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Bonackers Fall to the Golden Flashes

It was by most accounts one of the best football seasons in Bonac history — and by all accounts, the best in recent memory. The East Hampton football team saw its historic run come to an end on Friday in the Suffolk County Division III semifinals, losing to Sayville 28-14. 

Producers Workshop at LTV

LTV Studios will host an after-hours edition of its ongoing Producers Workshop on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Pumpkins Wanted for Compost

ReWild, East Hampton Compost, and the Town of East Hampton will collect pumpkins, old jack-o-lanterns and the like at three locations on Saturday for composting purposes.

Community Thanksgiving Service in Sag Harbor

The Old Whalers Church will host its annual community interfaith Thanksgiving service next Thursday at 7 p.m. Ministers here from diverse faith traditions will be on hand, and it will end with a “pie extravaganza.”

Food Drive at Kidd Squid for Pantries in Sag Harbor and Springs

A food drive and fund-raiser benefiting two food pantries here will take place on Sunday at the Kidd Squid Brewing Company in Sag Harbor.

Letters to the Editor for November 13, 2025

Varied and various, it’s the Star’s bulging mailbag.

Recognizing Grossman’s Half-Century of Activism

Karl Grossman, an author and educator who has tirelessly advocated for the environment and journalism, and against nukes, will be honored on Saturday at the Sag Harbor Cinema in a fund-raiser hosted by Fred Thiele. 

Item of the Week: Payment by the Yard, 1794

This weaver’s account book was kept by Benjamin Parsons, who began recording business transactions in 1794. His father was one of 49 weavers in East Hampton who signed the 1778 Loyalty Oath to the British.

Recorded Deeds 11.13.25

More moves hereabouts, realty-wise.

The Way It Was for November 13, 2025

In 1975, the head of the county’s Migrant Affairs Council said his life had been threatened, his wife possibly shot at, and a bounty offered for “doing him in” following raids on East End migrant worker camps. And more, of not quite such drama, ripped from our past pages.

Nancy Scheerer

Nancy Pardue Scheerer, who grew up in East Hampton and summered on West End Road in the village from childhood until 2023, died on Oct. 31 in Duxbury, Mass. She was 96.

The Old Bonac Almanac

In the spirit of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, here are a few winterizing suggestions of our own for the homeowners and homesteaders of Old Bonac.

‘A House of Dynamite’

The success of Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite,” about the 18 minutes preceding the destruction of Chicago in a nuclear attack, has renewed discussion about the profound danger of nuclear war.

The Mast-Head: The Scallops’ Demise

Eelgrass has disappeared and warmer water has brought a certain parasite, but there is some hope.

The Shipwreck Rose: Midtown, 1989

Sometimes I have these memory visions in which I recapture for a moment very clearly the feeling of stability and permanence of American life in the late 20th century.

Gristmill: Queensbury Bound

An eventful final meet of the season at Sunken Meadow State Park sends four Whalers to the state cross-country championships.

Guestwords: This Time Solar’s for Real

What’s different now is what happened to photovoltaics — the steady decline in the price of panels.

Heidi A. Johanson

Heidi A. Johanson of East Hampton, a special education teacher in the Greenport School District who retired in 2014, died on Nov. 1 at the Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead. She was 66.

On the Police Logs 11.13.25

Responding Friday night to a report of a structure fire on Further Lane, an officer spoke with the homeowner, who explained that he’d left a piece of pie in the microwave for too long.

Three Hurt in Two Collisions

A Nissan sedan collided with a Range Rover on Amagansett’s Main Street, and in Springs it was a BMW and a Buick.