President-elect Donald Trump has named former First Congressional District Representative Lee Zeldin as his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, saying he "will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet."

A Facebook post circulating in the community concerning a lost 2-year-old child is a scam, the East Hampton Town Police Department announced Monday morning.

The last time East Hampton Village updated its comprehensive plan was in 2002. While a lot has changed, as they say, much has stayed the same, including many of the issues identified in the 2002 plan — traffic, teardowns, and loss of businesses that served the local population. On Dec. 6, the village will begin the process of engaging with the community about an updated vision for the future and how to get there.  

Incumbent Representative Nick LaLota, a Republican, easily defeated his Democratic challenger, John Avlon, to be re-elected for a second term in what many believed would be a close race. As it turned out, it was not: Mr. LaLota grabbed 55.7 percent of the vote in the First Congressional District, while Mr. Avlon got 44.2 percent.

Incumbent Representative Nick LaLota, a Republican, easily defeated his Democratic challenger, John Avlon, to be re-elected for a second term in what many believed would be a close race. As it turned out, it was not: Mr. LaLota grabbed 55.7 percent of the vote in the First Congressional District, while Mr. Avlon got 44.2 percent.

Following the re-election of State Senator Anthony Palumbo and the election of Tommy John Schiavoni to the Assembly, the South Fork will continue to be represented in Albany by both a Democrat and a Republican.

Early Wednesday, when Grindstone Coffee & Donuts in East Hampton Village opened, The Associated Press had called the swing state Wisconsin for Trump, putting him at 276 electoral votes. Reaction at the coffee shop, in this blue corner of red Suffolk County, which voted overwhelmingly for Trump, was less surprise and more resignation.

Even though the East Hampton Town attorney said last month that the town could not entertain other offers on the 97-acre Wainscott property leased by the Maidstone Gun Club, a new suitor emerged on Saturday, this one with a proposal to develop a portion of the lot into privately owned affordable housing.

In East Hampton Town, Councilman Ian Calder-Piedmonte won a special election to serve another year on the town board, and voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition that will allow the town to remove the property sometimes called the Sherrill Triangle from its list of nature preserves so that it can be used for future road improvements.

In East Hampton Town, Councilman Ian Calder-Piedmonte won a special election to serve another year on the town board, and voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition that will allow the town to remove the property sometimes called the Sherrill Triangle from its list of nature preserves so that it can be used for future road improvements.

There was audible muttering at Monday night’s meeting of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee when East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys presented a draft proposal to fix drainage and traffic issues at the complicated five-way intersection of Second House Road, Industrial Road, North Shore Road, and Midland Road, all near Fort Pond.

Gerard Drive, a mile-long peninsula that runs north to south on the east side of Springs, shielding Accabonac Harbor from Gardiner’s Bay, is one of the more environmentally sensitive areas in East Hampton Town. Along its entire length, only a single house has a swimming pool. At a public hearing before the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 22, an applicant argued that it was time for another.

Both Proposition 1, the statewide Equal Rights Amendment, and Proposition 2, a small Suffolk County sales-tax increase to support the phasing out of pollution-producing cesspools, gained enough voter support to pass on Tuesday.

The Ladies Village Improvement Society is accepting applications for its Madelon DeVoe Talley Scholarship, available to women 25 or older who are enrolled in or plan to enroll in an undergraduate program. Two $3,000 scholarships will be awarded.

A memorial service for Constance Mary Cafiso will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Sag Harbor, with a celebration of her life to follow at the Brick Kiln Road firehouse.

The character of Amagansett School's principal, Maria Dorr, was the focus of a disciplinary hearing on Oct. 30, but school attorneys repeatedly steered discussion back to the central issue: a missing red envelope with a $25 Amazon gift card enclosed.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at the Springs School participated in the annual idiom contest on Halloween as an educational way to have fun on an otherwise crazy school day. The contest challenged students to interpret an idiom with a costume and/or props for the judges, who were the school's administrators.

The newest classroom at the John M. Marshall Elementary School lacks windows, walls, and even a door, yet students are enjoying it nonetheless. Sound a bit strange? It's all intentional — it's an outdoor classroom.

Five Pierson High School students who are excelling both inside and outside the classroom have been recognized for their achievements: Two seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition, and three students have been honored for their exemplary work and outstanding character.

Friends and family members arrived from near and far — by long trips on planes, trains, and buses — to attend the Sept. 14 wedding of Ethan Bregman and Olha Beskhmelnytsina in Lviv, Ukraine.