Legislation signed last week by Gov. Kathy Hochul promises to improve access to retirement plans for millions of New Yorkers at seemingly minimal impact to small businesses. The law, dubbed the New York State Secure Choice Savings Program Act, will require private sector employers with over 10 employees to automatically enroll their employees in a state-administered retirement savings plan.

A project at least two years in the works, further delayed by Covid-19, the brand-new library media center has finally come to fruition.

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The Republican and Conservative Party candidates for East Hampton Town supervisor and two council member posts held a forum for voters on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett, where they made a case for their candidacies and leveled a broad critique of the present administration.

The Republican and Conservative Party candidates for East Hampton Town supervisor and two council member posts held a forum for voters on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett, where they made a case for their candidacies and leveled a broad critique of the present administration.

The East End was well represented when New York State Assembly committees considered testimony during a hearing on the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on the Open Meetings Law on Monday.

County Legislator Bridget Fleming, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to represent New York's First Congressional District, has reported more than $468,000 raised and a raft of political and labor endorsements. 

Bridget Fleming, a Democratic incumbent Suffolk legislator and former Southampton Town councilwoman, is seeking a fourth term, challenged this year by Robert J. Carpenter, a Republican making his first bid for public office.

The remarkable story of a Holocaust survivor who charmed and swaggered his way to financial heights, all the while maintaining a passion for Judaism.

Russell Huber, who has refereed scholastic athletic contests in New York State since 1969, has always preferred that the players, not he, get the attention. But at the Springs School on Sept. 27, it was the other way around.

For more than 30 years, children at the Sag Harbor Elementary School have started their days with "morning program" — a spirited schoolwide assembly featuring music, birthday shout-outs, presentations, and news of their peers' achievements. The daily tradition fell by the wayside during the pandemic, but it has now returned in a modified format.

The Springs School Board has moved its monthly meetings and work sessions from Monday nights to Tuesday nights. The first meeting reflecting the change will be this week.

East Hampton High School's athletics program has been recognized by the Aspen Institute's Reimagining School Sports Initiative as the winner of the small suburban schools category. The award comes with a $20,000 grant, the district announced.

Halloween is two days away. From traditional trick-or-treating to library events and festivals, kids and teens have plenty of fun things to do.

Citing inclement weather, the East Hampton School District has postponed an affordable housing forum that had initially been planned for Tuesday night. The district is seeking solutions and ideas for how to mitigate the impact of the region's too-high housing costs on its faculty and staff.

Wanted: Ambitious do-it-yourselfer willing to bring an old boat back to life.

When ordering from Lil' Birdie, one of last summer's new additions to the Sag Harbor food scene, here's a word of advice: Do it as soon as it opens for the afternoon, or your favorites will be sold out before you can say "the early bird catches the worm."

Seasonal events and menus tied to Halloween and the Day of the Dead, new takeout and late night options, pub nights, half-price sushi, a new all day menu and market, and much more

M. Louise Stanley brought her distinctive sensibility to East Hampton in August for a 10-week residency at the Elaine de Kooning House, and a group exhibition of satirical paintings and imagined narrative scenes at the Ranch in Montauk.

"Paul Thek: Interior / Landscape," an exhibition now on view at the Watermill Center, is an event much in the way that all of the center's visual arts presentations are.