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Timothy R. Reilly

Timothy Robert Reilly, a brick mason and wood sculptor who grew up on Three Mile Harbor Road, died in Alabama on March 21. He was 78.

Stuart Weiss

Stuart Weiss of East Hampton, a photographer and bicycle enthusiast, died on March 16 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 89.

For Jaki Jackson

A memorial for Jaki Jackson, a yoga teacher here for many years who lived in Springs, will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Baseball and Lacrosse Off to Good Starts

East Hampton High’s baseball team and the Southampton-based South Fork boys lacrosse team, with a lineup of half a dozen Bonackers, could boast of 3-0 records as of earlier this week. East Hampton’s girls lacrosse team was 2-0.

Youth Hockey Has Come a Long Way

“That kids from these small towns, from Sag Harbor, East Hampton, and Southampton, can now go toe-to-toe with the established programs up the Island is quite something,” in the words of one coach.

Lieder to Surf in the World Longboard Games

College will have to wait for Chase Lieder, the 18-year-old champion surfer from Montauk. He’s doing too well as a pro.

The Lineup for the Week of April 4, 2024

A look ahead at local sports action.

The Way It Was for April 4, 2024

In 1949 the village green flagpole came crashing down in a high wind. Read all about it, and much more ripped from the pages of Ye Olde Star, right here.

Letters to the Editor for April 4, 2024

It’s the bouncing Bonac mailbag.

For the Birds

Spring is here, and as our attention refocuses out of doors, this is a good moment to take a breath and consider the poor birds.

Hope for Plum Island

While Plum Island remains vulnerable to a sale under the terms of a 2008 act of Congress, we should look to Camp Hero as an example.

The Mast-Head: Cars on the Beach

Seeing a photograph of a rusted car frame tumbling from a dune recently reminded me of a devastating northeaster 62 years ago.

The Shipwreck Rose: Risen Indeed

Is it sacrilegious to nose-poke at church on Easter Sunday?

Gristmill: Dunkin’ or Nuttin’

Just one more Dunkin’ Donuts franchise here would make it right.

Point of View: Clearing Out the Detritus

One person’s detritus is another’s precious possession.

Guestwords: Did You Feel That?

Taiwan just got rocked, 30 years ago it was Northridge, California, and it could happen here. What’s it like to ride out the big one?

Hampton Jitney Gets a Break

"Buses providing scheduled commuter services open to the public would be exempted" from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's central Manhattan congestion-tolling program, according to a breakdown of the plan approved by the M.T.A. board on March 27. That includes the Hampton Jitney bus company.

Recorded Deeds 04.04.24

The real estate report is back, South Fork style.

Quail Hill Announces Summer C.S.A.

Summer shares are now available from Quail Hill Farm, one of the country's original community-supported agriculture farms. Family shares, for households of two or more people, and single-person shares as well, run from early June through Halloween, with picking two days a week, including unlimited flowers.

The New York Experiment

Behold “Language City,” a linguistic Baedeker of New York, especially its outer boroughs, which have become home to so many immigrant populations. But can the new Babel work?