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Another pre-existing, nonconforming building is drawing fire in the political arena this month.

Approximately 150 people filled the East Hampton Town Hall meeting room and an adjacent hallway last Thursday night for a hearing on whether the town should seek Federal Aviation Administration funds

Two East Hampton High School Students and one from Westhampton Beach High School admitted to defacing a picture of the boys varsity soccer team.

Larry Penny, East Hampton Town’s director of natural resources, was suspended without pay for 30 days by the town board at a hastily called work session Wednesday.

Rising enrollment at the John M. Marshall Elementary School had East Hampton School Board members and school administrators talking about possible solutions to overcrowded classrooms

A flurry of activity, if not snow, has surrounded the Hook Mill in recent days, as teams of workers donated time and effort to get the East Hampton landmark ready for the holidays.

Attorney for opponents asking for injunction

Broader shores provided scenic evidence this week that the dredging of both inlets was complete — well, almost.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson has narrowly won a second term, claiming victory by the smallest margin in East Hampton Town history.

Mr. Ecker will be named the Montauk Chamber of Commerce’s man of the year at its end-of-season party at East by Northeast restaurant next Thursday.

It was downright balmy on Saturday when an estimated 5,000 people gathered on the grounds of the Montauk Lighthouse for the fourth annual Lighting of the Light.

North Main convenience store plans prompt review of tangled property history

A house owned by two families at 68 Fresh Pond Road in Amagansett burned to the ground on Nov. 11, killing two dogs

The East Hampton Town Board’s decision about whether to take a federal grant for security and deer fencing around the airport may have repercussions.

This weekend, Christmas at the Lighthouse will be celebrated, with the lighting of the Montauk Lighthouse on Saturday.

A native Montauker conjures what Native Americans saw

Station offering local and national news could be up and running by the spring

November is offering up some hopeful news in the closely-related worlds of both commercial and recreational fisheries.

With help from private donors, deer hunters are offering up their bounty to local food pantries, turning a surplus of deer into a supplemental source of food for people in need.

An electrical fire in the Mulligans’ house on Fairview Avenue destroyed almost all of their belongings.

The town-owned parking lot behind Amagansett Main Street has 157 spaces, but shopowners have long said more are needed.

Army Sgt. Antonio De Petris, a 24-year-old East Hampton native, has been commended four times for his leadership under enemy fire and dexterity in combat situations.

Michael Hartner, the Springs School superintendent since 2009, has tendered his resignation to the school board, effective June 30, 2012.

Amagansett firefighters were called to a house fire on Fresh Pond Road in that hamlet at about 3:30 p.m.

Starting at just before 9:30 p.m., results rolled in from various election districts, and the tallies quickly showed that the Democrats’ two town board candidates, Sylvia Overby and Peter Van Scoyoc, were top vote-getters.

Half an hour before the polls closed, finding a seat at Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett, where Republicans gathered Tuesday night to watch the election results, was already a chancy proposition.

The Sherrill farmhouse and acreage, owned by the same family since 1792, is an excellent site for an East Hampton history center, Prudence Carabine believes.

The East Hampton High School principal has made it “a personal mission of mine” to curtail the student-aimed evenings at Lily Pond, a nightclub on Three Mile Harbor Road.

Some Members of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee are worried the new owners of Salivar’s restaurant are planning to make it a club.

The Republican incumbent, Bill Wilkinson, who was elected by a landslide in 2009 on promises to “right the town’s financial ship,” held a tenuous lead of just 177 vote over the Democrats’ Zachary Cohen.