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On the Water: Time to Set Sail

I had a bit of trepidation as I started the 370-horsepower diesel engine. After writing numerous checks this winter that amounted to nearly $30,000 for a multitude of repairs to my 20-year-old craft, would it hold up?

Bonac Baseball Has Made the Playoffs

All three high school varsity baseball teams in this area — East Hampton, Pierson, and Bridgehampton — were doing well going into this week.

Darts Champ Has Pro Aspirations

Sheaugh Costello can hit her targets with ease, dominating in team tournaments regionally and both team and solo play in New York State and the eastern United States.

Third Win in a Row for the Girls Track Team

The April 12 win over Half Hollow Hills West was Bonac’s third in a row, the first time apparently since 2016 that a girls track team here has begun a season at 3-0.

Think Beyond the C.P.F.

An aptly described monster is rising over Ditch Plain.

Forecast Improves for Quieter Skies

Despite a late start in coming up with new rules for East Hampton Airport, the town appears to be making progress.

The Mast-Head: Sea Turtles’ Dinner

I had a realization, of sorts, swimming in the warm water off Puerto Rico last week.

The Shipwreck Rose: My Vanity

Even when I was a punk-rock teenager of 15 and 16, I kept a carefully curated vanity table, my bottles of drugstore body lotion and mail-order pins and badges displayed like a still life, like a Joseph Cornell assemblage.

Gristmill: Big Blow

This year the fun was bled right out of TurboTax.

Point of View: Time to Spring Clean Our Minds

Thomas Piketty thinks we’re heading toward more equality should the wealth be spread around a bit more.

Guestwords: Smarts Against Dumbs

In praise of cards and board games, pastimes with staying power.

Letters to the Editor for April 21, 2022

Readers ponder who is being served by the more-is-more ethos here, the fate of the John Drew Theater, and the effect of wind farms on fish.

The Way It Was for April 21, 2022

From the day in 1922 when Long Island duck growers ate turkey at John Duck's restaurant, to another Health Department inspection of Grey Gardens in 1972.

Covid Outbreak Closes Town Senior Center

East Hampton Town's senior citizens center, on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton, has been temporarily shuttered following several cases of Covid-19 among program attendees and staff.

The Return of the Otter

Cute, sly, and sleek, the river otter has been returning in numbers on Long Island, and on Wednesday a naturalist and writer hereabouts, Mike Bottini, will talk about the comeback and related conservation efforts, accompanied by a short documentary on the subject.

Creative Connectedness With Incarcerated Women

A new effort by the Neo-Political Cowgirls, in partnership with the New Hour for Women and Children, is seeking creative-minded women to help women who are incarcerated.

The Gravitational Pull of Struggle

Shelby Raebeck's fiction draws on his life as an East End native to illuminate the struggles of ordinary people in a not always ordinary place.

Docs for Earth Day

Earth Day-themed documentaries to focus on water in all its forms, California wildfires, Tibetan snow leopards, and the world's rivers.

Expressive Technology in Southampton

A new exhibition at Southampton Arts Center will focus on art and cutting-edge technology, including NFTs, the metaverse, and more.

Ukraine Benefit and Keillor at Bay Street

A Ukrainian musician and scholar will host a benefit concert for Ukraine at Bay Street Friday, followed by Garrison Keillor on Saturday.