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Mary Abbott's Revelatory Decade

Mary Abbott is the sole focus of an exhibition featuring her paintings of the 1950s at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs. There she really shines, outdoing herself from canvas to canvas.

A Busy Week at Guild Hall

Guild Hall's backyard theater to welcome a guitar virtuoso, a talented singer-songwriter, and a Terrence McNally play.

A Necklace for the Amazon

Fred Leighton and Francisco Costa have collaborated on a unique necklace celebrating the Amazon rainforest to be auctioned at Phillips to benefit its people on June 25.

The Art Scene 6.17.2021

New shows at Borghi, Tripoli, and MM Fine Arts, new galleries from the city, a talk about Pollock and performance art, and "Whimsy" in Southampton.

More Restrictions Lifted as New York Vaccination Rates Reach New Heights

On Tuesday, exactly one year, three months, and one week since the day that Suffolk County's first Covid-19 patient was admitted to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that more than 70 percent of adult New Yorkers have received at least one vaccine shot and lifted most of the remaining pandemic restrictions on retail stores, restaurants, offices, gyms and fitness centers, amusement and family entertainment centers, hair salons and barber shops, and personal care businesses.

Bits and Pieces 06.17.21

Latin American cinema celebrated in Sag Harbor, an arts and advocacy gala, and Pecha Kucha goes virtual

The Music Scene 06.17.21

Lynn Blue Band at the Talkhouse, the Sturdy Souls at the Montauket and Surf Lodge, Sunset Fridays return to Wolffer, the Lone Sharks at the Clubhouse, music on Shelter Island, and more

Bridgehampton School Makes Changes to Tax Levy Ahead of Revote

The Bridgehampton School District’s 2021-2022 budget goes to a revote Tuesday, June 15, after its original 8.93-percent tax-levy increase was knocked down to 6.49 percent — still piercing the tax cap — when $400,000 of unanticipated income was discovered during a re-examination of the original spending plan.

Pizzerias Offer Slices of Life

No matter how you slice it, these pizza places have staying power, and a key ingredient in their recipes is the bond that holds a family together.

News for Foodies 06.17.21

News from Wolffer, a strawberry festival, Father's Day specials at Navy Beach, and more

Gardens in Full Flower

The Mimi Meehan Native Plant Garden behind Clinton Academy on Main Street is in full flower. It is a project of the Garden Club of East Hampton and may be visited during daylight hours. Visitors should be careful to close the gate behind them so that deer do not get into the garden.

Timothy R. Feleppa, 57, Lifelong Music Maker

A lifelong music maker whose mantra was "do it your way," Tim Feleppa died at home in Springs on May 23 of sudden cardiac arrest. He was 57.

Peter J. Steckowski, 60

The Star has received word that Peter Jay Steckowski, a Marine Corps sergeant who went on to a career in the information technology field, died on Dec. 22. The Amagansett native had most recently been living in Boomer, N.C.

Dina Lewis, Cook on the Montauk Docks, 88

Dina Chimpoukchis Lewis of Montauk, a cook for many years at the former Steve's Diner and Salivar's restaurant on the hamlet's docks, died in her sleep on May 3 at her winter residence in West Palm Beach, Fla. She had had chronic pain for a number of years.

Meg Perlman, First Director of the Pollock-Krasner House

Meg Perlman, who was the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center's founding director until 1989, died on June 1 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at age 71. Her death was attributed to complications of an aortic dissection that occurred in January.

Dorothy Lester Strolls the Beach in 1938

In this timeless photo from the Amagansett Historical Association's Carleton Kelsey Collection, Dorothy Lester (1919-2015) is oceanside in a striped romper and canvas sneakers, wind in her hair.

Movies Bump 7-on-7 Soccer Games at Herrick Park

Leslie Czeladko, the manager of East End Soccer, was taken aback to see "Endless Summer II," and not the 7-on-7 league, playing at East Hampton's Herrick Park on the evening of June 2.

Masi Arrived Just in Time to Advance Softballers to Playoffs

Evan Masi was late to Harborfields, having just taken an A.P. test, but drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, assuring the Bonac softball team of its first playoff berth in more than a decade.

More Mining at Sand Land Despite Stop-Work Order

Noyac residents contacted The Star on Monday to report seeing a chain across the entrance to the Sand Land mine -- with activity there apparently on hold -- after Southampton Town came down with a stop-work order on Friday. The order followed a state appeals court ruling the previous week that voided its most recent permit. 

LIPA Energy Choice Bill Clears a Hurdle

Legislation to facilitate the development of a community choice aggregation program in the Long Island Power Authority's service territory has passed the New York State Assembly and Senate, and will be sent to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for his signature. Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who sponsored the legislation, announced its passage in the Assembly last Thursday and in the Senate on Monday.