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They Never Promised Her a Rose Garden

Mindful of the density and scarcity of parking in the neighborhood, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals took a long look at a proposal to alter a pre-existing nonconforming residence and make several additions to a .3-acre parcel on Friday.

Keith and Anne Cynar own an undivided lot at 52, 54, and 56 McGuirk Street. They want to convert a two-apartment building at the rear of the property into a single-family residence while retaining two cottages that face the street.

Mar 17, 2016
Bracing for Summer’s Hordes

At a very brief work session last Thursday, the East Hampton Village Board took a step toward meeting the coming onslaught of summer visitors.

Mar 10, 2016
The 2014 Am O'Gansett parade Hop, Skip, Jump for Ireland

The unmistakable signs of spring are stirring. The eighth annual Am O’Gansett Parade, which its organizers proclaim is the world’s shortest, will commence at noon on Saturday and conclude a few minutes later.

Mar 10, 2016
Actress’s Guest House Gets the Kibosh

The actress Candice Bergen and her husband, the real estate magnate Marshall Rose, have owned a house at 72 Lily Pond Lane, which was featured in Architectural Digest, for years. On Friday, the attorney Thomas J. Osborne was before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on their behalf seeking to legalize changes that had been made to an accessory building on their property. It was the second go-round of a hearing that started in January.

Mar 3, 2016
The owner of the Soundview Drive house at center is facing charges related to installing a stone revetment without proper permits. Town Challenges Revetment

An Oyster Bay man is facing criminal charges in East Hampton Town Justice Court after allegedly erecting a hard-rock revetment on Soundview Drive in Montauk without permits.

Mar 3, 2016
Deer Sterilization Denounced

Members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife delivered a withering appraisal of East Hampton Village’s deer-management activities and of White Buffalo, the Connecticut organization it hired to conduct a deer-sterilization program, at the village board’s meeting on Friday.

Feb 25, 2016
Funding Campaigns Crop Up

Two new crowdfunding campaigns that are local to the East Hampton area have the potential to expand access to healthy foods for families and children.

Feb 18, 2016
Minerva Perez hopes to forge stronger ties between Latinos and non-Latinos as executive director of Organizacion Latino-Americana of Long Island. A New Leader for OLA

Minerva Perez has been named to the new position of executive director at Organizacion Latino-Americana of Long Island, or OLA.

Feb 11, 2016
Cynthia Young, the director of the Amagansett Library, which has been named grand marshal for the March 12 Am O’Gansett Parade. The Library Shall Lead It

Cynthia Young, the director of the Amagansett Library, which has been named grand marshal for the March 12 Am O’Gansett Parade.

Feb 11, 2016
To Reduce Parking on James Lane

An effort to improve traffic safety on James Lane, which runs along the east side of South End Cemetery, may necessitate in the elimination of about six parking spaces, the East Hampton Village Board concluded at a work session last Thursday.

Feb 11, 2016
Village Beach Permits, Get ’Em While It’s Cold

The Monday morning queue, an early sign that summer is never too far away, was for those seeking one of the 3,000 nonresident parking permits for village beaches.

Feb 4, 2016
A vacant building on Montauk Highway across from the Bridgehampton Post Office will be torn down. The Bridgehampton Fire District bought the property for $3.9 million in 2011. ‘Eyesore’ on Bridgehampton Main to Be Razed

The Bridgehampton Fire District, which bought the building on Main Street that once housed the Pulver Gas Company in 2011 for $3.9 million, will tear it down by the end of the month.

Feb 4, 2016
The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals is unlikely to allow a cellar at 18 Lee Avenue to extend beyond the house’s exterior walls. Z.B.A. Quashes Efforts to Avoid New Rules

No sooner had the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals denied an application on Friday for an expanded house at 44 Huntting Lane that would have violated a zoning amendment enacted last year, than it considered another request to overrule the amendment, which prohibits cellars from extending beyond a house’s ground-floor exterior walls.

Jan 28, 2016
A Surfboard’s Strange Trip

A missing surfboard will be returned to its owner by way of North Carolina.

Jan 21, 2016
About North Main Parking

Befitting the quiet of a South Fork winter, the East Hampton Village Board’s meeting on Friday was brief.

Jan 21, 2016
Old Hoses, Tired Trucks

The Sag Harbor Fire Department, which serves Noyac and North Haven as well as the village, is facing “almost a crisis situation with the apparatus we have,” Chief Tom Gardella told the village board last week.

Jan 21, 2016
The Chili Cook-Off Is Nigh

It’s time again for the Great Bonac Chili Cook-Off, when home cooks and professional chefs throw their best versions of chili in the ring, to be tasted and rated by members of the public.

Jan 21, 2016
To Explain Code Revisions

The public has been invited to a meeting on Wednesday for further explanation of the proposed Sag Harbor Village zoning code revisions.

Jan 21, 2016
When Mammograms Fall Short

“Happygram,” a feature-length documentary that explores the issue of breast cancers that mammograms failed to detect, will be screened on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Shelter Island High School. Admission is free.

Jan 21, 2016
Accountants Give Thumbs-Up on Finances

The Village of East Hampton got an upbeat report on its fiscal health last Thursday.

Jan 14, 2016
Concern Persists Over Sag Harbor Moratorium

Members of the Sag Harbor Village Board came under fire Tuesday night from residents angry over proposed new laws that they say will hurt their property values. Residents also questioned the validity of a moratorium on building that has been in effect while the legislation was being drawn up.

Jan 14, 2016
First Mega-Mansion? Developer Seeks Supersized Spec House on Huntting Lane

An application for a 10,561-square-foot house in the Huntting Lane Historic District is “exactly the type of project the village had in mind” last year when it enacted new limits on floor area and lot coverage, the chairman of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals said on Friday.

Jan 14, 2016
Easier Phragmites Removal

The local laws adopted on Friday that concluded the East Hampton Village Board’s business for 2015 were overshadowed by a moment of silence observed for Karen Rickenbach, the daughter of Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., who died on Dec. 12.

Dec 24, 2015
In the East Hampton High School cafeteria on Monday, members of the school’s Key Club sorted some 1,000 toys collected for local children in need by the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton Toys for Tots program. Easing the Holiday Stress, One Toy at a Time

With its Toys for Tots program, now in its 30th year, the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton does its part to ease the stress on parents’ wallets and give children a brighter Christmas.

Dec 24, 2015
A Gingerbread House Contest in Montauk

If you’ve already made a gingerbread house for the holidays, you might not want to take a bite of it just yet.

Dec 3, 2015
Harry Chapin Food Bank

As the holidays approach, a fund-raising drive for Long Island Cares — The Harry Chapin Food Bank, its second such, has begun. This year’s drive honors the late Jack Morelli of Amagansett.

Dec 3, 2015
A True’s beaked whale was found dead on Scott Cameron Beach in Bridgehampton last Thursday. A Beaked Whale Beaches

A True’s beaked whale, rare to the area, was found dead on Scott Cameron Beach in Bridgehampton last Thursday afternoon.

Nov 25, 2015
Nanci LaGarenne A New Tale of Domestic Violence

In “Refuge,” her most recent book, Nanci LaGarenne, an East Hampton author, has delved deeply into difficult issues faced by many women, including more than one might think here on the East End.

Nov 25, 2015
Dominy Shops Set to Move

The historic Dominy clock and woodworking shops that were moved decades ago to the Further Lane property now owned by the investor Barry Rosenstein will soon begin a journey back to North Main Street, where they were constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nov 25, 2015
Engaged at Sunset

Sara Struble and Michael Ritsi got en­gaged at sunset on the beach in Montauk on Nov. 14.

Ms. Struble, a sales representative for The Southampton Press, is the daughter of Terry and Walter Struble of Springs. Mr. Ritsi is the sports program director at Sportime in Amagansett and coaches junior varsity football and varsity baseball at East Hampton High School. His parents are Joanne Roge of Montauk and Joseph Ritsi of Jacksonville, Fla.

They live in Montauk with their dog, Lilly, and are planning a September wedding in 2016 or 2017.

 

Nov 25, 2015