It’s big, it’s controversial, it’s before the town planning powers that be.

Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, and some voters in East Hampton will cast ballots in a new location — at the East Hampton Library.

Proposal 1 has to do with new ski and biathlon trails in upstate forestland. Proposal 2 addresses Suffolk County term limits vis-a-vis the state’s even-year election law.

The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.

A common cuckoo, a bird known in the United States for its famous “cuckoo clock” sound, was spotted on Oct. 23 in Riverhead. If the sighting is approved by the New York State Avian Records Committee, it will mark the first time the bird has ever appeared in the state.

It has been a long road to recovery for Chris Carillo, but on Monday night he returned to East Hampton Town Hall to meet with the town trustees, for whom he serves as attorney, almost four months after a dangerous bout with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

Some already know that the PTA raises money for field trips and runs book fairs, but its members do that and so much more at Springs School. 

A swearing-in, two promotions, one retirement, and a cautionary tale of the hazards of transportation via e-bike occupied the East Hampton Village Board when it met last week. 

In 1950, an unusually quiet Halloween night saw some soaped windows, and little else. In 2000, the costumed dogs came out for Sag Harbor’s Ragamuffin Parade.

Lillie Weiss and Lola Dangin are a powerhouse pair who had an undefeated season playing doubles together.

By virtue of their five-man average in the Section XI Division championships at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday, the East Hampton’s boys cross-country team qualified for the Suffolk County championships.

The Rockwater is fueled up and ready for blackfish season.

Paid Notice: Cecile Otte Pernica, 90, died peacefully on October 27, 2025. Born in Iowa, she lived much of her life in Wisconsin, graduating from Lawrence University in Appleton in 1957. Cecile had careers in public relations and marketing research upon moving to New York City.

Paid Notice: Elizabeth Spitz, affectionately known to her close friends and family as “Betty,” peacefully passed away in her sleep on October 15 in Los Angeles. Betty was 79 years old. 

Paid Notice: Sarah Andrews Hill-Wood (“Sally”) of East Hampton died on Friday, October 10, at the age of 83.

The East Hampton Town Board authorized an emergency appropriation of $30,000 to local food pantries, due to the continued shutdown of the federal government and the impending loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Fitzhugh Karol, whose work is on view at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs, moves with assurance from ceramic reliefs to iconic wooden totems to large-scale steel sculptures.

A busy weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will include stargazing with the Vanderbilt Museum’s mobile planetarium, a writing workshop, and a “drawing happening.”

LTV Studios will host a Vampire Masquerade Thursday and Our Fabulous Variety Show’s Disco Ball fund-raiser on Saturday.

The Southampton Cultural Center will host a recital by Tian Tang, a prize-winning concert pianist, and a jazz jam session featuring Real East End Brass.