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The prospect of fertilizer runoff into Georgica Pond was unacceptable, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals said in denying a proposed rose garden at 40 West End Road. No Roses Near Georgica Pond

A divided East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals decided Friday that a property owner on Georgica Pond may not plant a rose garden within the required 125-foot wetlands setback.

Feb 18, 2016
A fence Steven A. Cohen had built in front of his renovated building on Pantigo Road, East Hampton, was the subject of a planning board discussion on Feb. 9. Hedge Funder’s Gate Not ‘Friendly’

Steven A. Cohen's offending structure is a six-foot-tall chain link fence with a cedar facade. It was built without site plan approval.

Feb 18, 2016
The driver of a Saab that crashed into trees along Old Stone Highway in Amagansett on Monday was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Saved by Narcan in Springs

A Springs man who crashed a 2007 Saab into the woods off Old Stone Highway in Amagansett on Monday morning had to be given the life-saving drug.

Feb 18, 2016
Southampton Takes on Uber, Limos

Southampton Town is taking on Uber, but unlike the Town of East Hampton, which adopted regulations last summer that made it nearly impossible for drivers with the nationwide ride-sharing service to operate here.

Feb 18, 2016
Georgica Pond is the focus of a new effort to reverse the effects of pollution. Georgica Pond Is in Trouble, Supervisor Says

Georgica Pond will only be brought back to health through new approaches to waste management, landscaping practices, and road runoff.

Feb 18, 2016
The Montauk Fire Department's fire police personnel have kept a portion of East Lake Drive closed after a machinery accident at the Montauk Lake Club and Marina. Update: Man Dies in Montauk Machinery Accident

Hector O. Duarte-Roque, 44, of Hampton Bays was run over by a piece of machinery being used to move material in front of the Montauk Lake Club and Marina on Thursday morning.

Feb 18, 2016
Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz was the recipient of national and state awards recognizing her work teaching agricultural concepts. Bridgehampton Teacher Receives National Award

Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz has many responsibilities at the Bridgehampton School, among them teaching classes in nutrition and botany and running the school’s garden and greenhouse program.

Feb 18, 2016
Hamlet Study Starting

A study of East Hampton Town’s nonresidential properties, designed to help develop long-range plans for each of the town’s hamlets, will get underway in mid-March by a Massachusetts firm hired to coordinate the work.

Feb 18, 2016
To Combat Drug Abuse

A spike in drug-related incidents at East Hampton High School this year has spurred officials to organize two forums on the dangers of drugs and addiction.

Feb 18, 2016
Update: Fire Damages Noyac House Wednesday

A passer-by saw smoke in the vicinity of the car repair shop on Noyac Road Wednesday afternoon, and Sag Harbor firefighters found smoke pouring from the eaves of a neighboring house.

Feb 17, 2016
Thomas Gilbert Jr. Trial Nears for Thomas Gilbert Jr., Accused of Murdering His Father

The trial of Thomas Gilbert Jr. of Wainscott and Manhattan, charged with homicide in the Beekman Place murder last January of his financier father, moved a step closer on Wednesday.

Feb 17, 2016
Phantoms Fall, Boys Dream On

East Hampton, with the gym in an uproar from the opening tip, prevailed 75-68 to set up a showdown Friday with top-seeded Harborfields for the county Class A championship.

Feb 17, 2016
East Hampton Town police had a car that crashed into the woods pulled out after the driver was taken to Southampton Hospital. Driver in Police Custody After Car Crashes Into Woods in Amagansett

A car crashed into the woods off of Old Stone Highway in Amagansett on Monday moning, sending the driver to the hospital.

Feb 15, 2016
An Army Corps contractor building a sandbag seawall along the downtown Montauk ocean shoreline has reached the eastern end of the project's area. Defend H20 Ends Suit Against Army Corps Over Montauk Beach Project

Citing the damages already done to the beach in Montauk, Defend H20 withdrew its lawsuit over the Army Corps of Engineers's sandbag seawall project this week.

Feb 12, 2016
Anna Throne-Holst and Dave Calone, vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination to face United States Rep. Lee Zeldin in the Nov. 8 election. Dueling Dems Save Strongest Blows for Zeldin

Two Democrats hoping to run for the House of Representatives in November articulated nearly identical views on First Congressional District, national, and international issues at a forum hosted by East Hampton Democrats.

Feb 12, 2016
A great blue heron waited for a meal along a snowy wetland edge this month. Nature Notes: A Fine Bird Notebook

There is another new nature book in town. This time the town is the Village of Sag Harbor and the nature in the book is Sag Harbor’s birds in photographs, poetry, prose, and other jits and jots.

Feb 11, 2016
Firefighters surveyed the damage after a fire broke out at Lazy Point Thursday morning. Small Greenhouse Gone in Blaze

A small residential greenhouse at Lazy Point in Amagansett was destroyed in a blaze that the shed it was attached also caught fire late Thursday morning.

Feb 11, 2016
Recent high tides during storms have overwashed a portion of Gerard Drive in Springs. Snow, Tide = Floods

A high tide during Monday’s snowstorm caused floodwaters from Gardiner’s Bay and Accabonac Harbor to inundate Gerard Drive in Springs and also caused flooding along Napeague Meadow Road on Napeague, where the water was two feet deep in places.

Feb 11, 2016
Shinnecocks May Grow Pot

Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation voted last weekend to pursue growing medical marijuana and open processing and dispensary facilities for patients on their Southampton reservation.

Feb 11, 2016
Waterfront Houses Get Thumbs Up From Z.B.A.

Two waterfront property owners received variances to replace existing houses at Tuesday’s session of the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals. One is at the Ditch Plain condominium complex in Montauk, the other in the Georgica Association in Wainscott.

Feb 11, 2016
The four new South Fork offices include its Bridgehampton outpost on Main Street. Compass Expansion Irks Rivals

Since October, Compass, a real estate brokerage firm headquartered in Manhattan, has opened four South Fork offices — an aggressive expansion that rivals the company’s recent growth in other markets.

Feb 11, 2016
On Sag Harbor's Weekend Noise Nuisance

The Sag Harbor Village Board took a break from proposed code revisions Tuesday night and instead discussed snow clearing and a law that would set appropriate times for leaf blowers and construction work.

Feb 11, 2016
Fear Rising Legal Fees

East Hampton’s budget workshop on Tuesday was the first of the 2016-17 process. The administration has not yet released a complete draft of next year’s budget nor announced any specific dollar decisions.

Feb 11, 2016
Brandon Kennedy-Gay drove to the basket in Tuesday night's game. Bonackers Win League Title Outright, Killer Bees Are Co-Champs

The East Hampton and Bridgehampton High School boys basketball teams won league titles in games played Tuesday night.

Feb 10, 2016
Cops Call for Public's Help After Theft at Speedway

East Hampton Town police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they say stole a wallet and a cellphone at the Speedway gas station on Montauk Highway in Wainscott last month.

Feb 8, 2016
Firefighters took to the roof to cut a hole to vent a fire that broke out on Egypt Lane on Monday afternoon. Firefighters Stop Fire From Spreading at Historic East Hampton Village House

A fire broke out at a historic house known as Rowdy Hall, on Egypt Lane in East Hampton Village on Monday afternoon after 2 p.m.

Feb 8, 2016
A winter storm will affect the Eastern Seaboard on Monday. Winter Storm Warning Issued for Eastern Long Island

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for eastern Long Island in advance of a storm that could bring up to 10 inches of snow to the region on Monday.

Feb 8, 2016
Representatives of Cyril’s Fish House on Napeague were told they would have to return the restaurant to how it was in 1984 by the East Hampton Town Planning Board last week unless they came up with an acceptable new plan. Cyril’s Keeps Trying, But . . .

A site plan submission from the owners of Cyril’s Fish House, who are trying to legalize numerous additions made to the property since 1984, received a frosty reception from the East Hampton Town Planning Board on Jan. 27.

Feb 4, 2016
Neighbors of a Gerard Drive cottage have said that a planned house there would be the environmentally sensitive Springs peninsula’s “first McMansion.” ‘McMansion’ Near Harbor Dismays

A nearly 3,700 square foot house proposed for constrained property facing Accabonac Harbor on Gerard Drive in Springs was greeted with strong opposition from neighbors at a hearing Tuesday night.

Feb 4, 2016
The State University of New York's Charter School Institute will have to approve a management change at the Child Development Center of the Hamptons. South Fork Charter School Shifts Gears

A management change at the Child Development Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, the South Fork's charter school, could occur as early as July 1.

Feb 4, 2016