Bruce E. Lyon, formerly of Tyrone Drive in Springs, died at home in North Carolina on Jan. 20 after a long illness. He was 81.

When three East Hampton High School juniors rocked the chemistry world. And much more of note from past Stars.

For 50 years, Edward Thomas Banks used a horse-drawn wagon to collect refuse around East Hampton. When he finally gave in and bought a truck, it merited a page-one story in The Star.

Parents and a former Springs student aired serious concerns this week over the impact of bullying and harassment they say is taking place on buses and the playground, prompting pledges from school officials to follow up.

The downtown Montauk ocean beach is rapidly changing this week, this time not due to the coastal storms that have ravaged the shoreline this winter but to implementation of the federal Army Corps of Engineers’ Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation project.

La Dune, an iconic property in Southampton once listed for $150 million, was sold by Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions last month for $88.48 million in a bid placed over the phone. It was the most expensive property ever sold in a real estate auction on the South Fork.

For the 2024 season, fisheries along the Atlantic Coast (except in Chesapeake Bay) will continue to adhere to a one-fish daily limit of a striped bass between 28 to 31 inches. Commercial fishermen will also see a 7-percent reduction in their harvest quotas this year.

A Suffolk County Supreme Court justice has dismissed a petition filed by Teresa Bertha on behalf of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association that would have allowed Ms. Bertha to sue the village for taking over the association’s ambulance certificate and its bank account.

Two large pumps buried near the Beacon restaurant on West Water Street were the unsung heroes after Superstorm Sandy, removing an estimated eight million gallons of saltwater from the parking lots behind Main Street, and even in less extreme situations the pumps play an important role in keeping the area dry.

Jason Byron, an emergency medical services officer with the Suffolk County Police Department, will lead a "spotlight on fentanyl" and Narcan training session at the Hampton Library Monday night at 7.

The East Hampton Town Board has held an initial discussion about potentially amending the town zoning code to allow existing residences in flood zones, as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be raised without their owners having to apply for a variance from the zoning board of appeals.

There’s a lot to discuss this week. Dig in.

The East Hampton Town Board took an important step last week when it approved a radically new framing of local land-use laws.

Watch out, East End, an affordable housing proposal like that which rattled local governments on Long Island may be rolling out again from the State Capitol.

In a small district like Springs finances can be hit hard if new students arrive midyear or urgent repairs are needed. It may be time to revisit the comptroller’s rule.

Used to be that there had to be a persistent northeast blow for the water to pile up. Not anymore.

“Our dying world” is what one podcast host says whenever he has to refer to the planet Earth or where we spend our waking hours.

After the blood drive.

A nationwide “protest for euphoria.”

My generation has been living in America’s Second Reconstruction. With some improvements from the first in the 1870s, we still fight for inclusion, seek diversity, and hope for equity.