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For Healthy Home and Garden

A free workshop on sustainable practices for house and garden will be held on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Nature Conservancy on Route 114 in East Hampton.

Oct 6, 2016
Aldred and Cohen Marry on Oahu

Nathan Aldred of East Hampton and Charlene Cohen of Colorado were married on Sept. 9 in a traditional Hawaiian wedding ceremony in the village of Waimanalo, Oahu.

Sep 29, 2016
Renovation of Historic Saltbox, 300 Years Old, Warmly Reviewed by Zoning Board

The proposed renovation of a historic timber-frame house opposite Town Pond drew mostly praise from members of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday.

Sep 29, 2016
Kahn and Edwards Wed at St. Luke’s

Courtney Matson Edwards, a daughter of Barbara Lord Edwards and James C. Edwards Jr. of East Hampton, was married here on June 11 to Matthew Powell Kahn.

Sep 29, 2016
Library Budget an Easy Yes

Voters in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack on Saturday approved the Hampton Library’s 2017 budget of approximately $1.67 million. The final tally from Bridgehampton voters was 40 to 3 in favor, while those in Sagaponack approved it 17 to 0.

Sep 29, 2016
Meals on Wheels is looking for more volunteers. Meals Group Seeks Helpers

East Hampton Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteers to pack meals and make deliveries to homebound residents in Montauk, Amagansett, Sag Harbor, East Hampton Village, Springs, Wainscott, and Northwest Woods.

Sep 29, 2016
Georgica Cove Dredging Hits D.E.C. Snare

East Hampton Village’s zoning board of appeals is likely to grant a freshwater wetlands permit to the East Hampton Town Trustees allowing the trustees to use village-owned property at the end of Cove Hollow Road for access, staging, and dewatering the spoil from a proposed dredging of the Georgica Cove portion of Georgica Pond.

Sep 29, 2016
Pesticide Bans, Pear Trees

Edwina von Gal of the Perfect Earth Project, a Springs organization that promotes toxin-free landscaping, addressed the board and proposed a partnership in which Perfect Earth would cite the village as a toxin-free municipality.

Sep 22, 2016
Behemoths Await Harvesters

Lovers of clams and clam competitions take note: The East Hampton Town Trustees will host their annual Largest Clam Contest on Oct. 2 at noon at the Donald Lamb Building on Bluff Road in Amagansett.

Sep 22, 2016
Library Budget Is Approved

The East Hampton Library’s 2017 budget, a $2.46 million spending plan that includes a 6.9-percent year-over-year spending increase, passed Saturday with a final tally of 93 to 16.

Sep 22, 2016
John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor Votes in Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton

Voters in the Sag Harbor School District and Bridgehampton and Saga­ponack School Districts will decide the fate of the proposed 2017 budgets for the John Jermain Memorial Library and Hampton Library, respectively, during budget votes coming up in the next week.

Sep 22, 2016
The owners of 34 Jermain Avenue have filed a lawsuit against a contractor who they claim defrauded them out of more than $1 million. Lawsuit Charges Contractor Fraud

The owners of 34 Jermain Avenue in Sag Harbor have filed a lawsuit against a contractor who they claim defrauded them out of more than $1 million.

Sep 15, 2016
New Push for Wind Power

A consortium of developers, environmental groups, and others have formed the New York Offshore Wind Alliance to pressure state officials to make a long-term, large-scale commitment to offshore wind power.

Sep 15, 2016
A house just under 5,300 square feet is proposed for one-acre lot on Lincoln Street in Sag Harbor’s Ninevah Beach neighborhood. Green Light Ninevah House

The Sag Harbor Village Board will allow two houses larger than 4,000 square feet to move forward in the planning process, members decided on Tuesday night.

Last month, the board said it would green-light the application for a house with a gross floor area of 5,263 square feet house at 48 Lincoln Street in Ninevah Beach, making it the first special-permit request the board had granted since it adopted new gross floor area limits in March. Any proposals over 4,000 square feet require an exemption from the board to be reviewed.

Sep 15, 2016
King and Talley Wed in Amagansett

In a ceremony on Saturday at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth Talley and James King were married, accompanied by Mr. King’s children, Emily and Evan.

Sep 15, 2016
Propose Tennis Court on Vacant Lot

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals appears likely to grant a variance allowing the owner of adjacent properties to construct a tennis court, retaining wall, and steps on a parcel that does not have a principal building, which the village code requires.

Sep 15, 2016
Opening of Pond to Ocean Will Have to Wait

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ attempt to open Georgica Pond to the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday was abandoned for the time being.

Sep 8, 2016
Shorebird Nesting Success

Staff at the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge in Noyac and the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge have thanked visitors for respecting the beach closures.

Sep 8, 2016
To Study Harbor, Downtown

A planning study of the commercial areas in each of East Hampton Town’s hamlets will continue this month with a focus on Montauk, both the harbor area and downtown.

Sep 1, 2016
A Gift for Steinbeck Park

When Mayor Sandra Schroeder addressed a crowd gathered under a tent on Long Wharf for the Party for the Park in July, she said they were making history. In her 20 years in local government and her conversations with officials elsewhere, she found that “nobody has ever thrown a fund-raiser for a village project,” she said. “Not in Sag Harbor, not on the Island before.”

Aug 25, 2016
Hamptons YogaFest Is Back

Yoga instructors, artists, healers, and musicians from the South Fork and around the world will unite for the second annual Hamptons YogaFest tomorrow through Sunday at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton.

Aug 25, 2016
Bridgehampton Crosswalk Dollars Hit Snag

Southampton Town is taking steps to improve pedestrian safety along Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton, but a $700,000 state grant earmarked for crosswalk improvements and lighting enhancements is not as readily available as initially thought.

Aug 25, 2016
Insurance Rates Show Only Modest Increase

A rundown of East Hampton Village’s insurance policies, which are due to be renewed, and the impact of cellphone use while driving on insurance rates were topics at a meeting of the East Hampton Village Board on Friday.

Aug 25, 2016
After a Two-Year Dispute, Neighbors’ Agreement Is Put on Hold Because of Sale

Two neighbors’ long dispute over a tennis court in East Hampton Village, a quarrel that occupied the zoning board of appeals at many meetings over two years, has been scheduled for yet another hearing because the property of one of the combatants has been sold.

Aug 18, 2016
While the property has a chain-link fence out front that has been extended with a three-foot plastic, orange safety fence, the village had been looking forward to Mitch Winston taking ownership. Morpurgo House Ownership at Question

With the old Morpurgo house on Union Street, nothing is ever simple.

Aug 11, 2016
Music For Montauk

Music for Montauk will kick off its summer music series on Tuesday with a Cuban-style dance band, Funky Guajiro, performing at Solé East beginning at 8 p.m.

Aug 11, 2016
Nancy Silberkleit, co-CEO of Archie Comics, who is the organizer of the "pop-up comic extravaganza" on Sunday. Pop-Up Comic ‘Extravaganza’

It’s not quite on the scale of San Diego Comic Con or New York Comic Con, which have evolved into massive, days-long events that feature celebrity guests and draw fans in droves, but lovers of comic books and graphic novels on the South Fork finally have a “con” to call their own.

Aug 4, 2016
New Permit Rule Reflects Long Build Times

Building permits are now valid for one year, and can be extended by one year.

Aug 4, 2016
The 3Bs entertained a crowd at the downtown Montauk green on Monday night, while the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee, meeting a short distance away, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of holding large events on the green. Montauk C.A.C. Debates Nixing Events on Montauk Green

While the Three B’s played classic rock for a crowd at the village green in downtown Montauk on Monday night, the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee debated whether to recommend to East Hampton Town officials that public events be relocated away from the green.

Aug 4, 2016
New Scoville and Fair Near

The Amagansett Presbyterian Church will hold its 103rd summer fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the church grounds.

Aug 4, 2016