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Hot Tea and a Hospital Trip

Two women were taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on the morning of Oct. 15 after their southbound Honda hit a telephone pole on Flamingo Avenue in Montauk, near Mulford Avenue.

Guestwords: Pity the Bees

Thoughts on a neighborhood spraying of pesticides, weekly through the end of December.

The Way It Was for October 24, 2024

This week, as Kmart shutters in Bridgehampton, you can read about its grand opening 25 years ago. And much more of interest and semi-interest from our past pages.

Letters to the Editor for October 24, 2024

And traffic is top of mind. Or is it the Maidstone Gun Club? Anything but presidential politics . . .

Recorded Deeds 10.24.24

Newly reported in the world of South Fork realty.

Students Become Citizen Scientists of the Peconic

Students from the Ross School, Springs School, and others around the East End got their hands and feet wet on Friday in the Peconic Estuary, becoming citizen scientists through the Day in the Life program.

A Sag Harbor Redevelopment Comes Into Focus

Plans for 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue, which the developer Jeremy Morton is set to purchase, include additional second-story space and new facades for both buildings

A Sag Harbor Redevelopment Comes Into Focus

Plans for 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue, which the developer Jeremy Morton is set to purchase, include additional second-story space and new facades for both buildings

Pierson Class Rank Update: Survey Favors Latin Honors System

At the next Sag Harbor School Board meeting in November, school administrators said this week, they will be bringing a proposed policy change to the board: removing the current class ranking system and replacing it with a Latin honors system beginning with next year’s senior class.

Pierson Students Soar on I.B. and Regents Exams

From International Baccalaureate tests to New York State's Regents exams and other standardized assessments, students in the Sag Harbor School District posted excellent scores in the 2023-24 school year.

Springs Notebook: Learning About the Coast Guard

One of the many things that makes Springs School special is the field trips teachers and their students go on. One particular field trip occurred recently in third grade. Students went to the Coast Guard Station in Montauk to learn about all of the important jobs the Coast Guard does.

Kids Culture for Oct. 24, 2024

Halloween is technically still a week away, but the fun for kids and teens has already begun in East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Water Mill, and other nearby places.

Cell Tower Fight Continues in Sagaponack

Construction of a 100-foot cellphone tower behind Sagaponack Village Hall has begun, but residents of the tiny village continued to oppose it at an Oct. 16 meeting of the village board.

Sagaponack Village Tosses Compost Law Change

The Sagaponack Village Board jettisoned a proposed amendment to its composting laws at a public hearing on Oct. 16 after input from the Long Island Farm Bureau, the Cornell Cooperative Extension, and local farmers.

A World Series Block Party

It may not be the Subway Series that Mets fans were hoping for, but there are still reasons for baseball fans here to cheer, because when the Yankees play the Los Angeles Dodgers in game two of the World Series on Saturday night, the East Hampton Village Foundation will close Newtown Lane for a block party starting at 5.

Item of the Week: Mrs. Carll's Cake, 1910

The namesake for this recipe was likely Mary Hedges Carll (1831-1900), the aunt of the East Hampton Library’s first librarian, Ettie Hedges Pennypacker.

Propostion 3: Paving Way for a Roundabout in East Hampton

East Hampton Town residents casting ballots this year will find one proposition pertaining specifically to the town. Proposition 3 asks voters for approval to remove a triangle of land where North Main Street intersects with Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads from the town’s nature preserve properties so that the area can be available for future road improvements.

Peter Eckey

Peter Eckey, an East Hampton native who was an engineering manager for Northrop Grumman in San Diego for 39 years, died on April 19 in Escondido, Calif. He was 72.

Kevin J. Maggrett Jr.  

Kevin James Maggrett Jr., who worked alongside his father at Maggrett Auto Body in Bridgehampton, died of a heart attack on Oct. 4 in Edmeston, N.Y. He was 46.   

For Phyllis Ann Lomitola   

A funeral Mass for Phyllis Ann Lomitola of Montauk will be said on Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in that hamlet. Burial at Fort Hill Cemetery will follow.