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Gristmill: Camp Star

A Joe Jonas sighting conjures Disney’s immortal “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” — and a sleepaway camp reverie.

Aug 8, 2024
JD Vance Is Bad for Women

After Health and Human Services put a rule in place to safeguard reproductive health information, Senator Vance was among those in Congress who wrote to the department’s secretary stating their opposition. And he didn’t stop there.

Aug 8, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Movie Palace of Wisdom

The older I get, the more I appreciate the power of beauty. The faces of the old Hollywood stars.

Aug 8, 2024
Alone Time

Fifty Augusts ago, you’d have seen a lot more sailboats and power boats, and more water skiers, if you went down to Gardiner’s Bay to do a head count.

Aug 8, 2024
Guestwords: Author! Author! Reader! Reader!

In 2013 I was obsessed with being an Authors Night author in support of the East Hampton Library. Here’s an inside-the-tent look at the Hamptons’ ultimate book party and benefit.

Aug 1, 2024
The Mast-Head: Bzz, Bzz . . . Silence

I cannot remember the last time the full set of window screens went up at the Star office. There simply are too few flying insects around anymore to bother.

Aug 1, 2024
Gristmill: Showtime on the Seine

Never mind the bluster. That’s entertainment.

Aug 1, 2024
Blade Failure Should Not Doom Wind Power

A recent collapse of a turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind offshore site was spectacular, but what should it mean for the wind-power industry as a whole?

Aug 1, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Teen Werewolf

I’m a single mom with two teenagers. Let’s discuss.

Aug 1, 2024
The Fair Affair

The cancellation of this year’s Fisherman’s Fair, for many decades a banner day in Springs, is blamed on Health Department food prep regulations. It seems the letter of the law has trampled the spirit of the law. 

Aug 1, 2024
The Mast-Head: No Summer for Sailing

Waiting on a new diesel engine for Cerberus, my sailboat. And then waiting some more.

Jul 25, 2024
Guestwords: Valuable Vulnerabilities

Now that I am an octogenarian, my sense of risk increases at every turn. At the same time, I have gained an understanding of vulnerability as a character trait that allows me to be more open to what the world may offer.

Jul 25, 2024