Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has earned national recognition for overall patient safety and L.G.B.T.Q.+ health care equity, the hospital recently announced.

The Springs School’s upcoming budget vote was the focus of an April 28 school board meeting, but before talk turned to that, the Journalism Club wanted to talk to the board and the community about how important the club is to them and why it matters so much.

In this photo from The Star’s archive, Sy Kaback hands over a trophy to Tom Wiggins, who was second in the East Hampton Yacht Club’s big race of 1989.

Sheila Dunne Jones Bono, a retired special education teacher who worked first in East Hampton and later at the Tuckahoe School in Southampton, died of complications of a stroke on April 15 at the Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead. She was 80.

A service for Robert Dale Nielsen of East Hampton will take place on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here. A celebration of his life will follow at Kizzy T’s at 47 Montauk Highway in East Hampton from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

The Amagansett Library and East Hampton Library have programs coming up for kids curious about wildlife. Plus: A grandparents play date at CMEE, junior lifeguarding, baking lessons, skateboarding, and more coming up for kids and teens.

On April 30, police got a call from a passer-by about “a male subject opening doors with a crowbar” at the Sands Motel. Upon investigation, it was learned that the man was an employee performing renovations and maintenance. “The salt air environment often causes the door locks to freeze, therefore he has to force the doors open with a bar,” officers reported.

An ode to May on Long Island from 1899, among other charms (and outrages) from Ye Olde Star.

The striped bass showed up en masse for their annual residency off Montauk on May 1. It was a true sign that spring had sprung for those who wet a line for the highly prized linesiders.

Erik Engstrom, the 25-year-old former county cross-country champion, topped Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O’Donnell’s May Day 5K Sunday, crossing the East Hampton Main Beach finish line in 16 minutes and 22.76 seconds, besting a field of 787 finishers.

Of three squads fighting for playoff spots last week, one, East Hampton’s softball team, was eliminated, while the other two, Bonac’s baseball team and the Southampton-based South Fork Islanders boys lacrosse team, remained in contention.

The Hamptons Adult Hardball League began its 2024 season and ended its 2023 season at Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park Sunday. Games continue at the park Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon.

Heads up, The Star’s bulging mailbag just dropped.

Not so fast, boaters — the bays and harbors are still cold, with readings in the 50s, low enough to cause loss of dexterity within 10 minutes of immersion.

We snapped to attention when a certain shingled relic appeared on the real estate market recently, priced at $3.5 million.

When did it become so okay to be a show-off?

Cold spells, baseballs, and pesky small birds notwithstanding, an osprey’s life seems a good one.

Under the heading of “Anything worth doing at all will take at least a tiny modicum of effort” I categorize most of life’s pleasures.

John Edgar Wideman. A fan’s notes.

If it weren’t for the moon, we wouldn’t be here.