Betty DeFriest of East Hampton, who was a longtime administrator in the town clerk’s office here, died on May 4 while visiting her daughter in North Carolina. She was 98.

John William McGrath of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney who was active in politics, died on May 3 in New York. He was 90.

Sarah Kramer Delson, who had many friends on the South Fork, where she often visited the homes of her mother and brother, died on May 4 at home in San Francisco at the age of 61.

Pamela Rae Cullum, formerly of East Hampton and a descendant of the King family, which goes back many generations here, died on May 7 at home in Nineveh, N.Y.

The top-seeded Pierson (Sag Harbor) High School baseball team was ousted from the county playoffs 6-3 by the Port Jefferson Royals in the May 19 finale contested before a large crowd at Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park.

As the Bonackers battle on in the tennis playoffs, the Ross School Ravens won the county’s small schools championship last week, defeating the top seed, Bayport-Blue Point.

Gator-sized bluefish thrashed about near the surface one day; two days later it was spunky striped bass.

When it comes to road safety, it is not just the holiday weekends to watch out for.

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

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

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

The ravaging rays, the dermatologist’s knife.

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.

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

“Cordial greetings” from The Star of yesteryear.

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

The latest in real estate action here.

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

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