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Emily’s List Nod for Goroff

Emily’s List, which works to elect Democratic pro-choice women, has endorsed the candidacy of Nancy Goroff in New York’s First Congressional District. 

Sag Harbor Budget: Under the Tax Cap, Four Additional Props

The Sag Harbor School District inched closer to finalizing its 2024-25 budget on Monday, presenting its spending plan for Pierson Middle and High School, athletics programs, and four additional ballot propositions.

Kids Culture for March 21, 2024

Just in time for the first day of spring, and with Easter right around the corner, it's officially egg-hunting season for kids. Plus: youth sports, crafts, music and movement, creative writing, and more family-friendly fun coming up this week.

Recommendations Emerge for Springs-Fireplace Corridor

Consultants to the East Hampton Town Board issued a draft report on a Springs-Fireplace Road Corridor study, an ongoing initiative to evaluate traffic, land use, and environmental issues and offer recommendations to improve the functionality and character of the area surrounding the county road while reducing potential environmental threats. 

East Hampton School District to Override Tax Cap

The East Hampton School Board voted Tuesday to put an over-the-tax-cap spending plan for 2024-25 on the budget ballot in May, citing a need to preserve all academic, extracurricular, and support programs as students continue to cope with the aftereffects of the difficult Covid-19 school years.

Worrisome Number

About 275 acres of land on 182 parcels are undeveloped along Springs-Fireplace Road.

Springs Notebook: Big Wins at Special Olympics

Springs School recently had some big wins at the Special Olympics, at which kids 8 to 13 with special needs competed in various sporting events.

Bumpy Business

Why did several speed bumps get placed on Highway Behind the Pond, of all places?

Nice Park

The new plan for Herrick Park looks a lot like the old park plan put forward in 2019 by the previous village administration. 

The Mast-Head: Buried and Forgotten

All is well at the wind farm cable landing spot in Wainscott.

The Shipwreck Rose: Rad Trad

I’d wanted to see Monticello since I was a teenager.

Gristmill: The Grand Hotel

Montauk on steroids: A stroll down the immense concrete boardwalk-slash-sea wall at Virginia Beach.

Herrick Park Redesign Is Revealed

“Right now, there is no sense of entrance,” the landscape architect Michael Derrig told the East Hampton Village Board as he presented a conceptual design for the Newtown Lane-facing portion of Herrick Park. Central to the design is an allée of trees leading to a lawn formed into an oval by the contours of the walkway.

Humps, Bumps, and Speed Signs in East Hampton Village

“We’re going to be putting speed bumps everywhere,” Sarah Amaden, an East Hampton Village trustee, said at Friday’s village board meeting, as the board considered three new speed humps on La Forest Lane. “We’re going to open a can of worms.” 

Debating the Impacts of Airport Restrictions

Some residents of Montauk fear their hamlet will see an explosion in air traffic if aircraft operations are restricted at East Hampton Town Airport in Wainscott, while some residents of Wainscott say the town should simply close East Hampton Town Airport, which is destroying their quality of life. 

Steinbeck Park’s New Tenant Has a History

The mystery over a painted bronze statue of John Steinbeck and his dog Charley, which suddenly appeared in Sag Harbor’s Steinbeck Park this week, has been solved. 

Project Most Steps Up in Montauk

The East Hampton Town Board is expected to vote tonight to select Project Most, which runs after-school programs in the East Hampton and Springs School Districts and summer camps and other enrichment programs throughout the year, to operate the child care program at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center when the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk ceases its operations there. 

Beloved Bartender to Lead Montauk St. Patrick's Parade

Steve (Puck) Dolan retired from the Montauket in December after 38 years, but Montauk isn’t done with him just yet: He will serve as grand marshal of the 62nd Montauk Friends of Erin St. Patrick’s Day parade, which will liven up the hamlet with belated Irish cheer on Sunday starting at noon. 

Hurricanes Second Statewide

The two-time-defending state champion Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter Hurricanes were edged by Huntington in the state’s three-day Y swim meet at the Nassau County Aquatic Center this past weekend, but there was no shame in that. Huntington’s squad numbered more than 120, East Hampton’s 65. 

Nancy Richer: From Ballet to Pilates

Nancy Richer began dancing at the age of 6, went on to a professional career that took her all over the world, and has now opened her own ballet and Pilates studio, Richer Movement, in Water Mill.