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Opinion

Gristmill: Blowing Cold

Directed onto a heat-oppressed dog, a box fan does double duty as Proustian madeleine.

Sep 28, 2023
Time to Close Town Property Loophole

East Hampton Town’s regulatory apparatus is not able to keep up with the staggering pace of development.

Sep 28, 2023
Guestwords: Soon the Leaves Will Fall  

Falling leaves provide shelter for the insects that pollinate our flowering world. They nourish the soil, keeping it alive. Let’s rethink what we do with them.

Sep 28, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Small Flowers

Having spent a lifetime looking at fabrics and trying to imagine what it felt like to live in the material world while wearing a dress of dimity or cambric or society silk, I have gotten pretty good at recognizing what era a print or pattern is from.

Sep 28, 2023
Montauk Alone Cannot Save the Monarchs

Supporters of a controversial plan to clear brush on town-owned land along Old Montauk Highway in Montauk have cited the plight of the monarch butterfly as among the plan's justifications.

Sep 28, 2023
Point of View: But Still We Must Stay on Our Toes

I am about to begin my 57th year at The Star. Yet I should not be borne wistfully into the past.

Sep 28, 2023
The Mast-Head: Essential Huntting History

What is the Huntting Inn, anyway?

Sep 28, 2023
Guestwords: Goodbye Cricket Lullaby

Closing up our summer retreat was when I first experienced what my grandmother called “the pain of a heavy heart.”

Sep 21, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: 4TRR

I am a superfan of the — terrible, awful, no-good — television franchise “The Bachelor.”

Sep 21, 2023
Library Vote About Much More Than Books

The East Hampton Library deserves a vote of confidence on Saturday.

Sep 21, 2023
Point of View: Yes, Attention Should Be Paid

I was taken to task recently for not giving as much space to the Travis Field memorial softball tournament as I did to the Artists and Writers Game, but both events were noteworthy.

Sep 21, 2023
The Mast-Head: Quiet of September

September at summer’s end feels as if the world is in a kind of abeyance.

Sep 21, 2023