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Rental Changes Would Be Too Generous

A well-intended plan to address a profound shortage of places for working people to live could have unintended consequences.

The Mast Head: People, Just Be Nice

Previous calls for summer-season civility did not go so well.

The Shipwreck Rose: Cooking With Gas

I am devoted to my Crown range. It was my grandmother’s, an inheritance.

Gristmill: Of the Flesh

The ravaging rays, the dermatologist’s knife.

Point of View: He Is Still Frog Boy

I’d like to recommend to you Rich Mothes’s show of paintings at Clinton Academy. I knew him back when he was coaching East Hampton High School’s boys tennis team.

Guestwords: Where Magic Happens

A good way to look at tough stretches, rough patches, and travails — as opportunities for positive change.

The Way It Was for May 25, 2023

“Cordial greetings” from The Star of yesteryear.

Letters to the Editor for May 25, 2023

Many in number, wide in variety, it’s The Star’s storied letters page.

Recorded Deeds 05.25.23

The latest in real estate action here.

Memorial Bake and Plant Sale in Sagaponack

The annual Sally Peterson Memorial Scholarship bake sale and plant sale is happening on Saturday at the Sagaponack School.

For sale will be homemade sweet treats, plus baskets of flowers, school shirts, and hats, to raise money for college scholarships for high school seniors who are Sagaponack School alumni. Customers can also tour the school.

Abigail Balnis Weds Gabriel DeWalk

Abigail Balnis and Gabriel DeWalk were married on April 29 at the Randall House in Greer, S.C. The groom’s uncle Jonathan Powell officiated.

Biden: Less Credit Than Deserved?

Revealing recollections and surprising revelations about the Biden administration, many relevant to Election 2024.

A Reminder About Taxes

East Hampton Town has issued an online reminder to residents that Wednesday, May 31, is the deadline for the second half of property tax payments.

Stony Brook Southampton Celebrates Survivors

In recognition of National Cancer Survivors Month, there will be a celebration at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Phillips Family Cancer Center on June 1 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Mary Is Writing a Marvelous Cookbook

Mary Schoenlein of the late, lamented Mary’s Marvelous is back in the kitchen—her own kitchen—creating and testing recipes, some new, some tried and true, for a new cookbook.

Big Parties Are Back, Big Time

Summer benefit parties are back with a vengeance, enlivening weekends from early June through late August, with big tickets like Bay Street, the Parrish Art Museum, LongHouse Reserve, the Watermill Center, Guild Hall, and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital only the tip of the fund-raising iceberg.

DNA and a Woman Scorned

Bay Street Theater’s summer season will open with “Double Helix,” a musical about the race to discover the structure of DNA, and Rosalind Franklin, the scientist whose important contribution has been overlooked by history.

Asserting Women's Rights Through Art at Onna

The new show at Lisa Perry’s Onna House, a showcase for women artists and designers, features conceptual art that addresses access to birth control and abortion as well as support for women’s causes in general.

Warhol Foundation Loses Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Andy Warhol Foundation in a case that examined whether Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith was a violation of copyright.

LongHouse Opens Its Doors

A new show in the gallery and guest level at LongHouse Reserve will pair ceramics, wall pieces, and other objects inspired by Jack Lenor Larsen’s house with pieces from Larsen’s own collection.