Effective Thursday, a New York State mandate that people wear masks or show proof of vaccination at restaurants, gyms, theaters, offices and stores will be lifted, but individual businesses and municipal governments will be able to set their own policies.

The Pierson (Sag Harbor) Whalers are headed for the county Class C playoffs, and Bridgehampton’s Killer Bees will play in the county Class D final.

A Sag Harbor woman was arrested earlier this month on a felony charge of grand larceny.

Kevin Somers was a natural athlete with a memorable laugh — the kind of person who greeted everyone with a smile and who made people around him feel comfortable, friends recalled this week as detectives from Suffolk County’s homicide squad investigated his death.

What could be the largest ever land development project in East Hampton Town is under consideration for a site off Montauk Highway in Wainscott.

New York’s First Congressional District changed shape a week ago in one of the more egregious examples of this year’s wave of political gerrymandering.

Black History Month has been busy here in recent years, since The Star and the East Hampton Library began looking into the history of slavery in earnest in the summer of 2017.

Facebook is more interesting in Nova Scotia.

This sounds cheap, but I’d like to protest the disappearance of soup and sandwiches at the mobile New York Blood Center drives.

It’s funny, but when you’re looking for something, something else, something that you had given up looking for years ago, turns up.

I don’t mean to idealize our boy dog, but here is love . . .

Hamptons real estate transactions continue apace.

Readers have their say on Wainscott development, hunting, turf fields, and the airport.

It was lockup for a “knight of the road” 125 years ago, while 75 years ago the Suffolk County Farm Bureau tackled the problem of housing for migrant labor on the South Fork.

A wake for Kevin John Somers, 45, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Saturday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial and a reception are planned for Sunday.

Based on a “nightmare scenario” that woke Hillary Clinton up in the middle of the night when she was secretary of state, “State of Terror” tells an “all too timely” story.

A stream-of-consciousness tribute from a Pulitzer Prize winner.

People who are having trouble paying for food for their dogs or cats can go to Petco on Saturday, Feb. 19, from noon to 3 p.m. to receive pet food for free from the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons.

Gordon Parks will be celebrated by the Eastville Community Historical Society and the Parrish Art Museum with a film and panel discussion.

Bay Street Theater will offer a virtual singalong and a live ice-skating party, both featuring romantic music for Valentine's Day.