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School Budget Hearings

Public hearings have been scheduled in each school district ahead of the May 21 budget vote. See when your district's hearing is.

Kids Culture for May 2, 2024

The Montauk Library will cut the ribbon Saturday on its new tween room, a space devoted to the needs of students in fifth through eighth grades. Plus: coding for kids, community service events, book clubs, crafts, movies, and more for kids and teens.

Item of the Week: The Gears of the Gardiner Mill

This photo, taken in 1999 during a tour of the 1804 Gardiner Mill off James Lane, shows the smock-style windmill’s inner gears.

The Star’s Team Wins Kudos

Durell Godfrey, a photographer whose images have been a visual chronicle of life in East Hampton since her work was first published in The East Hampton Star more than 20 years ago, won third place in the Photographer of the Year category in the New York Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest.

On the Police Logs 05.02.24

A 17-year-old girl fell victim to an online scam when she attempted to sell a prom dress on the website Poshmark on April 14. She ultimately sent more than $1,000 in Apple gift cards, thinking there was an error with her account after receiving an email from the company that turned out to be fake. An investigation is still ongoing.

Letters to the Editor for May 2, 2024

Readers debate the changing nature of East Hampton, from roosters to exclusive clubs.

The Way It Was for May 2, 2024

Way back in 1899, The Star had the good sense to call out the folly of changing old Long Island place names, singling out the late, lamented Good Ground, now pedestrian Hampton Bays.

Now Is Not the Time for School Austerity

How do you get from Covid to the tax cap? Consider what will be lost if sharp cuts have to be made to the school budgets in East Hampton.

114, 125, 129, 157, 159, 163

Interested in seeing the 10,000-foot view of how far inland the eroding shoreline has reached? Take a look in Google Maps at the end of Bay View Avenue near Lazy Point, Amagansett.

Best Deal in Town

What the community gets for the money it spends on libraries is impressive indeed.

The Mast-Head: The Hangover Bird

I am happily a morning person, but birds tend to get annoying as the day goes on.

The Shipwreck Rose: Larks and Ponies

If I were a car, what kind of car would I be?

Recorded Deeds 05.02.24

The latest South Fork real estate rundown.

Gristmill: Trouble Dog

Non-adventures with a sofa-loving rescue pup.

Point of View: Do I Wake or Sleep?

When I wake from dreams, I feel quite peaceful, like the way I felt after my last colonoscopy.

Guestwords: Life With Panic Disorder

Panic attacks tend to come unannounced, while panic disorder constitutes a recurrence of these attacks, along with the constant fear of having more of them. Here is how I dealt with it all.

Feria de empleo en atención médica programada para el jueves

Stony Brook Medicine llevará a cabo una feria de empleo el jueves desde el mediodía hasta las 4 p.m. en la Biblioteca de East Hampton para compartir información sobre una variedad de puestos disponibles en Stony Brook Southampton Hospital y Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital en Greenport.

On the Water: Lobster Lament

It’s been sad to watch the demise of our local inshore lobster fishery. I’ve seen a clear downward spiral that’s been especially acute in the past five years.

A Comeback Win for Flag Football

East Hampton High’s girls flag football team won a game in dramatic fashion over the spring vacation, girls lacrosse battled Eastport-South Manor, and the boys and girls track teams hit the Port Jeff Steeplefest.

It’s Crunch Time for Three Bonac Squads

East Hampton High School’s softball team is in first place, in boys lacrosse the South Fork Islanders beat highly ranked Huntington, and the baseball squad needs to win three of its last four games to make the playoffs.