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Osborn-Jackson House Watchers Needed

Village officials should be prepared for scrutiny regarding the 18th-century house on Main Street that had until recently been home to the East Hampton Historical Society.

Aug 22, 2024
Shelter Idea Should Not Be Cast Aside

The town board’s discussion of a planned center for senior citizens took an important turn last week when the question arose of whether the $28 million project could also provide badly needed emergency shelter space.

Aug 22, 2024
The Mast-Head: Like Fish in a Bowl

From where I sit with a view of Main Street, two things about this summer strike me: the numerous westbound traffic backups and the people peering in The Star’s front windows.

Aug 22, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Mouse Trap

The addicting thing about Disney World is that it is as complex and elaborate an alternate reality as a video-game artificial universe like World of Warcraft or Legend of Zelda.

Aug 22, 2024
Gristmill: Stingers

When insects attack.

Aug 15, 2024
Guestwords: The Great Blackout of ’03

It’s hard to forget the surprising togetherness and making-do of New Yorkers plunged into darkness in the worst power outage in American history.

Aug 15, 2024
Journalism Ain’t Dead Yet

Seven curious, smart, spirited high school students have been taking part in our Star Summer Academy these last two weeks, learning what it takes to become a newspaper reporter.

Aug 15, 2024
New Reality on the Roads

Our roads are more dangerous now than ever before. There are more cars, and an explosion in popularity of e-bikes and powered scooters demands that local officials act swiftly to reduce the danger.

Aug 15, 2024
The Mast-Head: A $5 Mugging

And it was not even particularly good coffee.

Aug 15, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: The Big Tent

Notes from the East Hampton Library’s Authors Night.

Aug 15, 2024
Trashy Behavior

It seems we must plead with beachgoers to stop leaving giant bags of garbage and other bulky discards in the general vicinity of the trash cans at the beach.

Aug 15, 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
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
Guestwords: Pardon Me, Have We Met?

I am a single, cisgender female, American of African descent, of a certain age, with no children or a partner. And I matter.

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
Rainy Days and Mondays

What’s a waterlogged parent or host to do to keep the troops entertained? Here are a few destinations to brighten a rainy day.

Aug 8, 2024
The Mast-Head: Into Which the Berries Go

As this wild blackberry season looks to be a good one, please note that making jam is not as intimidating as it sounds.

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
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
Gristmill: Showtime on the Seine

Never mind the bluster. That’s entertainment.

Aug 1, 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 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: 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
The Shipwreck Rose: Teen Werewolf

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

Aug 1, 2024
A New Dawn, a New Day

There was good electoral news out of France, and then England, and now, with Kamala Harris ascending to the top of the ticket, Democrats in this country have something to cheer about.

Jul 25, 2024
Gristmill: Back to Basics

Just when you needed an emphatic voice on the side of sanity, here comes Billy Bragg.

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
Thank You

Two stories about good Samaritans in this week's paper and another heard around the office serve as reminders to heartily thank the lifesavers, first responders, and CPR trainers among us.

Jul 25, 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
Adieu, Neil

Goodbye to a wonderful citizen who, faithfully, week in and week out, wrote hundreds of letters to the editor of his local paper.

Jul 18, 2024