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Court Restores Town Trustees' Access to Their Money

About two months after a Suffolk Supreme Court judge froze their bank accounts — a result of the yearslong, and ongoing, Truck Beach litigation — the East Hampton Town Trustees regained control of their money on May 23.

On the Police Logs 06.06.24

At around 2 a.m. on May 25, someone called the police after seeing social media posts of kids drinking on Big Albert's beach. Officers, approaching from the Barnes Hole entrance, observed about 100 youths partying around a beach fire with music playing from a speaker. Many of them fled into the dunes when they saw the police. "Although several cooperative youths assisted with cleanup, a significant amount of litter remained," police reported. The Parks Department was called in to pick it up.

Kids Culture for June 6, 2024

Guild Hall's Teen Arts Council, consisting of creative teens from East Hampton High School, Pierson High School, and the Ross School, will be the stars of a fashion show at Guild Hall on Saturday at 6 p.m. Plus: Coding for kids, a calligraphy class, Regents exam study hours, STEM activities, D.I.Y. Father's Day cards, and more.

Mystery Art Sale Returns to the Springs School

Since last fall, the Springs School PTA has been planning the return of the popular Mystery Art Sale after a six-year hiatus. Friday and Saturday are the big days — let the guessing game begin.

A Scholarship Fund Making a Difference

With a benefit, Cabaret for a Cause, coming up, the Road Forward Scholarship Fund seeks to continue helping economically disadvantaged students not only go to college, but stay in college.

South Lake Swim Tests

What makes the health risks at South Lake Drive Beach in Montauk so unfortunate is that they have chiefly affected kids.

Loose Lips Sink Nicks

Nick LaLota will say anything it takes to stay in the convicted felon ex-president’s favor and not anger First District voters.

A Court Adrift on Ethics Oversight

The Justice Alito flag scandal reminds us how the Supreme Court is different and answers only to itself.

The Mast-Head: A Pink Flamingo

There is a distinct proprietary protectiveness of the very wealthy among us.

Gristmill: In the Land of Plenty

A novelistic chance meeting at a bar in Noyac triggers questions about life in the Hamptons — and triggers generally.

Point of View: Bellowing Jars Memorial Day

You intimately sense the connection between those who have gone before and those coming after in a small town Memorial Day parade such as ours.

Guestwords: Big Red on the Hoof

A last-minute trip to Belmont Park one June day in 1973 led to our correspondent witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime triumph — Secretariat’s Triple Crown.

The Way It Was for June 6, 2024

The usually with-it Star was a little behind the curve with its 1924 comment on jazz music and musicians. And don’t miss the 1974 nudity-on-the-beach case.

Letters to the Editor for June 6, 2024

The season is here, and letters to The Star ramp up accordingly.

Recorded Deeds 06.06.24

So many L.L.C.s . . . it’s the latest in South Fork land transfers.

Bees and Whalers Lose in Playoffs

The Pierson and Bridgehampton High School baseball teams lost in close games to upstate opponents in Southeast Regional state playoff games Saturday, the Whalers, a Class C school, by a score of 3-1 to Burke Catholic of Goshen, and the Killer Bees, who are combined in baseball with the Ross School, by a score of 7-5 to the defending state Class D champion, Chapel Field Christian.

East Hampton Village Taxes Down for Third Year in Row

If accepted, a $29 million tentative budget for 2025, which will be the subject of a public hearing on June 21, will lower taxes by a smidge, .0184 percent, representing the third consecutive year of tax cuts for village residents.

Dragonfly Day and Birds of Prey

This weekend in Bridgehampton, it's all about wildlife — dragonflies, damselflies, and birds of prey.

Osprey Rescue Was Team Effort

A neighbor of Maidstone Park in Springs on Monday discovered an osprey hanging upside down from its nest, suspended by fishing line. Rescuers jumped into action.

Excavating the Past 

Paul Auster’s last novel follows a philosophy professor as he digs through his lost wife’s poems and her journal of Vietnam-era America.