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Last Words End Long Hearing

Hearings that had gone on for months and even years were finally closed when the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals met on Friday, though not before the board heard a lot of scorn and a smidgen of praise from one applicant.

Jul 28, 2016
Lifeguard’s Courtesy Ride To Beach Wins Applause

The efforts of an East Hampton Town lifeguard who helped an elderly woman get on to a Montauk beach to join family members on an ocean outing have garnered widespread attention and heartfelt thanks from the woman’s family as well as from East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell, who expressed his accolades in a Facebook post.

Janet Dunne of Bethel, Conn., wrote an open letter to the Montauk Chamber of Commerce lauding Shane McCann, the lifeguard who went out of his way to help her 94-year-old mother onto the sand.

Jul 28, 2016
David Lys, the chairman of the committee and president of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Society, outside the nearly-finished building. Lobster Bake for Life-Saving Station

The event will serve as a fund-raiser for the restoration, which includes specially made doors and windows that should arrive by the end of next month.

Jul 21, 2016
Hook Pond Lane Renovation Causes Neighbors’ Concern

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals considered an application on July 8 for extensive variances and a wetlands permit to allow the substantial renovation of a house at 14 Hook Pond Lane, a narrow, private road that leads to the pond and services nine properties. The village is engaged in water quality remediation in the area, and the hearing drew concerns from several neighbors.

Jul 21, 2016
Rich and Groffman Are Wed in East Hampton

Allison Groffman and Jonathan Rich were married on Saturday at the bride’s parents’ house on Stephen Hand’s Path in East Hampton

Jul 21, 2016
A Boost for Maureen’s Haven

A fund-raiser for Maureen’s Haven, which provides shelter and other services for the homeless on the East End, will be held on Friday, July 22, at the Hyatt Sea Star Ballroom in Riverhead.

Jul 14, 2016
Shahab Karmely told the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals that the tennis court he built complies with conditions the board attached in 2014. Neighbor to Build a Fence To Settle Ongoing Dispute

It may turn out that Shahab Karmely and Kenneth Kuchin will prove the proverb correct and solve their longstanding dispute about a tennis court on Mr. Karmely’s property because at the end of a testy meeting of the East Hampton Village Board of Appeals on Friday, Mr. Karmely agreed to build and pay for a fence that will include soundproofing.

Jul 14, 2016
East Enders took to the streets in Riverhead and Riverside on Sunday during the Black Lives Matters demonstration. Rally and March for Black Lives Matter

Two protest demonstrations are planned for the South Fork on Sunday in connection with the recent shooting deaths of black men at the hands of law enforcement elsewhere in the country.

Jul 14, 2016
Celebration To Reopen Library

The time has finally arrived. After more than four years of work and many more of yearning and planning, the renovated and expanded John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor will open its doors in a little more than a week.

Jul 14, 2016
Soldier Ride Comes Home

Soldier Ride will once again make its way across the South Fork on Saturday, bringing together military veterans who have suffered injuries during their service, community members, and others for a show of support and a fund-raiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Jul 14, 2016
Village Board Backs C.P.F. Water Proposal

The East Hampton Village Board concluded most of its business for the fiscal year ending July 31 at an organizational meeting on Tuesday.

Jul 7, 2016
Siska Is New Deputy Mayor

Barbara Borsack, who had been deputy mayor throughout her 16-year tenure on the board, is no longer in that role.

Jul 7, 2016
Art for a (Hoped-For) Park

The Big Tent: Party for the Park! — a communitywide celebration and fund-raiser for Sag Harbor’s proposed John Steinbeck Memorial Park — will take place Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. under a tent on Long Wharf.

Jul 7, 2016
Dedicating a Survivor Tree

A “survivor tree,” named for a Callery pear tree that endured the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center in Manhattan, will be dedicated on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the North End Common, at 51 Pantigo Road in East Hampton Village.

Jul 7, 2016
Scrutinize Plans for an Oceanfront Lot

An underground propane tank and a series of variance requests for an oceanfront lot on Further Lane owned by Michael Fisch, the founder and chief executive of American Securities, kept the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals busy on Friday.

Jun 30, 2016
Laura Brady, at right, a member of the Food Pantry Farm’s new working families C.S.A. program, picked up her weekly share of veggies on Monday with some help from her daughter, Laila Sanders, and twins, Chase and Gamble Sanders. At center was Melissa Mapes, a coordinator at the farm. Fresh . . . and Affordable

Food Pantry Farm on Long Lane in East Hampton launched its Working Families community-supported agriculture program this week.

Jun 30, 2016
From left, Christian McBride, Mark Gross, and Jon Faddis performed at last year's Jazz for Jennings fund-raiser. Mr. Faddis will perform again at this year's benefit, which once again supports the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center. Top Jazz Players Step Up

Known now as Jazz for Jennings rather than Jazz at Jennings, the brunch-and-music fund-raiser for the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center will return on Sunday for its second year.

Starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Watermill Center, the event will bring together one of the top names in jazz music, Jon Faddis, the bandleader and trumpeter, and Randy Brecker, the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, along with Ada Rovatti on tenor saxophone, Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Carl Allen on drums, Dan Rose on guitar, and Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass.

Jun 23, 2016
Election Results

Running unopposed, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. was re-elected to a four-year term in East Hampton Village’s election on Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Barbara Borsack and Richard Lawler of the village board were also re-elected without opposition.

Unofficial results released yesterday by Becky Molinaro, the village administrator, showed 53 machine votes cast at the Emergency Services Building. An additional 30 were cast by absentee ballot. Mayor Rickenbach received a total of 71 votes, with Ms. Borsack and Mr. Lawler each receiving 72.

Jun 23, 2016
Power Forum: Letting Consumers Decide

Approximately 100 people attended the South Fork Clean Energy Forum on June 15 at LTV Studios in Wainscott, at which officials from government, PSEG Long Island, and renewable energy companies discussed the transition from fossil-fuel sources that scientists say is urgently needed to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.

Jun 23, 2016
Nicki Mazur, right, and Arlene Coulter were among the dozen at a rally along Montauk Highway in Water Mill to ban assault weapons. The East Hampton and Southampton Town Democrats were the sponsors. Mayor Bemoans Gun Violence

East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. issued pointed comments on the easy availability of assault rifles at the village board’s meeting on Friday, following a moment of silence held in memory of the 49 people killed in the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, Fla.

Jun 23, 2016
Village Taxes Drop a Bit

With no public comment save for a plea that future deer-management efforts be more humane than recent practices, the East Hampton Village Board adopted a 2016-17 budget at its meeting on Friday.

Jun 23, 2016
Now, Energy Awareness Days

Energy conservation and cost-savings for homeowners who act to reduce their energy consumption will be the focus of two inaugural Energy Awareness Days next week, presented by East Hampton Town and PSEG Long Island.

Jun 23, 2016
Adas Israel Looks Back, and Forward

Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor Village, the oldest synagogue on Long Island, is marking its 120th anniversary this year. Members, guests, and dignitaries will gather for a celebratory dinner on Sunday at Osteria Salina in Wainscott. Rabbi Daniel Geffen will serve as master of ceremonies, and speakers will include Neal Fagin, president of the congregation, and Ronald Lauder, a Wainscott resident who is chairman emeritus of the Estee Lauder cosmetics company and a member of Adas Israel.

Jun 23, 2016
Hearty Yes to Benefit Bump

Sag Harbor Village voters gave a resounding yes Tuesday to an increase in the pension-like incentive program for members of the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Jun 23, 2016
A referendum regarding the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps is on the ballot for Tuesday. E.M.S. Incentive on Sag Harbor's Ballot Tuesday

While there is no competition in Tuesday's election, there is a lot at stake for the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which is looking to increase its pension-like incentive program.

Jun 16, 2016
Indian Wells: ‘That Problem Has Passed’

Many Amagansett residents, East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell among them, were out and about on Monday night, either at a history program on the Nazi submarine landing off Atlantic Avenue Beach or at the monthly meeting of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, where at least a dozen extra chairs were commandeered to accommodate a good-sized crowd.

Jun 16, 2016
Learn About LTV Production

East Hampton Town residents interested in producing a show at LTV, learning the ins and outs of video production, or becoming a local television producer have been encouraged to attend a free orientation session on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Jun 16, 2016
CVS Bound for Bowling Lot

Excavation has begun and signs have been approved for a new CVS Pharmacy at the 71 Montauk Highway site of East Hampton Bowl, which closed in 2013 and was demolished last year.

Jun 16, 2016
Cumiskey and Donohue Marry in May

Sarah Margaret Donohue and Patrick Joseph Cumiskey of White Plains, N.Y., were married on May 27 at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook, N.Y.

Jun 16, 2016
Climate Symposium at SoFo

The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will host a climate change symposium on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Jun 16, 2016