A driver whose truck rear-ended a car in front of him told police he had been distracted by his dog and didn't notice that the car was braking.

Police at first thought that the water reported to be flowing onto Church Street last Thursday afternoon came from a water main break, but found upon arriving at the scene that it was being pumped from a nearby swimming pool, a violation of the village code.

Seamus McDonagh, who visits Springs frequently, is a good man. And a good storyteller. He has timing, wit, a light Irish brogue giving music to his words, and a hard-gained wisdom that lands as powerfully as a shot from a heavyweight boxer. Which he once was — a cruiserweight who went up a class to face Evander Holyfield, challenging the legendary champion for his title.

Karen Alice Schulz, an integral member of the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton for the 20 years that her husband, the Rev. Dr. Fredrick Wiley Schulz, was its pastor, died on Feb. 6 in Blue Ridge, Ga. She was 89.

James A. Avitabile of East Hampton, who was retired from the New York State Office of Court Administration, where he had been a court planner for the New York City court system, died at home on March 1. He was 82.

Judith Ann Favata, who worked as a receptionist at Advanced Auto Parts in East Hampton, died on March 7 at the age of 70.

Rory Callahan, who grew up partly in Amagansett and had a 30-year career in wine marketing, died on Feb. 18 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. He was 75.

In 1950, Plum Island was on the auction block. In 1975, East End fishermen were worried enough about their fishing grounds to head to Washington, D.C. And much more from our past coverage.

Recently, the school's Diversity Club hosted a sneaker drive to collect sneakers for those in need.

More, more, more! Reader comment, that is. It’s a Star tradition.

As the 2026 midterm elections loom more consequential than ever, it’s time to get out and get active.

The American culture wars have become our own cultural revolution, censorship with a whimper, not a bang.

This photograph from The East Hampton Star’s archive showing Elizabeth H. Dayton Cartwright (1851-1945) adorned with flowers and surrounded by white lilies, irises, and carnations evokes the eagerness many feel for the beginning of spring.

At long last, the East Hampton Town Board is expected to reduce the cap on houses relative to the size of a given piece of land.

The Bouvier Beales of Grey Gardens had raccoons in the parlor but they also had certain pretentions. They floated in time in a rather detached fashion, losing track of its passing days, weeks, months, years, decades, and centuries, and I understand and sympathize, especially when it comes to yard maintenance.

No rest for the realty.

Behold gastronomic glory — the Rochester garbage plate.

Scientists have discovered a new pill that will do away with both toothpaste and toothbrushes, not to mention human agency altogether.

Rick Martel, on the Republican and Conservative lines, defeated John Leonard, a Democrat who also ran on the Working Families line, in Tuesday's special election for the Southampton Town Board seat vacated by Tommy John Schiavoni.

The lives of the actor Jimmy Stewart and his sister Mary, an acclaimed artist, formed parallel stories of creativity and courage during World War II.