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The East Deck Motel, long a visual cornerstone of Ditch Plain, is about to be converted into a private membership beach club, according to plans submitted to the East Hampton Town Planning Board. Members Club Proposed for Ditch Plain

The application for the former East Deck Motel property calls for a restaurant, spa, game and exercise rooms, lounge areas, and below-grade parking for members and their invited guests.

Jul 30, 2014
Indecent Twice, but Dressed for the Hamptons

A Central Islip man was arrested in Montauk on Friday morning, charged by East Hampton Town police with exposing himself. Five hours later, he allegedly did it again, this time while sporting a blue blazer.

Jul 30, 2014
Members of East End motorcycle clubs gathered at East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday to support one of their own, who was injured by a drunken driver, police say. Motorcyclists Call for ‘Justice’ for One of Their Own

Members of motorcycle clubs from across the East End gathered in East Hampton Town Justice Court to show support for a fellow cyclist, Sidney R. Hughes, 37, of Montauk, who was seriously injured on June 21 when struck by a man charged with drunken driving after the accident.

Jul 30, 2014
4 Minus 2 Plus 1 Equals . . .

Starbucks chief may downsize, only to upsize again, on his East Hampton Village property.

Jul 30, 2014
Energy Plan Leaves Officials in the Dark

PSEG Long Island has announced a long-range plan for the South Fork that falls short on its details, according to several local officials.

Jul 30, 2014
From Jet Ski to Medevac

A 17-year-old was helicoptered to Stony Brook University Hospital Sunday evening after falling off a Jet Ski in the waters of North Haven Bay.

Jul 29, 2014
Spy-Cam Landlord Pleads Guilty

The landlord of a summer rental in Springs pleaded guilty Thursday to 14 felony charges stemming from his use of surveillance cameras to spy on his tenants.

Jul 24, 2014
Police cordoned off a portion of the road where an S.U.V. hit a child on a bicycle on Thursday afternoon. Child Airlifted After Car Hits Bicycle

A child was flown to Stony Brook University Hospital after being hit by a car while bicycling on Thursday afternoon.

Jul 24, 2014
The trustees have advised people who use Georgica Pond to keep children and pets away from algae blooms and scum and to rinse with clean water if they are exposed. Trustees Issue Georgica Pond Warning

After detecting heightened levels of blue-green algae in Georgica Pond, the East Hampton Town Trustees agreed Thursday evening to temporarily prohibit shellfishing or fishing there and have advised users of the pond to take precautions.

Jul 24, 2014
Trustees Pressed on Televising Their Meetings

Televised meetings would greatly benefit the East Hampton Town Trustees, a resident and frequent visitor to that body’s twice-monthly gatherings urged on Tuesday.

Jul 23, 2014
Joe Donohue, left, an attendant, and Mike Goldsmith, a supervisor, manned the new parking hurdle in Amagansett Square last week. Amagansett Square Opens New Front in Parking Wars

Apparently undeterred by recent efforts to discourage them from spending their summer weekends at the residents-only Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett, young share-house renters have been parking their cars all around the hamlet and leaving them behind for the day.

Jul 23, 2014
Chain Store Law Is Booed and Lauded

A hearing last Thursday night before the East Hampton Town Board on a proposed law that would subject chain stores seeking to open to additional planning board review drew speakers both for and against the idea.

Jul 23, 2014
Nick Calace, third from right, a paid paramedic with the Amagansett Fire Department ambulance company, has been recognized for the care he gave a patient having a heart attack on July 9. He posed for a photograph with the fire district commissioners, from left, Jack Emptage, J. Kent Howie, William Vorpahl Jr., Daniel R. Shields II, and Carl Hamilton. Heart Attack Victim Saved in ‘First Success’

A paid paramedic working for the Amagansett Fire Department has been recognized for the care he gave a heart attack patient earlier this month.

Jul 23, 2014
John Ryan is facing heavy opposition to his proposal to install an oceanfront stone revetment to protect his house on Surfside Avenue in Montauk. Property Owner Takes on Town to Save His House

A Montauk property owner is challenging a town ban on some erosion-control measures in the hope of saving his blufftop house.

Jul 23, 2014
Richard Hand, center, stopped by the Pierson middle school gym on Sunday to thank fellow basketball players who had resuscitated him when he was in cardiac arrest just a week earlier. Hoops Game Turns Life-and-Death

Richard Hand, a 52-year-old Sag Harbor resident, had been hitting 3-pointers all morning and was at the end of the fourth game, going in for a rebound under the basket, when he suddenly collapsed.

Jul 23, 2014
Cyril’s Appears in the Clear for Season

The battle over Cyril’s Fish House, a popular summer bar and restaurant on Napeague, is over as far as its 2014 season goes, but the larger question of whether businesses can be operated in areas zoned for residential use if they have expanded their use, as East Hampton Town alleges Cyril’s has, remains up in the air.

Jul 23, 2014
Numerous tradesmen attended a Town Hall hearing on a law that would limit keeping commercial vehicles at houses to voice concerns about a negative effect on their livelihood. Town's Truck Law Revision Debated

Contractors and tradesmen helped fill Town Hall to standing-room capacity last Thursday night, protesting a new law that would restrict the parking of their commercial vehicles on residential streets.

Jul 23, 2014
Although each East Hampton Town residence is allowed no more than four cars per driveway, Theresa Eurell has counted up to a dozen on each of several weekends, the apparent overflow vehicles of paying guests at a rented house on a narrow side street nearby. The Party Down the Block in Montauk

A house on South Federal Street in Montauk has drawn the ire of year-round neighbors who say it is a party house disrupting their summer, and one neighbor has started a Facebook page, Montauk Rental Madness, showing video of what goes on.

Jul 23, 2014
Michele Montak, the founder of Gimme Shelter, with her rescue dogs Otis, Lulu, Breaker, and Donni Giving Shelter to Rescue Dogs

Since founding Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue three years ago, Michelle Montak has helped rescue over 500 dogs from "high-kill" facilities around the country.

Jul 22, 2014
Three Mile Harbor, East Hampton, where a 45-year-old man reportedly collapsed on Sunday afternoon. A Second Water Death Sunday

An attempt to rescue a man who collapsed in the shallow water on the west side of Three Mile Harbor inlet near Sammy's Beach came to naught Sunday evening when two good Samaritans were unable to resuscitate James A. Weber, 45, of East Hampton.

Jul 21, 2014
A kite surfer was found dead in the waters off Lazy Point in Amagansett on Sunday. Kite Surfer Found Dead at Amagansett Beach

Family members found a 39-year-old man's body after he failed to return from a kiteboarding outing on Sunday.

Jul 20, 2014
The Grucci company's annual show over Three Mile Harbor is one of the highlights of East Hampton summers for many residents. Fireworks Will Pay Tribute to Tony Duke

Saturday night’s Great Bonac Fireworks show, which will be set off just after dark around 9:15 over East Hampton’s Three Mile Harbor, will mark the 34th year of the midsummer display, but the first without Anthony Drexel Duke, the man who initiated the event with George Plimpton.

Jul 16, 2014
Pitch for Low-Income Apartments Meets Resistance

Construction of 48 new rental apartments in Wainscott to provide affordable housing would have a “profound impact” on the tiny Wainscott School, according to David Eagan, president of the hamlet’s school board. The proposal was outlined at an East Hampton Town Board meeting on Tuesday.

Jul 16, 2014
George L. Fowler, whose house is in Freetown, was gardener and gondolier to the family of the celebrated artist Thomas Moran. Pictured are the artist’s wife,  Mary Nimmo Moran, and his daughter Ruth. Tumbledown House a Rare Montaukett Survivor

Somewhere near Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton there is a very small, very old, very decrepit saltbox house, unoccupied for decades except by raccoons, that is newly in the crosshairs of town and county historians.

Jul 16, 2014
Eric Nappier, Steve Bohn, and Ken Weinert, Army veterans wounded in combat, enjoyed a day of fishing in Montauk last month courtesy of Freedom Fighter Outdoors. Veterans Get Days at Sea

Freedom Fighter Outdoors was started by Vinnie LaSorsa, the mate on the singer Jimmy Buffett’s sportfishing boat, and his wife, Sarah LaSorsa. It provides wounded veterans fishing, hunting, and other outdoor opportunities.

Jul 16, 2014
Kylie Tekulsky, a bilingual teacher with the East Hampton School District, used a strategy called total physical response to reinforce vocabulary for 5 and 6-year-old English language learners. Keeping English Alive Is Key for New Learners

Air-conditioners whirred early Tuesday morning as two rows of 5 and 6-year-olds sat cross-legged on the floor of an East Hampton High School classroom, excitedly working on a lesson that builds science vocabulary.

Jul 16, 2014
Frosty Reception for Candy Bar’s Ice Cream Dreams

Dylan’s Candy Bar is seeking a permit to allow the sale of ice cream in cones and paper cups, which East Hampton Village prohibited in 2008 as part of an amendment banning fast-food establishments.

Jul 16, 2014
Randy Parsons, who keeps a close eye on East Hampton farmland from his office at the Nature Conservancy, saluted the simulated submarine conning tower that has floated in a drainage basin off Route 114 since the spring. Mystery Sub Keeps Dispute Afloat

No one has taken responsibility for a facsimile of a submarine conning tower that has floated in a manmade sump off Route 114 in East Hampton since April.

Jul 16, 2014
Nathaniel H. Miller, an East Hampton Town Trustee, was led into East Hampton Town Justice Court in handcuffs to face a misdemeanor charge. Town Trustee Lands in Court

A dispute between two men at a barbecue at Maidstone Park beach Saturday night ended with an East Hampton Town trustee, Nathaniel H. Miller, in handcuffs, charged by town police with obstructing the breathing of the other man.

Jul 14, 2014
Supervisor Tallies Weekend Efforts to Keep the Peace

Between 7 a.m. on Friday and Monday morning police responded to 454 calls. On Saturday alone, in addition to managing crowds flocking to fireworks shows in Montauk and Amagansett, officers handled 96 calls between 3 and 11 p.m.

Jul 9, 2014