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Boys Soccer to Play in First-Round Tilt Here Saturday

East Hampton High’s boys soccer team, seeded seventh among 11 schools in the county tournament’s Class AA bracket, is to play 10th-seeded Deer Park here on Saturday at 2 p.m. The winner is to play at second-seeded Half Hollow Hills West Monday at 2:30.

, East Hampton Town 2024 Sample Ballot

This is a sample of the 2024 ballot for the general election in East Hampton Town. Click on the image above to view it larger and to see the back of the ballot, where the propositions can be found.

 

 

A Day to Shred Paper, Shed Pharmaceuticals

East Hampton Town will accept pharmaceuticals that are outdated or no longer needed on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Town Hall. At the same time, the town will offer free paper shredding, giving residents a chance to safely get rid of documents that contain sensitive personal information.

East Hampton Village Foundation 5K Is Saturday

The East Hampton Village Foundation’s 5K run and walk happens on Saturday, starting at Main Beach at 9 a.m.

LaLota and Avlon Clash at Two Debates

Bipartisanship and civility erode as the incumbent Republican congressman and his Democratic challenger in a dead-heat race meet face to face.

Deals and Memories on Kmart’s Final Day

Shoppers who came to Bridgehampton from near and far on Sunday to mark the closing of the retail giant’s last full-size store celebrated and mourned, recalling affordable clothing, first jobs, and a different era.

On the Water: Searching for Scallops

A trip in search of bay scallops with Harrison Tobi, an aquaculture specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension marine center in Southold, to examine the productivity, survivability, and density of the population both in the wild, and also those raised in plastic cages that were spawned at the center.

Bridges and Divides in Amagansett

Amagansett residents weary of the long delay in repairing the impassable Cranberry Hole Road bridge were urged to take a few minutes at the computer and email someone who might actually help to speed the process along. 

Erickson Is Sworn in as East Hampton Police Chief

Jeffrey Erickson was officially appointed chief of the East Hampton Village Police Department at Friday’s village board meeting, after a resolution to do so was unanimously passed by the board. He is the ninth chief of police since the position was created in 1920. 

The Gender Scare

The far right, in its weird obsession with gender, sees Proposition 1 and the Equal Rights Amendment only through a distorted lens of students and sports.

On County Road 39, It’s ‘Rush Six Hours’

The Suffolk County Public Works Department’s study of traffic on County Road 39 in Southampton, presented at a public meeting last week at Southampton High School, reached an unsurprising conclusion: Traffic is bad, and it’s getting worse each year. But what can be done about it?

For Water Quality

Proposition 2 on Suffolk County ballots this election cycle would allow the county to raise the sales tax by one-eighth of 1 percent to support a dedicated Water Quality Restoration Fund.

In Defense of Gunning

Should a gun club be allowed to exist in East Hampton in 2024? 

The Mast-Head: Beware the Zombie Deer

Deer are rapidly adapting to their new reality and doing things they never did before.

Waxing Poetic Over Wainscott Preservation Buy

People have often been moved to paint or photograph the 30-acre property at 66 Main Street in Wainscott. At a public hearing last Thursday on East Hampton Town’s plan to purchase it for $56 million, some people were moved to near tears and others to poetry. 

The Shipwreck Rose: The Groucho Vote

I’m a believer in the veil of distraction. It seems to me blatantly obvious that Karl Marx was correct on that score, anyway.

Early Voting Begins Saturday

Early voting begins on Saturday, and there are locations in East Hampton and Southampton where registered voters can cast ballots through Nov. 3.

Gristmill: Up, Up, and Away

The National Warplane Museum in Geneseo triggers (in a good way) one non-pilot.

On the Police Logs 10.24.24

On Saturday afternoon at the Huntting Inn, a woman caused $2,000 worth of damage to lights and lanterns, smashing them up, the manager told police, after she questioned a bartender about a former employee and objected to the response. After breaking eight lights, she got in an Uber and fled.

Sag Harbor Justice Argues in Federal Court

Carl Irace, an East Hampton attorney who is also a Sag Harbor Village Court Justice, is in a Manhattan federal court today to argue an appeal of a case involving “distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death.”