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Gristmill: Tax Daze

May 17: Maybe that can be another “new normal.” It’d be good to get Tax Day a bit away from a risen Christ and the Easter Bunny.

Point of View: It’s Geek to Me

I probably should buy “Computers for Dummies,” but, given all the advances, it might be antiquated already.

Guestwords: The Lone Ranger Faces Life

One summer evening in 1943 I ran to Dad with a big request: It was time for a Daisy air rifle.

Recorded Deeds 05.20.21

AMAGANSETT

Robert Shaw to Andrea and Neil Strahl, 11 Southwood Court, March 8, $4,999,000.

Donna Francis to Janel A. Callon, 109 Meeting House Lane, March 13, $3,012,500.

 

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Nicole Goss to Fambam Holdings L.L.C., 63 Chester Street, Feb. 10, $1,760,000.

First, a Farm; Now, a Food Truck

Not tethered to a particular type of cuisine, the OMO Kitchen menu is curated by two notable chefs.

On Call: It's Time to Talk Ticks

It is that time of year again here on the East End of Long Island, when the phones in doctors' offices start to ring seemingly constantly with patients calling with questions about tick bites.

In Montauk, New Floating Wetlands Gobble Harmful Nutrients

Concerned Citizens of Montauk, joined by almost 40 volunteers, installed approximately 3,000 square feet of floating wetlands in Fort Pond. As the plants mature, their roots will take in excess nitrogen and phosphorus as food to reduce the nutrient load in the water.

Update: Fran Castan Wins U.K. Poetry Award

​​​​​​​Fran Castan, a past Long Island Poet of the Year who lived in Springs for many years, has won the United Kingdom's Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.

School Vote 2021: Bridgehampton Falls Two Votes Shy of Passing Budget

While turnout was low almost across the board, the vast majority of voters in all but one local school district gave their stamp of approval to their districts' budgets on Tuesday. The Bridgehampton School District fell just short of the 60-percent supermajority of voter approval it needed to pass an over-the-tax-cap budget proposal of $20.66 million, but other districts — including East Hampton, Montauk, and Amagansett — saw budgets pass with more than 80 percent voter approval.

Weigh in on Montauk Skate Park Redesign

East Hampton Town is asking residents to weigh in on the preliminary redesign of the Montauk skate park via an online survey. Conceptual designs by Pivot Custom aim to reconfigure the park to appeal to boarders of all ages.

Toby Molenaar Could Do Anything, and Did

Fearlessness and self-confidence have informed Toby Molenaar's long career as a photojournalist, filmmaker, and writer whose work took her to India, Brazil, Afghanistan, the western Sahara, Lapland, Kenya, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan, among dozens of other far-flung locations. “I was involved in many situations where people said, ‘No, you can’t do that.’ I thought, who says I can’t?"

Yto Barrada's Nonessential Storytelling

Through her art making, Yto Barrada offers a unique lens in which to see the world. The Moroccan-French artist has recent work on view at Pace Gallery in East Hampton that is emblematic of the creative endeavors and concerns that have occupied her for some two decades.

Poetry and Music to Welcome Spring

Guild Hall is celebrating the spirit of hope for a new season with a virtual reading of poems of rebirth and creativity by a star-studded roster of actors, and an outdoor concert of romantic boleros, jazz, funk, and Latin chill.

Theater Finally Goes to the Dog

More than a year after it was first scheduled to open, A.R. Gurney’s play “Sylvia,” a comedy about the impact of an adopted stray dog on an empty-nest marriage, will open next Thursday at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue.

The Art Scene 05.20.21

A new show at Madoo, East End Photographers at Ashawagh, Enoc Perez shows and tells, and more

The Music Scene 05.20.21

Upcoming shows at the Talkhouse, music and comedy at the Clubhouse, and more

Bits and Pieces 05.20.21

Salon series of concerts to be livestreamed on Friday and a film on plastic pollution in Southampton.

Napoleon as Looter

In her new book, “Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast,” Cynthia Saltzman traces a High Renaissance work — Paolo Veronese’s “The Wedding Feast at Cana” — from its inception to its role in the rise of the French Republic, uncovering it as a symbol of victory and cultural entitlement.

A Tragic Montauk Tale Retold

The first thing to know about Amanda M. Fairbanks and her new book, "The Lost Boys of Montauk," a true tale of a 1984 commercial fishing disaster, is that it comes out on Tuesday from Gallery Books.