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Edith Wright, known to people in Montauk as Deet, died on Monday afternoon when she was apparently swept into the ocean by Hurricane Sandy’s violent surge.

Shelter Island ferry captains, police, firefighters, medical technicians, and a ferry passenger with a truck joined together to evacuate a 92-year-old woman on Monday afternoon in the middle of Hurricane Sandy.

Increased foot traffic for East Hampton eateries; "Everybody just wanted to get out of the house."

The body of a woman between the ages of 45 and 50 was discovered at Georgica Beach in East Hampton Tuesday morning.

Outside groups have spent almost $3.3 million in the race for the House of Representatives this year, with the bulk of the money spent on behalf of Randy Altschuler, who is challenging the incumbent five-term Democrat.

Prospects for the scallop season were unsettled this week, as baymen get ready for state and Southampton waters to open for dredging on Nov. 5 and East Hampton waters on Nov. 12.

Larry Cantwell is pondering a return to town politics when he retires in June or July from the village post he's held for 30 years.

The East Hampton Presbyterian Church’s Session House was full on Friday night as residents came to hear recollections of the Hurricane of 1938 from four who experienced it up close.

Southampton Town Councilwoman Bridget Fleming of Noyac, the Democratic candidate for state senator from the First District, debated the Republican incumbent, Senator Kenneth P. LaValle of Port Jefferson, on Monday night in East Hampton.

Over 100 people gathered at the East Hampton High School auditorium Monday night to discuss whether a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community center should be established on the South Fork.

Bryan and Michele Gosman have been posting signs all over Montauk, with some in East Hampton and Amagansett.

An outpouring of support — and music — filled the Steven Talkhouse in Amagansett Friday night at a benefit for Cheryl Bennett and Michael Mazzaraco, an East Hampton couple who have been besieged by the complications and costs of breast cancer.

Elected officials representing the towns, villages, and districts of the East End have once again asked the Federal Aviation Administration to add a southern route for helicopter traffic along the Atlantic coastline

Carrier’s job may have been victim of paperwork

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone last week signed into a law a requirement that all recreational boaters living in Suffolk obtain a state safe-boating certificate

East Hampton Village plans to install or retrofit drains to stem the introduction of contaminated stormwater runoff into Georgica Pond

Announced in mid-June of this year, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, provides illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States as children a temporary reprieve from the looming threat of deportation.

At Fireplace Lodge they learned ‘purpose, love, loyalty,’ and survival skills

Board watchers seek answers on closed-door talks

David H. Hernandez, 16, who took his own life on Sept. 29, had been the subject of repeated and sustained bullying at the school because of his sexual orientation, according to his mother, who claims the administration ignored what was happening because David was an immigrant Latino.

Three potentially controversial solutions for the tricky Main Street and Buell Lane intersection presented.

Board’s lack of openness decried, and what about the big headquarters?

When an initial search proved fruitless, police called in the county.

The Sag Harbor Village Board agreed to seek partial police patrols from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department.

A simple act of kindness sparked a lifelong obsession.

Lighthouse Museum now houses of replica of ill-starred giant ship

A tentative budget for 2013 released this week by East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson calls for a $3.3 million increase.

Trustees have been traversing Georgica Beach to open the pond for many decades.

Chowder has deep roots in the Northeast, especially here on Long Island. It should be taken seriously.

Signs limiting or excluding certain vehicles, and strict enforcement of traffic regulations, are imperative to reducing congestion on residential roadways.