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The way in which the East Hampton Town Board makes decisions, and how much takes place in the public eye, is shaping up to be a bone of contention between the Republican majority and the two newly elected Democrats.

A new draft of lighting code revisions will be a topic of discussion at a meeting of environmental groups in East Hampton.

A crowd packed the Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton on Monday to sing, listen, and pay tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A lesson in ‘the power one person has to spark tremendous change’

Mark Naison, a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University, said the Occupy movement had brought the issues of economic inequality that Dr. King had raised to the forefront of political discourse.

The weather has been exceptionally good for January, the deer herd bigger and the harvest has been low.

Richard D. Threlkeld, a retired network television news reporter, died Friday morning when his Mini Cooper struck a Peterbilt truck hauling propane.

Disciplinary charges against Larry Penny, East Hampton Town’s longtime director of Natural Resources, were completely dropped by the town board last week.

The Springs School Board announced at its meeting on Monday night that it plans to adopt a new administrative model for the district.

Yellow tape stretched between the pilings at the commercial dock at the end of Gann Road in East Hampton this week, where a 2004 Subaru plunged into Three Mile Harbor on Jan. 4

Reconstruction has begun on Sag Harbor’s crumbling 19th-century Bulova watch factory.

After 17 years roasting and serving coffee from their shop in Sag Harbor, the proprietors of Java Nation were notified that they must vacate their rented premises by Jan. 31.

When conjuring up an image of a firefighter, a woman does not usually come to mind. The Springs Fire Department defies this stereotype.

Fresh trails delight at Amsterdam Beach Preserve

East Hampton Town police have released the name of a man who died Wednesday afternoon after driving his car over the edge of the bulkhead at the commercial dock on Gann Road and into the cold water of Three Mile Harbor.

The East Hampton School District’s ongoing legal battle with Sandpebble Builders had its day in appellate court.

In addition to maintaining a hospital and the expensive undertaking of feeding and rehabilitating animals, the Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons is an educational resource.

“I’m at my wits’ end,” said Mary Laspia, a Gould Street neighbor of East Hampton High School, who spoke up during the East Hampton School Board meeting on Dec. 20. She was referring to the noise from the new heating and air-conditioning units on the roof of the school.

Two East Hampton women recently spent a week at hospitals outside of Port-au-Prince to help caregivers learn new ways to provide a little T.L.C. not only to others, but to themselves.

After more than 42 years in the East Hampton Town Police Department, Lt. Francis Mott will retire from the force on Saturday with the distinction of being the town’s longest serving officer to date.

Does Springs need a full-time superintendent at all?

Year-end hearings address road improvements, Napeague beach access, contractor licenses, too

East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, are opening up old trails and blazing new ones.

Masons bring in money toward a new Scoville Hall

Another pre-existing, nonconforming building is drawing fire in the political arena this month.

Friday marked the 325th anniversary of the day Thomas Dongan signed the document that to a large extent defines this place.

A judge last Wednesday declined to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prevented East Hampton Town officials from seeking and accepting money from the Federal Aviation Administration for a deer fencing project

The announcement two weeks ago that the south end of Three Mile Harbor would not be dredged as planned has not gone over well, but a county legislator sees a silver lining.

The comforting smell of cooked lentils with rice and freshly baked bread filled the classroom last Thursday at Our Sons and Daughters, a Waldorf preschool located at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton.

Several years ago, Paul Roman, dressed as Santa with a surfboard on the beach, was featured on the cover of The East Hampton Star’s holiday supplement. Underneath the fuzzy red suit he wore a wetsuit, but the bowl full of jelly was all his.