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A Village Election That Really Matters

The question for voters in the village is whether they think it is healthy or wise to support the mayor’s hand-picked candidates.

Hastening the Airport’s Demise

It has been clear that because of their refusal to cooperate on effective noise control, the airport interests themselves are forcing the town’s hand.

The Mast-Head: Blue Tape

When people complain about tape, most times, it seems to me, they are talking about red. But in my case, my beef is with blue, literally.

The Shipwreck Rose: Kind Hearts, Coronets

I have actually considered if I would or wouldn’t bow, if and when I were to meet Queen Elizabeth.

Gristmill: The Greenest Patch

What’s all this fuss about lawn care?

Point of View: Do Something

Countries like Britain, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, all chagrined by mass shootings at one time or another, have all effectively enacted gun safety laws.

Guestwords: At War With Ourselves

Nature on Earth is in a man-made death spiral, but imagine how much faster we would be killing life as we know it if everyone on this fragile orb followed the lead of America’s most “successful.”

Letters to the Editor for June 9, 2022

A wide-ranging week in reader comment.

The Way It Was for June 9, 2022

From the continuing bicycle craze of 1897 to the secret 1997 settlement of Jerry Della Femina’s civil rights lawsuits against East Hampton Village, it happened here.

If Town Can't Change Airport, It May Close It

What was once unthinkable now looks increasingly possible, as the airport that many residents say has vastly exceeded its historical function and is destroying their quality of life may finally be grounded, perhaps permanently.

Montauk Man Charged With Grand Larceny

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney alleged on Monday that Mark Ripolone, 34, "financially exploited his customers, most of them small businesses."

New Life for an Old Card Catalog? Help Needed

Sag Harbor's John Jermain Memorial Library has put out a call for help in restoring a vintage wooden card catalog, and refitting it for use in a modern space that the library hopes to build. The goal is to find a local carpenter or handyman who would donate his or her time and expertise.

A Filmmaker Finds Herself in Cuba

More than 50 years after her parents left Cuba, a documentary filmmaker visits that country for the first time and bonds with family members she had never known.

Nora, Out of Time

"A Doll's House, Part Two" is a play that deserves to be seen and then debated, and this satisfying, rigorously acted production does it justice.

Ricky and the Rockets Return to Amagansett

Ricky and the Rockets, featuring Rick Davies, the co-founder of Supertramp, as well as G.E. Smith, Mike Reilly, and other rock notables, will take the stage at the Stephen Talkhouse on Friday.

Arty Parties 2022: Let the Games Begin

The summer's benefits will lure revelers with music, auctions, drama, dancing, artworks, food and drink, even a seance to raise the spirit of Marcel Proust.

The Art Scene 06.09.22

Solo shows at Halsey McKay, Pace East Hampton, Grain Surfboards, Silas Marder, the White Room, and others, plus tours at the D'Amico Studio, Shelter Island artists, and a talk at Firestone

PHOTOS: Parade Floods East Hampton Village With Pride

East Hampton Village on Saturday became the first East End municipality to "close its Main Street for a Pride parade," said Tom House, the founder of Hamptons Pride, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of L.G.B.T.Q.+ issues and aims to build a memorial to gay history in Wainscott.

Fair Warning: Live Bidding Comes to Phillips

Live bidding will come to Phillips in Southampton with 120 lots of editioned works by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Krasner, Matisse, Picasso, Banksy, and many others hitting the auction block.

Wood Sculptures and Social Media at Duck Creek

Bill King's carved wood and polychrome sculptures and Ross Watts's social media-inspired installation open at the Arts Center at Duck Creek