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Jason Lee, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs charged with raping a 20-year-old Irish student last summer, apparently has just weeks to make the most important decision of his life.

The woman who would be president? BookHampton, and 1,000 ticketholders, were “ready for Hillary” on Saturday, when Mrs. Clinton visited the East Hampton store to sign copies of her book “Hard Choices.”

A new law requiring East Hampton Town property owners who want to rent out their dwellings to register with the town is under discussion by the town board.

Following last year’s sharp decline in test scores, local school administrators had spent recent weeks on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting the annual release of this year’s scores.

A Queens man allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel after he had been drinking and crashed his minivan into a tree in East Hampton Village on Sunday.

East Hampton residents are gearing up for a meeting Tuesday with officials of PSEG Long Island, the town’s electrical utility.

John Ryan, who already has one rock revetment on his property, is asking for a second one facing the ocean beach.

East Hampton Village should create and adopt a resolution pledging to meet its energy needs through renewable sources and reducing its energy consumption.

Multiple causes and conditions are responsible for the poor health of Georgica Pond, and multiple measures must be taken to improve water quality there.

With 10 extra officers from law enforcement agencies across the East End on patrol, a sweep designed to snare driving while intoxicated suspects netted 11 arrests Saturday night into Sunday morning across East Hampton Town.

A truck went up in flames on Montauk Highway, near the west overlook, on Monday afternoon.

A hastily scheduled East Hampton Town Board meeting will be held on Aug. 27 to address the concerns of East End residents about noise from aircraft that use East Hampton Airport.

People anxious to meet Hillary Clinton started lining up for her sold-out book signing at BookHampton in East Hampton at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, and by 5 p.m. the line stretched down Main Street and around the block.

A Queens man who allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel was arrested on a drunken-driving charge in connection with an accident in East Hampton Village that left three others critically injured, police said.

When the Big Apple Circus presents a preview of its new show, “Metamorphosis,” at Guild Hall on Aug. 24, it will be the first time the artists in this year’s production will perform together.

Details of one proposal submitted to East Hampton Town for use of the 19-acre Amagansett Farm that the town purchased this year were provided this week.

The trustees resolved to maintain the pond’s closure to the harvesting of fish and crabs through Aug. 26.

John D. Re is lauded by some as an art expert who guided them to important art purchases at discount prices. Others, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has accused him of selling fake Jackson Pollocks for almost $2 million, consider him a thief, peddling forged art and tall tales.

Two Montauk homeowners have been charged with violations of the East Hampton Town code related to tenant turnover in the houses they rent.

While Sag Harbor Village officials mull a moratorium on reviews and approval of wetlands variances, the mayor is overhauling the very committee that considers them.

Nathaniel H. Miller, an East Hampton Town Trustee accused of choking another man at a Maidstone Park beach barbecue last month, was cleared of the charge Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

A man armed with a handgun broke into a house on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike and repeatedly hit a man while demanding cash and stealing electronics.

The future of the Springs General Store is unclear, but one thing is likely: After May of next year, Kristi Hood, who has been running the store for years, will not be there.

Two Montauk homeowners have been charged with violations of the East Hampton Town Code related to tenant turnover in the houses they rent, which officials acknowledge is a growing problem throughout the town.

A Sag Harbor man was arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday on charges stemming from an April 16 crash on Route 114 that sent two men to the hospital.

An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a dog at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett on Sunday, the dog’s owner then fled, with the animal in tow.

Many taxi drivers come from out of town, seeking a profitable night’s income they have no hope of realizing elsewhere.

A Toyota S.U.V. left on the tracks in Hither Woods was destroyed when it was hit by an eastbound train with nine people aboard.

Two construction workers fell 15 feet from a roof in East Hampton Village on Friday morning when the scaffolding shifted, police said, but their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

Two people reportedly fell three stories into a basement when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Montauk on Wednesday afternoon.