The solitude that Kevin Shattenkirk enjoys at his house in Sag Harbor, on a three-acre parcel mostly surrounded by a nature preserve, is a far cry from his chosen occupation as a professional hockey player.

“This is the highest point total and placement in a league championship in the 18 winters I’ve been coaching,” Yani Cuesta, the veteran coach of East Hampton High’s girls winter track team, said. “So many stepped up to make this happen.”

In praise of pork liver from 1948, and other gems from The Star’s past.

The readers will have their say — and a lot of it.

The layout of a new $25 million senior citizens center building, said to represent East Hampton’s iconic windmills, is a symptom of a frequent government malady — relying on outside experts.

Since the “Rust” shooting in 2021, much of the conversation has been about firearms practices in moviemaking and whether real guns should ever be on set. This misses the larger issue of why firearms and shooting have become the cinematic norm.

While Nick LaLota might be new to Congress, we expect he will take his roles seriously. George Santos will be another matter.

Searching through old East Hampton Stars this week, I discovered that our first mention of Hither Woods came in 1892.

Although I’m much more obsessive about keeping flowers around the house than the average American mom, I’m not so rhapsodic about it, and I’ve become less judgmental about what constitutes a decent flower.

Some people are rattled by a change in hours at the town dump. (Or one person is, anyway.)

Asked in a recent Science Times happiness questionnaire when was the last time I’d initiated a social plan with someone, I laughed.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders came in handy when I was terminating my analysis. I recommend it.

New South Fork real estate transfers.

Friday is the one day for residents of East Hampton Town who live outside village boundaries to get a nonresident 2023 East Hampton Village beach permit before the price rises from $500 to $750, but there's a catch: They have to show up in person at the Emergency Services Building between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the right documentation.

Frederic Tuten’s short prose vignettes accompany his prints in pastels and ink, and the result is delightfully whimsical.

The Siren Sisters, a trio of East End drag queens who will perform at LTV on Saturday, talk about the growing popularity of drag culture and how their own careers took shape.

The Sag Harbor Cinema and the Plain Sight Project are offering a month of events honoring the enslaved, indentured, and free people of color who lived in Sag Harbor and beyond from the 17th to the mid-19th centuries.

Linda K. Alpern, Leslie Wayne, and Lucy Winton, whose work can be seen in the Parrish Art Museum’s “An Expanded Portrait” exhibition, will discuss their creative process at the museum on Friday.

Almond Zigmund speaks at The Church, urban garden design at Keyes Art, group shows at Grenning and AB NY, and Hector Leonardi in Riverhead

Guild Hall sets awards dinner, four new workshops at Bay Street Theater, “Steel Magnolias” and a media workshop launching at LTV, and the Roses Grove Band will rock the Masonic Temple