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Michael Clark’s Oct. 12 announcement that Crossroads Music would close at the end of 2015 was not necessarily the end of the story. An outpouring of surprise and sadness over the imminent demise of the musical-instrument shop at Amagansett Square was quickly followed by a campaign to save the store or, at minimum, pay down some of the debt incurred by Mr. Clark and his wife, Christine.

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For the first time in nearly a decade, Gail Rothwell spent September not at Paris Fashion Week or Milan Fashion Week, but here in East Hampton, where she runs a women’s clothing store on Newtown Lane.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

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The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Un- less otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

To hear advocates of salt therapy tell it, regular sessions in a salt room or salt cave can help alleviate symptoms of asthma, Lyme disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or emphysema, stave off the flu, and improve skin conditions like eczema.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

A new studio in East Hampton Village caters to artists and art collectors of a different sort. The Salty Canvas, which opened on Aug. 21 at 94 Newtown Lane, offers painting lessons for kids and adults alike, specifically for after-school programs and birthday parties for children, painting nights for grown-ups, freestyle open-studio painting sessions, and other private get-togethers.

When shoppers at the East Hampton Farmers Market spend $40 or more tomorrow, they will be offered a ripstop poly-nylon reusable bag. When they look inside it, they will find a postcard explaining their good fortune.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

On a vacation to Europe in 2013, Chelsea Petrozzo noticed that the people elegantly bicycling along were then covering up their bicycle seats with plastic bags to protect them from the rain, sort of ruining the idyllic picture.

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Whether a 7-Eleven, or anything else for that matter, opens in the former Villa Prince Ristorante in Amagansett is off the table, and on the back burner, after a hearing in front of the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday.

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There’s a softer side to the infamous trade parade in at least one work van that makes a couple of weekly trips from Montauk to Manhattan and back again.

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The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

Boaters can browse and book same-day slips through SlipFinder locally at places such as the Star Island Marina in Montauk, and Halsey Marina, 3 Mile Harbor Marina, Harbor Marina, and Gardiner’s Marina on Three Mile Harbor, and nationally at about 120 others.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.