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The Suffolk district attorney's office agreed Friday not to contest county doctors' determinations that David Osiecki is mentally incompetent to stand trial for allegedly setting fire to a Bridgehampton house in April

A hearing last night at East Hampton Town Hall on a daytime alcohol ban at two Amagansett beaches drew speakers mostly in favor of the concept.

The New York State Department of Health has weighed in on whether the wood preservative on the utility poles recently installed by PSEG Long Island along a six-mile route in East Hampton Town, saying it poses no health or environmental safety risk.

Bridgehampton voters finally pierced the state-imposed tax cap on a $12.3 million budget for the 2014-15 school year

The matter of Steven Spielberg’s garage and storage structure on Apaquogue Road, which needs an area variance to permit its continued existence, came before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals.

Dedicated to preserving the history of the Eastville area of Sag Harbor for some 30 years, the society has desperately needed money and help to maintain the St. David A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery.

A town management plan has been drafted to improve water quality in Lake Montauk and its surroundings.

Housing in East Hampton is more expensive than in any other East End town and more out of reach for working people, a housing committee reported to the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.

A social worker and a child psychiatrist will come on board in September

A 10-month-old female husky mix with an unusual medical condition has gotten a new lease on life in the care of the Animal Rescue Fund

The Town of Southampton has earned the highest rating possible from Standard & Poor's Rating Services, it announced on Tuesday.

The owner of a house where an 11-year-old boy drowned earlier this month will have to appear in court over building code violations town officials found after the boy's death.

In a four-way race for two seats, Robby Stein and Sandra Schroeder were victorious during Tuesday’s election.

Wilkinson is accused of retaliating against a Montauk whistleblower who alerted state officials to environmental violations.

A proposed ban on alcoholic beverages at Indian Wells and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett remains an irritant among the East Hampton Town Trustees

Two incumbents, an activist, and former clerk running for two seats on board

Anti-bullying program for middle schoolers fosters self-awareness, empathy

Gimmicks used to lure agents have run the gamut from offers of free spa treatments to croquet tournaments

Caldor East, East Hampton’s one and only free flea market, is open again. Announced by the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday in response to numerous requests

A sport utility vehicle rolled over on the Napeague stretch, west of the Lobster Roll, in Amagansett on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the driver with a reported head injury.

Police are issuing warnings after at least two East Hampton residents received calls last week from someone claiming to be an Internal Revenue Service agent and threatening to seize their property or have them arrested if they didn't pay alleged back taxes. One is out more than $1,000.

The Republican primary on June 24 pits Lee Zeldin, a two-term state senator from Shirley, against George Demos, an attorney formerly with the Securities and Exchange Commission who lives in Stony Brook.

Officer Julio Mario Galeano, an East Hampton Village police officer who allegedly used a house on Talmage Lane for a romantic encounter with a female member of the department without the permission of the house’s owner, will resign from the department effective Aug. 2.

The board announced a decision to retain Frazer and Feldman, a Garden City law firm that works with several school districts, as East Hampton’s general, labor, and special education counsel for a one-year term beginning July 1.

East Hampton Town officials found several building code violations around the pool of a Route 114 house where a boy drowned on Sunday.

Things could be worse, much worse — and they were on the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coast in the millennia before records about hurricanes were kept.

Consultants for East Hampton Town have set the economic value of a beach reconstruction project in downtown Montauk at more than $238 million

Police are awaiting a report from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office. No foul play is suspected

At approximately 4,000 square feet, the children’s section is large and bright, including areas dedicated to age groups from birth through eighth grade. It allows for 10,000 more children’s books, new computers, and other technology.

Southampton Town is expected to move forward next week on plans to repair the Sagg Bridge using federal money, despite objections from Sagaponack Village officials