It was a phragmites-removal project that turned bad and devolved into a six-year war between East Hampton Village and the billionaire real estate developer Harry Macklowe. Now, with a new application that will be presented to the village’s zoning board of appeals on May 9, Mr. Macklowe is attempting to put it all to bed.

Most people go to the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, to feed the friendly birds. On Saturday, however, 15 people showed up instead to rip invasive plants out of the ground.

The future of offshore wind power in New York State and throughout the United States was thrown into question last week as the Trump administration’s interior secretary ordered a halt to construction of the 810-megawatt Empire Wind 1 project, which was to span 80,000 acres in the New York Bight and send renewable electricity to New York City.

A hearing Tuesday on the draft environmental impact statement for the 81,257-square-foot building Adam Potter is planning in Sag Harbor drew a number of critics, but also several supporters who spoke of the urgency of affordable housing.

Rona Klopman, chairwoman of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, began its meeting Monday night by addressing a recent East Hampton Town Board proposal to bypass planning and zoning regulations when weighing a project’s benefits to the community against its impacts on the environment.

East Hampton Town announced the hiring of two new department heads last week, including a new director of code enforcement, Marty Culloton, and a new town attorney, hired from within, Jake Turner.

Police responded Saturday night to a report that a wind turbine had fallen off a platform at the firehouse, and found its head and blades on the ground, with debris scattered about.

Most people associate March Madness with basketball, but in the Springs School, the sport of chess, particularly the season’s final tournament, is a big deal in March too.

Only two school districts, Amagansett and Springs, will see challengers to school board incumbents running for re-election on May 20. Elsewhere, incumbents are running unopposed, and where they are not seeking re-election, new faces are also unopposed.

A serious accident occurred on Pantigo Road on the afternoon of April 15 when a pickup truck collided with a Mercedes van that then rolled over onto its side.

A highlight among Springs landmarks, here is a storied eatery and watering hole that served countless of the hamlet’s residents, including the Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.

Josephine Crasky, an Amagansett resident for most of her life, died on April 11 at the age of 101, three months after a birthday celebration that saw a congratulatory proclamation from East Hampton Town and a lively party at the town’s senior citizens center.

Margaret Ora-Lee Capozzola of Montauk, a homemaker who spent many sunny days in her vegetable and flower gardens, died on April 15 at San Simeon by the Sound Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport. She was 88.

Despite keeping fishing notes in my logbook since 1975, I can’t precisely determine the exact date I first met Vincent (Butch) Maher, but I do know it happened at some point in May of 1986, according to my haphazard writings, when I climbed aboard the Lazybones.

The Pierson Whalers defeated Elwood-John Glenn 8-6 Saturday before some 250 Mashashimuet Park spectators who had earlier seen Kyle McGowin, a Pierson grad and former Washington Nationals pitcher, presented with a plaque that is to be displayed in the school’s trophy case.

At her father’s Body Tech fitness studio on Pantigo Road the other day, Alyssa Bahel said she’d run the Paris Marathon in 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds — her best time to date.

The week ahead in local high school sports action.

In 1975 Clark Clifford, Lyndon Johnson’s former defense secretary, spoke locally and lowered the boom on Nixon and the Vietnam War. And more from The Star’s past reportage.

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