Carol Rogers, a dedicated employee at Montauk Point State Park, died at home in Montauk on July 16. She was 87. 

Fifty years ago a message in a bottle — actually a plea for help — washed up on Three Mile Hollow Beach. Just one of many curiosities of life as it was once lived here.

Your congressional representative weighs in, as do many, many others in this vital public forum.

What’s a waterlogged parent or host to do to keep the troops entertained? Here are a few destinations to brighten a rainy day.

Fifty Augusts ago, you’d have seen a lot more sailboats and power boats, and more water skiers, if you went down to Gardiner’s Bay to do a head count.

After Health and Human Services put a rule in place to safeguard reproductive health information, Senator Vance was among those in Congress who wrote to the department’s secretary stating their opposition. And he didn’t stop there.

As this wild blackberry season looks to be a good one, please note that making jam is not as intimidating as it sounds.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the power of beauty. The faces of the old Hollywood stars.

A Joe Jonas sighting conjures Disney’s immortal “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” — and a sleepaway camp reverie.

I am a single, cisgender female, American of African descent, of a certain age, with no children or a partner. And I matter.

It’s the weekly South Fork real estate report, covering transactions in May and June.

The Raptors, a Montauk team made up largely of Daunts and Davises, won the 16th Travis Field Memorial softball tournament Sunday night, besting Taste Our Sauce 4-3 thanks to a walk-off hit by Anthony Daunt. Plus a 3-on-3 Hoops 4 Hope basketball tourney at Sportime.

The guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his band will explore the connection between Bach and Django Reinhardt at the BCM benefit concert.

How did Bernie Madoff get away with it for so long? And who knew? These questions and others are what Richard Behar’s new book, “Madoff: The Final Word,” addresses.

East Hampton Library’s Authors Night will bring 100 writers to Herrick Park to sign and sell copies of their books, all in support of the library’s programs.

Two houses in East Hampton were damaged by a lightning strike late Tuesday afternoon that sent an occupant of one to the hospital. The clap of thunder that quickly followed was so loud that it shook houses miles away. 

A multi-agency police task force made two nearly simultaneous arrests around noon on Friday, resulting in multiple felony charges for two men accused of selling narcotics.

Over the past 12 years, Tucker Marder has created, either alone or with collaborators, a dizzying variety of multimedia works that in the end defy categorization.

Every moment of Bay Street Theater’s production of Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein the Musical” is “joyous and strange and weird,” says The Star’s critic.

In its first reveal, the Hamptons International Film Festival has announced documentaries on Martha Stewart, Kenneth Cole, and John and Yoko hosting “The Mike Douglas Show.”