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Opinion

The Mast-Head: My Least-Favorite Car

Each year, a new source of vehicular irritation gets my attention — this year it’s the black Audi.

Jul 6, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Skyfall

The supernatural Saharan skyfall of 1994 was on my mind last month when we were visited by the first heavy haze from the Canadian wildfires.

Jul 6, 2023
Fair Elections Withstand Dangerous Challenge

It is difficult to know yet whether disaster was averted or just delayed by a United States Supreme Court decision released this week in an important voting case.

Jun 29, 2023
Gristmill: Lincoln Speaks

Words of unity at a graduation ceremony on Pierson Hill.

Jun 29, 2023
Guestwords: Cutting Room

Moving on after the death of my father involved moving, literally towing, his riding lawn mover and all it signified.

Jun 29, 2023
Play by Yourself at Herrick Park

The East Hampton Village Board has a golden opportunity ahead to clear up confusion regarding the use of Herrick Park.

Jun 29, 2023
Point of View: No Better Elixir

Giving it all at a Little League game.

Jun 29, 2023
The Mast-Head: Summer Jobs

Lessons learned in early employment.

Jun 29, 2023
Friend of the Court

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.

Jun 22, 2023
Gristmill: Mister Marvel

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

Jun 22, 2023
Guestwords: That ’70s Show

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.

Jun 22, 2023
Point of View: Idiot Savantism

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

Jun 22, 2023
Technology to the Rescue

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

Jun 22, 2023
The Mast-Head: Mystery Solved

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.

Jun 22, 2023
Carl Irace for Village Justice

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.

Jun 15, 2023
Gristmill: Tick Attack

When a certain body type is irresistible to parasites.

Jun 15, 2023
Guestwords: Fake Mechanic, Real Panic

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.

Jun 15, 2023
The Mast-Head: The Nostalgia of Things

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

Jun 15, 2023
Thinking Again About Garbage

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

Jun 15, 2023
Air Quality: Care for the Workers

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.

Jun 8, 2023
Gristmill: UnHampton Blues

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

Jun 8, 2023
Guestwords: Get on With It

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.

Jun 8, 2023
Point of View: Hoist by Its Own Petard

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

Jun 8, 2023
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