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In a month when Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire by taking SpaceX, his satellite and space flight company, public, it’s worth asking, do you know what might happen if you were hit by a fleck of dried paint moving at 17,000 miles per hour? 

One day before his 90th birthday, Sherrill Dayton received an early gift in the form of a proclamation thanking him for many years of service to East Hampton Village. 

When Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull of Mastic wrote to Col. Josiah Smith of East Moriches about activating Long Island militias amid the threat of the British Navy off Manhattan.

The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will take on Northwest Woods by foot, bike, and kayak or paddleboard this weekend. Saturday brings two choices at 10 a.m.: a three-mile walk in the Grace Estate Preserve loop or a 25-mile bike ride from Cedar Point County Park. On Sunday, it’ll be an Alewife Brook and Cedar Point paddle.

“The Glorious Fourth will be celebrated in good style throughout the Hamptons,” it was reported in these pages 100 years ago. “It will be observed here with the usual big fireworks display that night,” while “Hampton Bays will see Governor Al Smith, who comes to Canoe Place Inn every summer.”

A cocktail party for the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, the Wainscott Strawberry Festival, and the East Hampton Historical Society’s annual membership party are just a few of the things to keep you entertained this weekend.

The golf world is totally focused on the 126th U.S. Open underway at Shinnecock Hills, and while the patrons watch, the event itself would not happen without the 3,000 volunteers who line the 7,440-yard course and expansive surroundings.

At Amagansett Square, fans of every level of dedication — from fair-weather to die-hard — came out to watch Game 5 of the N.B.A. finals on the big screen.

The Mary Nimmo Moran etching seen here features a type of landscape often depicted in her work: sand dunes in the foreground with detailed trees and in back a windmill, maybe the Gardiner Mill, which she would have been able to see near her rental property.

From the Viking Starship, two men of the cloth dispensed prayers and holy water on the boats parading by. “Everybody’s got their boats ready. The fish are showing up,” one commercial boat owner, John Aldridge, said.

Twenty years after purchasing the parcel at 472 Old Stone Highway in Springs and opening Old Stone Market, Wolf Reiter and Vicky Sdrougias called it a career. The market closed, much to the sorrow of many, on Monday. 

Yes, The Star’s history runs deep, and at times even runs interesting.

The 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills this week is testing the patience of golfers and fans alike. The wind on the 7,440-yard course is a challenge for even the most talented golfers. The traffic on Montauk Highway is a hurdle for spectators. Tackle those two things successfully and the experience is unmatched.

A packed weekend in Montauk begins with the Mighty Montauk Triathlon Saturday morning and ends with the annual Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday evening.

After the announcement last week of the July concert lineup, this week brings news of who’s coming for the rest of the season.

The 1942 Nazi saboteur landing on the ocean beach in Amagansett will be commemorated at the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Friday at 6 p.m. An evening of film, re-enactment, and speculation on the infamous interception of Nazi infiltration on the Amagansett shore is in store.

Saturday’s the day for the much-anticipated Ladies Village Improvement Society Fair, and to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary the organization has invited other nonprofits to set up interactive booths highlighting the country’s history.

This aerial photograph, taken by Dave Edwardes between 1945 and 1960, shows the end of Ocean Avenue, with the pavilion and the Sea Spray Inn and cottages. Here’s a brief history.

The Springs School’s Mystery Art Sale, which shows off 5-by-7-inch works by students and adult artists offered at $20 apiece, will take over Ashawagh Hall from Friday through Sunday.

Jim Vrettos and Dr. Asma Rashid have organized a gathering with Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian, and Maoz Inon, an Israeli, the authors of “The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land,” in Bridgehampton Saturday night.

The day a man on Pantigo found a box turtle with initials etched into its shell’s underside from 40 years earlier. And other curiosities from our past pages.

L.I.R.R. service will increase significantly for the U.S. Open, slated to begin at Shinnecock Hills on Monday and run through June 21, with a newly constructed train stop at the college seeing an additional seven to eight trains per day.

For years, the names etched into weatherworn headstones faded quietly beneath layers of dirt, lichen, and time —until Jason Bono began restoring them one at a time.

Saturday is shaping up to be a perfect day for the fifth annual Hamptons Pride Parade in East Hampton Village. Those who want to walk in the parade have until Thursday to register. 

Newtown Lane will be closed at 5 p.m. Friday, when East Hampton Village holds a block party and New York Knicks watch party. 

It costs almost nothing, targets only mosquitoes, won’t poison the air, kids, or animals, and it won’t run off into the bays and ponds. It’s a mosquito bucket.

This program accompanied an exhibition guest-curated by Alastair Gordon exploring themes that later appeared in his book “Weekend Utopia: Modern Living in the Hamptons.” He’ll speak about a new edition of it at the East Hampton Library at 5 p.m. on June 11.

The annual fireworks show at Main Beach in East Hampton Village, once a Fourth of July tradition but more recently held in mid to late August, will once again take place on July 4. In Montauk, fireworks will move from the ocean beach to the Block Island Sound side of the hamlet.

The East Hampton Village Foundation has announced the first four concerts of its summer 2026 Tuesdays at Main Beach series.

A managing partner in the group that owns the Offshore Montauk hotel and the Este restaurant that is under construction may have assuaged some concerns when he addressed the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee this week, but skepticism clearly lingered among a segment of the large crowd.