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The Mast-Head: Fire Weather

Our climate reality has shifted from a sense that it could happen here to it actually is happening here already.

Jul 20, 2023
Gristmill: Riding the Draft

From the minor leagues to the M.L.B. draft: It’s a crapshoot.

Jul 13, 2023
Looming Tragedy of Kids on E-Bikes

In a study of emergency room visits from 2000 to 2017, researchers at New York University’s School of Medicine concluded that e-bike injuries were the most severe and most likely to require hospitalization.

Jul 13, 2023
Guestwords: Keeping the Dream Alive

It seems that everyone wants to write a children’s book, and while lots of people think they can, I beg to differ.

Jul 13, 2023
The Mast-Head: A Surfboard Story

Believe it or not, there was a time not all that long ago when the surfing scene looked very different around here.

Jul 13, 2023
Point of View: Schadenfreude’s Losing Its Charm

It’s hard to revel in schadenfreude anymore when one’s closest relatives live within the places, such as drought-ridden California, sizzlingly-hot Florida, and smoke-clogged Ohio, that we’re glad we don’t live in.

Jul 13, 2023
Reduce, Reuse, Compost!

Coming soon to a farmers market near you: food-waste bins.

Jul 13, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Skyfall

The supernatural Saharan skyfall of 1994 was on my mind last month when we were visited by the first heavy haze from the Canadian wildfires.

Jul 6, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Opinions?

Speaking in the first person, ChatGPT declared it would be happy to help a Star letter writer. The result was cringe-worthy.

Jul 6, 2023
Point of View: Leaning in, Lying Back

Every moment’s a poem.

Jul 6, 2023
The Mast-Head: My Least-Favorite Car

Each year, a new source of vehicular irritation gets my attention — this year it’s the black Audi.

Jul 6, 2023
Gristmill: Lights Over the Harbor

Thoughts on the Fourth after missing out on the Fourth.

Jul 6, 2023
Room for Improvement in Springs Gateway

The list of problems is long, but the potential for improving the area around Springs-Fireplace and Three Mile Harbor Roads in East Hampton is great.

Jul 6, 2023
Guestwords: The Sandwich Generation

Everything that my granddaughter does is new, vibrant, and alive. Everything my mother-in-law does is old, frail, and confused. And I’m caught in the middle.

Jul 6, 2023
Gristmill: Lincoln Speaks

Words of unity at a graduation ceremony on Pierson Hill.

Jun 29, 2023
Fair Elections Withstand Dangerous Challenge

It is difficult to know yet whether disaster was averted or just delayed by a United States Supreme Court decision released this week in an important voting case.

Jun 29, 2023
Point of View: No Better Elixir

Giving it all at a Little League game.

Jun 29, 2023
Play by Yourself at Herrick Park

The East Hampton Village Board has a golden opportunity ahead to clear up confusion regarding the use of Herrick Park.

Jun 29, 2023
Guestwords: Cutting Room

Moving on after the death of my father involved moving, literally towing, his riding lawn mover and all it signified.

Jun 29, 2023
The Mast-Head: Summer Jobs

Lessons learned in early employment.

Jun 29, 2023
Gristmill: Mister Marvel

On John Romita, the smooth illustrator who remade Spider-Man and the entire look of Marvel Comics.

Jun 22, 2023
Friend of the Court

Political ties run deep in Suffolk County, and there has been speculation that an old-boy network is behind the extraordinary fines a State Supreme Court justice has imposed on the town.

Jun 22, 2023
Point of View: Idiot Savantism

I was called an “idiot” the other day by a doubles opponent, and I couldn’t entirely disagree.

Jun 22, 2023
Technology to the Rescue

For the first time, lifeguards at East Hampton Main Beach will have the ability to fly a drone to help pinpoint swimmers in distress.

Jun 22, 2023
Guestwords: That ’70s Show

That the reduction in nuclear capacity after the Three Mile Island disaster would keep the coal industry alive and exacerbate climate change should have been obvious.

Jun 22, 2023
The Mast-Head: Mystery Solved

It had been missing for nearly a year, so when I found my wallet at the bottom of a bag of life jackets earlier this week I felt like a dope.

Jun 22, 2023
Gristmill: Tick Attack

When a certain body type is irresistible to parasites.

Jun 15, 2023
Thinking Again About Garbage

In praise of Southampton Town’s pay-per-bag system of handling trash.

Jun 15, 2023
Carl Irace for Village Justice

In a village election season with a deficit of drama, the contest for Sag Harbor justice has become a headliner, and we think Carl Irace is now seasoned enough for the job.

Jun 15, 2023