The national trend of shell companies owning real estate is not a new phenomenon, but it's one that is solidly in play here on the South Fork — presenting benefits for the actual owners and problems of perception in some communities.

The national trend of shell companies owning real estate is not a new phenomenon, but it's one that is solidly in play here on the South Fork — presenting benefits for the actual owners and problems of perception in some communities.

Technical difficulties prevented the live televising of Monday night’s debate between the two candidates running to represent the South Fork in the New York State.

Lying in politics is not confined to a single political party, nor is it new, but this does not mean that the very real dangers it can lead to can be ignored.

It’s heartening to see the revival of Bonac football, a tradition that dates back to 1923, and at Herrick Park, no less.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day oft he Jewish calendar, begins at sundown tomorrow, and there will be services in East Hampton at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Chabad of the Hamptons and in Sag Harbor at Temple Adas Israel and Bay Street Theater, which Gesher | the Bridge Shul will make its temporary home.

Get out your garlands: The East Hampton Star Holiday Spirit decorating contest debuts in November.

The case of the removal of two trees on Meadowlark Lane in Sag Harbor Village was back in Justice Court Tuesday morning. Alex Kriegsman, an attorney appearing virtually in representing the defendant, Augusta Ramsay Folks, made a motion for dismissal based on comments made by Bob Plumb of the village board at a meeting in August.

Visiting hours for Christian Gutierrez, who died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday, will take place tomorrow at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton from 3 to 9 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Most Holy Trinity Parish Center.

Thoughts on the popularity of e-bikes.

A Yorkshire terrier inadvertently rode a westbound bus from the Bridgehampton train station to Babylon on Sunday afternoon without its family, prompting an unusual “lost dog” search that spanned multiple police agencies.

Police made two felony drunken-driving arrests on town roads in the last 10 days.

Two people were arrested last week on felony charges, one alleged criminal mischief and the other drug possession.

I’ve never owned a car I truly loved.

East Hampton Village wants to buy the five inns in its Main Street Historic District using its $22.4 million portion of the town’s community preservation fund. 

Sag Harbor Village Police documented an incident of a woman fleeing from her $19.55 bill for a glass of wine at Vin Sur Vingt Bistro on Sunday night.

A renovation project may be on the horizon at the Montauk School, where the board of education on Tuesday heard an extensive presentation by Kevin Walsh of BBS Architects to formally kick off the exploration process.

The Coalition to Transform East Hampton Airport has submitted a bid to the East Hampton Town clerk to lease the 97-acre town parcel in Wainscott used by the Maidstone Gun Club since 1983. However, at the town board work session Tuesday, Rob Connelly, the town attorney, made it clear the bid would not get far. 

The Coalition to Transform East Hampton Airport has submitted a bid to the East Hampton Town clerk to lease the 97-acre town parcel in Wainscott used by the Maidstone Gun Club since 1983. However, at the town board work session Tuesday, Rob Connelly, the town attorney, made it clear the bid would not get far. 

Adventures in scrap metal.