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Praise for Proposed Septic System Law

A proposed law that would require updated wastewater treatment systems for all new residences and for existing ones that expand by 25 percent or increase the number of bedrooms was praised by environmental advocates at an East Hampton Village Board public hearing on Friday. There was no opposition.

Jan 24, 2019
Trestle Work Pushed Back

The replacement of the railroad trestles that cross North Main Street and Accabonac Road in East Hampton Village, which had been scheduled for next month, will happen in October or November, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said yesterday.

Jan 24, 2019
Golf Course Upgrade Gets Approval

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals discussed an application Friday from the Maidstone Club, which is seeking permission to install drainage pipes, sump pumps, dry wells, and a swale on its golf course.

Jan 17, 2019
Dust blew off the barren farm field north of Amagansett's Main Street last week, creating a mess on parked cars and sidewalks and for village storekeepers. Amagansett Farm Field Dust Kicks up Furor

Twice last week, the dust blowing off the dry farm field just north of Main Street created thick clouds of particulate that swirled over the hamlet.

Jan 14, 2019
Second House to Be Restored

Second House, the oldest structure in Montauk, will benefit from a $450,000 restoration project, the East Hampton Town Board announced at the close of its business in 2018.

Jan 10, 2019
The Big Date Change of 1751

Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection

Jan 10, 2019
Pamela McDonald stood amid the remaining inventory at Bermuda Bikes in East Hampton last month. She and her husband, Kent, are selling the store after nearly 40 years. Bike Shop for Sale; McDonalds to Retire

Bermuda Bikes, the shop on Gingerbread Lane in East Hampton that has been selling and servicing bicycles for nearly 40 years, is for sale, Kent and Pamela McDonald, the husband and wife owners, announced recently.

Jan 3, 2019
East Hampton Village in Great Fiscal Shape

An auditor delivered an upbeat report on the East Hampton Village government’s fiscal status on Friday.

Dec 27, 2018
Neighbors Foresee a Traffic ‘Disaster’

Residents of Osborne Lane and adjacent streets in East Hampton gave the East Hampton Village Board an unqualified thumbs-down assessment of the small parking lot under construction at 8 Osborne Lane, a property the village purchased and on which a house was recently demolished, at the village board’s meeting on Friday.

Dec 27, 2018
From Uncle Ferris, Christmas 1880

The East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection holds a few local sketches Mary Scott Moran Tassin made, and she clearly had artistic talents.

Dec 20, 2018
Jewish Center Seeks Classrooms

An application from the Jewish Center of the Hamptons for variances and permission to convert a garage into classrooms and legalize existing accessory structures, including a shed and a tent, was discussed at the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Friday.

Dec 20, 2018
In New Soil Beloved Tradition Grows Fresh Roots

They gathered shortly after noon Sunday at their meeting place at the Chase Bank on Main Street in East Hampton, and for the next 45 minutes as they made their way to Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, neither the rain nor sleet nor gray skies dampened their enthusiasm.

Dec 19, 2018
Mr. Dering, What News of Politics?

Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection

Dec 13, 2018
Officials Disdain Subdivision

Kenneth Schwenk and his family seek to develop nine house lots clustered in the southwest corner of the property, which would also contain nearly 27 acres of agricultural reserve.

Dec 13, 2018
If the referendum is passed, the Length of Service Award Program benefits for volunteer ambulance members will be brought in line with those for volunteer firefighters in East Hampton Village. Referendum Tuesday to Increase Benefit for E.H. Ambulance Volunteers

East Hampton Village will hold a referendum on Tuesday increase the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) benefits for active volunteer ambulance members.

Dec 10, 2018
On Sunday, waves lapped at the downtown Montauk oceanfront, where erosion from recent storms has carried away sand and exposed the sandbags beneath it. A Montauk hamlet study recommends coastal retreat for oceanfront motels and a gradual shift to higher ground. Hearing Ahead on Montauk Hamlet Study

The last of five public hearings for the Town of East Hampton’s hamlet studies will happen at the town board’s meeting next Thursday and will focus on Montauk. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at Town Hall.

Nov 29, 2018
Activists Against Plan for Impound Yard

The Sag Harbor Village Board’s decision to use a site adjacent to the Long Pond Greenbelt for a vehicle impound yard drew an onslaught of criticism during a public hearing on Nov. 13 and prompted Aidan Corish, a trustee, to make a forceful plea for another location. The greenbelt is part of an ecosystem of coastal plain ponds.

Nov 21, 2018
Historic Buildings to Return to North Main

With plans to return the historic Dominy clock and woodworking shops to their original location on North Main Street, the East Hampton Village Board accepted a bid on Friday from John Hummel and Associates to restore the structures and construct a timber-frame house as an adjacent exhibition space.

Nov 21, 2018
Wed at Graceland Chapel

After 20 years together, Philip Edward Judson and James David Maloney of East Hampton were married at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas on Oct. 4.

Nov 15, 2018
Z.B.A. Insists Outdoor Parties Are Illegal

The Hedges Inn will not be allowed to hold outdoor events, even in tents, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals decided on Friday. The decision corroborates opinions of the village administrator and building inspector, who, in March, denied four permits for the inn, a frequent wedding venue, on the grounds that outdoor dining is not a permitted use of the pre-existing, nonconforming commercial property, which is in a residential zone. The pertinent village law took effect on Oct. 1.

Nov 15, 2018
East Hampton in World War I

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Armistice Day, which evolved into Veterans Day. Armistice Day remembered the anniversary of the peace treaty with Germany that ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918. It’s hard to think of a more appropriate item for this week than John Calvin Hadder’s compilation on East Hampton in World War I.

Nov 8, 2018
Free Community Day at the Parrish

The Parrish Art Museum has changed up its permanent collection galleries and is in a mood to celebrate this weekend. Its new exhibition, “Every Picture Tells a Story,” opens to the public on Sunday with a free community day at the museum from noon to 3 p.m.

Nov 8, 2018
As he stepped down as East Hampton Village police chief, Jerry Larsen was praised at a village board meeting in January 2017 by both Richard Lawler, center, and Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., right. Later that year, he sued both of them, and the village. Larsen Lawsuit Dismissed as Untimely

The lawsuit filed by Jerry Larsen, a former East Hampton Village police chief, against Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., Richard Lawler, a village trustee, and the village in general was dismissed by a federal judge on Sept. 24 on the basis of the statute of limitations.

Nov 8, 2018
The Calaveras Chronicle, Oct. 25, 1851

Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection

Nov 1, 2018
Water Forum: Replace, Reduce, Increase

Strategies for protecting the health of the East End’s drinking water supply, among them replacing outdated septic systems, reducing the use of pesticides, and increasing land preservation, were presented Tuesday, at a forum hosted by the Accabonac Protection Committee.

Nov 1, 2018
The East Hampton Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Fall Festival was a big hit on Saturday. Andres Zhungo joined in a mural painting project. East Hampton Notes 10.25.18

Nighttime Tours

If a group slowly roaming the South End Burying Ground startles drivers on Main Street or James Lane Tuesday evening, they need not worry; it will be Hugh King, director of Home, Sweet Home Museum, leading a flashlight tour with stories about the notable figures buried there.

The one-hour outing will begin at Home, Sweet Home at 5 p.m. It has been organized by the East Hampton Historical Society, which is taking required reservations by phone at 631-324-6850 or at easthamptonhistory.org. The cost is $15, and participants will be limited to 18.

Oct 25, 2018
Bruce Howard, who has worked at the Montauk Post Office for 28 years, celebrated 30 years with the United States Postal Service on Monday with his co-worker Jeanne Stevens and a postal patron, Judy Morton. Montauk Notes 10.25.18

Montauk Notes from the Oct. 25 print issue.

Oct 25, 2018
Sag Harbor Notes 10.25.18

Sag Harbor Note from the Oct. 25 print issue.

Oct 25, 2018
Village Notes 10.25.18

The Bonac Amateur Radio Club will hold its monthly meeting tonight from 6 to 8 at the Amagansett Library. The group meets on the fourth Thursday of every month and promotes amateur radio on the South Fork.

Oct 25, 2018
Fort Pond Water Still a Threat

Based on its latest rounds of water testing last week, Concerned Citizens of Montauk again urged people to avoid contact with the water in Fort Pond, where a blue-green algae bloom persisted.

Oct 18, 2018