East Hampton News

Workers replace poles with taller ones on Toilsome Lane in East Hampton. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, April 15, 2014, that electric bills soared 13.2 percent, year over year, while the cost of natural gas and gasoline fell 4.2 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.

For the fifth year in a row, the Richard Demato Gallery will host its annual Retreat Art Show, a benefit exhibition for the East Hampton domestic violence shelter, which brings together juried work selected by a panel of collectors and gallerists.

The residents of 75 Glenmore Avenue were awakened by a smoke detector and called 911 at about 3:15 a.m., according to Ed Ecker, the fire department's public information officer.

According to 27 East PSEG's notified the town Thursday through their spokesman Jeffrey Weir that the utility said hoped to scheduling a hearing for Friday or Monday, enabling its work to resume on the Amagansett sub station which was temporarily shut down by an Stop Work Order Form.

If you live and drive on the East End, you've probably noticed-THUNK-that our roads have gotten unusually pitted with-SCRAAAAAPE- potholes this winter .

In Amagansett long-term road construction on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Stephen Hands Path and CR-39/North Hwy/North Rd in Hampton Bays In Amagansett long-term road construction on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Stephen Hands Path and CR-39/North Hwy/North Rd in Hampton Bays In Hampton Bays new road construction layout on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 ... (more)

Workers are still building a rooftop garden to grow fresh salad greens and vegetables and completing a back terrace serving area at Page at 63 Main in Sag Harbor, and the restaurant's new chef, James Carpenter, who arrived just two weeks ago after his most recent stint at East Hampton Point, is busy himself, pulling together a new menu in time for ... (more)

A car heading east went across Montauk Highway, jumping the curb and slamming into a tree and a telephone pole at Red Horse Plaza on Sunday afternoon.

An aerial map of Sag Harbor Village highlights key intersections being explored for improvement under a traffic calming initiative spearheaded by Serve Sag Harbor.

Army Corps Will Unveil Montauk Beach Proposal On Wednesday, April 23, at 1 p.m. the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will present their proposed emergency beach stabilization project for downtown Montauk.

An East Hampton man accused of stealing more than $125,000 worth of jewelry and cash from over two dozen East End houses pleaded guilty on Friday in criminal court, Riverside, to 13 counts of second-degree burglary.

I first met Immaculee Ilibagiza at a party in East Hampton, N.Y. We were house guests, and what a house it was! It had a broad manicured lawn, large windows that opened onto the sea.

This Saturday, April 12th, The East End Special Players are pleased to present a special New York City showing of their original theater piece, Gigi! The Life of a Doll at the French Institute Alliance Franaise 's Florence Gould Hall.

Lee A. Grimes, 28, was pulled over early Saturday morning for failing to signal as she turned off Flamingo Avenue onto West Lake Drive in Montauk, police said.

The East Hampton Town Board will hold hearings next Thursday on three potential property purchases, including the 19 acres of Amagansett farmland where a luxury housing development had been proposed, as well as on new legislation governing the establishment of chain stores in the town.

The Army Corps of Engineers will present its proposed downtown Montauk beach stabilization project on April 23 at Town Hall, the East Hampton Town supervisor's office announced Thursday.

Undercover! Make-up free Amber Heard is a far cry from usual glamorous self as she bundles up in hooded coat and robe on movie set With her stunning good looks, she usually cuts a glamorous figure on the arm of her handsome fiancA© Johnny Depp.

With four of their nine members absent due to illness or other commitments, the East Hampton Town Trustees indicated on Tuesday, with some reluctance and on a trial basis, a willingness to accept some prohibition of alcoholic beverages at Indian Wells and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett.

Protesters, including Ben Forst, left, and Tom Piacentine, gathered at Hook Mill Saturday to call on PSEG Long Island to bury high-voltage electrical transmission lines and remove new poles.

With almost all of the plots spoken for at its Chevra Kodetia Cemetery just outside of Sag Harbor, Temple Adas Israel is looking to expand the cemetery to neighboring property it purchased three years ago, but it has encountered a number of stumbling blocks including the fact that the East Hampton Town code governing the property may trump Jewish ... (more)