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A Chili Dinner for Springs Fire Department

February, that coldest of months, is the perfect time for chili. On Saturday afternoon, a big heaping cup sure to keep you warm will also raise money for the Springs Fire Department.

Feb 9, 2017
Measuring Eco Progress

As the South Fork population and summer visitors’ numbers continue to grow, pressure on the natural environment builds. An expert panel of environmentalists and farmers assembled by The East Hampton Star’s East magazine will consider how policymakers and individuals are responding to the challenges next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Mandala Yoga Center for the Healing Arts in Amagansett Square.

The central questions for the participants are whether the South Fork is a paradise lost and, if it is not quite lost yet, what can be done to save it.

Feb 2, 2017
North Haven Becomes Next PSEG Pole Battleground

North Haven Village residents and officials are gearing up to fight taller utility poles that PSEG-Long Island plans to erect as part of a federally funded project to strengthen the electric grid across Long Island.

Jan 26, 2017
Local Farming Opportunities

Farming in East Hampton is increasingly taking center stage, and there are opportunities for those interested but new to the field to get involved.

Jan 26, 2017
Some Speed Limits Lowered to 20

The East Hampton Village Board reduced the speed limit from 25 to 20 miles per hour on several streets and adopted a few uncontroversial laws at its first regular meeting of 2017 on Friday.

Jan 26, 2017
Green Light for Bowhunting

The Sag Harbor Village Board brought its code in line with a state law on hunting last week, authorizing bowhunting on private property with the owner’s permission.

The Jan. 10 decision came after hunters challenged a bowhunting ban the board had enacted two years ago. On advice of counsel, the board decided against continuing the ban because it was inconsistent with New York’s Environmental Conservation Law. The Department of Environmental Conservation’s regulations on bowhunting allow the discharge of a long bow on private property as long as it is 150 feet from a house.

Jan 19, 2017
Report: Village Finances in ‘Perfect Shape’

The Village of East Hampton is once again the recipient of an upbeat assessment of its fiscal health.

Jan 12, 2017
Focus on Small Lot Setbacks

At its last meeting of the year on Friday, the East Hampton Village Board scheduled a public hearing next month on a significant amendment to the zoning code and other hearings on a few parking and traffic issues.

The proposed zoning amendment is designed to reduce the mass of houses on small lots, a change similar to amendments adopted in 2015 that were aimed at houses on parcels of one acre or more. The amendment is based on recommendations from the planning and zoning committee, which were detailed in a November presentation by Billy Hajek, the village planner.

Dec 22, 2016
By Saturday the Sag Harbor Cinema’s lobby, including the RJD Gallery, had been demolished, leaving a hole on Main Street. The Compass building, to the right, was taken down on Monday. Ways to Help After the Fire

The fire in Sag Harbor on Friday ravaged buildings and closed businesses, but at least two people, Fred Kumwenda and Michael Lynch, lost everything they owned when the blaze ripped through their second-story apartment above Compass real estate on Main Street.

Their building was between the Sag Harbor Cinema and the one that housed Sagtown Coffee. While Mr. Kumwenda was not at home at the time the fire broke out, Mr. Lynch was awakened by a village police officer and escaped with only the clothes on his back.

Dec 22, 2016
Lower Limits on Five Streets

The East Hampton Village Board is poised to lower the speed limit on five streets from 25 to 20 miles per hour, following a discussion at its work session last Thursday.

Dec 8, 2016
The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee's recent honorees included, from left, East Hampton Town Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell, Barry Frankel, C.A.C. co-chairman, Rick Del Mastro, the committee's  chairman emeritus, East Hampton Town Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, and Dennis D’Andrea, a longtime committee member. Wainscott Committee Names Award Winners

The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee named its yearly award winners — the East Hampton Town Board, Simon Kinsella, and Sara Davison — at its monthly meeting Saturday.

Dec 8, 2016
The Miss Scarlett, which ran aground just off Navy Beach in Montauk on Nov. 17, was towed across Long Island Sound on Tuesday. Stranded Dragger Is Freed

The 55-foot steel-hulled dragger that ran aground in Montauk on the morning of Nov. 27 was finally pulled free Tuesday by the tugboat Judy M., the hole in her hull having been patched by an underwater diver the day before.

Dec 8, 2016
Healing Arts for Traumatized Israeli Kids

Craig Dershowitz, the founder of Artists 4 Israel, a nonprofit that uses the arts to “beautify the land, uplift the people, and enhance the understanding of Israel through creative humanitarian aid projects,” according to its website, will talk about his organization’s work in a public program on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

Dec 8, 2016
Corner Building: $10.75 Million

A building on one of the busiest and most prominent corners in Bridgehampton, once planned to house a CVS pharmacy, is now complete and ready for occupancy.

Dec 1, 2016
Steven Ringel Chamber of Commerce Director Brings Nashville Touch

Steven Ringel assumed the role of executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 1, succeeding Marina Van.

Nov 23, 2016
Strong volunteers lent a hand moving the 50-pound bags of potatoes donated to the East Hampton Food Pantry’s Harvest Food Drive by Foster Farm of Sagaponack on Saturday. Good Haul for Food Pantry

The East Hampton Food Pantry collected about 1,200 pounds of food and raised close to $1,300 in cash donations during Saturday’s annual Harvest Food Drive at the East Hampton Middle School.

The event’s coordinators said the nice weather was a boon and that the help of local girl scouts, who staffed a table at the nearby Stop and Shop and encouraged shoppers there to donate by handing out shopping lists of needed items, was also key.

Nov 17, 2016
Philip O’Connell, left, was sworn in as the newest member of the East Hampton Village Board by Rebecca Molinaro, the village administrator, as Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. looked on. Newest Member of the East Hampton Village Board Sworn in

Philip O’Connell, the chairman of the East Hampton Village Planning Board, was welcomed as a member of the village board at a work session last Thursday, replacing Elbert Edwards, a longtime board member who died last month.

Nov 10, 2016
Z.B.A. Mulls Golf Bridge Pros and Cons

Representatives of the Maidstone Club continued to press the contention that constructing a wooden bridge spanning a narrow section of Hook Pond north of Dunemere Lane is essential to public safety when the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals met on Friday.

Nov 3, 2016
The Rev. Scot McCachren became the 21st pastor of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church on Sunday. A New Man in the Pulpit

The East Hampton Presbyterian Church welcomed the Rev. Scot McCachren as its 21st pastor in a service of ordination and installation on Sunday.

Nov 3, 2016
A ‘Significant Development’

The federal government has selected the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to compete for the right to develop a new wind energy site off Long Island’s coast, a move Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called a significant development in the state’s goal to generate 50 percent of its electricity supply from renewable sources by 2030.

Nov 3, 2016
Staubitser and Souza Wed on Maui

Bryan Staubitser, a son of Thomas and Marlene Staubitser of Montauk, and Miken Souza were married on Oct. 1 at the Hui No’eau Cultural Arts Center in Makawao, Maui. Rennette Pacheco Bishaw of Hilo, Hawaii, known as Aunti Rae, a kahu, or Hawaiian minister, officiated. 

The bride is a daughter of Kennethy and Mike Souza of Wailuku, Maui, in the Hawaiian Islands. 

Family and friends from Maui, Oahu, Molokai, and the Big Island, as well as New York, Maine, California, Minnesota, Florida, and Costa Rica, joined the couple for their celebration. 

Oct 27, 2016
Historian Lauds New Rules Protecting Timber Frames

Historic structures were afforded greater protection when the East Hampton Village Board adopted a code amendment on Friday, and two long-serving members of the community were honored.

Oct 27, 2016
Married in a Colorado Garden

In a July 10 wedding held in the Lyons Farmette garden near Boulder, Colo., Perry Santanachote and Alistair Coy Wallace, a Manhattan couple who spend many weekends in East Hampton, were married.

Oct 27, 2016
East Hampton Food Pantry To Reopen on Nov. 1

The East Hampton Food Pantry is moving to the Hampton Country Day Camp at 191 Buckskill Road in East Hampton.

Oct 20, 2016
Nuptials at Camp Hero in Montauk

Joseph Malik-Atkinson and Olivia Stevens of Montauk were married on Sept. 17 at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk.

Oct 20, 2016
An assortment of old paint and household chemicals of the kinds accepted at East Hampton Town hazardous material collection events STOP Day On Saturday

Need to get rid of the leftover paint from that project five years ago? Out-of-date solvent? Mercury-containing compact fluorescent lightbulbs? Rusty cans of what-was-this-stuff-anyway?

Oct 13, 2016
White's Apothecary is sponsoring another "Big Red Med" drug disposal box, to be used by town and village police at community events. From left are Tom McAbee, creator of the Big Red Med disposal box, Sgt. Daniel Roman, Diana Dolling-Ross, owner of White's Apothecary, and Police Officer Kenneth Alversa. Red Med Box Goes Mobile

White’s Apothecary announced on Friday that it is sponsoring a new, mobile “big red med drug disposal box,” in which people can discard unused or unwanted leftover medications, for use by local law enforcement agencies at community events.

Oct 13, 2016
Burns and Edwardes Wed at Light

Gregory Alvin Burns and Kelsey Rebecca Edwardes were married on Sept. 17 at the Montauk Lighthouse, in an intimate ceremony for family and close friends. Their friend Christian Karolus officiated.

Oct 13, 2016
Sag Harbor Library Vote an Easy Read

Voters in the Sag Harbor School District approved the John Jermain Memorial Library’s 2017 budget last Thursday with a final count of 159 votes in favor and 17 in opposition.

Oct 6, 2016
Sag Harbor Gains Jurisdiction Beyond Breakwater

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation granting the Village of Sag Harbor authority over waterways beyond the present 1,500-foot boundary, expanding its jurisdictional reach into an additional area in East Hampton Town waters.

Oct 6, 2016