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Just shy of his 85th birthday, Dick Monahan, a lifeguard at Kirk Park in Montauk, will hang up his whistle at the end of this season.

On May 26, 1874, David H. Huntting (1815-1885) gave an address to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton’s Sunday school.

Twenty-five years on, the terrible events of that day remain seared into the memories of those who experienced it, whether up close in Manhattan or more than 100 miles away in East Hampton Town, on what was shaping up to be a perfect late-summer day.

The Jewish High Holy Days begin with the observance of Rosh Hashana Friday evening. Here’s the schedule for the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, Temple Adas Israel, Chabad of the Hamptons, and Gesher | The Bridge Shul.

Father-and-son baseball, dooryard gardens, and 9/11.

Were it not for Sept. 11, 2001, you’d not be reading these words. I’d still be living in the city and might never have become a writer.

What’s the answer to the tick problem on the East End? Mountain lions? Genetically engineered mice? Deer-feeding stations? Deer-killing stations? Insecticides? All solutions were discussed at a talk sponsored by the Perfect Earth Project titled “Ticknology.”

Harold (Herb) Herbert opened Herb’s Market in 1963. It was a grocery store, deli, and butcher shop, and became an unofficial social center of Montauk — a place where both locals and visitors could gather, catch up with one another, share stories, and always feel welcome.

Her painting of Sag Harbor’s Old Whalers Church is dated Sept. 21, 1938, the day the Hurricane of 1938 hit, shearing off the 185-foot steeple.

News of the Pelican tragedy off Montauk from 1951, land preservation and anti-nuke clashes from 1976, and more from our past pages.

In his Peter Matthiessen Center lecture as in his book, “The Elements of Power,” Nicolas Niarchos lays out the steep human cost of mining for the minerals crucial to the batteries that run our high-tech world.

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 on Sunday in Montauk will benefit a nonprofit organization that provides safe transportation and improves school infrastructure in Uganda. 

"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.