The East Hampton Town Board voted to purchase land on Pantigo Road here for $2.5 million for housing, recreation, or a preserve.

The East Hampton Town Board voted to purchase land on Pantigo Road here for $2.5 million for housing, recreation, or a preserve.

John Arnold de Sousa Sr., an Air Force veteran, retired plumbing contractor from Montauk, and former member of the East Hampton Republican Committee, died on Dec. 2. He was 85.

Betty L. Cobb, an 11th-generation native of East Hampton, died on Dec. 4 at the Springs house of her daughter, Diane Goncalves, following a lengthy illness. She was 89.

Mary Margaret Hostetter Sherrill, an artist and preservationist who was descended from a long-established East Hampton family, died on Oct. 14 at her home in Mount Pleasant, S.C., surrounded by family, of metastatic lung cancer.

John M. Wood Jr. of Springs, a retired East Hampton Town Highway Department crewman who loved his job operating heavy machinery, died at home on Dec. 2.

The Wainscott C.A.C. on Saturday announced that this year's business awards recognize Michael Del Piero Good Design and Wainscott Main Wines and Spirits for aesthetic and community-minded accomplishments.

This year, the East Hampton Kiwanis Club’s toy drive is in memory of Renee Alversa, a longtime Montauk resident who died on Nov. 1 at the age of 61.

Holiday movies, D.I.Y. gifts, and lots of gingerbread are in store this week for kids and their families.

Lisa Rooney, who was charged with drunken driving after she struck and killed a bicyclist in Montauk in late October, had a blood-alcohol content of .13 more than three hours after the crash, a toxicology report has shown. The legal limit is .08.

A new sewage treatment system may be installed at a public restroom at the edge of Herrick Park in East Hampton Village using money from the community preservation fund, which should give both environmentalists and good government observers pause.

Why the United States has remained in a state of war in Afghanistan for 18 years is not clear. It is not clear to the American people. Nor is the purpose clear to U.S. military and Foreign Service leadership, much less Congress. We were lied to.

Because I’ve been associated with The East Hampton Star for more than half a century, it is no surprise that friends at Peconic Landing ask whether The Star is thriving, and want to talk about how a community newspaper deals with the digital economy.

It has been a long time since a column of mine got as much reaction as last week’s. The subject was ordinary enough: My getting older as evidenced by my missing the last step on a stepladder on the Sunday a week before Thanksgiving.

Being a dweeb, as I am, has its upside.

Five East End real estate agencies have joined forces to create a new online marketplace for their listings.

“Jojo Rabbit” is told from the point of view of a boy during the war. I was a boy at the same time. And I had trouble laughing.

Saturday brings the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce holiday tour of inns, restaurants, and historical properties.

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

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