Opinion

At one point last year, 10 separate signs stood alongside the highway at the supposed “gateway” to East Hampton.

As prescient as our anti-development forefathers were, no one seems to have predicted what the real murderer of our Main Street small businesses would be: “luxury blight.”

When a congressional committee led by Frank Church exposed our government’s widespread intelligence abuses.

Here is a simple solution to solving the affordable housing problem in East Hampton while preventing our businesses from dying.

In our sixth decade and beyond, we no longer bounce when we hit the ground.

Time to talk about candy again!

What’s in a neighborhood?

Does anyone need 20 kinds of deodorant?

East Hampton School District residents will soon have the chance to vote on three measures of importance not just to students but also the wider community.

Late April and May are the moment on the calendar when pollinators need our help to rebuild their strength.

It all started with the Surf Lodge.

Some of the most fateful rides of my life were on the L.I.R.R.

Do our representatives in Congress have the strength of character to break with President Trump on the war in Iran?

Where have you gone, Cincinnatus?

Adventures crewing with Capt. Carl Forsberg on the Viking Fleet and in the Wild West of Old Montauk.

The bribery problem stems from a mushy caveat in both state and town law.

Lessons on short-term rentals from Martha’s Vineyard.

Missing Star magazine, the best and funniest of the celebrity tabloids.

Caffeinated and other encounters with Peter Matthiessen, recalled at the 12-year anniversary of his passing.

Much of what I learned from running the first and only all-vegan place in the Hamptons came through failure. But it wasn’t a total loss.

The saga of the White House ballroom is a planning and development drama unlike anything in the annals of American politics.

The Trump administration is considering eliminating regulations intended to help protect the few remaining right whales from vessel strikes.

If it were up to me, we would have a lot more birds and a lot fewer blowers.

This is the first year that my children aren’t getting an Easter basket.

There are many obvious benefits to e-bikes, from convenience to cost, but the safety dangers are just as obvious.

The baseball season’s arrival is most welcome. It’s just a touch early.

My maternal grandmother was critical and not affectionate in the least. In fact, I was afraid of her. But now that I’m a grandmother myself, I see there’s more to the story.

There is an important caveat regarding privacy and the way locally collected data could be abused.

East Hampton’s rapidly changing landscape could be the story of the decade.

Apparently not everyone gets much of anything off of flowers. Can that be true?