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Looking to Quit Smoking? Suffolk County Wants to Help

Just in time to help would-be quitters keep their new year's resolutions to stop smoking, Suffolk County's Department of Health Services is offering smoking cessation classes at various locations throughout the county through the end of April.

Fire and Dust, Metal and Folk

Skylar Day's sensibilities are at once dusty boots and folk music and the fiery power chords of a heavy metal guitar player in the band Gravitywell.

Mining a Film Find For Pure Gold

Bill Morrison’s “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” an "instantaneously recognizable masterpiece,” will have its Long Island premiere on Feb. 16 at Bay Street Theater.

Opinion: A Sculptor Turns Painter and Back

Hiroyuki Hamada’s paintings reveal an emotive and sometimes even gestural approach that seems at odds with his more considered and restrained sculptures.

East End Eats: Stellar Landing at TWA Hotel

Flying in and out of J.F.K. on JetBlue at ungodly hours in both directions gave me the excuse I wanted to stay (and dine) at the TWA Hotel. Twice.

Chatting Up ‘The Mission’

On the eve of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, HamptonsFilm will screen Roland Joffe’s “The Mission,” from 1986, which received seven Oscar nominations, including a win for cinematography. A conversation with Alec Baldwin will follow.

News for Foodies: 02.06.20

The South Fork's top dining establishments offer prix fixe and a la carte options for Valentine's Day and wine classes.

The Art Scene: 02.06.20

A film on Clyfford Still at the Parrish, East End artists in New York and abroad, and a call for artists.

Bits and Pieces: 02.06.20

Comedy, theater, music, and the return of Zima!

The Great Divide

Cristina Alger’s latest crime novel imagines an East End answer to Jeffrey Epstein and two underage Latina murder victims as it explores class inequities in the realms of law enforcement and justice.

Defense Attorney Still Waiting for D.A. to Turn Over Evidence in Montauk Murder Case

New York State's new laws when it comes to evidence being turned over to the defense were brought into focus during a court conference Monday for Joseph Grippo, the man accused of killing Robert Casado with a pickaxe in Montauk last June. 

, Cops Ask for Help in East Hampton Burglaries

Police are looking for the public's help in identifying a man captured on surveillance video at one of two houses that were broken into in East Hampton on Thursday night. 

Parasite May Be Factor in Scallop Die-Off

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s commissioner announced on Friday the detection of a coccidian parasite in a sample of bay scallops collected from the Peconic Bays, which is believed to have contributed to the massive die-off discovered in the fall of 2019.

East Hampton Village Beach Permits on Sale Feb. 1

The village will sell only 3,100 nonresident beach permits, which provide for parking access at Main, Georgica, Egypt, Two Mile Hollow, and Wiborg Beaches.

Kids Calendar 01.30.20

What's happening for kids on the South Fork this week? Find out here.

Boater Safety Rules Change

New York State is gradually phasing in a boating safety rule that will require all powerboat operators to have a certificate by Jan. 1, 2025.

Driver’s License Panel Thursday

The hows and whys of New York’s new driver’s licenses for all program will be explained at a panel discussion this evening at 6 at the East Hampton Library.

Worker Falls to Death on Job in Montauk

A construction worker who was shingling a new modular home in Montauk fell from scaffolding at least two stories high on Friday afternoon and died of his injuries.

Storm Signals Flew Before a Murder

Some parents might have walked away after their child committed murder, too horrified to cope. Shelley Gilbert did the opposite. After her son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., shot and killed his 70-year-old father on Jan. 4, 2015, she paid for his defense attorneys, expert witnesses, and psychiatric examinations. “What he did was not him, it was his disease," she said. (Third in a Series)

Village Campaign War Chests Largest Ever

The cash flowed for Jerry Larsen in 2019. The Newtown Party, which Mr. Larsen set up as the fund-raising arm of his bid for East Hampton Village mayor, took in just over $43,000 last year, according to his filings with the New York State Board of Elections.