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Point of View: Thanksgiving at the Ocean

The classics teacher in “The Holdovers” says it was always thus, that it was no different in ancient times, that there’s always been the horrific and the sublime. Yet thinking about how to get beyond it seems to be the only thing that keeps us sane.

Nov 22, 2023
The Mast-Head: The Other Santos Mystery

The prevailing narrative on Representative George Santos’s rise and imminent fall has bothered me from the start.

Nov 22, 2023
We’re Buying It

The mission of any chamber of commerce is to promote and strengthen local business, but how can the chamber here do that at a time when locally owned businesses are fewer and farther between?

Nov 22, 2023
Guestwords: There’s No Place Like Home

Playwright, lyricist, actor, debtor, here is John Howard Payne on the 200th anniversary of the unveiling of his song “Home Sweet Home.”

Nov 16, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: The H-Word

Don’t name your business Hampton-whatever. It just sounds generic.

Nov 16, 2023
Towns Need Managers, Too

It is time to ask whether the daily responsibilities of town board members may serve to maintain the status quo and prevent adequate forward thinking.

Nov 16, 2023
Point of View: On Cutting Liberal Arts

Money can’t buy you love, no, nor can it buy you peace of mind, engaged as you might well be in the constant pursuit of it.

Nov 16, 2023
The Mast-Head: Acorns Underfoot

There are no understory plants any more. No saplings coming up. The Quercus alba acorns I may manage to grow into small trees could help preserve the species.

Nov 16, 2023
Gristmill: Not So Funny

From the comic stage to the world stage.

Nov 16, 2023
Pies in the Oven, Problems in the Air

With lots of Thanksgiving cooking about to take over kitchens, it is a good time to take another look at gas stoves, for health reasons and for the environment.

Nov 16, 2023
Point of View: Dia de Muertos, Day of the Dead

On the Day of the Dead, I think about them, my immediate forebears.

Nov 9, 2023
The Mast-Head: Not Yet Rake Time

Only about a month remains in the village’s leaf-pickup program, and at this rate there will be nothing much to suck up.

Nov 9, 2023