Margaret Edith Reilly, a secretary at the Montauk School from 1996 to 2017, died on June 19 in St. James. She was 70.

Susan McCarthy of Springs, who worked in bookkeeping and office management, died on May 30 at the Westhampton Care Center. The cause was related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and renal failure.

Joseph Aversano, a board member and driving force at the East Hampton Historical Society for 25 years, died of cardiac arrest at home on Egypt Lane here on June 25. He was 72.

Joan Regan McGivern of East Hampton and Palm Beach, Fla., died in her sleep in Palm Beach on May 5. Mrs. McGivern, who was 91, had been an interior decorator connected with Ellen McCluskey Associates for many years.

Jeff Dell, a film editor, artist, and collector of art who lived in East Hampton, died at his Upper East Side, Manhattan, residence on June 6 after a short illness. He was 87.

Kimberly Morgan of East Hampton, who worked at the I.G.A. supermarket on North Main Street, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on June 27.

Speaking in the first person, ChatGPT declared it would be happy to help a Star letter writer. The result was cringe-worthy.

The list of problems is long, but the potential for improving the area around Springs-Fireplace and Three Mile Harbor Roads in East Hampton is great.

Each year, a new source of vehicular irritation gets my attention — this year it’s the black Audi.

The supernatural Saharan skyfall of 1994 was on my mind last month when we were visited by the first heavy haze from the Canadian wildfires.

Thoughts on the Fourth after missing out on the Fourth.

Every moment’s a poem.

Everything that my granddaughter does is new, vibrant, and alive. Everything my mother-in-law does is old, frail, and confused. And I’m caught in the middle.

Real estate moves on the South Fork of late . . .

Celebrating Black Culture on the East End, a fund-raiser to launch the Global Black Women's Chamber of Commerce, will take place Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. at LTV Studios in Wainscott.

The Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, a Manhattan company that activates emotional expression through dance, will bring "Green Afternoon X," a site-specific dance experience, to Springs.

Summer is fleeting and life is short. Grab the sweetness of the moment by indulging in farm-fresh berries. Eat them at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In salads and margaritas and barbecue sauce. Ku-plink, ku-plunk them on everything.

A payphone still stands in East Hampton, behind Town Hall on Pantigo Road. Pick up the receiver and you’ll get an actual, albeit staticky, dial tone. Got your quarters ready? Thanks to 20-plus years of inflation, you’ll need two. A working payphone, in 2023 — is this really happening?

William Norwich — chronicler of society, appreciator of beauty — clocks the changes on the South Fork.

Don’t happen to own a luxury power lobster yacht or a Clyde-built wooden ketch? Never fear. There are so many fun ways for the public to get out on the water — party boats for everyone!