Opinion

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Bike lanes matter — a lot.

The D.H. comes to the National League, and no one misses the old ways.

A much-needed new affordable housing venture in East Hampton should not go without comment.

I got to know Simon Perchik — prolific poet, friend, disputator, World War II vet — when he was barechested and in boxer shorts.