The mud flat at the terminus of Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton Village is often occupied by Wilson’s snipe, a secretive bird of bogs; green-winged teal, killdeer, and greater yellowlegs. Somehow they favor this place, despite the presence of a 24-inch pipe that drains untreated stormwater into Georgica Cove.
A mosquito sample from East Hampton Town was one of 26 new samples to test positive for the West Nile virus in Suffolk County, the County Health Department announced on Aug. 19.
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A hundred years ago, a car came barreling onto a Maidstone Club green, to the astonishment of golfers and a caddy, who had to scramble to avoid being hit. And more adventures from the pages of The Star of yore.
