It’s getting hard to keep a grasp on what is and isn’t the right thing to do or to permit, with this teenage girl of mine.

Lawrence Block’s hard-boiled romance of the down-and-out.

Whenever Mark Shields would ask Judy Woodruff during his Friday evening discussions with David Brooks if he could say just one thing, Mary and I would come to the edge of our seats, she on the small couch, I on the recliner, knowing he was about to speak from the heart to our better angels.

A family tradition of clamming and an everlasting appreciation for the chowder of Mary Emma Bunn of the Shinnecocks.

There’s always much in the way of reader comment in the pages of The Star. Here’s the latest.

From tears shed over catastrophic traffic to the day Governor Pataki visited Havens Beach, it happened here.

Newly reported real estate doings on the South Fork.

The East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Amagansett Fire Departments responded Tuesday night to a structure fire at 171 Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton Village.

If ever there was a time to spend money at high-end retailers and local businesses in East Hampton Village, this Thursday afternoon might be it.

The filmmaker Rachel Fleit's longstanding interest in stories of struggle, difference, and resilience led to her award-winning documentary "Introducing, Selma Blair," which illuminates the actress's life with multiple sclerosis.

A five-day, multi-venue festival will celebrate Montauk's past and present with a bounty of film and art.

The Hampton Classic Horse Show, now in its 46th year, unveiled its official poster art on Tuesday. "Dream Gait," an oil painting by Cara Van Leuven of Highland, Ill., features a horse with extremely long legs that "reflect both their beauty and fragility," the Hampton Classic said in a release.

Scott Chaskey, a poet, farmer, and educator, reflects on the wit, empathy, and emotional range of the sculpture of William King, who was also Mr. Chaskey's stepfather-in-law.

A sale exhibition to benefit the Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor features artworks by 21 BIPOC artists.

A new documentary offers surprises and insights into Leonard Cohen, his music, and especially his iconic, oft-covered anthem "Hallelujah."

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair will host 100 galleries from 11 countries, including the Lysenko Gallery from Kyiv, which had to flee the city with its artwork and transport it to Southampton.

Vintage decorative items and artworks from more than 50 dealers will be on offer at the East Hampton Historical Society's Antiques and Design Show, which will launch with a preview cocktail party.

The Hamptons International Film Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a summer-long series of dinners, cocktail parties, screenings, and talks.

For decades, East Enders feeling the pinch from out-of-control real estate prices have felt the pull of Riverhead’s affordability, but declined to go west: “It’s a great price,” they’d say, “but it’s in Riverhead.” Now, however, people who have spent decades on the South Fork are increasingly finding shelter in Riverhead and loving it so much that the narrative is starting to change.

Most would agree that Dora Frost, unmarried and unburdened by children, is a true 21st-century woman. At 71, Frost still paints daily in her West Palm Beach studio and posts an artistic offering a day on Instagram, to the delight of her followers.