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Sweeping high-tech upgrades save the district energy and money

A 53-passenger sea shuttle to operate between Mitchell Park in Greenport and Long Wharf in Sag Harbor is being considered.

Members of the public weighed in this week about the future of East Hampton Town’s scavenger waste treatment plant.

The most surprising thing about Saturday morning’s Springs School community forum was the attendance.

Facing 686 citations, Surf Lodge's day in court delayed to March 19th.

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals once again discussed a divisive application.

East Hampton Town Trustees are concerned that the beach is eroding in two directions: from the seaward side due to the ocean’s rise and intermittent storm surges, as well as from the landward side via creeping sand fences put up by beachfront homeowners.

William Bauer, 78, died on Friday night when his one-room cabin at the Cozy Cabins complex in Wainscott, exploded in a ball of fire.

Last week, the Town of East Hampton was poised to remove the lien it applied to a property on Montauk’s Fort Pond Bay.

A proposal to demolish the 1,874-square-foot Harbor Heights service station building in Sag Harbor was open for public discussion at the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board’s meeting on Tuesday evening.

It may be almost impossible today for someone under 40 to believe that birth control was not legal in the United States until 1960.

At Friday’s East Hampton Village Board work session,the mayor and board members put their heads together to try and come up with a definitive new law for signs in the village.

The Dunes, a private alcohol and substance-abuse facility has filed a lawsuit against the Town of East Hampton.

The Nathaniel Rogers House in Bridgehampton, will soon be brought back to much of its former glory

There have been rumblings that the Ross School, known for its innovative academic model, may be fraying at the edges.

A Lindenhurst company wants to purchase the town-owned scavenger waste plant on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton.

A first look at the East Hampton School District’s proposed budget for 2012-13 on Tuesday evening brought Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2-percent tax levy cap up close and personal — to the tune of a possible $2.85 million gap.

Downed trees, gnaw marks, wood shavings point to new resident in Hither Woods

The owner of Harbor Heights, has proposed a full redesign of the business, moving the pumps, adding restrooms and a convenience store.

Sitting at his desk on Tuesday in the East Hampton Town Police Department annex in Montauk, Lt. Christopher M. Hatch, the new precinct commander, made a statement that many Montauk residents will be happy to hear.

Town officials confirmed that they are considering candidates to step into Larry Penny’s shoes as East Hampton Town’s natural resources director, while also denying that Mr. Penny has submitted an official request for retirement.

‘No’ to judge-change request, ‘no’ to site plan review

Local environmental groups have asked the State Department of Environmental Conservation to immediately ban the three most frequently found chemicals from use on the Island.

Congress Hall, once owned by Fishhooks Mulford, has many stories to tell

A plan to have a controversial new outdoor lighting law examined by a new committee drew agreement across the town board.

Bonac Yard Sale - Clams, kids’ clothes, and friendly ribbing.

The way in which the East Hampton Town Board makes decisions, and how much takes place in the public eye, is shaping up to be a bone of contention between the Republican majority and the two newly elected Democrats.

    As a condition of an East Hampton Town Trustee okay to repair a rock revetment in front of his oceanfront property back in 2006, William Rayner of West End Road promised to keep it covered with sand. This he has done, and he has a trustee permit to do the same early next month. And the gods of bureaucracy have smiled on the project.

The East Hampton Village Board held a public hearing on Friday on a law that would restrict the size of real estate signs.

Questions are surfacing about the future of East Hampton Town’s septic waste plant, as the town board is poised to review proposals from private companies.