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Prolific professor and historian has two secrets to his prodigious productivity: grazing and napping.

A single-stall, handicapped-accessible restroom at East Hampton High School, outside the cafeteria and near a pair of boys and girls bathrooms, has been designated as “gender neutral” thanks to the efforts of two students.

The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, which now includes 325 members, oversees 1,100 acres between Sag Harbor and Sagaponack — 800 acres of which are preserved by either the Nature Conservancy, Southampton Town, or Suffolk County.

Maritza Guichay hopes to serve as a voice for the growing Latino population long removed from local government. She co-chairs the Town of East Hampton’s newly formed Latino advisory committee.

Carolyn Brody purchased BookHampton, and Charline Spektor will hand over the keys this week.

Island Gift of Life, a non-profit organization launched in 2001 that helps patients on the East End cope with major medical issues by providing financial support, transportation, or expertise to help negotiate medical bills.

The Southampton Town Board said Tuesday that it had heard the community’s concerns about a proposed project across Montauk Highway from the Bridgehampton Commons and decided to adjourn a hearing on it so that town planners can work to reduce its scale.

Kunkush, which became separated from its owners on a Greek shore, is reunited with its family with the help of a Springs photographer.

Among the police officers named recognized by the South Fork departments, East Hampton Town police selected Officer Luke McNamara. His choice was unusual, in that this past year was his first on the job.

In the face of a growing trend toward bigger houses on smaller lots, the village established a temporary moratorium in July on construction of most new houses and major improvements to existing ones; since then the board has been working on a range of code revisions.

The Child Development Center of the Hamptons is in talks with Kevin Gersh, who operates several private schools for autistic children on Long Island and in Puerto Rico, for a potential management role at the school.

The Rev. Gerardo Roma Garcia always wanted to work with the poor and underprivileged, but as a young man studying at the Roman Catholic seminary in Guadalajara, Mexico, he could scarcely have imagined that he would one day be an Episcopal priest called to an area not known for pockets of need but for over-the-top affluence.

Russell Drumm, a senior writer for The East Hampton Star, died on Saturday at Southampton Hospital of cancer. He was 68.

All along, people knew where the grave was. But who exactly was in it and why the man named Ned was there at all were mysteries lost to time.

Southampton Town police said the driver a sport utility vehicle was killed, likely because of the icy road conditions Friday morning.

A new majority replaces Republican clerk and longtime attorney.

December’s unusually warm weather seems to have yielded sort of a balmy business boon for many South Fork retailers.

As work continues on the Army Corps of Engineers’ seawall along the downtown Montauk shore, the beach has been transformed as large sand-filled geotextile bags are piled up to make what is meant to become a 15-foot-tall, 3,100-foot-long impediment to ocean flooding during storms.

The East Hampton High School boys basketball team, which is, by the way, a pleasure to watch, sustained its first setback of the season here Tuesday night, losing 65-60 to St. John the Baptist, a nonleague opponent, but there was no shame in the loss.

Community members, former Springs School employees, and current staff members took sides in a heated exchange over a lawsuit being filed against Springs by its former district clerk.

The family of Lilia Aucapina gathered with about 100 supporters outside Southampton Town Hall Tuesday demanding that the investigation into her death be reopened.

As the old neon sign for Johnny’s Bait and Tackle was lowered down by crane for the last time, an era came to an end on Montauk’s Main Street.

The family-owned fishing boat and its captain and crew, making the last voyage of the season from Montauk Harbor, were almost two miles offshore when the boat began taking on water Saturday evening.

John L. Niles Sr., 84, who coached powerhouse Bridgehampton High School Killer Bees boys basketball teams in the 1980s, died Saturday in Conway, S.C.

Andy Sabin, the president of the Sabin Metal Corporation and a philanthropist who founded the South Fork Natural History Museum, has given $30 million to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

In a small victory for dark-sky advocates, the East Hampton Village Board bowed to opposition from residents of the village agreeing to modify proposed amendments to its lighting code with the aim of reducing sky glow.

East Hampton Town has dropped a charge against the manager of the Surf Lodge on Edgemere Street in Montauk for putting up a sign without consulting with the town’s architectural review board, according to the manager’s lawyers.

A sandbag seawall being built to armor the downtown Montauk ocean shore will be completed, town officials said Monday, despite a swell of vehement protest and opposition that arose after beach excavation and pile driving for wooden access walks got under way early this month.

Apartments in East Hampton Village are few and far between, with the second and third floors of 105 Newtown Lane making it one of East Hampton’s only “high-rises,” whose location combines both urban convenience and rural charm.

A Sagaponack man questioned by police and then arrested after the disappearance of his wife last month proclaimed his innocence this week and said he believes she is still alive.