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Delighted squeals, quiet engine on one of the year’s last trips to Long Wharf

Frank A. Hanna, accused by the East Hampton Town police in the accidental shooting of a friend, pled guilty to one felony charge and was sentenced to a year in prison.

A Long Lane fire involved the East Hampton, Springs, Amagansett, and Sag Harbor Fire Departments.

The East Hampton Town Police Department’s search for George Richardson of Dix Hills, who disappeared in the early morning hours of Aug. 28 from a motel in Montauk, intensified this week.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals voted on Friday to require a full environmental study of the Maidstone Club’s proposed irrigation system overhaul, prompting a heated debate.

The New York State Department of Health confirmed a third human case of West Nile virus in Suffolk County this week and is analyzing several other potential cases.

Suffolk County this week served notice that it may sue the town and demanded the restoration of the prime agricultural soil that was hauled away.

An ambitious project to protect a six-mile stretch of Atlantic shoreline within the Bridgehampton and Sagaponack Erosion Control Districts would be paid for almost entirely by residents of the two special taxing districts.

Late blight strikes again, leaving fruit to die on vine

Chosen in an election in July, Lance Cpl. Roger King is the youngest to have served as the post’s commander.

Members of the town board requested clarification about a $118,000 bill for legal services.

The family and police continue to believe that Mr. Richardson is alive, and the search continues.

At about 1 p.m. Thursday, East Hampton Fire Department volunteers responded to a report of a barn on fire off Long Lane in East Hampton.

“There’s always a certain level of danger in an aircraft, or a car, or walking down the street,” said the pilot, who prefers to “hand-fly” his plane rather than cruise on auto-pilot.

Anger over airport noise was apparently the motivation for a caller to the airport noise hotline late last week, which prompted representatives of the F.B.I. to visit.

Altschuler, Bishop each claim lead, data to prove it

It’s chaos. It’s a party. It’s Montauk after hours — last call 3:30 a.m.

Democratic candidates looking to unseat New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle met in one of their final debates before the primary next Thursday.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was in town on Friday to address supporters at an East End for Obama fund-raiser, held at the Ocean Avenue, Bridgehampton house of Matthew Mallow and Ellen Chesler.

Proposed amendments to 11 chapters of the East Hampton Town Code will come up for public hearing next Thursday, starting at 7 p.m., in East Hampton Town Hall.

East Hampton Town police issued a missing-person alert yesterday for George Richardson, 50, an executive at Huntington Hospital, who was last seen at a Montauk motel in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

With the presentation of a plaque at a party on Aug. 22, the Montauk Lighthouse officially became a National Historic Landmark.

Talks with F.A.A. officials ‘made clear who owns the sky, and it’s not us’

In your face, Huffington Post and CNBC, and all the other naysayers who reported last week that the rich aren’t as philanthropic as regular Joes. Turns out, East Hampton residents who earn more money also give a greater percentage to charitable causes.

“It is not the most lighthearted way to start a weekend in the Hamptons, but it is relevant,” said Oliver Niedermaier, who hosted the party with his wife, Constanze, to draw attention to the issue of slavery in the modern world.

East Hampton Town’s finances got an A-plus from the outside auditing firm that finished a 2011 audit in mid-July.

The rematch for the First Congressional District of New York is heating up, with a barrage of attacks and gauntlets being thrown down by both Representative Tim Bishop and Randy Altschuler, his Republican opponent.

In the time-honored tradition of journalists leaving the field to become public relations consultants, Bridget LeRoy has jumped ship.

One of East Hampton Town’s most storied marine buildings, second only to the Montauk Lighthouse, is undergoing a restoration.

Three Mile Harbor Trailer Park is installing a custom-designed septic system, even as the town is having the site appraised for a possible purchase.