This just in — the Star mailbag.

Looking ahead toward the summer of 2026, there are some substantial and fascinating semiquincentennial events on the horizon.

The E.P.A. has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

Do we really think that Pete Hegseth has ever read a book?

As an editor in the Vogue features department, I was never in the position of making aesthetic decisions about clothing, accessories, makeup, or shoes, but I did exert my opinions about language.

In the N.F.L., the wrong people tend to get shown the door.

America’s most intense crucible was, of course, the Civil War. Now we have been plunged into another period of national testing, and it is by no means certain that our political system will survive.

After their final home dual wrestling meet on Jan. 16, the Bonackers said goodbye to eight of their seniors, honoring them with flowers, photos, and bittersweet farewells.

The Bonackers hosted West Islip on Jan. 18 in a crucial swim meet that paired two undefeated League II teams against each other. In the end, East Hampton prevailed 93-83.

It was a tough week for Bonac basketball, as the boys dropped to 6-7 and lost Miles Menu, their best rebounder, to a knee injury.

Two new shows at Guild Hall feature Jason Bard Yarmosky's meticulously painted portraits of his grandparents and others, and furniture, lighting, and other objects by current and former members of Liberty Labs, a Brooklyn design collective.

The Pride Film Series returns to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor with "C.R.A.Z.Y.," a 2005 Canadian drama with a terrific soundtrack.

Paid Notice: Alice Ann Clifton, 94, passed away on January 13 in her home in Water Mill, surrounded by her loving family.  

Jonathan Shoemaker, a film and television producer, has left that world to start the Accabonac Theater Project, which will launch with three of his short plays set in Springs.

Long Island Restaurant Week is back, with South Fork options at Fresno, Nick and Toni's, LDV @ the Maidstone, the Palm, Bistro Ete, Calissa, Page, the Bridgehampton Inn, and Shippy's.

Gian Carlo Feleppa performs at Guild Hall, preserving artifacts on Shelter Island, Glam Jam and Mind Open shows at the Masonic Temple, poetry grant, and a garden pests workshop.

A membership initiative from Almond and L&W Market, wine master classes at Sparkling Pointe, and frozen takeout options from Loaves and Fishes.

Florida’s spring-fed rivers are quiet stunners — underground aquifers surfacing to form short, crystal-clear waterways that wind through the state’s interior. The best way to experience them is slowly, standing on a paddleboard, drifting where the water tells you to go.