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A New Year Begins at John Marshall Elementary

The school year began on Tuesday at the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton, where 505 students were enrolled as of earlier this week.

It's Time for the Montauk Seafood Festival

The Montauk Seafood Festival returns on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. on the downtown green.

A Further Assault on Wind Power

Eighteen months after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that “Today, at long last, we flip the switch and turn on the future,” the Trump administration is systematically switching that future off in favor of the past, in the form of fossil-fuel energy.

East Hampton Mayor May Run for Supervisor

East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen, who is rumored to be mulling a 2026 run for East Hampton Town supervisor, said last week that he had not “made a final decision” and won’t do so until after the election this November. Supervisor Kathee-Burke Gonzalez, a Democrat, is running unopposed on this year’s ballot. When she wins, however, it will be only for a one-year term because of a change in the state election calendar.

Maidstone Gun Club Lease Renewal May Be Near

The East Hampton Town Board has negotiated “important provisions” in connection with a lease renewal for the Maidstone Gun Club in Wainscott, which has been closed for almost three years and remains the subject of litigation brought by several residents who say bullets fired from the club have hit their houses.

EcoShield Sales Tactics Irk Many

Complaints about salespeople “attempting to distribute handbills” and “entering private yards and porches” have been appearing in the police logs since June, but the volume of complaints increased in the run-up to Labor Day: a young man, dressed in black with “Ecoshield” branding, often on an electric scooter, traveling door to door trying to get residents to sign up for the extermination service.

At Devon Yacht Club, an Environmental Green Light, But . . .

Last week, four days after 287 members of the Devon Yacht Club met to discuss the club’s long-projected relocation, expansion, and rebuilding, the East Hampton Town Planning Board determined that the ambitious plan will not require a detailed environmental review. The board’s decision came against the backdrop of a yacht club membership in revolt.

Hoofs Got Wet in Hampton Classic’s Final

In the 38 horse-and-rider field Sunday at the Hampton Classic Horse Show, 10 entries hit the water jump in Nick Granat’s challenging course. Jessica Mendoza, an English rider on In the Air, went on to win the jump-off.

On the Water: A Change in Seasons

As fall approaches, fishing, too, is beginning to change. False albacore should be showing up shortly in and around Montauk, and fluke are pushing out of the bays and have begun their migration to their winter home.

Royalty Rides Into Horse Show on a Mission

Her Royal Highness Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme of the Netherlands was at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Friday to learn all she could about American forward-style riding in an effort to popularize the hunter-jumper technique in Europe.

Getting Used to a Phone-Free School Year

East Hampton High School students and staff adjusted fairly easily to their first smartphone-free day Tuesday, the principal, Sara Smith, told the school board, with the opening day of the year serving as a sort of test for a policy mandated by the state but long planned by the administration.

Kid Finds Humongous Oyster

It almost looked like a dinner plate, Tim Miller said this week of the oyster his niece, Adelynn O’Shea, found while the family was boating near Three Mile Harbor.

Just Plane Fun Day Is Back

The East Hampton Aviation Association will hold its sixth Just Plane Fun Day at East Hampton Town Airport on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

New Pastor Joins Calvary Baptist Church

“I want to continue to grow the church, and not just grow in numbers, but grow in love and in spiritual wisdom,” said the Rev. Trevon Fergerson, the newest addition to the Calvary Baptist Church family and, at 25, its youngest-ever pastor.

Item of the Week: Buffie Johnson and Her Paintings, 1964

Buffie Johnson (1912-2006), a popular painter, was never quite accepted into the high-end art scene here, which she called “subtly anti-female.”

Activists Disrupt Holiday Weekend

Sag Harbor Village police were called to the American Hotel at around 10 p.m. on Friday, following a report of a group of men “causing a disturbance” in the lobby.

Fleeing Driver Goes to Court

Most of the charges against a Latham, N.Y., man who appeared in East Hampton Town Justice Court last week stem from an incident on May 25, when he allegedly fled from a town police officer who was conducting a traffic stop on Montauk Highway in Amagansett.

Almost Struck Traffic Control Officer

Sag Harbor Village police arrested a Brooklyn man on Main Street after receiving a report that his car had “almost struck” a young T.C.O., who told police she had seen the driver head north in the southbound lane and then park against the flow of traffic.

Left-Hand Turns Go Wrong

A bicyclist was taken to the Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department on Friday morning after being struck by a Subaru S.U.V. on Springs-Fireplace Road.

Plane Crashes Into Woods at Montauk Airport

East Hampton Town police were called to the Montauk Airport just after 8 p.m. on Aug. 26, after receiving a report of a plane crash.