With a final tally of 158 “yes” votes to 37 “no” votes, the East Hampton Library’s 2025 budget plan was approved by the community on Saturday.

The Fred Golofaro Memorial Montauk Surf Fishing Classic returns to Montauk Point State Park this weekend.

Carolyn Tyson, former owner of an estate off Further Lane, left eight acres, part of the Double Dunes, to the Nature Conservancy, helping to preserve the landscape for coming generations.

Gibson Lane beachgoers erupted in applause last week when the Sagaponack Village Board announced that Southampton Town parking permits will continue to be valid when the village takes over maintenance of the beach next summer.

It was only 15 minutes from the time Kent Feuerring took off from East Hampton Town Airport in his Seamax M-22 on the pristine morning of Oct. 6, 2022, until the right wing separated from the plane, causing him to crash in Three Mile Harbor. It took nearly two years for the National Transportation Safety Board to release its final report on the fatal accident, which they did last week, blaming the manufacturer for using a nut that couldn’t handle the job it was given.

Anxious Montauk residents can breathe a little easier now: While the hamlet’s only pharmacy, White’s Drug and Department Store, will close on Oct. 31, its pharmacist, Frank Calvo, has secured a location for a new iteration, to be called Montauk Chemists.

Anxious Montauk residents can breathe a little easier now: While the hamlet’s only pharmacy, White’s Drug and Department Store, will close on Oct. 31, its pharmacist, Frank Calvo, has secured a location for a new iteration, to be called Montauk Chemists.

Endorsements have been rolling in for both sides in the race for New York State’s First Assembly District seat, in which Stephen Kiely, a Republican and Conservative candidate, and Tommy John Schiavoni, a Democratic and Working Families candidate, are vying to succeed Fred W. Thiele Jr.

Historically, an idea stretching through the English common law system to ancient times maintains that criminal court is a public forum. But virtual court — a change introduced during the pandemic — has stuck around, altering court proceedings and increasing the efficiency of local courthouses.

Eventually, a major hurricane is coming, and Montauk — whose lifeblood is the ocean — is not ready. If the hamlet is hit by a truly big hurricane, it won’t be able to just get back to its feet and walk on. To make even a dent in the task of full recovery will require an army of dedicated experts, officials, and residents — and a yacht-load of money.

Our Fabulous Variety Show will entertain children at its Kids’ Night Out on Saturday. Plus: sewing club, kids' movies, arts and crafts, and a visit from a therapy dog.

Robert Salpeter of Manhattan and Montauk, a pioneering graphic designer who began his career at IBM and started his own studio, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 88. He had been ill with pancreatic cancer.

As we have now formally settled into fall, the changes on the fishing scene have commenced, as have the changes in weather.

Rocky Point picked East Hampton as its homecoming opponent. Big mistake. The Bonackers on Saturday wreaked havoc at the North Shore school on their way to a 40-7 rout of the Eagles.

I-Tri, the South Fork-based girls’ empowerment program, will host its annual Ride and Wine fund-raising cycling event on Oct. 5, with a new route and a new spot for its afterparty.

“It was a great game,” Don McGovern, the Bonac boys soccer coach, said of an East Hampton and Amityville tilt through 80 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute overtimes.

Catching up with East Hampton girls tennis, girls swimming, and boys and girls cross-country.

From the complexities and curiosities of cricket in Southampton to surfers in giant swells off Montauk, it happened here.

Some things are inevitable in these pages over the years. Like rumrunning, breakwaters and dredging, and Fred Thiele.

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