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.

Voters in East Hampton Town should vote "No" on Proposition 3. If approved, the proposition would allow town officials to take protected status away from a wooded, 2.4-acre triangle at the confluence of Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads on North Main Street in East Hampton.

The suspect in the murder of a Brooklyn woman at a Water Mill wellness resort earlier this week was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Pennsylvania, Suffolk County police said yesterday. 

Project Most, the East Hampton nonprofit that provides after-school programs, weekend activities, tutoring, and child care services, is offering free child identification card services on Saturday at its Family Fun and Safety Day.

Alan Sonfist, a renowned environmental artist, has launched a two-year project to create a "celestial meadow" on the Parrish Art Museum's south lawn.

New solo shows for Ralph Gibson, a celebrated photographer, and Charlotte Park, a pivotal figure in Abstract Expressionism.

The Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad is investigating the murder of a Brooklyn woman at Shou Sugi Ban House in Water Mill, after a staff member found her body in a guestroom there on Monday around 12:30 p.m.

Peter Dayton talk at Guild Hall, two new shows at Halsey McKay, graphic designer Virginia Edwards at The Church, group show at the Lucore Art Gallery.

Thanksgiving Day offerings from L&W Market and the Art of Eating, a Shinnecock seaweed celebration, and Day of the Dead specials at La Fondita.

The screenwriter, actor, and movie producer Edward Burns’s first novel is a sweet and sad Irish-Catholic coming-of-age story.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is running for her third full term in New York against Mike Sapraicone, a retired N.Y.P.D. detective. 

A concert staging of a new drama with music set in Weimar Germany after World War I will be performed at LTV Studios.

A new film and discussion series at the Sag Harbor Cinema will focus on mental health awareness, advocacy, and action.

"A Streetcar Named Desire" film at Bay Street, jazz at The Church, music at the Masonic Temple, readying gardens for winter, silent disco in Southampton.

As part of the Great Give Back in county libraries this month, the Amagansett Library will host the New York Blood Center's mobile donation unit on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.