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Montauk Inlet Dredging Unlikely Until 2025

Members of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee grappled at their meeting Monday night with the fact that the long-planned dredging of the Montauk Inlet will in all likelihood be delayed still longer.

Seven Taken to the Hospital

Two accidents on local roads last Thursday resulted in ambulance rides for several drivers and passengers.

Van Was Blocking the Road

A 36-year-old man was arrested on the afternoon of June 24 in Wainscott on a charge of aggravated drunken driving, a class E felony, due to a prior D.W.I. conviction.

On the Police Logs 07.04.24

Three men on a boat, docked off Long Wharf in Sag Harbor on the evening of June 24, left the boat and stepped over a gate to get into Le Bilboquet when a manager approached and told one of them that his shorts and flip-flops were not proper attire for the restaurant. Words were apparently exchanged, because the manager later reported the incident to police.

Kids Culture for July 4, 2024

This weekend starts an inaugural program of all-ages art classes hosted at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, “fun for the whole family,” as the saying goes. Plus: kids' movies, cookie decorating for teens, story time, skateboarding clinics, and more.

Elinor Glassman Gordon

Elinor Glassman Gordon, who was 83, died of pancreatic cancer last Thursday at her daughter’s house in East Hampton. The jewelry designer and retailer was known for her “consummate New York-ness.”

Russell Blue, Architect

Russell Blue of Water Mill, an architect whose firm designed houses and spaces on the East End, in New York City, and across the tristate region, died of cardiac arrest on April 15 at Future Stars Tennis in Southampton. He was 64.

The Way It Was for July 4, 2024

Dispatches from around the Fourth of July of years gone by included raising a new Liberty Pole in the village in 1949 and, of course, Puff Daddy’s noisy party 50 years later.

Letters to the Editor for July 4, 2024

From airplane noise to the goings-on in Accabonac Harbor, this is what’s on readers’ minds this week.

Once More for the Republic

Joe Biden has dedicated his life to public service, but he cannot win this one. The debate of June 27 was a tipping point.

Another Reason to Recognize July 4

The Fourth of July in 1827 was the day that slavery officially ended in New York State.

God Bless the Pumpout Folks

Those doing this duty are the unsung heroes of the waterways, ridding potentially thousands of gallons of wastewater from boats from the region’s most precious resource.

The Mast-Head: No Buns in Store

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans typically consume 7 billion hot dogs.

The Shipwreck Rose: Good Behavior

Europeans make fun of Americans for the way we go about grinning and chirping banalities at one another, but we don’t do it because we’re all idiots, but because the smiling, nodding, and have-a-nice-day-ing are folk customs that serve a social purpose.

Gristmill: On the Oval

It was a track athlete’s worst nightmare, and now the defending 800 meters gold medalist won’t be going to the Paris Games this summer.

Guestwords: Keepsake and Proof

The love of objects isn’t necessarily symptomatic of greed. Sometimes they become an extension of who we are, and a tangible sign of our connection to others.

Keeping Account 07.04.24

White’s Lumber & Millwork and Multi-Aquaculture Systems win grants, while WordHampton Public Relations wins an award.

Recorded Deeds 07.04.24

The latest reported moves in South Fork real estate.

Stop & Shop Employees Strike for Better Wages, Working Conditions

Standing outside the Newtown Lane store on Tuesday late in the morning, striking employees offered fliers to customers entering the store, urging them to reconsider their decision to shop there even at a time when people typically flock to grocery stores to get ready for Fourth of July celebrations.

Talent Wins Out

Audrey Flack, an art world iconoclast, died on Friday. Her memoir holds nothing back, from the boorish big boys to parsing who the real feminists were to knowing when she nailed a masterpiece.