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Opinion

Gristmill: Run, John, Run

In praise of John Avlon’s bid for Congress.

Mar 7, 2024
Stop the Sea? Never

So the town wants to put sand onto the depleted Ditch Plain Beach. Then what?

Mar 7, 2024
Guestwords: Tale of Two Inquisitions

What I learned playing the Grand Inquisitor in a high school play, while experiencing my own interrogations off the stage.

Mar 7, 2024
The Mast-Head: A Little Morning Smoke

What happens when a furnace goes blooey.

Mar 7, 2024
Planning Fights Back on Senior Center

East Hampton Town government appears divided after the planning board correctly said that it, not the town board, should be in charge of review of the proposed new senior citizens center.

Mar 7, 2024
Point of View: We’ll Always Have the Super 8

“We deserve the second-best and the second-best is now!”

Mar 7, 2024
­Congestion Pricing: Tough but Needed

There is precedent showing that congestion pricing works, but it won’t be without repercussions for East Enders.

Mar 7, 2024
Guestwords: Too Much Art?

At an arty dinner party in Sag Harbor a woman announced to the table, “There’s just too much art!” If that day ever comes, we’re in trouble.

Feb 29, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Blue Moonlight

Parenthood is a pendulum. Whatever direction our parents swung in the habits and policies of our own raising, we swing that pendulum far back over to the other side.

Feb 29, 2024
Everything Is Always a Scam

Until proven otherwise, any kind of out-of-the-blue request to change a password or divulge personal details or solicitation of any sort has to be viewed very, very suspiciously.

Feb 29, 2024
Point of View: Who Was That Sobersides?

Leafing through some of The Star’s bound volumes, I was chagrined to find my early-1970s columns were unvaryingly issue-oriented.

Feb 29, 2024
The Mast-Head: While the Getting’s Good

The South Fork has more trails than you could shake a stick at, and now is the time to go.

Feb 29, 2024