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Eye Smooth Transition

Representative Tim Bishop may have lost his bid for re-election by a decisive margin last week, but vote tallies in the Town of East Hampton indicate his continued popularity here.

Nov 13, 2014
East Hampton Fire Department's heavy rescue squad worked to remove a woman from inside a Subaru that was lying on its side after an accident involving a Dodge 4-door pick-up truck on Wednesday on Newtown Lane, near Cooper Lane, in East Hampton Village. Injuries Reported After Rollover in East Hampton Village

Three were injured when a Subaru rolled over at the intersection of Cooper Lane and Newtown Lane at about 2:30 p.m.

Nov 12, 2014
Antony Blinken Nominated as Deputy Secretary of State

Antony Blinken, currently the assistant to President Obama and deputy national security adviser, has ties to East Hampton Village.

Nov 11, 2014
Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. Borsack in Charge in East Hampton Village

East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenback Jr. will go on medical leave on Wednesday, leaving the deputy mayor, Barbara Borsack, in control in his absence.

Nov 7, 2014
New York U.S. Attorney Tapped for Attorney General

Loretta E. Lynch led prosecution of 7-Eleven owners accused of exploiting undocumented immigrants and pressed for prosecution in Ponzi scheme involving the Panoramic Resort in Montauk.

Nov 7, 2014
Gardiner’s Bay ‘Dock’ Okay Expected

After a 2011 denial, Broadview Association returned with a scaled-down plan.

Nov 6, 2014
Noise from East Hampton Airport flights consistently exceeded the town’s standards in 2013, Les Blomberg of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse reported last week. Right, Ken Lipper, a former New York City deputy mayor, told the East Hampton Town Board to forge ahead with airport-use restrictions to reduce noise. Homing In On Noise

The East Hampton Town Board has vowed to address aircraft noise, particularly from helicopters, and the town is exploring how airport restrictions might be put in place.

Nov 6, 2014
Shoshi Emerging From a ‘Dark Bubble’

Outside the courtroom last Thursday, Mr. Shoshi stood with his many friends and family who had come to show their support for him.

Nov 6, 2014
Scallop season opened in state waters on Nov. 3 and will open in East Hampton Town waters on Monday. Above, a shucker at work on the 2012 harvest. Shuckers Will Be Busy This Year

Robust scallop season ahead, but poachers feared.

Nov 6, 2014
Michael Heller/East Hampton Fire Dept. Louse Point House Fire Extinguished

The Amagansett Fire Department made a quick stop on a fire, saving a house that was built on top of a barge on Louse Point Road in Springs.

Nov 6, 2014
Tom Muse of the Eastern Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation criticized an Army Corps of Engineers plan to place sand bags along the downtown Montauk oceanfront during a meeting of the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee on Monday. Icy Reception for Surfrider's Montauk Beach Objections

The Eastern Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation appeared before the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee, hoping to persuade members to take a closer look at the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed beach restoration project.

Nov 6, 2014
A historic building next to the Montauk Lighthouse will one day be the home of the Oceans Institute, a surf museum. A New Life for an Old Building?

Former foghorn site would be a museum about the ocean and its wave riders.

Nov 6, 2014
East Hampton Boys Volleyball Falls in Title Match

East Hampton High School's boys volleyball team lost to Eastport-South Manor in the county Class B championship game on Thursday evening at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood.

Nov 6, 2014
Owners Want Two-Lot Subdivision

Georgica Association neighbors argue that five-acre zoning should be honored.

Oct 30, 2014
State Senator Lee Zeldin, left, criticized what he called a slow pace of Hurricane Sandy recovery projects. Representative Tim Bishop touted his experience and accomplishments. Big Money In Close Contest

Bishop, Zeldin trade barbs in home stretch.

Oct 30, 2014
Trustees Sympathetic

After long deliberations, the East Hampton Town Trustees are on the point of allowing a lessee on trustee-owned property at Lazy Point to move her shoreline house to higher ground.

Oct 30, 2014
Douglas Schneiderman, with his daughters Isabelle, left, and Rachael, right, loved the time he spent with his family on the South Fork. He died in a head-on collision on Route 114 on the first day of his vacation in 2012. Two Years Later, Still Seeking Closure After Father's Death

Driver’s license revoked by administrative judge two years after fatal accident.

Oct 30, 2014
Three Injured in Rollover Rte. 27 Crash

The four occupants of a Ford compact car were taken to Southampton Hospital Monday afternoon after an accident that resulted in the vehicle rolling over at the intersection of Montauk Highway and Sagg Main Street.

Oct 27, 2014
A portable lavatory in the parking lot behind Amagansett’s commercial district will be obsolete after the expected completion of a public restroom next year. Expected by Spring: A Place to Go

A long-awaited public restroom in Amagansett’s business district is moving closer to reality.

Oct 23, 2014
To Fight Affordable Housing

A dispute over two proposed affordable housing developments in the Wainscott School District has escalated in recent weeks, with the Wainscott School Board, the East Hampton Town housing director, and the president of a nonprofit organization that has developed low-income housing here at odds.

Oct 23, 2014
Plenty of Fixes, but How to Pay?

A road map for tackling issues of water quality in East Hampton Town, and the inadequate wastewater treatment and disposal that underpins them, was sketched out last week.

Oct 23, 2014
Register Before Renting? No Thank You

The East Hampton Town Board, which is pondering a law that would require homeowners to register with the town before renting their houses, got an earful at an initial discussion of the idea.

Oct 23, 2014
East Hampton firefighters battled heavy smoke conditions at a house on Morris Park Lane in East Hampton on Thursday morning. East Hampton House Fire Extinguished

Update, Noon: A teenager who stayed home sick from school may have saved his family's East Hampton house when a fire broke out in the basement on Thursday morning.

Oct 23, 2014
A sign on the door of East Hampton Urgent Care alerted patients to report certain symptoms immediately. Ebola: ‘We Are Ready’

While the first cases of Ebola in the United States have sparked nationwide concern, the overwhelming message here on the South Fork is that health care providers are prepared to handle patients with Ebola-like symptoms.

Oct 23, 2014
Tom Preiato, East Hampton Town's chief building inspector, in his office this month. East Hampton Building Inspector Moving to Sag Harbor

Tom Preiato is leaving his post as East Hampton Town's chief building inspector for a position in the Village of Sag Harbor.

Oct 21, 2014
Representative Tim Bishop, left, and Lee Zeldin before a debate in Westhampton Beach on Thursday Congressional Hopeful Delivers G.O.P.'s Weekly Address

Lee Zeldin, who is seeking for a second time to defeat Representative Tim Bishop for a seat in Congress, was selected by House Speaker John Boehner to deliver a weekly Republican address.

Oct 18, 2014
No-Parking Versus Access Along Dolphin Drive

A hearing tonight before the East Hampton Town Board could pit Napeague residents advocating a parking ban along Dolphin Drive against those who see a no-parking zone there as a barrier to the public’s access to town-owned lands.

Oct 16, 2014
Pump Plan Suit Looms

Neighbors of the Maidstone Club have a lawsuit pending in State Supreme Court seeking to have the board require the club to take additional steps to mitigate noise from a pump house that is part of the project.

Oct 16, 2014
The pond has been closed to crabbing since July. Georgica Pond Remains Closed

Owing to a recent elevation of the cyanobacteria, the East Hampton Town Trustees have closed Georgica Pond for another 21 days, through Nov. 4.

Oct 16, 2014
Surfrider Opposes Montauk Sandbags

Members of the Surfrider Foundation opposed to the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to build a sand dune reinforced with sand-filled geotextile bags on the Montauk beach gathered there last Thursday in protest.

Oct 16, 2014