Another swastika, the second one found recently in East Hampton Town, has turned up, but police did not call it  a hate crime and say the two incidents do not appear to be related. This one takes aim at Democrats.

A 25-year-old woman arrested early at about 1:15 a.m. on Friday on a drunken-driving charge in Sag Harbor Village kicked an officer and was taken for a mental health evaluation after she threatened to kill herself while in police custody.

Police cited a 54-year-old village resident after a large smoky fire was reported in the area of Glover Street Saturday afternoon. The man had been burning beanbag chairs and other refuse on his front lawn.

Just over a month ago, the East Hampton School Board began prioritizing the building projects on the district’s to-do list.

The Children’s Museum of the East End will host a book swap in its lobby on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mary Terry Briganti of Montauk, a former elementary school teacher, died of a chronic lung infection on Nov. 13 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton.

Paul George Neff of Montauk, a former owner of O’Murphy’s Pub there, died of heart failure at home on Friday at the age of 87.

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A small minke whale was found stranded in Northwest Creek in East Hampton Thursday morning and later died just as rescuers arrived to help it.  

A memorial service for Denise Gorgone, the former owner of Sam’s Auto Service and Mrs. Sam’s Bait and Tackle in East Hampton, will take place on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Sam’s Auto.

By a lead of just 27 votes, East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana prevailed in her re-election campaign, defeating her Democratic challenger, Andrew Strong, to win a fifth four-year term on the bench.

A Sag Harbor school bus was involved in a head-on collision with a sport utility vehicle in Bridgehampton on Wednesday afternoon.

Faeries may not so much dance as galumph around under the moon after a slice of this rich moist cake laden with fruit and nuts. The directions assume an electric mixer, but you can also beat it together with a wooden spoon.

This basic recipe for oyster stuffing, or dressing, for a holiday turkey came from Sidney Snow's syndicated column, "Three Meals a Day," printed in The Star in 1935.

The Montauk Historical Society’s Lighthouse Committee is gearing up for the return of the holiday lighting of the Lighthouse on Nov. 30 at 4 p.m.

In the House of Representatives impeachment hearings so far, a valuable lesson has stood out: the dignity of the members of the United States Foreign Service who have appeared as witnesses.

Members of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals had had enough. Late last month, they vetoed a request from the owner of a Georgica Pond-front house to legalize a number of changes that had taken place without the board’s okay.

Now that Election Day has passed, perhaps East Hampton Town can return to the question of a new, centralized shellfish hatchery on a site off Gann Road at Three Mile Harbor in a less politicized atmosphere.

In the old days, when we were seemingly among the few families who ate in a manner that is today called “locavore” — frequently eating things like eel, duck, and venison, as well as rose hips, wild grapes, and, of course, beach plums — we were not infrequently on the receiving end of gifts from hunters who had taken more than they could personally consume.

This whole scallop thing has me puzzled. There aren’t enough to go around as far as a commercial take goes, but I have had my best year ever diving for them with a mask and snorkel. This has given me a chance to mess with them in the kitchen in a way I would not if I had anted up for a pound or two.