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Orsted's Sunrise Wind Now in Review

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued a notice of intent for Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt wind farm proposed by the developers Orsted and Eversource to be situated in federal waters adjacent to the South Fork Wind farm, which they are also developing. 

On the Police Logs

Summer in Montauk wouldn't be complete without a Craigslist scam involving a house rental.

Services for Rosh Hashana

A rundown of upcoming worship services at Temple Adas Israel, the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons, Chabad of the Hamptons, and the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

Ready for the School Year, Masks and All

Kids agreed that wearing masks is a small price to pay for what they hope is a normal school year filled with meaningful classroom activities, academics, field trips, and friendships.

Kids Culture 09.02.21

Our Fabulous Variety Show is partnering with Project Most to offer theater and dance programs for children, teens, and adults at the Neighborhood House in East Hampton, with a couple of three-week series beginning on Sept. 13. An open house on Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. will offer an introduction to the teachers and overview of the programming.

At Canio's, Two Tales of Perseverance

This year's Moby-Dick Marathon at Canio's Books is shaping up to be a whale of a celebration, with new programming additions to go with the longtime tradition of a community coming together to take turns publicly reading from all 135 chapters plus epilogue of "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville.

General Store in East Hampton? It's a Challenge

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. pledged last Thursday to support the Anchor Society, a nonprofit organization seeking to develop a general store in East Hampton Village that would provide residents with daily necessities and a year-round gathering place.

Library Item of the Week: When They Fished With Horses

This photograph showing haulseiners working with horses, taken from the C. Frank Dayton Photograph Collection, seems like the perfect image to mark Labor Day weekend and the final days of the summer season. It shows laboring fishermen, with a crew of at least five men and boys gathered around a horse-drawn cart apparatus with wagon wheels, working in surf up to their ankles.

Entrepreneurs See Cannabis 'Gold Rush' in the Making

Cannabis industry entrepreneurs foresee a boom in cannabis businesses following New York State's legalization of adult recreational use. While state and local governments may moving slowly on next steps, those seeking to make a killing in the business are already poised to pounce. 

Nancy Nagle Kelley, 65, Preservation Advocate

Nancy Nagle Kelley of Springs, a lifelong advocate for land preservation and stewardship on the East End, died on Saturday of complications of multiple system atrophy. The director of the Long Island chapter of the Nature Conservancy for over 22 years, she "shared an uncommon bond with the lands and waters that she called home," her family wrote.

Scallop Die-Off Tanks Harvest Again

It was news that nobody wanted to hear. For the third summer in a row, there has been a massive die-off of adult bay scallops in the Peconic Bay estuary system. If they had survived, the scallops would have been ready for harvest in early November, when the five-month season opens.

For Hit-and-Run Victim's Family, Life Is Forever Changed

When Devesh Samtani, 18, died last month after a hit-and-run in Amagansett, "it was not one who died," said his uncle Jay Kurani about the ripple effect of the accident. "Life will never be the same for anyone in our family, not the young ones or the old ones."

Crabbers in Georgica Undeterred by Pond Closure

A toxic blue-green algal bloom prompted the East Hampton Town Trustees to close Georgica Pond to swimming and shellfishing in mid-August, but signs warning that crabbing is currently prohibited haven't stopped several people from trying.

Seeking Blood for Lyme Research

An East Hampton medical practice is participating in a research project aimed at accelerating medical breakthroughs for Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne infectious disease in the United States and one of several illnesses that can be transmitted by an infected tick. 

In the Name of Revenge

Millie Mosbach got out in time, in Ellen Feldman’s new World War II-era novel, so why would she return to the crime-ridden nightmare that was postwar Berlin?

Chance for Albany Reform

Ranking states in terms of corruption is difficult, but if it were possible New York certainly could claim a top position.

An Avoidable Death

The death of Devesh Samtani, an 18-year-old summer visitor who had been struck by a car while walking on the side of the road in Amagansett at night last month, was an avoidable tragedy.

Secret Spots Not Needed

This is one of those years when nature has looked with favor on the East End, providing us with a beach plum harvest for the ages.

The Mast-Head: Respect the Neighbors

A three-way conversation that I had by chance over the weekend inadvertently got to the root of something that underlies a lot of conflict here — resistance to change.