebrating with a presentation on public spaces, open studios, a poetry read-in, and a lecture about images of the Fool from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

A new production of "God of Carnage," Yasmina Reza's award-winning play, will have a two-week run at LTV Studios.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will show excerpts from various film versions of "Moby-Dick" before screening John Huston's 1956 epic starring Gregory Peck.

A Brooklyn man has admitted guilt in a million-dollar drug dealing scheme involving cocaine meant for sale on the East End.

Group show at Women's Art Center, rock 'n' roll photos at White Room, 81 artists at Lucore Art Gallery, monoprint workshop at the Parrish, Eric Haze and Elaine de Kooning at Pollock-Krasner.

Public rehearsal at Guild Hall, Beatles tribute and comedy at Bay Street, open studios at Watermill Center, jazz at the cinema, choral society auditions, music at the Masonic Temple.

Long Island Restaurant Week, wine dinner at 1770 House, menu changes at Village Bistro, Navy Beach and Mavericks to reopen, pizza and pasta on the move, news from Golden Pear and Art of Eating.

After coming under criticism for a proposal to broadly exempt town projects from the town zoning code if they are deemed "community resources," the East Hampton Town Board tabled a resolution to hold a public hearing on the matter.

Georgia O’Keeffe once said, “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment.” In the spirit of the pioneering modernist painter’s hope to give that world to others, The Star spoke with two local anthophiles about extending the ‘moment’ of both store-bought and hand-harvested bouquets.

It’s time to get growing. The publication of The East Hampton Star’s annual East End Garden and Home supplement means the 2025 gardening season is officially under way. With this comes a lively calendar of spring and summer events, including garden workshops, educational lectures, art activities, and benefit parties, just a few of which are detailed here. Additional events may be added as the season progresses, so readers should check with their favorite organizations and garden clubs for more information.