En el sitio web de la Agencia Federal de Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración, estas palabras aparecen en letras grandes, anunciando un cambio de política aún mayor: "Proceso para promover la unidad y la estabilidad de las familias". Para los residentes indocumentados en EE.UU. que lleven viviendo aquí al menos 10 años y estén casados con ciudadanos estadounidenses, eso significa que el gobierno ha abierto una nueva vía para obtener legalmente la tarjeta verde. Es "un paso clave para cumplir el compromiso del Presidente Biden de promover la unidad familiar en el sistema de inmigración", dijo el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional en un anuncio esta semana.

At daybreak, I went to check my lobster traps off to the east, but before we ventured forth, I wanted to do a bit of fishing on the east side of Gardiner's Island. Fluke and sea bass were the intended quarry. My expectations were very low. Let me explain.

Kevin Bunce Sr., who has been keeping the ball rolling for the Montauk Rugby Club, said that his 7s squad been a winner or a runner-up in a half-dozen U-23 tournaments. The goal now "is to get enough guys involved so that Montauk can field a 15s side again."

More than a race, Ellen's Run, which is in its 29th year, is about support and camaraderie. The race sets off from the Southampton Intermediate School on Aug. 18.

Updated plans for what East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez is calling the Center for Modern Aging, include a new location for solar panels, different siding, and lower ceilings in some common rooms, but some town board members are wondering if the town is missing some opportunities with even the latest proposed design.

Last weekend was a busy one for East Hampton Village lifeguards, who made a total of 22 saves.

The East Hampton School District has embarked on a study with a consultant on the feasibility of putting electric school buses into service beginning three years from now.

With mosquito samples from the South Fork so far testing negative for West Nile virus, East Hampton Town and other areas on the South Fork have avoided the county's aerial spraying this season, but that could change. “We’re still only halfway through the season. I would expect to see some West Nile virus activity in our traps in the coming weeks,” a Suffolk Health Department official said.

Forget the white pants or the crisp, sky blue shirts. Traffic-cone orange is the color of summer 2024 in East Hampton Village. “It’s a disaster. We want to make sure residents understand it’s not the village doing the work, it’s the D.O.T.,” Marcos Baladron, the village administrator, said about the multiple construction zones that have been impacting travel along Route 27, a state road that doubles as the village’s Main Street.

Amid a pervading sense of uncertainty — politics and international affairs being what they are — something positive is happening here, as a rabbi and a minister engage in friendly dialogue and instructive commentary on “the best parables of Jewish and Christian literature.”