A second whale washed up dead on the South Fork this week, in East Hampton Village, just two days after one was found on the Amagansett shore.
A second whale washed up dead on the South Fork this week, in East Hampton Village, just two days after one was found on the Amagansett shore.
Musicians Will Rock for Reproductive Rights in Sag HarborA 16-year-old activist wants to help support Planned Parenthood with the help of musicians and artists, such as Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid and Friends, and the Zach Zunis Band, who will perform at a benefit on Friday in Sag Harbor.
Update: Necropsy Performed on Whale That Washed Ashore in AmagansettThe Atlantic Marine Conservation Society performed a necropsy on the dead minke whale that washed ashore on Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett Monday.
Mr. Jones’s Watch PaperItem of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection
In Calling Lys Liar, Reform Dems Are Called OutDavid Gruber and his East Hampton Reform Democrats have falsely accused David Lys, the East Hampton Democratic Committee's nominee, of lying about casting a write-in vote for his father in the 2016 presidential election.
Bikini Orders Said to Have Come From Village BoardThree East Hampton Village assistant beach managers resigned in protest last Thursday, saying the board had recommended new uniforms for female lifeguards against their advice and that they were being “made the scapegoats” for the decision.
Apparent Drowning in Pool at Springs HouseBrett Friedberg, 22, of Port Washington was found floating in the pool at a house on Waterhole Road late Sunday night.
Artists Brushed OffThe Artists and Writers Softball Game didn’t set an attendance record at East Hampton’s Herrick Park Saturday afternoon, though the Scribes and Paletteers went at it with gusto as they always have — for 70 years, it is said — and, in the end, the Writers had the last word, winning 12-8.
Is There a Culture of Complacency?Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini took a hard line with restaurant owners at a press conference last week after a major drug bust in Montauk.
Murf's in Sag Harbor Hits the MarketMurf's Backstreet Tavern has received a slew of State Liquor Authority violations, including being a "disorderly premise" and source of noise and nuisance in Sag Harbor.
Abandoned buildings on three waterfront parcels in Sag Harbor will be demolished starting on Monday, readying them to become a park linked by land and water to Windmill Park and Long Wharf.
Sheets to the Wind: The StarsCol. Randolph Bresnik, a NASA astronaut who had been commander of the International Space Station, delivered a talk before a series of photos from his various space missions, most of them of the Earth viewed from the space station, most of them, not looking out, but looking back.
The majority of people in a house off Abraham's Path were out-of-towners working for local businesses, according to officials, and 18 of them were sleeping on mattresses on the floor of a basement with no smoke or carbon monoxide detectors.
Kitchen Table Front in War on TicksTwo large measuring cups of coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax bubbled in a water bath on the kitchen stove on Friday, as Jennifer Decker and Lisa-Jae Eggert of 3 Moms Organics sat at a dining table filling four-ounce plastic bottles with a concoction of witch hazel, distilled water, vinegar, and essential oils aimed at repelling one of nature’s most feared pests.
Clubhouse Opens TodayIt’s been a while coming, two and a half years in fact, but the Clubhouse, the massive pleasure palace annexed to East Hampton Indoor Tennis’s six indoor courts officially opens today, at 11 a.m. to be precise.
Billions in Hamptons Real Estate at Risk on ShoreA recent study of the impact of sea level rise on coastal communities in the continental United States predicted that, by the year 2045, billions of dollars of East End real estate will be at risk of severe flooding.
Nicole Miller Cares, U Should TooNicole Miller's paper dresses at the Bridgehampton Museum celebrate America's democracy with a clear message of justice and egalitarianism.
Perry Gershon of East Hampton is the apparent winner in New York's First Congressional District primary election and will be the Democratic Party's nominee to challenge Representative Lee Zeldin in the midterm election on Nov. 6.
In Sixth Summer, Montauk Brewing Company Is Going StrongIn its first summer, the Montauk Brewing Company sold about 535 barrels of beer to 17 restaurants, delivering the kegs by bicycle. Six years later, the company, founded by Montauk natives Eric Moss, Joe Sullivan, and Vaughn Cutillo, expects to sell about 40,000 barrels in hundreds of establishments.
A Homecoming for Duane Bock at U.S. OpenThis week has been a homecoming for Duane Bock, a Bonacker born and bred, who since graduating from East Hampton High in 1985 has made his way in the world of professional golf, first as a high-level player and then, for the past 13 years, as a caddie on the P.G.A. tour.
Police Call Off Search for Missing Plane Crash VictimEleven days after a plane carrying four people crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Amagansett, police have called off the search for the remaining missing victim, East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said Wednesday afternoon.
Police Recover Plane, Missing BodyThe identity of the body most recently found is being withheld until the Suffolk County medical examiner's office makes a positive identification, Police Chief Michael Sarlo said.
Pilot Called ‘Full of Life’Jon Kenneth Dollard Jr.’s family and friends remembered him this week as a cautious pilot who loved working for Ben Krupinski.
Police Back in the Ocean Looking for Plane Crash Victims, DebrisThree days after a plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, police are back in the water looking for two missing victims and parts of the aircraft.
Haiti’s Crisis Is Now Ted’s, TooTed Morency, a senior at the Ross School, returned to his birthplace, Haiti, earlier this year as a board member of Wings Over Haiti. He is helping the organization raise money to build its second school in the country.
Students Get a BoostThere’s some blue-sky thinking going on at the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton, intended to draw students into decision-making.
‘Huge Increase’ in Tick ComplaintsA May 1 announcement from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites more than tripled from 2004 through 2016 came as no surprise on the South Fork.
Now, a Hub for Digital NomadsThe Spur, a recently opened co-working and entrepreneurial space in Southampton, is a sort of a microenvironment that for a monthly fee offers an attractive work-life balance to a cohort of ambitious remote workers suffering from cabin fever.
A Modern Day Abortion Rights CrusaderIn 1971, together with the doctor she worked for, Merle Hoffman started Choices, the first legal clinic in the United States to provide abortions.
Plant Idea of East Hampton Farmers Market MoveA proposal to make Herrick Park the new site for the East Hampton Farmers Market and to reschedule it from Fridays to Saturdays was discussed at the East Hampton Village Board meeting on Friday, but the market’s vendors are reportedly not keen on the idea.
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