Christine Sampson

1 week ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christine Sampson

What defines a “professional” artist, especially here in East Hampton, the East End’s original artist colony? The answers are endless, and it’s a question that Shari Goddard Shambaugh struggles with each time she talks about her art. Those conversations are infrequent to begin with, she says, because she tends not to engage in a lot of self-promotion.

1 week ago | 27east.com | Christine Sampson

For a flower found so abundantly across the chapters and verses of great literature, it’s fair to say so much less is written in those pages about exactly how to grow them. But fortunately for rose lovers and growers here, East End horticulturists have plenty to say on this topic.

2 weeks ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christine Sampson

When’s it okay to put a dollar value on a strikeout or base hit in a high school baseball game? The answer: when the game is a fund-raiser for a beloved coach and teacher recovering from a life-changing medical incident. This week, the Bridgehampton School varsity baseball team will rally around Michael DeRosa, the school’s athletic director and gym teacher as well as a coach of the Killer Bees baseball team.

2 weeks ago | southforker.com | Christine Sampson

Breathe Social Share The new emergency medical center on Pantigo Road opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, April 5.

4 weeks ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christine Sampson

Durell Godfrey, the East Hampton Star’s longtime staff photographer and a fixture at community events from Montauk to Southampton, has once again been named one of New York State’s top photographers. At the New York Press Association’s annual conference last week in Saratoga Springs, The Star’s newsletter also repeated in winning first place in the Best Newsletter category, capping a successful awards season for the paper.