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Three days after work on a massive rock revetment at an oceanfront house on West End Road in East Hampton began on Veterans Day, a state judge has ordered it to a halt.

East Hampton Town Councilwoman Theresa Quigley and Margaret Turner expressed outrage at a work session of the town board Tuesday morning over being kept in the dark by Councilwoman Sylvia Overby

The Republican majority of the East Hampton Town Board voted last Thursday to consider changes to town law that could pave the way for a sprawling luxury development in Amagansett reserved for older residents

Police said they arrested John X. Tracy III, 19, in connection with with a robbery Saturday at Springs Wines and Liquors in which he was alleged to have made off with $1,500 cash.

East Hampton Town Board Republicans appear ready to approve new zoning for an Amagansett parcel that would allow a controversial, high-density, luxury development for older residents. By a 3-2 vote Thursday, they agreed to schedule dual hearings on the plan at their final meeting of the year.

A study of the East Hampton Airport commissioned and paid for by airport users and businesses, has deemed the facility a “vital transportation asset” for East Hampton and an “economic engine” for the East End

The debate over whether to unleash drug-sniffing dogs at East Hampton High School cleared its last and final hurdle Tuesday night, with the school board unanimously voting to amend its policy

       “Cautiously optimistic” was the term being bandied about as the East Hampton Republican faithful gathered Tuesday night at Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett to await the results of the town elections.

       But with no supervisor candidate to anchor their ticket and a Democratic town board majority a sure thing, party members seemed resigned to the fact that they were fighting an uphill battle as they crowded around the bar and strained to see results that were constantly being updated on a large screen set up in the corner.

Last week Save Sag Harbor, a not-for-profit group of volunteers, was able to persuade the developers of the Bulova watchcase factory to stop cladding the exterior of the project’s town houses with synthetic materials

       Rowdy Hall, the East Hampton restaurant that served as Democratic headquarters on Tuesday night, was crowded and lively. Larry Cantwell, who ran unopposed for town supervisor, stepped comfortably into his role as political leader, serving as M.C. and announcing results as they became available.

The owners of waterfront properties are seeing sharp increases in the cost of their federal flood insurance premiums

Fred Overton, a Republican with Independence and Conservative Party backing, was joined in victory by a Democratic newcomer, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, while Larry Cantwell, the Democrat who ran unopposed, cruised to a win as town supervisor.

The new owner of the East Deck Motel, someone local who has not yet been named, has already begun work there, but it will not be a motel, according to its former owner.

Thomas Ravenel, a former South Carolina state treasurer who had reportedly been contemplating a primary challenge to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, said after his appearance Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court that he does not see a political future for himself in the Palmetto State.

Michael S. Bonnet, a registered sex offender who is accused by federal agents of trafficking in child pornography, is being held without bail, facing a possible sentence of 15 years in federal prison if convicted.

East Hampton Democrats continued to lead in the fund-raising race in the lead-up to the town election on Tuesday, although Republicans have closed the gap in current fund-raising efforts.

Numeracy and coding classes offer middle schoolers new approach to math

The truth is, the agent’s pie is split into many pieces. Again, let’s make the supposition that, as is usually the case, the listing agent is not also the selling agent. Thus both brokers have to split the commission.

As East Hampton waits for a report from the Army Corps of Engineers on potential beach restoration projects for downtown Montauk, the question of what to do about the beach at Ditch Plain, where erosion last winter and spring wore the surface down to rock, has taken center stage

A 35-year-old man who told police he had been addicted to heroin for two years, was arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday on charges of having burglarized 14 houses in East Hampton.

The East Hampton Conservators, the political action committee founded by Alec Baldwin to back candidates who are strong on environmental protection, was accused by Republicans this week of violating campaign finance rules

The two Republicans running for East Hampton Town Board took pains to differentiate themselves from their Democratic opponents and warned against one-party rule at the League of Women Voters debate on Monday night.

East Hampton Town will ask the Army Corps of Engineers to examine the use of sand-filled geotextile tubes in addition to the options that the Corps had presented last month

The usual game of musical chairs — or, in the case of East Hampton, musical stores and restaurants — that takes place each year is hotter than it’s been since the downturn. Buildings and restaurants are selling, and stores are renting — at consistently higher prices.

The candidates for East Hampton Town Justice, perhaps the most hotly contested race in town this year, were interviewed at The Star last Thursday

Chris Nuzzi, the outgoing Southampton Town councilman who is trying to oust incumbent Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, came out on the attack at Monday’s League of Women Voters debate in East Hampton.

The Amagansett Fire District will follow the lead of Montauk’s district by hiring a paid advanced life support provider to assist in responding to ambulance calls

After being arrested in East Hampton Village, Mikey Russell, a former East Hampton High School basketball star, is back in jail again, this time facing four felony charges and a possible extended stay in a state prison system, although which state would incarcerate him has yet to be determined.

Fred Overton and Dominick Stanzione, the Republican candidates for East Hampton Town Board, took their lead from Deborah Ann Schwartz, a G.O.P. committee member on Oct. 9 as they embarked on an afternoon of door-to-door campaigning in an East Hampton Village neighborhood that could have been used as the backdrop for the opening scene of “Leave It to Beaver.”

The playground of the famously rich requires drones to service plutocratic wants and whims. Yet, with market-driven real estate values, where can these almost-afterthoughts find affordable housing?