Anyone who’s been seized by a sport or a pastime, especially one so beholden to the powers of nature, has pivotal, formative moments etched into their memories. Here, in his short story “The Waterman,” Biddle Duke shares some life lessons he learned in the seas of Southampton.
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The Southold artist Michael Combs comes from a long line of Long Island hunters and baymen who made a hard living off the land. In his work, both gorgeous and grotesque, he draws a bead on the masculine culture of killing — of forever taking more from the bleeding Earth.
EAST Magazine - The East Hampton Star
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No one is super eager to potty-talk about sewage and human waste. But the dirty, filthy truth is that it’s a huge pollution problem, ruining our waters, and we need to face it now.
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Why do thousands of our neighbors rely on food pantries, staffed mainly by volunteers, to make it through the week? And what are we going to do about it?
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Solar energy isn’t just good for the planet (and the homeowner’s reputation as an altruist). Today it makes real financial sense — and can have a bold impact on domestic aesthetics, too.
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Oyster farming is a wonderful thing—for the environment, for foodies, for small-scale entrepreneurs. But what happens when the government grants aquaculture leases smack-dab where folks have been boating for hundreds of years?
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When I came along a year ago with a sketch of an idea to start a magazine for The Star — beautiful, authentic, local (in short, The Star in stunning pictures and carefully edited words) — I might as well have said: "Whale off!"
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