Villages

Like it or not, anti-Islamic message in the sky was free speech, says owner of banner-towing company.

Stephen Michael Nadramia and Leigh Ruth Goodstein were married in the bride’s mother’s backyard in East Hampton on July 11.

Helen Harrison, a longtime steward of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and her husband, the artist Roy Nicholson, plan to leave their house in Sag Harbor, Nicholson’s studio, and his body of work — worth an estimated $5 million — to Stony Brook University, along with a $2 million endowment to maintain them. 

Hillary Clinton, speaking at the closing of Guild Hall’s Thinking Forward lecture series, concluded the evening with a message of hope, though not before telling her audience that “I don’t underestimate both the domestic and foreign efforts to destroy America.” 

“The horses, the sport, the community, the summer day, the shopping — it’s so much fun.” In one sentence, Erica Velasquez summed up the magic of the Hampton Classic, which spurred into action on Sunday in Bridgehampton.

This postcard from the Harvey Ginsberg Postcard Collection shows the residence of Elizabeth Hill Dawson Gallatin, designed by the architect James H. L’Hommedieu for her husband, James Gallatin (1846-1890), a grandson of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), the treasury secretary under Thomas Jefferson.

An auction of striking photographs and a work by a local artist will benefit a nonprofit organization that provides safe transportation and improves school infrastructure in Uganda on Sunday evening at Sole East in Montauk. 

"The new Edwards theatre will be open for the first showing of pictures on Monday night," The Star reported on Aug. 29, 1926. This and more from days of yore in this week's look back at Stars of yesteryear.

Ecological tumors. The sixth great extinction. Insect apocalypse. Deathscapes. These were a few of the terms bandied about at Doug Tallamy’s talk last week in Southampton. But for all of the contextual doom, he came with a message of environmental hope and offered specific and easy instructions to exit the end times morass with a new approach to conservation.

The Corner, the new spot set to take the place of the Corner Bar in Sag Harbor, will not open this summer as planned and may not open at all.

Made by Elias Pelletreau for David and Phoebe Mulford in 1751, a long-gone silver teapot takes a turn under glass at the Mulford Farm on James Lane.

One year after a ribbon-cutting and three years after breaking ground, the aquatic and cultural centers at the Montauk Playhouse have proven valuable additions, bolstering the building’s status as a year-round hub for the hamlet and the wider community. 

The Eastville Community Historical Society and the Southampton African American Museum will host Amistad Week starting on Wednesday with a commemorative ceremony on the beach at Culloden Point from 4 to 6 p.m. 

During August, September, and even into October, “tick bombs,” concentrated groupings of larval ticks, could be anywhere, and the larval lone star ticks are likely a main cause of the increasingly prevalent alpha-gal meat allergy. 

This photo of a Ferris wheel comes from The Star’s archive, one of six taken by Paula Peterson and used in a July 21, 1988, layout showcasing the North Sea Fire Department Carnival.

A knitting group donates blankets to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, vests to the Retreat, and will soon begin making items for the NICU at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. In working together, members say they get as much as they give.

According to many metrics, the American economy is doing extraordinarily well, yet most voters say they are worse off under President Trump. Artificial intelligence is driving a strong bull market, but it could also kill us all. 

A Spud Fest paying homage to the Long Island potato and all the things it can become will happen on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum. 

That’s right, it happened here.

An East Hampton couple has made good on a promise to sue the Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals after the board denied their request to open a shop and cafe on Washington Street.

This postcard, from the Amagansett Historical Association’s collection, shows the hamlet’s 1902 lifesaving station on the right, nestled in the sand dunes with the ocean in the background.

Like a proper Irish wake, a large crowd gathered at the Meeting House restaurant at Amagansett Square on Aug. 2 to remember Michael O’Rourke, proprietor of the Amagansett Seafood Store, with equal parts laughter, beverages, and sadness.

The Clamshell Foundation’s 35th annual Sandcastle Contest in Amagansett brings out the ephemeral creativity.

An ignominious 1926 defeat for the local nine on the baseball diamond. Fifty years later, Hurricane Belle prompted a camp leader to prepare a bus full of children for impending death. And much more, history buffs.

“Ticknology,” a discussion with experts, will be held at the Bridgehampton Community House on Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m., courtesy of the Perfect Earth Project.

"The Right Whale: Tales of Resilience and Hope," a documentary by Cheryl and Nick Dean, will be shown Thursday night at 6 at the Southampton Arts Center. 

The East Hampton Village Board voted on Friday to approve a $41,975 expenditure for LTV for a comprehensive video archive preservation project that will also allow greater and more convenient public access to meetings and related content. 

This photo is just one from the Fritz Leddy Collection showing midcentury life here. On Monday at 7 p.m. in Herrick Park, Hugh King, the village historian, will introduce 100 others from the collection under a tent.

Nitrogen is not only the greatest threat to our lakes, ponds, and harbors, the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee was told, but studies have shown that even a low level of nitrate in drinking water is associated with increased risk of cancers.

Into the past, news junkies . . .