Who goes to Texas and doesn’t seek out tacos and barbecue? I do, we did.

East Hampton High’s top three singles players, and its top doubles team, are headed for this weekend’s county individual tournament at Half Hollow Hills West in Dix Hills.

Porgy, also known as scup or sea bream, sometimes gets a bum rap. Most prominent are the complaints that it’s a bony fish to eat, but that’s just hogwash.

A first-timer wins the Hither Hills trails half-marathon at Montauk’s Ed Ecker County Park, while Ryan Fowkes leads Bonac’s tracksters at St. Anthony’s invitational.

A 33-year-old East Hampton man was arrested on four counts of criminal contempt for allegedly violating a court order to stay away from four people he was found in a car with last Thursday.

A 19-year-old was driving drunk when he crashed into a guardrail and went into a ravine in the early morning hours on Sunday, East Hampton Town police said.

The Public Service Commission of the New York State Department of Public Service has announced an informative forum and public statement hearing on the proposed South Fork Wind Farm to be held on June 11 at the Emergency Services Building in East Hampton.

Police were called to speak to a “suspicious man” hanging around the playground on Newtown Lane on Saturday around 5:10 p.m. He said he was just sitting down waiting for the bus back to his house.

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The East Hampton Village Board, which is seeking to hire a firm to help tackle challenges in the village’s commercial district, discussed the details last week.

East Hampton Town’s Energy Sustainability and Resiliency Committee is urging the town to aggressively pursue community choice aggregation and battery storage to meet its goals to fully transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources across all sectors.

Former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot has lost a bid to force an Independence Party primary election against County Legislator Bridget Fleming ahead of the Nov. 5 election in Suffolk’s Second Legislative District.

Nancy Goroff, a professor and chairwoman of Stony Brook University’s chemistry department, told The Star this week that she will soon decide whether to seek the party’s nomination.

The East Hampton Town Board is poised to adopt a resolution supporting the goals of proposed New York State legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.

Two incumbents, J.P. Foster, the board president, and Wendy Geehreng, are both seeking re-election, while Sandra Vorpahl, who previously served six years on the board, and Jeff Erickson, who ran last year, are also looking for a seat.

The arguments turned to the metaphysical on Tuesday when members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife implored the East Hampton Town Board to ban hunting on one weekend day, with several speakers referring to the spiritual and healing qualities of nature.

Accabonac Harbor in Springs and Northwest Creek in East Hampton will receive a new degree of scrutiny after an expansion of a water testing program run by Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

The East Hampton High School boys track team, which numbers about 40, improved to 1-2 on Monday with an 89-38 home win over Wyandanch.

From a Bonac girls track meet here on Friday to Katy’s Courage 5K in Sag Harbor Saturday, here’s the latest rundown.

The East Hampton Town Trustees appear close to drastically changing the way they manage the rented sites of the old fishing cottages at Lazy Point.