Seasonal bans on gas-powered leaf blowers differ from one municipality to another, and there's a growing call for gas blowers to be phased out completely in favor of electric ones.

Town residents can now go online to apply for beach parking and beach driving permits, both of which are free.

The New York State Democratic Committee issued a list of elected officials in Suffolk and Nassau Counties who have endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election, in an announcement that coincided with the launch of an effort to tie Nassau Executive Bruce Blakeman, her Republican opponent, to President Trump.

When Councilman Tom Flight and Councilwoman Cate Rogers fell into a debate last week about proposed income limits for a pilot program that would provide community housing fund grants for the construction of affordable dwelling units, or A.D.U.s, it was a sign of how far the town has come, in just the last year, to incentivize residents to build them.

A vote that would have amended and ostensibly weakened the 53-year-old Endangered Species Act was scheduled by House Republican leadership for April 22 but was not held, after enough rank-and-file Republicans, including Representative Andrew Garbarino from Long Island’s Second District, spoke out publicly against its provisions.

Eight teenagers involved in a fight at Smokey Buns were taken home by their parents on Friday night. The teens had been at the movie theater and went to the restaurant afterward in two groups, one of which confronted the other, possibly over a girlfriend.

Police officers from East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor Village joined forces on Monday to collar a grand larceny suspect just days after he allegedly stole from a shop in Sag Harbor.

A Springs man, later charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, was injured after his truck rolled over in Montauk last week, and there were other injuries in Springs and Wainscott.

On a bright, sunny, and windy April Sunday at the turf field at Stephen Hand’s Path, a group of elementary school girls with goggles and lacrosse sticks was proof that our community created something good in the wake of Covid. The young athletes are part of East End Lacrosse, a program for boys and girls from Montauk, Amagansett, East Hampton, Springs, and Sag Harbor that began in 2021.

Three is the magic number in the East Hampton School District next month. Taxpayers will see three bond propositions on the ballot on May 19, along with the annual school budget and the school board elections.

Springs School’s monthly pep rallies for the middle school students, led by the teacher Sondra Vecchio, usually begin with Ms. Vecchio asking the students how they feel, and the students chanting back loudly, “Osprey strong! All day long!”

Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change. 

The Vibrio vulnificus “flesh eating” bacterium “is not unusual in warm saltwater or brackish environments and does not necessarily indicate pollution or a widespread public health emergency,” the Southampton Town Trustees said in an advisory issued following a social media post that went viral.

Business owners, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs from across the South Fork have been invited to the inaugural Hamptons Business Forum, from LTV Studios and the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, on Monday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at LTV Studios in Wainscott. Attendance is free.

What appeared to at first be a benign application for a building permit in Sag Harbor Village turned into anything but last week at the zoning board of appeals meeting — with the applicants accusing board members of privately opposing their project and the owner of the property accusing the applicants of forgery.

An East Hampton Village resident who successfully sued the village for revoking his permit to park in one of the lots at Main Beach and ordering him to clear out his locker at the Main Beach pavilion suggested last week that he might sue the village for defamation of character, libel, and slander.

The East Hampton Village Board has codified that village personnel will not participate in federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, nor assist civil immigration enforcement efforts, nor will village facilities be used to detain people solely for civil immigration enforcement absent a judicial warrant.

At East Hampton High School’s annual Science Research Symposium last week, 25 seniors shared their findings from three years of scientific research under the guidance of mentors in their chosen field, while sophomores and juniors offered a glimpse of their inquiries so far.

The L.I.R.R.’s Fishermen’s Special to Montauk and Hampton Bays was once a convenient and popular rail service for urban anglers. The photo here is from 1946.

Sag Harbor Village adopted its 2026-27 budget on April 17, ushering in an 8-percent tax rate increase. The $17.6 million budget is up over 10 percent from last year.