In praise of mom-and-pops, Doc Fest, and blue jeans, plus Larsen, Larsen, Larsen.

“Remember, reader, this is the season to emphasize the Scripture quotation: ‘Peace on earth, good will to men.’ ” So sayeth The Star in 1900. Have things really changed all that much?

Many New Yorkers’ health coverage is in real jeopardy.

From the Jan. 6 insurrectionists to George Santos to Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Donald Trump has made an art of opening the jailhouse doors.

Marigolds are survivors, deterring deer and cold and coming back year after year when the seedpods are left among the leaf litter at the end of the growing season.

The bicentennial year, 1976, was a high water mark for everything the current American president and his followers love to loathe.

Time for new blood, time for brains, time for a more clearly articulated moral argument.

Most young people believe that political leaders have shirked their responsibilities when it comes to climate change. They need to be listened to.

An uptick? Check out the latest report, you South Fork real estate followers.

Montauk residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a 20-year, $34.8 million bond that will fund an extensive renovation of the Montauk School.

Eight East Hampton High School seniors made their college commitment announcements on Dec. 3, recruited for their outstanding performance as varsity athletes. At an event in the high school library, their families and coaches celebrated their achievements.

Ethan Mitchell, the Bonac boys wrestling coach, called the 47th Sprig Gardner Wrestling Invitational here on Saturday a remarkably smooth tournament while praising his charges’ grit.

The Bonac girls indoor track team competed in its first meet of the season on Saturday at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, notching a couple of personal bests.

The East Hampton High School bowling team lost its first two matches of the winter season, but the scores don’t reflect how quickly the team is coming together.

Hampton Lifeguard Association competitors at the 2025 International Surf Rescue Challenge in New Zealand were met with 10-foot waves and wild currents that canceled some ocean events. The four powered through for a memorable experience.

Montauk's Chris Lucore has turned a once-defunct storefront into a studio for his inventive abstract paintings and a flourishing gallery for the work of local artists.

From East Village sex workers to the primate plains of Lucy, humanity’s hirsute ancestor, looking for love and self-actualization with our man in time travel.

The Sag Harbor Cinema is offering — for members only — a free screening of a film classic, a sneak peek at a new documentary, and a party. Open to the public is a free screening of "The Bonackers," a documentary.

The Hamptons Festival of Music has scheduled a film about an acclaimed choral conductor, and two concerts of seasonal music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli, and Handel.

Coming to The Church in Sag Harbor are a film about platonic touch, a talk by the artist Peter Solow, open studios with the newest resident artists, and a rehearsal of a performance in progress.