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Bonac Volleyballers Win Big in First Round

The East Hampton High School boys volleyball team may have lost last Thursday to Eastport-South Manor, but the Bonackers’ first-round win over East Islip here on Nov. 2 is well worth reporting.

Shelter Island Tops Ross for Girls Volleyball Class D Title

The Islanders clinched the title in four sets, earning the right to play today for a regional championship at Longwood High School in Middle Island.

On the Water: Winds Abate, Fishing Great

After a few weeks of incessant gusty winds, the weather gods who rule from the clouds high above finally provided anglers with a much-welcomed reprieve for several extended days of very fishable conditions, a rare occurrence by November marine weather standards.

Hatch Will Swim in Two State Races

Cami Hatch, a junior who anchors East Hampton High’s girls swimming team, qualified for the state meet in two events, the 100-yard backstroke and the 100 freestyle, at last weekend’s Suffolk County meet at Stony Brook University.

Schools Take on Housing Crisis

Moving beyond the endless talk of how hard it is to find a place to live here on an ordinary income, the East Hampton schools aim to do something about it.

Are Ballot Measures Obsolete?

Back-of-the-ballot measures asking for a “yes” or “no” after a block of intentionally confounding text were never a good way for government to function.

Recorded Deeds 11.11.21

From June to mid-October on the South Fork.

The Mast-Head: Fighting the Rot

Doing the storms, the worst rot I found was on windows less than 20 years old made of junk wood and not intended to last.

The Shipwreck Rose: Bird Turd Disco

In the mid-1970s, Promised Land was like the wilderness of the Bible.

Gristmill: Teen Spirit

There’s more going on than you’d think at Sunken Meadow come state qualifier time.

Point of View: Glad I’m Rid of It

I quit Facebook years ago, convinced that, despite the happy patina, it was by and large a medium for meanness, for back-stabbing, name-calling, ganging-up, and worse.

Guestwords: At the Battle of the Bulge

So what did Joseph DiSunno do about having no oil in his truck as the Germans closed in?

There's No Place Like Home

As it turns out, the get-outta-town narrative, explored in last week's East Hampton Star by several prominent community members who recently moved away, is far from the only story there is to tell.

Marching to Mark Veterans Day in East Hampton

In the village, not only will veterans march Thursday morning at 10 in a short parade organized by the Everit Albert Herter V.F.W. Post 550, but they will also be honored with a longer parade organized by the village on Saturday morning.

Hope Sandrow: The Courage to Create Anew

Hope Sandrow's art embraces her daily life, her family background, her personal challenges, and the history and politics of Shinnecock Hills.

Where It Was At

In the artist and critic Edith Schloss’s newly compiled memoir, the New York City of the Abstract Expressionist era explodes into a series of vivid canvases.

A Festival for Film Preservation

The Sag Harbor Cinema Festival of Preservation will feature movie classics such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Night of the Living Dead," "One-Eyed Jacks," as well as never before seen presentations, and a number of guest speakers.

More Than Johns at the Whitney

The Whitney Museum highlights women artists contributions to early abstraction and gives its Andy Warhol film archive material to MoMA.