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Saboteur Anniversary at Amagansett Life-Saving Station

It’s time, once again, to come together to remember the June 13, 1942, Nazi saboteur landing on the beach. On Saturday the Amagansett Life-Saving Station will host “an evening of film, re-enactment, and speculation on what really took place.”

Ocean Lifeguard Certification Course Coming Up

East Hampton Town is offering an ocean lifeguard certification course on Monday and Wednesday evenings at Indian Wells Beach.

Four Want Two Seats in Sag Harbor Village

Four experienced candidates are running for two places on the Sag Harbor Village Board, and the winners will be selected by voters on Tuesday. 

East Hampton Village Election Is Tuesday

There’s no contest for mayor or trustee in East Hampton Village, but voters can weigh in nevertheless when polls open on Tuesday at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street from noon to 9 p.m. 

A Three-Peat at Montauk Triathlon

William Huffman, a professional triathlete, won the 43rd Mighty Montauk Triathlon on Saturday for the third year in a row. The next day, the Old Montauk Athletic Club’s Montauk Mile was won by Jason Green of Shelter Island.

Paid Parking Begins in Montauk

Paid parking will begin in some locations in Montauk starting on Saturday; perhaps most notably at the Kirk Park Beach lot, where an attendant took payment in years past. After Friday, June 21, cash will no longer be accepted there. In addition, 19 spots on the east side of South Edison Street, and 20 more on the north and south sides of South Elmwood Avenue, between South Edison and South Essex Streets, will require payment.

On the Water: Be Kind to Sharks (and Giant Crabs)

The D.E.C. has announced changes to recreational fishing regulations to improve management of protected shark species. Plus, a record blue-claw crab hits the counter at Tight Lines Tackle.

Celebrating Tap, Fabulously

Our Fabulous Variety Show's "Tap: A Celebration of Rhythm," hitting the stage at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center for two shows on Saturday, will give folks from these parts plenty of reasons to head west. Chief among them: Several dozen of the performers are local students who have been honing their craft at O.F.V.S.'s studios in East Hampton.

Class of 2024 Hailed by the District’s A.D.

Kathy Masterson, the East Hampton School District’s athletic director, and a cafeteria-full of parents and friends commended the student-athletes of the class of 2024 at a senior awards dinner on June 4.   

Hall of Fame Inductees Are Named

East Hampton High’s Hall of Fame committee has named this year’s inductees: Cole Brauer, who recently sailed solo around the world, Ashley West Harvey, an all-state and all-county cross-country and track star when a student here, and the 1995 county-championship baseball team.

Red-Light Cameras for Safety, Not Cash

According to an insurance group’s study, fatal accidents at intersections dropped by almost 25 percent in cities where the use of stop-light cameras was widespread.

Hail! A Hall of Famer

More than 56 years after he first wrote for this newspaper, Jack Graves will be inducted into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame by the Press Club of Long Island at an awards banquet in Woodbury.

Roadway Tipping Point

A proposed traffic circle at the intersection of Long Lane, Stephen Hand’s Path, and Two Holes of Water Road in East Hampton is a road sign of sorts pointing at the unintended effects of growth. 

The Mast-Head: Readying for the Season

Cerberus, my 1979 sloop, remains where I left it in October, at a marina on the Connecticut River. The plan is to get it back into the water soon.

Gristmill: Not So Local

Besides touchy, what is “local,” anyway?     

Point of View: Dare I Say It?

“I’m happy . . . I know it may not be politically correct these days to say so, but, yes, happy, I confess.”

Guestwords: The Slog From Normandy

After D-Day, why did it take the Allies 11 months to make it from Normandy to Berlin, when normally it’s a day’s drive?

Letters to the Editor for June 13, 2024

Varied, various, and voluminous, it’s The Star’s weekly outlay of reader comment.

Way It Was for June 13, 2024

A corpse, well advanced in its decomposition, mysteriously washed up off Gardiner’s Island in 1899. And more ghastly stories ripped from the pages of Ye Olde Star.

Janet Schellinger Halliday

Janet Schellinger Halliday of Sag Harbor, a waitress, house cleaner, and scallop enthusiast, died on May 18 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 99.