Opinion

Political ties run deep in Suffolk County, and there has been speculation that an old-boy network is behind the extraordinary fines a State Supreme Court justice has imposed on the town.

On John Romita, the smooth illustrator who remade Spider-Man and the entire look of Marvel Comics.

That the reduction in nuclear capacity after the Three Mile Island disaster would keep the coal industry alive and exacerbate climate change should have been obvious.

I was called an “idiot” the other day by a doubles opponent, and I couldn’t entirely disagree.

For the first time, lifeguards at East Hampton Main Beach will have the ability to fly a drone to help pinpoint swimmers in distress.

It had been missing for nearly a year, so when I found my wallet at the bottom of a bag of life jackets earlier this week I felt like a dope.

In a village election season with a deficit of drama, the contest for Sag Harbor justice has become a headliner, and we think Carl Irace is now seasoned enough for the job.

When a certain body type is irresistible to parasites.

It was with both happiness and a tinge of disappointment that I saw the go-kart my son and I built years ago drive away.

I am unworthy . . .

Nostalgia is a funny thing when it is wrapped up in an object, in my case a favorite cooking utensil.

In praise of Southampton Town’s pay-per-bag system of handling trash.

In light of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, special caution is urged for people who regularly work outside and whose particulate exposure was already high.

In Sag Harbor and in the unenviable position of envying East Hampton its diner and pizza parlor.

On the occasion of the late Robin Duke being honored by Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic for her work as a women’s rights advocate, her granddaughter recalls the most important lesson she imparted.

From good news (the Fox settlement) to bad (a departed tennis partner).

Whether the fossil fuel industry likes it or not, the United States is moving toward a point at which the majority of electricity produced in the country is from renewable sources.

Taking Cerberus out for its first sail of 2023.

Family war stories.

While a prostate cancer diagnosis can set off alarm bells, one of the lessons I learned is that research and knowledge will dispel many negative myths.

In the nearly 85 years since the 1938 Hurricane, the Atlantic climate has become more favorable for storm formation.

The more oblivion looms, the more you want to pay attention, the more you want to listen and learn, the more you want to do things as well as you can.

When a mostly wooden bridge over the Long Island Rail Road tracks in Amagansett dating to 1895 began to fall apart and was abruptly closed to traffic recently, few residents who frequently use it were surprised.

Considering how many osprey one can see around here these days, it is hard to imagine that not all that long ago they were thought to be in danger of extinction.

The ravaging rays, the dermatologist’s knife.

A good way to look at tough stretches, rough patches, and travails — as opportunities for positive change.

I’d like to recommend to you Rich Mothes’s show of paintings at Clinton Academy. I knew him back when he was coaching East Hampton High School’s boys tennis team.

A well-intended plan to address a profound shortage of places for working people to live could have unintended consequences.

Previous calls for summer-season civility did not go so well.

I am devoted to my Crown range. It was my grandmother’s, an inheritance.