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Representative Lee Zeldin has taken strong exception to the characterization of Stephen Bannon, the White House's former chief strategist, as anti-Semitic. Mr. Bannon is to headline a fund-raiser for his re-election campaign in Manhattan on Thursday.

Joe Hagan presents Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone and master chronicler of his fellow baby boomers, as a brilliant, hugely ambitious, and deeply insecure man riven by contradictory impulses.

Mr. Zeldin, a second-term Republican, is one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress. In October, he penned an article published on the Breitbart site in which he argued against recertification of the Iran nuclear deal.

A new traffic circle at the intersection of Buell and Toilsome Lanes in East Hampton Village is now scheduled for completion in the spring, after a series of minor delays.

Deepwater Wind, which is planning to construct 15 offshore wind turbines 30 miles east of Montauk, has selected Beach Lane in Wainscott as the best spot for its power cable to come ashore.

The drivers of two northbound commercial vehicles were taken to the hospital after one rear-ended the other on Route 114 shortly after 7:30 Thursday morning, according to the East Hampton Town police.

For the second time in four years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have led to state official recognition of the Montaukett Indian Nation.

Tchaikovsky's classic comes to Guild Hall and holiday-themed activities abound this weekend.

Three South Fork women are in the running for Miss Latina Tristate, Miss East Hampton, Paula Viviana Lozano, who entered the competition on a whim, is one of them.

According to Autism Speaks, an advocacy group, 25 private schools east of Medford and west of Hauppauge offer specialized education for autistic children — but there are none on the East End.

An infestation of southern pine beetles in the forests and backyards of East Hampton has exploded since October, but efforts to fell infested trees and prevent beetles from spreading outside of hot zones are working.

With the gift-giving season upon us, South Fork artists and crafts-makers are showing their work in a variety of settings.

Five notable men brought down by sexual-harassment claims have houses in or around East Hampton, but the area has always been a sandbox of scandal in one way or the other, and the celebrity stories should not obscure that there are predators everywhere, some say.

A year after being placed on an administrative leave with pay, following disciplinary charges, Arthur Bloom, an East Hampton Town ordinance enforcement officer, was fired Tuesday by a vote of the town board.

County Executive Steve Bellone said the tax bill would be a catastrophic multibillion-dollar tax increase for Long Islanders, driving down property values, and resulting in residents fleeing the region.

With my boat now firmly planted on terra firma for the winter, it’s time to turn the page. The number of recreational boaters and those in the pursuit of finfish have now dwindled to the true hard-core types.

Suffolk County Water Authority has taken on companies that manufactured products with potentially cancer-causing industrial chemicals.

The Suffolk County Board of Elections on Wednesday certified results for the Nov. 7 election, and the winners remain unchanged in East Hampton Town.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's recent veto of a bill that would have given official status to the Montaukett Indian Nation is the latest in four centuries of affronts to the region's native peoples.

Marc Schultz and Dayna Winter, year-round Amagansett residents, have opened a fitness and yoga retreat in Nicaragua with cabins overlooking the ocean and an open-air yoga studio.

Georgica Pond has been afflicted by toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in recent years, which can cause serious health problems. But 2017 turned out to be an excellent year for the water quality of the pond.

East Hampton residents are familiar with how the community rallies when someone here is in need, but this fall, thanks to a growing network, efforts to help people in Texas and in Puerto Rico hit by two devastating hurricanes have gotten a boost thanks to some of our neighbors.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced an online petition yesterday that is intended to galvanize opposition to the federal tax-policy legislation that he said would result in significantly higher taxes for Long Island residents and businesses.

After missing his train stop in Patchogue and ending up in Montauk, a man tried to walk home along the ocean beach. He apparently tried to enter a house on Ronald Baron’s Further Lane, East Hampton, estate, setting off an alarm.

A Scrimshaw Lane resident woke up Sunday morning to find smashed champagne bottles in his driveway and his garage door dented.

The Springs School opera is ready to take the stage Wednesday for the 21st consecutive year with an original production, “The Case of the Missing Pollock.”

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has identified the East Hampton Airport as a potential hazardous waste site and a possible source of recently discovered groundwater contamination.

Whether South Fork children who are on the autism spectrum are receiving optimal educational services depends on whom you ask. A proposal to use a town-owned site for a new special-needs school has engendered opposition.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 4 of every 100 middle school students reported in 2016 that they had used some form of electronic cigarettes.

Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island Company that plans to construct a 15-turbine wind farm approximately 30 miles east of Montauk, has opened an office at 524 Montauk Highway in Amagansett to support the proposed development, known as the South Fork Wind Farm.