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Sgt. Danny Roman, seen here with the East Hampton Town Police dive team in 2007, is facing a long recovery. Driver Who Hit East Hampton Sergeant 'Failed to Yield'

After sustaining life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash Friday night, Sgt. Danny Roman was listed in fair on condition Monday evening at Stony Brook University Hospital.

May 19, 2015
In East Hampton, the ballot counting began just after 8 p.m. From left, John Bouvier and Laura Oliverio, both election inspectors, reviewed an election receipt with Kerri Stevens, the district clerk. Ryan, Graboski Unseat Incumbents in East Hampton, Amagansett School Board Races

While the budgets and propositions on the ballots for the 2015-16 school year easily passed in the school districts where polls closed at 8 p.m., there were some upsets in school board races.

May 19, 2015
A busy summer day at the East Hampton Airport last year Business as Usual at East Hampton Airport

Federal judge wants more time to consider the raminifcations of East Hampton’s new restrictions on helicopters and other noisy aircraft.

May 18, 2015
A motorcycle and car collided on Old Montauk Highway, near Montauk Highway, in Montauk on Friday evening. East Hampton Police Sergeant Hurt in Montauk Crash

Riding west on a 2005 Suzuki motorcycle, Sgt. Daniel Roman collided head-on with an eastbound 2012 Honda Accord driven by Stephen Lawton Weber Jr. of Baltimore.

May 16, 2015
A student in Lee Mohlere’s social studies class at John J. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton took a picture of the Plum Island lighthouse. Message in Bottle Lands Students on Plum Island

A fifth-grade social studies class from John M. Marshall Elementary School were invited to take a trip to Plum Island after their message in a bottle happened to wash up there in March.

May 14, 2015
John D. Re of East Hampton, pictured during a 2006 trip in a refurbished submarine, was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Sentenced in Fake-Pollock Scam

John Darren Re of East Hampton, accused of passing off over 60 worthless paintings to wealthy buyers as made by Jackson Pollock, was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

May 14, 2015
A tractor-trailer landed on its side after it struck the Long Island Rail Road overpass on Route 114, near Cove Hollow Road, on Tuesday morning. Tractor-Trailer Strikes Overpass on Route 114

The driver of a tractor-trailer found out the hard way that his trailer was too tall for the Long Island Rail Road overpass on Route 114. The impact caused it to flip onto its side Tuesday morning.

May 12, 2015
Emergency service personnel outside a storage barn at Riverhead Building Supply in East Hampton, where a man was reportedly injured by a falling stack of drywall on Friday morning Customer Reported Crushed at East Hampton Supply Yard

A customer was said to be injured at the Riverhead Building Supply yard in East Hampton when pallets of wallboard fell on him Friday morning.

May 8, 2015
East Hampton's new rules about what kind of aircraft can use its airport and when have been challenged in court. East Hampton's New Airport Restrictions May Be Grounded

A court hearing will be held next Thursday on a bid by helicopter and aviation companies and a group called Friends of the East Hampton Airport to block the East Hampton Town Board from implementing an overnight curfew.

May 7, 2015
Latinos Riled Over School-Test Meeting

An April 22 meeting for parents of Latino students about New York State math tests has aroused controversy, with some saying they were misled by the East Hampton School District administration.

May 7, 2015
Jason Lee left court in Riverside yesterday afernoon after being found not guilty of rape. He had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in East Hampton in 2013. Jason Lee Found Not Guilty After Eight-Day Rape Trial

Jason Lee, the former Goldman Sachs banker accused of raping an Irish woman at an East Hampton summer house in 2013, was found not guilty Wednesday afternoon after a non-jury trial that spanned two weeks.

Apr 29, 2015
While Friday's fire began in a refrigeration unit behind Rowdy Hall in East Hampton Village, it was the building to the south, which housed J. Crew, that suffered the most damage. East Hampton Fire Marshal: 'Electrical Malfunction' at Rowdy Hall to Blame

East Hampton Village Fire Marshal Ken Collum determined the fire that badly damaged the J. Crew building in East Hampton started in a refrigeration unit outside Rowdy Hall.

Apr 24, 2015
Nicholas C. Gray Accused of One-Man Crime Wave

According to police, the arrest of Nicholas C. Gray, 27, of Springs ended a crime spree that began on March 25 with the theft of a Jeep parked behind T & B Auto repair in Amagansett, and finished on April 6 with a burglary of a house in Amagansett.

Apr 23, 2015
Local Schools to See Increase in State Aid

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's new state budget includes more funding for public education, with the impact of that money expected to vary by district.

Apr 13, 2015
Judge Lifts PSEG Stop-Work Order in Gansett

A Supreme Court judge ruled last Thursday that PSEG Long Island, an electrical energy provider, and the Long Island Power Authority, for which PSEG is a contractor, are not subject to local zoning and other laws.

Apr 6, 2015
The new laws would ban helicopter flights from noon on Thursday to noon on Monday from May 1 to Sept. 30. Can Town Win Airport Noise Fight?

The matter of airport regulation is complicated, with federal rules and limited local authority. Just what East Hampton Town is facing, and its chances of success, came to light this week in an interview with Peter Kirsch, an attorney who has guided the effort to deal with aircraft noise.

Apr 2, 2015
Jason Lee leaves Suffolk County Court flanked by his attorneys, including Edward Burke Jr., right. Lee Waives Right to Jury Trial

Jason Lee, who is accused of raping a 20-year-old Irish woman in East Hampton in 2013, waived his right to a trial by jury on Tuesday and will instead be tried by New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kahn in her Riverside courtroom beginning next week.

Mar 31, 2015
Bay scallops fresh from a South Fork harbor State Extends Bay Scallop Season

Prolonged frigid temperatures left baymen out in the cold this winter. Frozen bays meant fewer bay scallops were harvested, and the State Department of Environmental Conservation will let them try to recoup their losses with an extra month of harvesting.

Mar 27, 2015
The former East Deck Motel is in a resort zone. East Deck Motel Returns to the Market

The former East Deck Motel at Ditch Plain in Montauk is back on the market for $25 million, after plans to build a private beach club on the five-acre property there were met with widespread protest.

Mar 23, 2015
With a new management plan released on Monday, the state has tempered its call for a complete eradication of the mute swan in New York by 2025. A New State Plan for Mute Swans

The New York State D.E.C. released a revised mute swan management plan on Monday, toning down its controversial call to eradicate the non-native species from the state by 2025.

Mar 10, 2015
A screenshot of the Montauk Manor's website on Saturday evening. 'ISIS' Hacks Montauk Manor's Website; Police Chief Says There's 'No Specific Threat'

The Montauk Manor's website was one of many sites around the country that were hacked this weekend.

Mar 7, 2015
Crash Sends Mother, Infant to Hospital During Snowstorm

A woman whose infant was in the back seat had to be extricated from a sport utility vehicle after a two-car accident on Montauk Highway at Georgica Road in East Hampton Village during the snowstorm Thursday morning.

Mar 5, 2015
O’Murphy’s Pub closed for good on Saturday after its owners, Jan and Chester Kordasz, front right, decided that they could not afford a pending rent increase. Goodbye for Now, O’Murphy’s

The lights on the brightest shamrock in Montauk went out on Saturday when Jan and Chester Kordasz closed the doors to O’Murphy’s for the last time.

Mar 5, 2015
Footprints made of snow led to the beach in Montauk, where a massive United States Army Corps of Engineers sandbag erosion-control project is planned. Time Runs Short for Montauk Beach Project

A delay in reviewing bids on the Army Corps of Engineers’ multimillion-dollar project in downtown Montauk — a 3,100-foot-long reinforced dune made of 14,560 geotextile bags filled with sand — is likely to scuttle its spring start.

Feb 26, 2015
The tags in this deer's ears indicate that it was sterilized as part of the first phase of East Hampton Village's program. Deer Sterilization Part II Called Off

The second phase of the East Hampton Village government's effort to reduce the deer population through sterilization of does has been postponed due to continued cold weather.

Feb 23, 2015
Bonac Scuttles Buccaneers

The East Hampton High School boys basketball team prevailed 52-47 over sixth-seeded Islip in a tumultuous first-round Class A playoff game at the high school Tuesday night, setting up a game Friday at second-seeded Harborfields, which on Tuesday handily defeated Amityville.

Feb 18, 2015
The labor was difficult, but so far, Cortland John Marchese has been an easy baby, his mother said. Springs Baby Makes Dramatic Entrance

As snow piled up, a couple about to have their first child relied on the volunteers from the Springs Fire Department and ambulance company to get them to the hospital in time.

Feb 18, 2015
From left, Josh Lamison, Charles Manning Jr., and Tylik Furman check out the plaque commemorating their win. Whalers Sink, Bees Soar

The Bridgehampton boys basketball team were named the Suffolk County Class D champion with a 77-34 win over Smithtown Christian at William Floyd High School on Monday afternoon.

Feb 17, 2015
Jason Lee, right, with a member of his legal team, outside of State Supreme Court in Riverside on Friday. Mr. Lee is expected to stand trial in on 2013 rape allegations beginning in April. Date Set for Jason Lee Rape Trial Jury Selection

District attorney's bureau chief says that Jason Lee's accuser will return from Ireland for a trial stemming from an alleged 2013 incident in East Hampton.

Feb 13, 2015
Shots were fired in the Hillside Drive West area of Sag Harbor Village on Tuesday night during an armed robbery. Search Ensues for Man Who Fired Shots in Sag Harbor Neighborhood

An armed robber remains at large Wednesday after he reportedly held a gun to the head of a Hillside Drive West resident and fired shots at a television and window Tuesday night.

Feb 11, 2015