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When Times Were Hard, and Yet Somehow Better

    Reflections on life in East Hampton during the Great Depression brought a lively blend of nostalgia, laughter, and melancholy to Clinton Academy Friday night.

Feb 28, 2013
Sag Harbor’s only public bathing spot, Havens Beach, is on the road to recovery. Pollution Solution By Summer?

Sag Harbor’s only public bathing spot, Havens Beach, is on the road to recovery after 20 years of discussion and planning.

Feb 28, 2013
Aisha Ali, the head trainer at Amagansett’s Stony Hill Stables. The land will be preserved through a joint development rights purchase by the Peconic Land Trust and East Hampton Town. Vote to Preserve Stables

East Hampton Town and the Peconic Land Trust will join forces to purchase the development rights over 9.5 Amagansett acres containing the Stony Hill Stables.

Feb 28, 2013
Bar and Shop Get a Yes

Opening day for the Beach House, a luxury hotel in downtown Montauk, may be delayed by several days, if not longer.

Feb 28, 2013
Variances requested for two of the rental cottages at Millionaires Row on Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, stirred up storm clouds at the East Hampton Town Zoning Board meeting last week. Unusual Request on Fort Pond Bay

Storm flags were flying when the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request for several variances for a property containing seven cottages on Fort Pond Bay.

Feb 28, 2013
An antique corn-husking machine is among the early 1900s implements that could be displayed at a farm museum taking shape at the historic Selah Lester property on East Hampton’s North Main Street. Visions of a Lester Farm Museum

Plans for exhibits of 1900s life at property on North Main Street

Feb 28, 2013
Charred leaves and burned trees remained at the site on Red Dirt Road, Amagansett, where a man was killed late Friday. Police Release Name of Driver Killed in One-Car Crash

A Springs man, Samuel Spielberg, 31, was killed in a one-car crash late Friday night. First responders reported finding his 2002 Toyota 4Runner in woods off Red Dirt Road, just west of Old Stone Highway.

Feb 25, 2013
Rebecca Molinaro Replacement Found for Cantwell

East Hampton Village has appointed a replacement for Larry Cantwell, the village administrator for the past 30 years, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. announced on Friday.

Feb 21, 2013
Springs Hopes Eternal

Big-ticket items included in the Springs School District’s preliminary budget for the next school year .

Feb 21, 2013
The future of the Harbor Heights service station’s proposed expansion was discussed at the zoning board of appeals on Tuesday night by an attorney hired by Save Sag Harbor, a civic group. Z.B.A. Harbor Heights Opponents On Attack

Attorney for Save Sag Harbor claims expansion of nonconforming use

Feb 21, 2013
They May Say Yea To Jay

The East Hampton Town Republican Committee voted on Feb. 13 on its nominees for town supervisor and highway superintendent

Feb 21, 2013
Faced with aging municipal fuel tanks and pumps, East Hampton Town and Village are banding together to seek a state grant to build a new, joint facility. Town and Village May Gas Up Together

East Hampton Town and East Hampton Village are banding together to seek grant money for the construction of a centralized, shared facility.

Feb 21, 2013
Dan Asselin, second from right, served as a volunteer bus organizer for Forward on Climate, a rally to combat climate change held in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. He Helped Move A Movement

The largest climate rally in the nation’s history happened in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, and the movement to mitigate climate change has Dan Asselin to thank for some of the estimated 50,000 attendees.

Feb 21, 2013
Montauk Fire Chief Rich Schoen, standing, looked at maps that Peter Joyce, a fireman and former chief, has identified as being among the most vulnerable to damage should a storm like Hurricane Sandy hit Montauk. Shelter Upgrades Sought Out East

Fire chief makes a pitch for Playhouse generator and an evacuation plan

Feb 21, 2013
Ice skating at Greenport’s waterfront Mitchell Park is just one of the choices on the North Fork for those looking for a change of scenery this winter. A Day-Trip Cure for Those Winter Blues

Two jaunty ferry rides away, North Fork fun, food await

Feb 14, 2013
$7,500 For Dead Whale Removal

Hefty bill for heftier carcass is contested

Feb 14, 2013
A bar and retail conversion at the Montauk Beach House was the subject of discussion by the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday. Not Quite Out of the Woods

The Beach House, a hotel and playground for the well-sandaled young in downtown Montauk, can keep its bar, and its gift shop, too, but will probably have to go through some form of site plan review.

Feb 14, 2013
The East Hampton Village Board is considering greater restrictions of dogs on village beaches in the summer months and a requirement that they be kept on leashes. Dogs May Be Reined in at Beaches

Increased restriction of dogs on East Hampton Village beaches appears likely

Feb 14, 2013
Councilman Defends Town’s Record

Councilman Dominick Stanzione defended his and East Hampton Town’s record on recent changes to aircraft routes into and out of East Hampton Airport during a heated meeting in Town Hall last Thursday.

Feb 14, 2013
Edward L. Orr was arraigned Friday in East Hampton Town Justice Court on charges stemming from the apparent hit-and-run death of John Judge as he crossed Main Street in Amagansett on Oct. 23. Arrest in Hit-and-Run

The justice system has been a revolving door that may finally have come to a stop on Friday for the driver accused of running over and killing John Judge on Amagansett Main Street in October

Feb 14, 2013
February Blizzard Paralyzes South Fork

State of emergency continued as snow and high winds persisted Saturday morning. Some 1,400 were without in East Hampton Town.

Feb 9, 2013
Edward L. Orr was arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on charges stemming from the apparent hit-and-run death of John Judge as he crossed Main Street in Amagansett on Oct. 23. Montauk Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run Fatality

A damaged Jeep found in New Jersey has led to the arrest of Edward Orr, 30, in the October death of John Judge in Amagansett.

Feb 8, 2013
Good, if Cold, Fun

Expectations are high this weekend not only for snowfall, but for crowds flocking to bask in the joy of indoor and outdoor fun at the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s annual HarborFrost celebration.

Feb 7, 2013
A new donation jar has been placed at the Sag Harbor 7-Eleven to replace one that was stolen on Saturday. Employee’s Donation Jar Stolen

A plastic jug had been placed on the counter near the cash register at the 7-Eleven in Sag Harbor to collect donations for Jhenny Bueno Arias, the severely injured “best employee”

Feb 7, 2013
Case of the Missing Tax Bills

Just why an unknown number of East Hampton Town taxpayers did not receive their property tax bills at the end of 2012 is being questioned.

Feb 7, 2013
The Race Takes Shape

There may be nine months to go before Election Day, but already in East Hampton Town, Republicans are close to firming up their slate and Democrats are gearing up for serious deliberations over who will get the top spots on their ticket.

Feb 7, 2013
East Hampton Ramps Up School Safety

Since the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 children and six adult staffers dead, parents across the nation have worried about the safety and security of their children

Feb 7, 2013
Are Noise Restrictions on Horizon?

F.A.A.’s okay will be more likely if problems are well defined and targeted

Feb 7, 2013
Tom Preiato, East Hampton Town’s top building inspector, explained his interpretation of the town’s complex building code on Tuesday. Hotel Might Hurdle Bar Obstacle

The Beach House, Montauk’s season-old seasonal resort, appeared to have weathered a storm at an East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on Tuesday night.

Feb 7, 2013
Basketball will have to wait, though Mark Crandall, at left, and Hoops 4 Hope’s volunteer Canadian director, Rick Gill, at right, are using indoor soccer as the means by which to reach Inuit children with their life skills curriculum in the arctic region. Hoops 4 Hope Reaching Out to Inuits

Mark Crandall, who has for the past 18 years used sport to reach at-risk youngsters in southern Africa, has recently imported Hoops 4 Hope and Soccer 4 Hope’s model to the Inuits in Canada’s arctic region.

Feb 6, 2013