East Hampton News

The East Hampton Town Board and the East Hampton Town Planning Board have been named in a petition - STOP 555 - seeking to prevent a zone change that would reclassify a 23.5 acre piece of farmland at 555 Montauk Highway in Amagansett as senior citizen housing overlay district.

State and county officials turned out in a big way Tuesday to support downtown Riverhead revitalization, as well as the promise of new jobs and affordable housing in the area.

A five-year capital improvement plan for the East Hampton Airport highlighting close to $10.5 million in projects for the facility was presented to the public last Thursday night.

The documentary filmmaking team of D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus of Sag Harbor will be honored at the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival Gala on December 7, 7 p.m. at Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

In March, a Swiss referendum fired a first shot against executive pay, as it was decided that shareholders would get to determine chief executive compensation.

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As his time in office shrinks down to just a few weeks, East Hampton Supervisor William Wilkinson could be forgiven for occasionally wondering just how his political career went so bad so quickly.

History surrounds East Hampton this time of year as the weather gets colder and children start counting down to Christmas, and the village spends a lot of effort in bringing the past to life.

To celebrate Hanukkah, cars decorated with lighted menorahs, parade from Chabad Lubavitch of the Hamptons in East Hampton to Herrick Park during an annual celebration, known as Menorahcade.

When Dina Manzo surprised viewers by leaving 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' in the middle of Season 2, she also decided to stop speaking with everyone from the show, including siblings Caroline Manzo and Chris Laurita.

Take a look back at the major headlines in November: 1. 19-Year-Old Arrested in Springs Liquor Store Robbery Less than 48 hours after a man made off with cash from a robbery at the Springs Wines & Liquors on Nov. 9, East Hampton Town police made an arrest.

A five-year capital improvement plan for the East Hampton Airport highlighting close to $10.5 million in projects for the facility was presented to the public last Thursday night.

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Whether your cutting down your own or choosing from a lot, there are numerous business that are ready to sell you a Christmas tree this year.

Montauk Highway was shut down for about an hour on the afternoon of Nov. 18 when a Montauk man's car caught fire.

Pointed criticism of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals punctuated what had been a very brief and uneventful meeting on Friday.

If the East Hampton Town Board votes to approve a new zoning classification for 555 Montauk Highway in Amagansett, it will do so without the approval of the town planning board, judging by its Nov. 20 meeting.

The theft may have been caught on video surveillance, and police are still investigating.

A homeless man accused of breaking into a house was the subject of an intense manhunt last Thursday night.

Hannah Salazar, a 5-year-old student at the Child Development Center of the Hamptons, read in the school's library last week.