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The Shipwreck Rose: How Dumb School Is

“Annotating is garbage,” my son said. “Annotating is how you ruin a book.”

Oct 6, 2022
Ticket to See the World

The Hamptons International Film Festival has grown up into a serious player in the world of entertainment.

Oct 6, 2022
Gristmill: Fan Bids Flak Man Adieu

Thoughts on Joe Flacco, the hard-luck Jets, and team loyalty.

Sep 29, 2022
Guestwords: Beach Plum Days

Memories of picking beach plums in Shinnecock Hills, and how they were lovingly jarred in a grandmother’s sweet-smelling kitchen.

Sep 29, 2022
Ian’s Message for the East End

Climate scientists say that catastrophic storms are increasing in intensity as the Earth’s atmosphere becomes warmer.

Sep 29, 2022
Point of View: Commission a Giant Tick

I don’t know why the sculpture of a bull was put up in Herrick Park. Is it to remind us of Wall Street, which also has one?

Sep 29, 2022
Private Trees on Public Land

It was a serious mistake for East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen to hop aboard a concept for trees to be placed along the perimeter of a Main Beach lot at private expense.

Sep 29, 2022
The Mast-Head: History Repeats, Kind Of

My son, Ellis’s, first game as a member of the East Hampton Middle School football team comes up this week, and it has gotten me thinking about when I was his age and switched schools, too.

Sep 29, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Scratch and Sniff

Sometimes a smell is more than just a smell, and we need to lift up the rug and see what's festering.

Sep 29, 2022
An Election That Really, Really Matters

For the first time in ages, the race to be the East End’s member of the House of Representatives feels like it is about something big — freedom.

Sep 22, 2022
Gristmill: In Mrs. Sage’s Footsteps

A 5K in Sag Harbor joins road racing with historical sightseeing and live music.

Sep 22, 2022
Guestwords: The Queue for the Queen

I hereby pay my respects to this woman who so impressively embodied Britain’s history and spirit.

Sep 22, 2022
New Rules Needed as Air Traffic Spreads

Who knew that after Uber and Lyft took over the roads — and helicopter-flight apps took over the sky — that the bays and harbors would be next? That is apparently what the Suffolk Legislature has noticed coming.

Sep 22, 2022
Point of View: ‘All We Played for Was Love’

Autumn has its music too, Keats said, though it’s not all that melancholic at the moment to my mind because, with 11 high school teams to cover, I must be nimble.

Sep 22, 2022
The Mast-Head: Everything Is a Scam

Everything is a scam. That is what I tell my friends, family, and co-workers about basically anything that comes in from an unfamiliar number or email address. “Never answer the phone,” I say to them.

Sep 22, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Sunday Edition

No one says “doggie bag” anymore. And who thought we’d have an opportunity to use the word “catafalque” in 2022? Also on my imaginary list of trendy words of the year, I nominate the phrase “out of pocket.” Everyone is saying “out of pocket” right now, but everyone is using it to mean something different.

Sep 22, 2022
The Money Launderer Next Door

Is East Hampton Town unwittingly playing a part in the secretive practice of shielding foreign wealth that may have been obtained improperly?

Sep 15, 2022
Gristmill: Big Fat Decision

So what’s it gonna be, college-wise, core curriculum lockdown or pick and choose your classes as you see fit?

Sep 15, 2022
Guestwords: Surfing the Birds and the Flies

A road trip to a pioneering surfer’s favorite East End haunts brings a family together.

Sep 15, 2022
Point of View: ‘Mucha Itcha’

The very day that Peter Spacek’s chigger cartoon appeared in our paper two weeks ago I got them.

Sep 15, 2022
The Mast-Head: On an Empty Bay

For all the boats kept around here, most are idle most of the time.

Sep 15, 2022
Time to Get Tougher on Zoning

There is a growing sense that town and village zoning laws are not up to the task of maintaining the region’s character.

Sep 15, 2022
Rumble on Main Street

New York’s transportation law needs to be adapted to give local officials the right to regulate loud compression braking.

Sep 8, 2022
Democracy in the Balance

New York’s First Congressional District vote this fall between Bridget Fleming and Nicholas J. LaLota will be in the context of an election year in which democracy itself is at stake.

Sep 8, 2022
Gristmill: Backyard Buzz

The unexpected appearance of hummingbirds has been a highlight of the summer.

Sep 8, 2022
Guestwords: Never Too Old for the Book

For years my grandson had been writing in the brown leather visitors’ book after every summer stay at our beach house. Then one day he stopped.

Sep 8, 2022
Point of View: Still an Experiment

One of the major thrusts in our founding documents, as I understand them, was to shield this democratic republic from autocracy.

Sep 8, 2022
The Mast-Head: ‘Chigger’ Time Again

Avoiding the leaf litter and damp grass where up to a thousand or more tick larvae lurk is the best strategy this time of the year.

Sep 8, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Moody Street

When I navigated off the interstate, I knew exactly where the graveyard would be with Kerouac’s grave.

Sep 8, 2022
Wrong in the Right Lane

Bike lanes matter — a lot.

Sep 8, 2022