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What It Takes to Be a Star

Take a look at real estate ads and you will notice that the names of certain brokers keep cropping up on the ultra high-priced listings

Jun 27, 2013
Fred Pharaoh, a member of the Montaukett tribe, was encouraged by a recent decision in the New York State Legislature to recognize the tribe. Reflecting on State’s Reversal

Fred Pharaoh, a member of the Montaukett tribe, was encouraged by a recent decision in the New York State Legislature to recognize the tribe

Jun 27, 2013
How to Behave, Part I

Here’s the thing: Things happen. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. Yes, even you. Going out to eat is a gamble. It shouldn’t be, but it is.

Jun 25, 2013
Sentenced in Child Rape Case

A 24-year-old East Hampton man who pled guilty last month to 76 charges involving sex with children as young as 8 was sentenced Friday to multiple sentences of 20 years to life in state prison.

Jun 22, 2013
Flowers, candles, and stuffed animals have been placed at the roadside near the spot where Anna was hit and classmates and friends have been visiting it over the past few days. Community Mourns Death Of Eighth Grader

At the Springs School, where eighth graders should have spent the week anticipating summer and preparing for graduation, staff and students instead grappled with the death on Saturday of a 14-year-old classmate who was to have graduated tonight.

Jun 20, 2013
A reveller from last year's Shark Attack Sounds party in Montauk. Supervisor Backs Bid for Bash for 3,900 People

After being shut down by town officials last year mid-rave, the annual Shark Attack Sounds party may move to the Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island for a nearly all-night bash on the Fourth of July.

Jun 20, 2013
Following a recent Spanish-language music and song class at the Children’s Museum of the East End, a group of mothers and their young children moved to the art room, where they decorated canvas book bags. Music of Assimilation at CMEE

Recent data suggest that early learning revolves around a child’s exposure to language — the more, and the earlier, the better.

Jun 20, 2013
Deer Study: Fewer Than Expected

The value of an aerial deer-population survey conducted in East Hampton Town in March, which counted 877 animals in its flyover of the town using infrared cameras, was debated by East Hampton Town Board.

Jun 20, 2013
The Rev. Katrina Foster at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett in January Leading Renewal, Doubly So

As the Rev. Katrina Foster entered the sanctuary at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett on Sunday afternoon, a joyous applause rained down. With her three-year contract set to expire at month’s end, the congregation had just voted on whether or not to retain Ms. Foster as their pastor.

Jun 20, 2013
This 1880s Springs farmhouse with second-floor water views is listed online at Airbnb for $450 a night for up to two people with a two-night minimum stay. Additional guests are $250 each. The Hotel Next Door

Did you know that in the Town of East Hampton you are only permitted to rent your house out for fewer than 14 days twice in a six-month period? Otherwise it is considered a motel.

Jun 20, 2013
A sign on the door of the Sag Harbor 7-Eleven Monday promised that it would reopen soon. Feds Seize Sag Harbor 7-Eleven

The U.S. Attorney's Office says owners of 14 7-Elevens used stolen identities to smuggle “dozens of illegal immigrants” into the country, and then employed them at the stores while stealing “substantial portions” of the vulnerable workers’ weekly pay.

Jun 17, 2013
The town will add sand to a portion of the Ditch Plain beach in Montauk, where erosion has exposed hardpan and rocks, so that it can be used by bathers this summer. Sand Coming to Replenish Ditch Plain

East Hampton Town will add sand to a portion of the Ditch Plain beach in Montauk, where erosion has exposed hardpan and rocks, so that it can be used by bathers this summer.

Jun 13, 2013
Jessica Mavro, an employee at Montauk Clothing Co., showed off one of its many “Ditch Plains” T-shirts. Can You Trademark a Place?

A Hauppauge apparel company has filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the name “Ditch Plains” for its exclusive use on clothing

Jun 13, 2013
Houses on the low end of the market, like this one in Southampton offered for $289,000, can be found but usually need a lot of work. Hawking the Low End

Houses on the low end of the market can be found but usually need a lot of work.

Jun 13, 2013
Three Spots Eyed for New Public Beach

Three areas along the ocean on Napeague are being considered for new East Hampton Town bathing beaches with lifeguards and bathrooms.

Jun 13, 2013
In 1992, Lou Sapienza was the expedition photographer on a mission to recover the P-38 fighter plane Glacier Girl, which went down during World War II, from deep in the ice of Greenland. Bringing Lost Airmen Home Again

An expedition to Greenland to recover bodies from a World War II crash site

Jun 13, 2013
In the Background

There was Rose, black apron tied around her waist, blond hair pulled into a bun, pencil pushed behind her ear. I called out to her, “Rose! Hey!” and hugged her with inebriated familiarity.

Jun 11, 2013
Springs Landlord Arraigned on Peeping Charges

An assistant district attorney said Donald J. Torr, 69, was taking renters' money and "invading their privacy at the same time."

Jun 7, 2013
Would-Be Saboteurs to Be Foiled Again

The second annual re-enactment of the 1942 landing by four Nazi saboteurs will take place Thursday, at about the same spot on Atlantic Avenue Beach where it happened.

Jun 6, 2013
A Pond-Front Trophy

Even in the Hamptons, a price tag of $75 million for a 5-plus-acre property raises eyebrows.

Jun 6, 2013
Ditch Plain beach in Montauk, summer 2008 Please, Sir, More Sand For Ditch Plain

Ditch Plain beach in Montauk, now a rocky expanse is closed to swimming because of erosion-related hazards on the shore and in the surf.

Jun 6, 2013
Town v. Cyrils, Another Round

    The town’s ongoing dispute with Cyril’s, the popular roadside restaurant and bar on Napeague, returned to court on Monday in a continued effort to hammer out a resolution to the many outstanding violations at the property.

    Among the many charges Cyril’s is facing are lack of site plan approval from the town, lack of a building permit for some of the structures on the site, and illegal wetlands clearing.

Jun 6, 2013
New Principal Hired

The East Hampton School Board unanimously voted to appoint Elizabeth A. Doyle as the new principal of the John M. Marshall Elementary School

Jun 6, 2013
Trustees: Due Diligence for Damaged Dunes?

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ efforts to maintain jurisdiction over public property is creating friction with beachfront property owners hoping to rebuild dunes damaged fall and winter.

Jun 6, 2013
The federal government will pay to plan and design a rebuilt Montauk beach. Feds Okay $700 Million for Beaches

Rebuilding downtown Montauk’s shorefront is targeted to take place next year

Jun 6, 2013
Why So Fast?

You go to a restaurant and sit for a while then you order and after you’re finished you can stay for as long as you want. No one rushes you.

Jun 4, 2013
Beat Goes On at Montauk Beach House

Allegations made by two men who worked with the Beach House in its inaugural season last year cast the private club as a mere accessory to an even larger second business, that of a music venue.

May 30, 2013
Andreas Dutchmann rides with friend Cash, who appears a bit in the bag, on Friday’s Cannonball. (see more photos below) All Aboard the L.I.R.R.'s Cannonball Express

Aboard the 4:07 from Penn Station, a crowd of mostly 20-somethings, with some older folk thrown in, filled the aisles and stairs of the double-decker cars on Friday, sitting on bags, suitcases, and, occasionally, each other.

May 30, 2013
Things Are Looking Up for Town Finances

After several choppy years marked by the aftermath of financial mismanagement under a former administration, East Hampton Town’s financial outlook is clear

May 30, 2013
Tales of a Hamptons Waitress: Silently Judge Everyone

You’re in the Hamptons for the summer! Awesome, right? Except you need to get a job and your options are retail or restaurants. You choose food service because you have a masochistic streak as well as a stunning lack of common sense. Welcome to the family.

May 28, 2013