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Chowder has deep roots in the Northeast, especially here on Long Island. It should be taken seriously.

A new program titled Filmmakers in the Classroom hopes to expose the community’s youngest residents to the riches of cinema.

Frank A. Hanna, accused by the East Hampton Town police in the accidental shooting of a friend, pled guilty to one felony charge and was sentenced to a year in prison.

The East Hampton Town Police Department’s search for George Richardson of Dix Hills, who disappeared in the early morning hours of Aug. 28 from a motel in Montauk, intensified this week.

A Long Lane fire involved the East Hampton, Springs, Amagansett, and Sag Harbor Fire Departments.

The New York State Department of Health confirmed a third human case of West Nile virus in Suffolk County this week and is analyzing several other potential cases.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals voted on Friday to require a full environmental study of the Maidstone Club’s proposed irrigation system overhaul, prompting a heated debate.

Suffolk County this week served notice that it may sue the town and demanded the restoration of the prime agricultural soil that was hauled away.

Late blight strikes again, leaving fruit to die on vine

The family and police continue to believe that Mr. Richardson is alive, and the search continues.

An ambitious project to protect a six-mile stretch of Atlantic shoreline within the Bridgehampton and Sagaponack Erosion Control Districts would be paid for almost entirely by residents of the two special taxing districts.

Chosen in an election in July, Lance Cpl. Roger King is the youngest to have served as the post’s commander.

Members of the town board requested clarification about a $118,000 bill for legal services.

At about 1 p.m. Thursday, East Hampton Fire Department volunteers responded to a report of a barn on fire off Long Lane in East Hampton.

Altschuler, Bishop each claim lead, data to prove it

Democratic candidates looking to unseat New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle met in one of their final debates before the primary next Thursday.

Anger over airport noise was apparently the motivation for a caller to the airport noise hotline late last week, which prompted representatives of the F.B.I. to visit.

“There’s always a certain level of danger in an aircraft, or a car, or walking down the street,” said the pilot, who prefers to “hand-fly” his plane rather than cruise on auto-pilot.

It’s chaos. It’s a party. It’s Montauk after hours — last call 3:30 a.m.

Talks with F.A.A. officials ‘made clear who owns the sky, and it’s not us’

In your face, Huffington Post and CNBC, and all the other naysayers who reported last week that the rich aren’t as philanthropic as regular Joes. Turns out, East Hampton residents who earn more money also give a greater percentage to charitable causes.

East Hampton Town police issued a missing-person alert yesterday for George Richardson, 50, an executive at Huntington Hospital, who was last seen at a Montauk motel in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was in town on Friday to address supporters at an East End for Obama fund-raiser, held at the Ocean Avenue, Bridgehampton house of Matthew Mallow and Ellen Chesler.

With the presentation of a plaque at a party on Aug. 22, the Montauk Lighthouse officially became a National Historic Landmark.

Proposed amendments to 11 chapters of the East Hampton Town Code will come up for public hearing next Thursday, starting at 7 p.m., in East Hampton Town Hall.

“It is not the most lighthearted way to start a weekend in the Hamptons, but it is relevant,” said Oliver Niedermaier, who hosted the party with his wife, Constanze, to draw attention to the issue of slavery in the modern world.

One of East Hampton Town’s most storied marine buildings, second only to the Montauk Lighthouse, is undergoing a restoration.

Three Mile Harbor Trailer Park is installing a custom-designed septic system, even as the town is having the site appraised for a possible purchase.

East Hampton Town’s finances got an A-plus from the outside auditing firm that finished a 2011 audit in mid-July.

In the time-honored tradition of journalists leaving the field to become public relations consultants, Bridget LeRoy has jumped ship.