At the Byron Young Fish Passage.

The Montauk Friends of Erin might make it look like it’s all fun and games when they step off from the Montauk Firehouse at noon Sunday for the 63rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but it takes the hard work of legions of volunteers to pull it off. 

Thirteen and a half months after being placed on paid leave following accusations that she stole a $25 gift card meant for another staffer, the Amagansett School principal, Maria Dorr, returned to work Monday, cleared of all charges and “as passionate as ever about creating a school culture where respect, growth, and achievement flourish,” she said in a statement. 

My husband and I took long, life-affirming cycling trips, until one day everything changed.

It’s not clear when, or if, President Trump’s European alcohol tariff will ever go live. Nonetheless, the threat is looming over South Fork wine and liquor retailers, who have been forced to react to the uncertainty. 

East Hampton Town completed a pilot invasive species removal project at the 42-acre Springs Park on March 18. The park was closed while the work was being done, and town employees who spent the day guarding the gates estimated that 80 people had to be turned away. 

The Wainscott Commercial Center will be required to provide more environmental analysis of its planned 50-unit industrial park near the western gateway to East Hampton Town, after a unanimous vote by the town planning board last week.

In January, when the Shinnecock Indian Nation received confirmation from the U.S. Department of the Interior that its sovereignty extends to the territory known as Westwoods, Lisa Goree and her colleagues on the tribal council should have been able to breathe a bit easier. Instead, they find themselves in fight mode all over again.