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Aryan Chugh was tagged out at the plate in the first inning, but that was to be the sole disappointment for the young Bonackers Saturday. Big Doings Among East Hampton’s Little League Teams

As of earlier this week, all three East Hampton Little League boys teams were contending for District 36 Final Fours.

Jul 4, 2017
Despite winning roughly $30,000 in local scholarships, Francesca Denaro still needs to work all summer before she heads to Marist College, where she will study finance. Headed to College, Against All Odds

Three students who graduated from high school in East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Bridgehampton this month are a study in getting ahead despite the odds.

Jun 29, 2017
“We wanted to try something altogether different,” Capt. Paul Forsberg, the owner of the Viking Fleet, said of the decision offer short cruises aboard the reborn Viking Classic. A Classic Joins Montauk's Viking Fleet

From fishing to ferries, and now cruises, one longtime Montauk business seems to have a boat for all reasons.

Jun 28, 2017
The East Hampton School District’s five-year lease on the bus depot property on Route 114, above, is considered a “stopgap measure” while the district plans for a long-term solution. Tension High Over Bus Depot Site

Negotiations between the district and the East Hampton Town Board have been going on for several months, and the school’s failure to strike a deal and move away from Cedar Street has elicited mounting frustration.

Jun 22, 2017
H. Aidan Corish was elected to the Sag Harbor Village Board with five votes more than Thomas Gardella, a former Sag Harbor fire chief. Five Votes Got Newcomer Elected in Sag Harbor

Three were vying for two seats in Tuesday night's election, and just five votes separated the winner of the second seat from the third place finisher.

Jun 20, 2017
An East Hampton Village Police Officer led Valon Shoshi out of East Hampton Town Justice Court on Thursday after he was arraigned on two felony charges. Springs Man Back Behind Bars After Sex Abuse Arrest

Valon Shoshi, who was arrested in 2014 after firing a shotgun in his family's house, was back in jail on Thursday after being brought up on a felony sexual abuse charge.

Jun 16, 2017
Jamalia Hayes, the East Hampton Fire Department’s second assistant chief, at left, followed in the footsteps of his father, Dudley Hayes, by joining the department in 2005. Father-Son Duo Sets Precedent in the Fire Department

East Hampton Fire Department's first black chief had a role model close to home.

Jun 15, 2017
David and Maureen Rutkowski are marking the 50th anniversary of John’s Drive-In in Montauk. 50 Years Later, Still No Froufrou

Fifty years after its opening, John’s Drive-In continues to serve the burgers, fries, milkshakes, and ice cream for which it is known and loved by residents and visitors alike.

Jun 8, 2017
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman will retire after 10 years. Rabbi Joshua Franklin will take his place. Shalom to Rabbi of Ten Years

Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman is leaving East Hampton after 10 years to return to Dallas, where he will lecture in the department of Jewish studies at Southern Methodist University.

Jun 1, 2017
After pulling up a large chowder clam that had clamped onto his hook, Ray Sperling culled a 21-inch keeper fluke in Southold Bay. On the Water: Repeat Offender on the Line

Despite launching my boat for the season back on March 13, an overly aggressive early date, this spring’s copiously rainy and windy weather left very few opportunities to wet a line and finally put some fresh fish on the table.

May 25, 2017
Peter Van Scoyoc, a Democratic councilman who is running for East Hampton Town supervisor, will also be at the top of the Independence Party ticket. Dems Score With East Hampton Independence Party

After screening Republican and Democratic candidates for town office, the party has endorsed the Democrat Peter Van Scoyoc for town supervisor and his running mates Kathee Burke-Gonzalez and Jeffrey Bragman for town board.

May 19, 2017
The Sag Harbor School budget passed 973 to 269, and two incumbents were ousted. New School Board Members in Springs, Sag Harbor

Both the Springs and Sag Harbor School Districts, where the budgets passed easily, will have new school board members come July.

May 16, 2017
Clockwise, Ivonne Tovar-Morales, Donna Sutton, Anna Bernasek, Patrick Brabant, Markanthony Verzosa Budget Votes Tuesday

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the 2017-18 school district budgets and to elect school board members in races that are largely uncontested on the South Fork.

May 11, 2017
Tyler Armstrong, seen here while he was running for election in 2015, has decided against a re-election campaign. Armstrong Drops Out of Trustee Race

Tyler Armstrong, an East Hampton Town trustee who recently received the Democratic Committee's nod to run for a second term, announced on Monday that he will not seek re-election in November.

May 10, 2017
A commercial dragger working off Montauk in 2016 Advocates Urge Study on Importance of Fisheries

Representatives of East Hampton Town’s Fisheries Advisory Committee have asked for a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic importance of fisheries on the East End.

May 4, 2017
Jeffrey Bragman is poised to join the East Hampton Town Democratic ticket as a candidate for town board pending a formal vote at a nominating convention later this month. East Hampton Dems Want Bragman for Town Board

With its endorsement of Jeffrey Bragman for town councilman, the East Hampton Town Democratic Party’s screening committee has signed off on its slate of recommended candidates for town board and other townwide offices, pending formal votes at its May 17 nominating convention.

May 1, 2017
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has been traveling the county this week promote a proposal to establish a grant and loan program to help homeowners through out the county replace antiquated septic systems with new ones that remove nitrogen, which has been identified as a major cause of surface and groundwater pollution. To Ease Pain of Septic Overhauls

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has been traveling the county this week promoting a proposal to establish a grant and loan program to help homeowners through out the county replace antiquated septic systems with new ones that remove nitrogen.

Apr 27, 2017
Courtney Sale Ross, right, with Julie Andrews in March of 2016 Ross School Was Target in Email Scam

Posing in an email as Courtney Sale Ross, the founder of the Ross School, someone stole about $167,000 from the school earlier this month, according to police.

Apr 25, 2017
Judith Pfister is retiring after teaching in the Montauk School for 32 years. A Teacher Turns the Page

After 32 years of teaching at the Montauk School, Judith Pfister is looking forward to not having to wear a watch every day.

Apr 20, 2017
Cantor Debra Stein is among the members of East Hampton Clericus distributing buttons bearing the message “Love Thy Neighbor.” Buttons With a Positive Message

In a climate marked by uncertainty, rumor, fear, and even paranoia among undocumented immigrants and their supporters, members of the East Hampton Clericus are taking a simple, old-fashioned approach to distributing a positive message.

Apr 13, 2017
Jill Malusky moved from Kentucky to take over as the executive director of the East Hampton Historical Society. Richard Barons, the current director, will retire later this year. Historical Society’s New Face

Jill Malusky has spent her career digging into the past, but at her office at the Osborn-Jackson House on March 24 the new executive director of the East Hampton Historical Society was very much looking to the future.

Apr 6, 2017
The participants in a March 30 forum on environmental sustainability held at Mandala Yoga in Amagansett were, from left, Brendan Davison of Good Water Farms; Scott Bluedorn, an artist and activist; Bob Deluca of the Group for the East End; Scott Chaskey of Quail Hill Farm; Linda James of the East Hampton Town Energy Sustainability Committee, and Bill Chaleff, an architect. Biddle Duke, far right, the founding editor of East magazine, organized the event. Farmers, Activists Ponder South Fork's Ecological Future

Is the South Fork a pristine paradise lost? Opinions varied among panelists who gathered at Mandala Yoga Center for Healing Arts in Amagansett last Thursday, but all agreed that individual and collective action is essential to protect and preserve the natural environment.

Apr 3, 2017
If the Southampton Town Board approves a tasting room at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery, vodka connoisseurs will have a view into the distillery while getting a taste of the Foster farming family’s latest venture. Potato Farmers Look to Vodka Crop

The public could soon be invited to the Foster family’s new vodka distillery to sample and buy vodka, as the Sagaponack Farm Distillery’s application for a tasting room is poised for approval by the Southampton Town Planning Board.

Mar 30, 2017
Jefferson Davis Eames was led into East Hampton Town Justice Court on Thursday afternoon for his arraignment on a felony charge of grand larceny. At Courthouse for Plea Deal, Eames Arrested Again

Jefferson Davis Eames, 48, of Springs was arrested by East Hampton Town police on a felony charge of grand larceny while appearing at East Hampton Town Justice Court on separate matters Thursday.

Mar 24, 2017
The Rev. Denis Brunelle spoke forcefully about the dignity and integrity of all people. ‘No One Is Illegal,’ Minister Tells Village

The Rev. Denis Brunelle of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton, the head of the East Hampton Clericus, delivered an impassioned and defiant statement against the federal government’s intention to deport millions of undocumented immigrants at a recent village board meeting.

Mar 9, 2017
Jefferson Davis Eames was led to his arraignment at East Hampton Town Justice Court Friday. East Hampton Cops Arrest Alleged Host in Teen Overdose

Jefferson Davis Eames, the owner of a Springs house where an East Hampton teen allegedly overdosed on morphine in January, was arraigned Friday on multiple charges connected primarily to three earlier underage gatherings at his house.

Mar 3, 2017
Wounded Warrior Vindicated

Two organizations that last year condemned the Wounded Warrior Project, a highly visible charity on the East End, have reversed their assessments of the nonprofit and given it their stamps of approval.

Mar 2, 2017
Jitney, Website Breached, Warns Riders to Change Passwords

Riders of the Hampton Jitney who have used its online services are being urged to change the passwords they entered because of a security breach of the company's website.

Feb 24, 2017
New Eothen Owner Seeks Variances

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on Tuesday on an application from Adam Lindemann to build a 450-square-foot pool, a patio, and a pergola on the more than five-acre compound in Montauk that once belonged to Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey. The work requires Z.B.A. approval, including a variance to build closer than 100 feet to wetlands, the minimum distance prescribed by town code.

Feb 23, 2017
Molly Haskell ­Boy Wonder of the Silver Screen

Molly Haskell's compact and insightful new biography, “Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films,” often goes beyond hyperbole into the realm of hagiography. At one point she literally compares the director to God. The author’s conclusion at this contrast? Advantage Spielberg.

Feb 21, 2017