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Erosion of the beach in front of her house at Lazy Point in Amagansett led Susan Knobel to ask the East Hampton Town Trustees, who own the land, to transfer her lease to a lot on higher ground. Trustees Cautious on Lazy Point House Relocation

During a Tuesday meeting, the East Hampton Town Trustees showed clear irritation at what they called pressure from residents of trustee-owned land at Lazy Point.

Dec 11, 2014
FEMA Rules Spur Variances

New houses located in flood zones must comply with Federal Emergency Management Administration regulations, which require that they be built higher, depending on the risk of flooding.

Dec 11, 2014
Suit to Protect Stony Hill Aquifer

Right of first refusal at issue as Amagansett preservation fund buy is delayed.

Dec 11, 2014
Detention Rule Is Lifted

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is no longer asking local jurisdictions to detain undocumented prisoners for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release, according to an announcement last week from State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

Dec 11, 2014
Montauk’s Surf Lodge Reining in the Party

The East Hampton Town Board is considering a proposal to rein in new bars and restaurants at hotels and resorts and ensure that the establishments have adequate onsite parking to accommodate the additional business that these extra amenities might bring.

Dec 11, 2014
Tie in Bridgehampton Fire District Vote

Election results were not known as questions about what to do about three write-in ballots remained unresolved.

Dec 10, 2014
Tony Garro is justifiably proud of the brand-new, colorful, and color-coded hamlet-to-hamlet footpath kiosks, like this one at Trout Pond in Noyac. And Now, New Hamlet Trails to Tread

On Saturday when a ribbon is cut in Sag Harbor to mark the opening of a hamlet-to-hamlet trail system on the South Fork, it will be the realization of a waking dream.

Dec 4, 2014
Explore Full-Day Pre-K

The board announced that it had decided to seek competitive bids from organizations for a full-day program.

Dec 4, 2014
It was 20 years ago today that the Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Minister Celebrates 20 Years

It was 20 years ago today that the Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She is the pastor of two congregations, in Amagansett and Montauk.

Dec 4, 2014
Town Weighs Limits On Airport Use

The board, in response to a tide of complaints and pleas from local residents and town officials from both the North and South Forks, has vowed to put new rules in place by next summer.

Dec 4, 2014
Amagansett F.D. Responds to Crash on Thanksgiving

A woman escaped injured when her sport utility vehicle rolled over in Amagansett on Thanksgiving morning.

Nov 27, 2014
A state review has said that a plan to bolster the Montauk oceanfront with 14,000 sandbags will not have a harmful effect on the environment. State Sanguine on Sandbag Plan

The state issued an initial finding this week that no further review would be required, but is accepting public comment.

Nov 26, 2014
The Rev. Steven Howarth stood in the burned-out basement of Scoville Hall last month. The building, destroyed by fire in 2011, was demolished on Tuesday. Scoville Hall Redux

Three years after it was destroyed by fire, demolition of the remains of Scoville Hall, owned by the Amagansett Presbyterian Church, has begun.

Nov 26, 2014
May Ban Plastic Bags

Members of East Hampton Town’s litter and energy sustainability committees supported the town board’s proposed ban on plastic shopping bags at a hearing last week, citing the resources used in their manufacture and the bags’ persistence in the environment.

Nov 26, 2014
Thomas Twomey, left, seen with his wife, Judith Hope, and Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin, at a Guild Hall dinner in New York City in March. Mr. Twomey and Ms. Hope were good friends of the Clintons. Clintons Among Twomey’s Many Mourners

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton was filled to capacity for the funeral on Saturday afternoon of Thomas A. Twomey, an East Hampton resident who in some 40 years as an attorney and civic leader had a broad salutary effect on the East End community.

Nov 26, 2014
Among those saying goodbye to Dr. Anthony Knott, center, at a party for him on Friday were Dick Monahan, left, an advanced life support provider with the Montauk Fire Department ambulance, and Brian Coen. Dr. Knott Checks Out of Montauk

Dr. Anthony Knott of the Montauk office of the Meeting House Lane Medical Practice is saying goodbye to the hamlet after 10 years in practice there.

Nov 26, 2014
Crash, Car Fire Close Montauk Highway

Southampton Town police are investigating the cause of an accident on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton Monday morning that involved two cars and a truck, leaving one of the cars engulfed in flames and four people in Southampton Hospital.

Nov 24, 2014
Bill and Hillary Clinton at East Hampton Airport on Saturday. They attended a funeral at St. Luke's Episcopal Church for Thomas A. Twomey, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. Clintons Attend Funeral in East Hampton

A funeral today in East Hampton for Thomas A. Twomey, a lawyer and community leader who died on Sunday, was attended by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.

Nov 22, 2014
Housing Needs Get Close Look

East Hampton Town’s community housing opportunity fund committee has assessed affordable housing needs here and recommended housing initiatives to the town board on Tuesday after presenting its report.

Nov 20, 2014
Stepping Back on Rental Registry

Despite some support, town board heeds widespread criticism of proposed law.

Nov 20, 2014
Big Players In New Push to Rein In Airport

Two East Hampton residents who gathered more than 500 signatures of support for restrictions at the East Hampton Airport to reduce aircraft noise have drafted a list of recommended airport rules for presentation to the public and the town board, and have hired their own prominent law firm to bolster their case.

Nov 20, 2014
Jason Lee appeared in Suffolk court on Monday. His trial on rape allegations from 2013 is expected to begin in late January. Lee Case Goes to Trial

The case of the People of the State of New York v. Jason Lee, the former Goldman-Sachs managing director charged with raping an Irish student in in his summer rental house in East Hampton last year, will go to trial in January.

Nov 20, 2014
Jeffrey Grybowski, at right, pledged to create jobs on Long Island to support the construction of the Deepwater One offshore wind farm. With him were, from left, John Durso of the Long Island Federation of Labor, Dick O’Kane of the Nassau-Suffolk Construction and Building Trades Council, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. Labor Joins Offshore Wind Farm Push

Deepwater One, a proposed offshore wind farm to be located on 256 square miles of federal waters approximately 30 miles east of Montauk, would result in some 300 direct jobs on Long Island throughout its multiyear construction process, according to its developer’s chief executive.

Nov 20, 2014
Kyle Solomon, left, and Cory Lillie are to begin coaching in the coming weeks at the Buckskill Winter Club the first East Hampton-based travel hockey team since the 1940s. East End Sharks Taking to the Ice

First East Hampton-based travel hockey team since the 1940s is being formed at the Buckskill Winter Club.

Nov 14, 2014
Traffic Snarl in Southampton After Fatal Crash on County Road 39

County Road 39 was closed in both directions between Sandy Hollow Road and North Sea Road for about four hours.

Nov 14, 2014
Enrollment at Springs School Soars

At its meeting on Monday the Springs School Board again grappled with increasing enrollment and what the influx of students will likely mean for the coming budget season.

Nov 13, 2014
Advocate Tick Attack

A new nonprofit group, the East Hampton Deer and Tick Management Foundation, would like East Hampton Town to begin a program to reduce the incidence of tick-borne diseases here by treating deer, which are a key host, with a tick-killing pesticide at eight feeding stations in Springs.

Nov 13, 2014
Vinnie Grimes will be honored as the Montauk Chamber of Commerce’s person of the year Saturday for his many years of public service. Vinnie Grimes: Person of the Year

Vinnie Grimes is one of the few people who can say he was born in Montauk — not at Southampton Hospital, but at home in the hamlet on Sept. 17, 1928.

Nov 13, 2014
Airport Study Called Misleading

Aviation interests opposed to restricting the use of East Hampton Airport continued this week to voice absolute disagreement with the analysis of aircraft noise.

Nov 13, 2014
The Tintle family is seeking preliminary site-plan approvals for three parcels zoned for commercial-industrial use in Wainscott, Proposals for Former Sand Mine

Family seeks to clear legal hurdles for various businesses on 71 acres.

Nov 13, 2014