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The Shipwreck Rose: Ephemera

On Sunday at dinner time, the evening before All Hallows Eve, my son, who just turned 13, decided he wanted to wear a costume for the first time since he was small.

Nov 3, 2022
Relay: Giving as Opportunity

There is, as you may know, homelessness in East Hampton Town.

Nov 3, 2022
Point of View: A Shining Example

“You’re wondering why no honking, where are the a-holes? Why is it so peaceful?”

Oct 27, 2022
Relay: Sail Inn, Sail On

My father leased the Sail Inn for about a decade in the last century, and in doing so drove himself to an early death for ignoring Rule #1 of bar ownership: You can’t be the best customer in your own saloon.

Oct 27, 2022
The Mast-Head: In an Industrial Zone

On Main Street in East Hampton Village, it never stops.

Oct 27, 2022
Gristmill: Listening Tour

Any trip I make west, at some point past the cultural demarcation of the Shirley-Mastic area, I head back to the future with 90.7 FM, WFUV out of Fordham.

Oct 27, 2022
Point of View: Glimpses of Grace Would Be Enough

That compound-fractured tennis racket I have had as a reminder in my office may actually be a thing of the past.

Oct 20, 2022
The Mast-Head: World Without Insects

Estimates are that close to half of all insect species are falling and that a third are in danger of extinction.

Oct 20, 2022
Gristmill: ’Twas Ever Thus

Once more unto the gravel trails of Van Cortlandt Park.

Oct 20, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Now, Voyager

My grandparents had a passion for steamships that, as these family inclinations do, has somehow trickled down to me.

Oct 20, 2022
Gristmill: Doubling Down on Dubus

Andre Dubus’s essay “Giving Up the Gun” has renewed relevance in this political moment and with New York State’s struggles with concealed carry laws.

Oct 13, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Emma Fleetwood

Everyone and their sister is selling their own lifestyle these days, attempting to be an influencer. Everyone thinks their own taste is good taste, and almost everyone is wrong.

Oct 13, 2022
Point of View: A Day to Open Up to the World

In the end, we only have each other, and in the end, disembodied, it’s the extent to which we’ve nourished the creative spirit, of mankind, of our country, of our town, of our village, that lives on.

Oct 13, 2022
The Mast-Head: Coexisting Warily

This is the time of the year that deer are killed by vehicles here in great numbers.

Oct 13, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: How Dumb School Is

“Annotating is garbage,” my son said. “Annotating is how you ruin a book.”

Oct 6, 2022
Point of View: Yes, Yes, I’m No Hoarder

There’s a place for everything and everything’s not in its place is more or less the maxim I have lived by.

Oct 6, 2022
The Mast-Head: A Favorite Beech

A favorite tree behind the Star office will soon be no more, thanks to a disease affecting beeches that is spread by a newly discovered nematode.

Oct 6, 2022
Gristmill: It’s a High-Flying Flag

The glories and mysteries of Mount Morris.

Oct 6, 2022
Point of View: Commission a Giant Tick

I don’t know why the sculpture of a bull was put up in Herrick Park. Is it to remind us of Wall Street, which also has one?

Sep 29, 2022
The Mast-Head: History Repeats, Kind Of

My son, Ellis’s, first game as a member of the East Hampton Middle School football team comes up this week, and it has gotten me thinking about when I was his age and switched schools, too.

Sep 29, 2022
Gristmill: Fan Bids Flak Man Adieu

Thoughts on Joe Flacco, the hard-luck Jets, and team loyalty.

Sep 29, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Scratch and Sniff

Sometimes a smell is more than just a smell, and we need to lift up the rug and see what's festering.

Sep 29, 2022
Gristmill: In Mrs. Sage’s Footsteps

A 5K in Sag Harbor joins road racing with historical sightseeing and live music.

Sep 22, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Sunday Edition

No one says “doggie bag” anymore. And who thought we’d have an opportunity to use the word “catafalque” in 2022? Also on my imaginary list of trendy words of the year, I nominate the phrase “out of pocket.” Everyone is saying “out of pocket” right now, but everyone is using it to mean something different.

Sep 22, 2022
Point of View: ‘All We Played for Was Love’

Autumn has its music too, Keats said, though it’s not all that melancholic at the moment to my mind because, with 11 high school teams to cover, I must be nimble.

Sep 22, 2022
The Mast-Head: Everything Is a Scam

Everything is a scam. That is what I tell my friends, family, and co-workers about basically anything that comes in from an unfamiliar number or email address. “Never answer the phone,” I say to them.

Sep 22, 2022
Gristmill: Big Fat Decision

So what’s it gonna be, college-wise, core curriculum lockdown or pick and choose your classes as you see fit?

Sep 15, 2022
The Mast-Head: On an Empty Bay

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

Sep 15, 2022
Point of View: ‘Mucha Itcha’

The very day that Peter Spacek’s chigger cartoon appeared in our paper two weeks ago I got them.

Sep 15, 2022
The Shipwreck Rose: Moody Street

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

Sep 8, 2022