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No Arrest in Montauk Death as Family Plans Services

The family of the man who was killed in Montauk last week is preparing for his funeral services, while homicide detectives continue to investigate what led to his death on a path in Kirk Park. 

Three From Guild Hall's Teen Arts Council Win Teeny Awards

Three members of Guild Hall's Teen Arts Council emerged as winners on Sunday at the Teeny Awards, the annual celebration of high school theater sponsored by East End Arts, based in Riverhead.

Montauk Farmers Market Starts Its Season Thursday

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce’s farmers market will begin Thursday on the downtown green and will run weekly from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Aug. 29 and for two Fridays in September.

Israeli Folk Dancing, Hebrew Reading Classes Among Summer Offerings

The Center for Jewish Life in Sag Harbor has announced a number of courses to be offered as part of its annual summer education program for adults and teens.

Hook Pond East Hampton Nine Sites Rated High in C.C.O.M. Water Tests

Nine of the 38 local bodies of water regularly tested by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk and Surfrider Foundation were found this week to have levels of enterococcus, a gut bacteria, considered harmful to one's health.

Strawberry Festival, East Hampton Tercentenary Celebration Ticket, 1948 Strawberry Festival, East Hampton Tercentenary Celebration Ticket, 1948

With the Wainscott Sewing Society’s upcoming strawberry festival on June 16 at Wainscott Chapel, this ticket for the 1948 East Hampton Town Tercentenary Celebration’s Strawberry Festival left me wondering about the history of strawberry festivals locally.

Former Nascar C.E.O. Enters Plea in Sag Harbor Drunken Driving Case

Brian France pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving while intoxicated Friday, with his sentence held in abeyance for a year while he completes community service.

The Getaway: Greenport

People joke that it’s ‘the new Sag Harbor,’ but the North Fork’s premier destination is still a world away from the Hamptons hustle.

The Enchanted Kingdom

You can do something in Bhutan generally inadvisable elsewhere in Asia: inhale deeply.

Washington D.C. at night Ask a Local: Washington, D.C.

Washington has been home since 1982, but Amagansett has been my summer escape since 1968, when my parents bought a small house on the bay side of the Napeague stretch. I’m still there every summer with my husband and son, reveling in that magical smell of the saltwater air. But I also love living in D.C., where I own a landscape-design company.

Letters to the Editor, June 6, 2019

Purple Pearl
    Santa Fe, N.M.
    June 1, 2019
Dear David,
    Word has come to Santa Fe about a precious purple pearl that was discovered housed in a clam in Bonac. I suspect the price of a clamming license has skyrocketed as a consequence. I’ll be inspecting my clams more carefully.

Fusion Party Line May Be Mostly Blank

Missed deadline knocks candidates off ballot.

Cops: Man Killed in Montauk's Kirk Park

Update, June 7, 1:30 p.m.: Suffolk County police have identified the man killed in Kirk Park in Montauk on Thursday morning as Robert Casado. Mr. Casado was 38 and lived in Montauk. No further information was released. 

Montauk and East Hampton Businesses Bemoan Street Fairs

A complaint from an Montauk retailer echoed East Hampton Village shopkeepers' responses to a spring fair held on Newtown Lane in May.

, Glamp-Ground Open at Cedar Point

Queen beds, down comforters, and a continental breakfast in the Cedar Point woods with a view all the way to Shelter Island. Electricity not included.

South Fork Poetry: ‘A Tree by the River’

From "Millennial," a new collection by an East Hampton poet.

Court Puts Hold on Sand Land Mine Expansion

A coalition of local civic groups, neighbors, nonprofit organizations, and government officials was successful Friday in obtaining a preliminary injunction against the Sand Land mine in Noyac that puts expanded mining on hold.

Montauk Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday

The annual Blessing of the Fleet will start at 5 p.m. on Sunday in Montauk Harbor.

Local clergy will be posted at the town dock aboard the Ebb Tide, near the Dock restaurant, to bless those who work on and sail the waters. The ritual, which features gaily decorated boats of all kinds, can be seen from anywhere on the harbor area and the jetties.

Oh, The Places They’ve Gone!

Early education gave daycare center alums a leg up.

22-Year-Old Charged With Sex Abuse of 9-Year-Old

A 22-year-old man was arrested on a sex abuse charge Thursday, accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said in East Hampton Town Justice Court.