Opinion

For fans of local history as well as of early American furniture, the opening today of the new Dominy Shops Museum on North Main Street is an exciting moment.

No trips downtown in August.

Congress does not have that much of an obvious effect here, other than perhaps on marginal tax rates for the very rich, but on global warming policy it is a crucial player.

Mad magazine’s Dave Berg, now more than ever.

In the water, the big risk to life is drowning and near-drowning.

I am 17 years old and would like to share my experience as a minor in a county jail for eight months.

It is a cliché that middle-aged Americans like me should indulge in nostalgia for the lost years of banana-seat bicycles and 10 speeds, but they did carry us far and they did provide us with a bliss of freedom completely unknown to my children’s generation.

Neighbors worried about the current East Hampton Village administration’s designs on Herrick Park are rightly concerned.

Paying attention can be draining.

In the context of the way so many of us live our lives, not taking a break for something pleasurable is just business as usual.

East Hampton Town officials are again revising the rules for sandbag seawalls.

Pretty much everything that makes life worth living has been axed in the Wainscott School District as the result of two budget turndowns.

It is my opinion that so long as they are fed, their tank is relatively clean, and they are around some kind of action for entertainment, goldfish become part of the family.

Sag Harbor’s Jordan’s Run is always worth it. Just don’t miss the ceremonies.

With smartphone maps, there are no back roads anymore, and more tie-ups are the result.

This experiment would be part of my personal plan to adopt a more planet-friendly lifestyle.

So much of our time, especially in the summer, is taken up with running into proof positive that strangers are total idiots.

East Hampton Town officials are beginning to practice what they have long preached when it comes to wastewater by installing modern wastewater systems at public restrooms and elsewhere. It’s high time.

Blue-collar envy.

Major new reports say that smartphone use could be directly linked to poor educational performance while harming children’s emotional stability.

I’m mindful that the threat Trump poses is one thing that cannot be ducked.

Just as a lot of bad news about water was coming out, the Suffolk County Legislature failed to authorize putting the Water Quality Protection Act on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Refreshing humanity and entertainment in an afternoon with comic books.

If there were a grand prix of weeding, it would be ridding grass from between patio or walkway bricks without toxic herbicides like RoundUp.

It’s preferable when your kids come to appreciate your old favorite tunes on their own. But sometimes a nudge is in order.

We have been here many times before. Officials and citizens vow to take a fresh look at building rules in the face of overdevelopment, but, in the end, little changes.

Jerry Herman, the musical man, was more than just underrated.

In the party department, where has all the fun gone?

Eating out is lovely on a summer evening. But it has also created a potential mess by possibly almost doubling the number of patrons on site at any one time.

I was impressed when several on the Sag Harbor Whalers collegiate baseball team told me they were majoring in scientific subjects.