Editorials

Elon Musk is out of control and running the show in Washington, D.C. 

Try telling a group of iceboaters that the climate hasn’t changed. Once upon a time, in the 1970s and 1980s, there was ice enough to host racing regattas on Mecox Bay.

Nearby residents could rightly be concerned about the noise a public brewery near the intersection of Springs-Fireplace Road and Fort Pond Boulevard could create.

It is worth taking a closer look at what the Retreat does to understand the depth of the harm a funding freeze would bring.

Oil was a winner this week and wind a loser in the Trump administration’s first round of executive orders.

Sharpen your skates, East Hampton.

We hope that officials here are seizing the moment to come up with new ways to reduce catastrophic risks in a region underprepared for large-scale wildfires.

The wisdom of the caretakers at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, who had proactively set about creating firebreaks and irrigating their property before the latest conflagrations began, offers a lesson for the South Fork.

While Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State speech Tuesday offered some good news for natural resources, organizations involved in fighting climate change were disappointed.

Donald Trump has said he might pardon the nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants on day one of his new administration, which would be yet another bad day for the rule of law in the United States.

What could possibly go wrong when the world’s biggest media company eradicates the fact-checkers?

The beauty of Jimmy Carter was that he persisted. He was a man of true convictions.

The East Hampton Village Police Chief put it bluntly the other day when he remarked, “Big Brother is everywhere.”

For those who had high hopes for the Montauketts, this latest veto stings even more than the last five times a New York governor killed the tribe’s recognition.

A lawsuit over a proposed swimming pool at the Huntting Inn in East Hampton Village is worthy of public attention.

The state’s campaign to dismantle the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s electronic billboards and seek punitive damages is a waste of time and resources.

The East Hampton Town Board has a chance at its Jan. 2 organizational meeting to either back away from its decision to remove the chairman of the town planning board, or at least offer the public a reasonable explanation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, is a Senate vote away from becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

A call to give landmark status to about 30 acres in Wainscott recently bought by East Hampton Town should be heeded.

The intersection at Cedar and North Main Streets and a bit farther north at the split of Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads are two areas that desperately need a fresh set of painted lines.

In the waning days of his administration President Biden could unilaterally declare Plum Island a national monument, thereby sidestepping Congress.

The Star’s Holiday Spirit decorating contest, launched with the help of the Anchor Society and the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, was judged on Saturday, and we have a winner: the Monogram Shop of Newtown Lane.

Suffolk Community College recently made the lamentable decision to stop offering journalism as a major.

Here’s what we are most grateful for on Thanksgiving eve, 2024.

In a town where just getting a permit to build a deck can take six months or more, taking time to get things right should be seen as just part of the deal.

We can’t help but think shopping holidays are a bit silly, but in the case of Small Business Saturday we are getting over it and heading out to give cash thanks.

East Hampton Town’s efforts to help Montauk senior citizens access their medications come as a reminder that good governing at the local level is more essential than ever.

Montaukett Chief Robert Pharaoh’s accepting a proclamation last week from East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez may have marked the beginning of a centuries-delayed rapprochement between the tribe and the town.

Donald Trump views journalists as the “enemy of the people.” It is urgent that the PRESS Act pass the Senate.

It is hardly surprising that Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a man staunchly on the side of polluters. This is fealty over expertise.