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Matheson and Forde to Wed

Frank and Denise Forde of Springs have announced the engagement of their daughter Whitney Forde to Nicholas Matheson, the son of Howie and Rosanne Matheson of Southport, N.C.

'Iconic' Kilkare Is Sold

Kilkare, a historical oceanfront house in the exclusive Georgica Association in Wainscott, has recently sold, according to Michael Cantwell, the chief marketing officer for Bespoke Real Estate.

Recorded Deeds: 02.20.20

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

Boys Basketball: Fatal Swing in C Tilt

“Wow!” a spectator brought to her feet at Friday’s Pierson-Southold county Class C championship game here said as the Settlers’ Nick Grathwohl with six seconds to go pulled up and drained an N.B.A. 3-pointer that torpedoed the stunned Whalers 62-60.

Knights Ride Off With the D Crown

Smithtown Christian had never until Friday night won a county boys basketball championship. The Knights did it, unhorsing Shelter Island 57-37 in East Hampton High School’s gym.

Girls Hoops to Address Turnovers, Two Wrestlers Place

Taking up most of one wall in her office, Krista Brooks, East Hampton High’s girls basketball coach, has stats from all the games so that her players can see where they stand vis-à-vis the positions they play.

Sports Briefs: 02.20.20

Kal Lewis, a Shelter Island senior, won the state qualifier 1,600-meter race at Suffolk Community College-Brentwood on Feb. 10 in 4 minutes and 24.87 seconds.

25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports: 02.20.20

Richard Cooney Sr., the East Hampton School District’s athletic director for the past 20 years, has announced that he will retire, according to the Feb. 9, 1995 edition of The Star.

The Lineup: 02.20.20

Little League clinics will be held on Saturday at East Hampton High School.

Nature Notes: The Sun Is King

If there were no sun there would be stars, but no East Hampton Star. The latest calculations by astronomers, astrophysicists, and mathematicians is that the sun is 4.61 billion years old and has another five billion years to go before all of the hydrogen gas capacity is used up.

Tap Dancing Through History

Tap dancing has made a big comeback in recent years, and two upcoming events will incorporate the dance form to illustrate important events in American history.

Lee Hanson Has a Lot on His Plate

After 26 years in the kitchen, Lee Hanson, a longtime Hamptons weekender, with his co-chef Riad Nasr have worked in some of the most buzzworthy restaurants in New York: Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, Pastis, and Schiller’s Liquor Bar. They opened Frenchette in TriBeCa in 2018.

News for Foodies: 02.20.20

A wine tasting event, a benefit with samples of area restaurants, a talk on Loaves and Fishes, and more.

Digging Into ‘American Dirt’

What exactly is the acceptable racial alchemy for fiction?

Crazy, Like a Fox?

And this week in part two of the mother of all Trump book reviews? The reality TV star gets political.

When Truth Is as Funny as Fiction

The popular series “Impractical Jokers” is the basis for a feature-length movie directed by Southampton’s Chris Henchy and opening on Friday.

Opinion: The Other Hamptons

Who doesn’t love a good corridor exhibition? If you’re not sure how to answer that, my suggestion is to go visit Guild Hall and take a stroll through its education corridor while “Carly Haffner: In the Woods” is still on view through this weekend.

Return of a Grammy Winner to Sag Harbor

The Grammy-Award winning trumpeter Randy Brecker, will be at Ed's Lobster Bar in Sag Harbor on Feb. 27.

Lifetimes of Achievement

This year, Guild Hall will honor Salman Rush­die, Dorothea Rockburne, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Ted Hartley at its Academy of the Arts annual lifetime achievement awards on March 3.