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A Catholic nun, visiting from Syosset, and a year-round Montauk woman were killed in unrelated accidents on local roads in the last eight days.

Mitt Romney’s South Fork whirlwind fund-raising trip to the South Fork brought protesters to properties in East Hampton and Southampton on Sunday.

Operation Nightcap swept through East Hampton Town and Village, Sag Harbor, and Shelter Island on Saturday

An annual party billed as Shark Attack Sounds drew between 2,000 and 3,000 people, depending on who is doing the estimating, to Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe

The Fourth of July may be officially over, but the fireworks celebrations continue.

The East Hampton Town Board once again discussed deer management at a work session Tuesday, agreeing, it seemed, that an initial assessment of the numbers of deer would be needed.

With an unadvertised “soft opening” last Thursday, Jim Ryan saw an increase in passengers each day. By Sunday, over 400 passengers had ridden aboard the Peconic Bay Water Jitney.

As of yesterday, several groups were planning demonstrations near the Meadow Lane, Southampton, residence of Julia and David Koch, where a $50,000-a-plate ($75,000 per couple) dinner is set to begin at 5 p.m.

The General Services Administration is auctioning off two lighthouses in our neck of the woods. Bids, starting at $10,000, are now being accepted

State legislation was passed in Albany last week allowing East Hampton Town to sell its 50-percent share of the Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack to Southampton Town

Maidstone’s experts make case for irrigation plan

The Springs School Board annouced on Friday that Dominic Mucci will be returning as interm superintendent.

An East Hampton man arrested on a charge of child sex abuse stemming from an alleged 2004 incident was released yesterday after time ran out on the Suffolk district attorney to get an indictment.

Chet Basher, a 70-year-old Special Forces Vietnam veteran and longtime summer resident of Louse Point Road in Springs, is riding his bicycle across America to support the Wounded Warrior Project.

Montauk residents take their claims to federal court

Accounts differ on which side started late-night fight outside Montauk bars

Community members expressed dismay at an East Hampton Town Board work session Tuesday over the board’s recent bickering.

The community covenants prohibit any kind of coop for the housing of chickens.

In Sag Harbor Village, three people are seeking two seats on the village board

Unpublicized campaign nets 15 in Southampton; who’s next?

Regulations for surfing lessons, yoga instruction, and photo shoots on the beaches have not been spelled out but could be soon.

There will be no nail biting for anyone on Tuesday, East Hampton Village’s election day, as every race this year is uncontested.

A proposal that would place four branches of town government under the supervision of a new Environmental Protection Department failed to pass muster at a meeting of the East Hampton Town Board.

A partially built barn in Wainscott, standing on land that community members and East Hampton Town paid to preserve, is presenting a legal quagmire.

While most Montauk residents were sleeping, a brawl that bystanders said was a bias crime broke out downtown in the early hours Monday.

After a Coast Guard inspection today and an expected county vote on Tuesday, the Peconic Jitney passenger ferry will be able to hit the harbor for 100 days.

Allegations that East Hampton Town officials had improperly intervened in decisions regarding the issuance of a building permit for renovations at the former Ronjo motel in Montauk are “totally baseless

Frank A. Hanna, 29, accused of shooting 20-year-old Freddie Stephens with a .44-caliber handgun on May 24, was turned over to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, preparatory to being indicted by the county for the shooting.

The garbage cans on Amagansett Main Street are being filled far beyond their capacity, even before the end of a weekend.

In resolution to be considered Thursday in Town Hall, Supervisor Bill Wilkinson was to propose a major reorganization of land-use review for the Town of East Hampton.