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A Loud Message From Write-In Voters

Kathee Burke-Gonzalez and her supporters in the Democratic Party may want to tamp down their celebrations, considering how strongly voters came out to write in Jerry Larsen for supervisor.

Nov 5, 2026
Gristmill: Monster Mashup

Revisiting James Whale’s cinema creature with fresh eyes and attuned ears.

Nov 5, 2026
Guestwords: Do You Feel Safe?

A doctor’s recommendation not to go out on my own, a foreclosure of basic independence, took me aback and piqued my indignation.

Nov 5, 2026
MacGyvering Survival of Our Democracy

The great American experiment in Democracy may hold after all.

Nov 5, 2026
The Mast-Head: Thinking About Cranberries

Cranberries are a big deal on Martha’s Vineyard, but I’m not sure that in all my time at The Star we’ve had a single story about the local crop.

Nov 5, 2026
The Shipwreck Rose: The Dark Half

It’s fall, and the woodsmoke’s fine.

Nov 5, 2026
Gristmill: Hail Mary

Politics in Alaska gets fishy. (Meaning salmon, thank you very much.)

Oct 29, 2026
Guestwords: A+ Customer Service

Adventures in East Hampton retailing.

Oct 29, 2026
Mind Scenic Vistas

This is a prime moment for the citizenry and the town to be vigilant about proliferating small cell poles.

Oct 29, 2026
Not the Right Choice

On the race for town supervisor.

Oct 29, 2026
The Mast-Head: Over and Back, Slowly

The trip over to Connecticut aboard Cerberus may have been lovely, but the return made for more of a story.

Oct 29, 2026
The Shipwreck Rose: Good Apples

Other states and countries boast of having the best apples, but they do not have the best apples. We do, thanks to the Halsey family.

Oct 29, 2026
Affordable Housing: Be More Than Meh

What should affordable housing look like? It’s time to think bigger.

Oct 22, 2026
Gristmill: Dogged

The freedom of the petless in a family struggle against the desire for animal companionship.

Oct 22, 2026
Guestwords: From Soldier to Healer

My fitness regime kept me grounded after my time in the military. Now as a trainer I’m looking to fold therapy into guided physical movement.

Oct 22, 2026
Selecting Streetlights Should Be Easier

Amagansett Main Street could get new lampposts and lighting as part of a long-discussed nighttime illumination redesign. Or not.

Oct 22, 2026
The Mast-Head: Jack the Ripper

News of the London murders reached East Hampton quickly back in 1888.

Oct 22, 2026
The Shipwreck Rose: Ode on a Cassowary

I’m fascinated by the way certain words get misfiled and, falling through the gears of my thoughts while I sleep at night, come clattering out in the morning when I wake.

Oct 22, 2026
Good Neighbors

Caring for neighbors should extend to curtailing the use of ear-punishing gas-powered lawn equipment.

Oct 15, 2026
Gristmill: Belly of the Whale

A scuba diver is swallowed by a sperm whale in Daniel Kraus’s novel “Whalefall.” Now in a movie theater near you? Color me curious.

Oct 15, 2026
Guestwords: The Camp on the Lake

How Carmen and Leon Lefkowitz came to found Pathfinder Country Day Camp in Montauk in the 1960s, starting a 60-year family run.

Oct 15, 2026
Stop Yawning and Vote

Voters in the First Congressional District need to get off their keisters on Nov. 3 and vote for Christopher Gallant. 

Oct 15, 2026
The Mast-Head: Across the Sound

Connecticut. It’s closer than you think.

Oct 15, 2026
The Shipwreck Rose: Better, Stronger, Faster

Memories of studying ballet under the tutelage of Gordon Peavy on Newtown Lane.

Oct 15, 2026
Gristmill: Flagging the Refs

It would take a lot to ruin America’s favorite sporting pastime, but the proliferation of pass interference penalties is coming close.

Oct 8, 2026
Guestwords: Where Are the Doctors?

The reality is that even with the new East Hampton Emergency Room, many people are going without comprehensive health care here because of the high cost of housing. Here’s a proposal to address the problem.

Oct 8, 2026
Help Needed on Battery Sites

We need a stronger regulatory hand from the State of New York.

Oct 8, 2026
October’s Deadlines

Days are growing noticeably shorter, and this month feels like a rush to get things done.

Oct 8, 2026
The Mast-Head: Jars of Time

Beach plum jelly. Pickled corn relish. Six jars sit on the kitchen mantelpiece to be opened later this fall, one by one.

Oct 8, 2026
The Shipwreck Rose: Onward, English Majors

In the 1980s, many of us were just pursuing a liberal arts education for education’s sake.

Oct 8, 2026