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A record of payments Nathaniel Baker made, mostly as barter, to the heirs of Abraham Schellinger beginning in 1713.

After being closed to the public for more than a decade and with a yearslong renovation project deemed complete, Second House in Montauk, originally built in 1746 and replaced in 1797 following a fire, will soon reopen to the public.

Stepping into the new Sagaponack General Store, which reopened yesterday after being closed since 2020, is a sweet experience, and not just because there’s a soft-serve ice cream station on the left and what promises to be the biggest penny candy selection on the South Fork on your right, but because it’s like seeing an old friend who, after some struggle, made it big. Really, really big.

In 1950 a Southold attorney, twice dead, was brought back to life. And more tales, incredible and not-so-incredible, recorded in our venerable pages.

This photo from The Star’s archive shows firemen fighting flames hidden behind the facade of the Edwards Theater, which was destroyed.

The Montauk Library’s 2025-26 operating budget passed 93 to 16.

A theme of “Keep Calm and Carry On” may seem incongruous with the barrage of dire environmental statistics, but the 2025 State of the Bays report on Long Island’s waterways, delivered by Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, did include some encouraging though smaller-scale developments.

Wildfires abounded in 1900 and 1925, and in 2000 a blaze took the estate-section home of Chevy Chase’s parents.

In his new book, “The Angry Skies: A Physician’s Journey Into Cambodia’s Heart of Darkness,” Dr. Blake Kerr writes of his six trips to Cambodia, traveling to Khmer Rouge enclaves, meeting some of the architects of the genocide, and gathering information from victims and perpetrators of the atrocities there.

One of the four windmill arms at the historic Pantigo Mill, behind the Home, Sweet Home Museum, fell off in Thursday's storm. It will be repaired, but it may take a while before a contractor with the specialized knowledge for a project like that can get to it.

Hamptons Whodunit, a mystery and true-crime festival now in its third year in East Hampton Village, kicks off with a cocktail party at the Maidstone Club April 10 and continues with three days of discussions, tours, book signings, and interactive events.

Bridgehampton’s Atlantic House is an excellent example of the tradition of structural reuse hereabouts.

Construction of the new aquatic and cultural spaces at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center is slated to be done by the end of June, according to Sarah Iudicone, president of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation. The date for the public opening, however, is still up in the air.

It was a foggy day but a cheery one as the Montauk Friends of Erin's 63rd St. Patrick's Day Parade marked the unofficial start of the season on Sunday.

In 1950, farmers on the East End could take advantage of a new weather information service. In 1975, Sag Harbor Village officials got ribbed over their salaries. And, as always, much more.

The Nature Conservancy conducted two controlled burns this week at the Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island, one on Sunday and a second on Thursday, the first to be conducted there since 2011.

Durell Godfrey, The East Hampton Star’s longtime staff photographer and a fixture at community events from Montauk to Southampton, has once again been named one of New York State’s top photographers. At the New York Press Association’s annual conference last week in Saratoga Springs, The Star’s newsletter also repeated in winning first place in the Best Newsletter category, capping a successful awards season for the paper. 

The Montauk Friends of Erin might make it look like it’s all fun and games when they step off from the Montauk Firehouse at noon Sunday for the 63rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but it takes the hard work of legions of volunteers to pull it off. 

It’s not clear when, or if, President Trump’s European alcohol tariff will ever go live. Nonetheless, the threat is looming over South Fork wine and liquor retailers, who have been forced to react to the uncertainty. 

From tales of underwater archaeology off Montauk to a $2.5 million drug bust at the Tanger Outlet, it happened here.

For the first Am O'Gansett Parade in 2009, the organizers jokingly promised Clydesdales, Macy's balloons, and floats. With good humor and an enthusiastic response from the community, the very short parade has been an annual event ever since.

Birds are in trouble everywhere, but it turns out our birds here on the East End are in even worse shape than most. On our beaches, shorebirds have lost 33 percent of their population since 1970, and in our trees, songbirds continue to experience significant population declines, losing 27 percent in the same period, according to the 2025 State of the Birds report from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.

On Saturday, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., it’s Earth Hour, a time to save energy and cut down on light pollution.

This photograph from The East Hampton Star’s archive showing Elizabeth H. Dayton Cartwright (1851-1945) adorned with flowers and surrounded by white lilies, irises, and carnations evokes the eagerness many feel for the beginning of spring.

The Sag Harbor Cinema’s “Projections” series, the mission of which is to support the work of nonprofit organizations here, returns on Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. to highlight the recent efforts of Hamptons Community Outreach.

In 1950, Plum Island was on the auction block. In 1975, East End fishermen were worried enough about their fishing grounds to head to Washington, D.C. And much more from our past coverage.

Bruce and Jane Collins, both 95 years old, will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on March 14. 

It’s all about the light, they say. From Thomas Moran to Jackson Pollock, countless creatives have called the East End home. Included in that number is Sheila Eaton Isham (1924-2024), a globe-trotting painter, poet, and printmaker. 

From a Peconic River befouled by sewage 100 years ago to a sedan’s telltale sagging springs that led to a burglary arrest, it happened here.

Edward Francis White and Breanna Dawn Halbur of Arvada, Colo., were married on Sunday afternoon on the steps of the Denver City and County Building overlooking Civic Center Park, with the Hon. Renee A. Goble officiating.