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Scaling Back Montauk Hamlet Study

“I think this issue about coastal adaptation is going to take some time to work through,” Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said.

Cat Ops Target Feral Colonies Near You

Most people don’t know it, but there are cat capers happening right under their noses all over the South Fork.

Montauk Homeowners May Pay to Bury Lines

The expansion of an ongoing project to remove utility poles and relocate the lines underground along a stretch of Old Montauk Highway is now in a wait-and-see mode.

A Rebound in Water Quality

Most of East Hampton Town’s waters were of a high quality and supportive of fisheries in 2018, the town trustees were told on Monday, and some sites that the D.E.C. has closed to shellfishing can be opened.

Judge Puts Duryea’s Deal on Hold

The settlement was invalid because the town board did not vote on a resolution authorizing it before it was finalized, according to a statement from the town on Friday.

‘Fusion’ Ticket Goes Down in Flames

In a tersely worded statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the East Hampton Town Republican Committee announced that it had been unable to persuade G.O.P. county leadership to let candidates who are not registered Republicans appear on the party’s line in the Nov. 5 election.

Drunken Driver Is Spared Jail

Andrew D. Hellman, who injured a town police officer in a drunken-driving crash over Labor Day weekend, will enter a drug treatment program.

After a Battle, Gardiner’s Bay Is Back

A 1956 mapping mistake is corrected, following a decade-long effort.

Tesla Wants Montauk

Representatives of Tesla Motors and a company with which it has partnered presented a refined proposal to install an array of electric vehicle charging stations in Montauk to the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.

Z.B.A. Ponders 56 Oceanfront Pilings

Lily Pond Lane owners watch proceedings and worry over their own views.

Best Place to Live? Not Here

Not a single East End town made the top 100 in Niche.com’s 2019 list of Best Places to Live in America — or even the top 350 Best Places to Live in New York State.

Sand Land and D.E.C. Taken to Court

Thirteen advocacy groups negotiate a two-week delay in the permit approval to expand the use of the Noyac mine.

School-Contractor Saga Ends

The long, winding, and expensive disagreement between the East Hampton School District and Sandpebble Building has ended.

New Eyes and Ears for the Peconic Bays

Pete Topping spent seven and a half years as a bay management specialist with the East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery before being hired four months ago as the new Peconic Baykeeper, a clean-water advocate for Long Island’s Peconic and South Shore bays.

Early Jail May Foil ICE

A Queens man who seriously injured a Montauk pedestrian and fled the scene in a drunken-driving incident last Memorial Day weekend has begun serving his prison sentence early.

Sandy Spit Off Gardiner’s Island Off Limits

There is “absolutely no doubt” that the shoal system and foreshore of Gardiner’s Island, like the island itself, is privately owned, an expert has told the East Hampton Town Trustees.

Push for Hunting Pause

Members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife renewed their call to ban hunting one day each weekend when the East Hampton Town Board met last Thursday.

Authors Night at 555 Approved Despite Objections

A debate over the East Hampton Library’s annual Authors Night fund-raiser highlighted a schism on the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday, with one member siding with Amagansett residents who oppose holding the two-day event in their hamlet.

Sag Cinema Eyes a Fall Opening

The construction of a reimagined Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center is swinging into its third and final phase and remains on target for a fall opening, as organizers now seek to raise an additional $3 million to $4 million in donations.

A Crustacean Celebration

As I climbed aboard my Nova Scotia-built boat to take the hourlong ride to my lobster traps, my anticipation of a good catch, and an even better dinner that same night, loomed large in my head.