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Opinion

Gristmill: Where the Sidewalk Ends

Bring the mini excavator. Throw a bone to put-upon pedestrians. Noyac Road needs a sidewalk.

Dec 7, 2023
More Than a Gun Range

One of the surprises coming out of the ongoing controversy over the Maidstone Gun Club land lease from East Hampton Town is what else has gone on there other than shooting and gun education.

Dec 7, 2023
Guestwords: Football Healing

A case is made for the 1973 Bonac football team’s inclusion in East Hampton High’s Hall of Fame — and memories are triggered.

Dec 7, 2023
Gristmill: Flagged

Turned off by the N.F.L.’s enthusiasm for calling ever more penalties, a football fan finds solace in Patriot League collegiate games.

Nov 30, 2023
Shifting Plant Zones Underscore Warming

For the first time in more than a decade, the official map of plant growing zones has changed — and it affects Long Island.

Nov 30, 2023
Guestwords: A Call for Muscle

What should Jews do about the rise in antisemitism? Here are a few modest proposals.

Nov 30, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Late December, 1934

Read on for the variety of evening amusements that kept East Hampton entertained the week of Dec. 20, 1934, at the height of the Great Depression.

Nov 30, 2023
Thank the L.V.I.S. Watchdog

The brawl over the black paint job at Rowdy Hall reminded us this week how aesthetic taste isn't just totally subjective, but shifts with the passing of years.

Nov 30, 2023
Point of View: Shoring Up Democracy

In praise of sortition.

Nov 30, 2023
The Mast-Head: A New Tick in Town

The Asian longhorned tick, which apparently arrived in the United States by hitching a ride on a New Zealand sheep in 2017, has been found on Long Island. 

Nov 30, 2023
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