Business

Much of summer on the South Fork is associated with crowded beaches, packed shops and restaurants, and people flooding in from elsewhere to spend time in the fresh air and sunshine. However, when the summer gives way to fall and winter, it becomes a whole different place.

Originally a small storefront on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton, Damark’s Market has been transformed into a spacious food store — and, now, an award-winning business — over the last 75 years.

By the time most of East Hampton is just waking up, Marlon Castaño, a sanitation worker with National Waste Services on Springs-Fireplace Road, is already on his route, collecting garbage from about 100 houses.

The latest from the region’s dominant industry.

A weekly report of recent real estate moves here.

Shoe-Inn's 27th annual Hamptons warehouse sale may be the perfect chance to get your hands on your dream shoes, before someone else snatches them up first.

It’s the weekly South Fork real estate report, covering transactions in May and June.

The earliest iteration of the Hampton Jitney began traversing the roads of the South Fork 50 years ago, on the heels of the first oil shock, which sent gas prices soaring and had people looking for alternatives to their cars. Half a century later, it’s hard to imagine the South Fork without the Hampton Jitney, especially if you’re a commuter or part-time resident.

Not the heaviest volume we’ve seen, but property transactions are always closely watched here, aren’t they . . .

Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelly, Dubin & Quartararo, a law firm with five offices across Long Island, has hired Jesse Frost as a new associate attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frost worked at a law firm in New York, where he specialized in estate law and tax planning.

Realty watchers, here are the latest moves out this way.

The WNET radio broadcasting group on Tuesday announced that it is extending its coverage of WLIW-FM by launching a new Montauk radio station, 88.7 FM. As Long Island’s only National Public Radio station, its signal will now reach across the entire East End and into southern Connecticut and Rhode Island.