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Power Supply Trend Is Positive

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.

Jun 8, 2023
The Mast-Head: Back Under Sail

Taking Cerberus out for its first sail of 2023.

Jun 8, 2023
Gristmill: In Memoriam

Family war stories.

Jun 1, 2023
Guestwords: The Fight of My Life

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.

Jun 1, 2023
Hurricanes: It Just Takes One

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

Jun 1, 2023
Point of View: Is the Air Sweeter?

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.

Jun 1, 2023
The M.T.A. Has a Bridge to Sell You

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.

Jun 1, 2023
The Mast-Head: Bird on the Chimney Top

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.

Jun 1, 2023
Gristmill: Of the Flesh

The ravaging rays, the dermatologist’s knife.

May 25, 2023
Guestwords: Where Magic Happens

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

May 25, 2023
Point of View: He Is Still Frog Boy

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.

May 25, 2023
Rental Changes Would Be Too Generous

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

May 25, 2023
The Mast Head: People, Just Be Nice

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

May 25, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Cooking With Gas

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

May 25, 2023
Weekend Dangers: Safety in Numbers

When it comes to road safety, it is not just the holiday weekends to watch out for.

May 25, 2023
Don’t Bulldoze His Memory

We’re writing in the hope that the East Hampton Village Board has not forgotten Roy Lee Mabery. It is in his memory that the basketball courts — recently bulldozed at Herrick Park — were dedicated.

May 18, 2023
Gristmill: Coffee’s On

The pleasure and pain of the all-nighter.

May 18, 2023
Guestwords: Passing Down Lyme Disease

We need to get the word out to Lyme-infected mothers-to-be and to women of childbearing age who have mysterious, systemic health problems with no clear cause.

May 18, 2023
Point of View: I Have Been Cleaning Up

Maybe if I were less attentive to bed-making, my other attempts at tidying up might rise in estimation.

May 18, 2023
The Mast Head: No Second-Rate Turkeys Here

The spring rush can also be seen in the letters to the editor of this paper.

May 18, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Sing Cuckoo

What we need around here is a hedgerow movement.

May 18, 2023
White Lines Barely Better Than Nothing

Going from place to place on two wheels on the South Fork is nerve-racking.

May 18, 2023
Gristmill: Out of the Blocks

Dispatches from the SUNYAC outdoor track championships in Oneonta.

May 11, 2023
Guestwords: Gifts From the Attic

A rediscovered letter from 1972 sheds new light on parenting.

May 11, 2023
Important School Votes

Tuesday could represent a pivotal moment for public education here, with several school districts asking voters to approve larger than usual property tax increases.

May 11, 2023
Point of View: A Host of Daffodils

A requiem for newsrooms? Not so fast.

May 11, 2023
Taking on Zoning

A rash of luxury homebuilding on the South Fork has prompted East Hampton Town to appoint a committee to look into revamping the rules that govern how houses are built and where. Expect meaningful results.

May 11, 2023
The Mast Head: Off Limits Till the End Times

As the world shut down in the first months of Covid, it was the presence of huge fish along the Nature Trail that got my attention.

May 11, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Imaginary Rubies

My son, Teddy, has been given a more-or-less-clean bill of health by his orthopedic surgeon after 12 years of what amounts to rather major medical intervention.

May 11, 2023
Deep Concerns on Marsden Street

In under two weeks’ time, Sag Harbor School District voters will be asked if they approve of a $9.4 million proposal to buy five residential vacant lots on Marsden Street understood to be for an expansion of school athletic fields. We have concerns.

May 4, 2023