The Hamptons International Film Festival's Documentary Short Film Competition Program was presented on Saturday morning in East Hampton.

The first full day of the Hamptons International Film Festival included a talk on short films, the opening of the virtual reality program at East Hampton Library, and screenings of films from all over the world in theaters in East Hampton, Southampton, and Sag Harbor. 

The Hamptons International Film Festival is doubling down on immersive storytelling this year, with two dramatically different approaches to the medium, each of which involves travel. 

A 22-year-old man was arrested on a sex abuse charge Thursday, accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said in East Hampton Town Justice Court. 

Wilson Rolando-Morales, a native Ecuadorian who had been living in East Hampton for three years, surrendered on Thursday morning, his attorney, John O'Brien of Noyac, said. Mr. O'Brien entered a plea of not guilty on his client's behalf. 

In his new novel, “Assassin of Shadows,” Lawrence Goldstone offers an alternative theory to the events of the McKinley assassination.