East Hampton News

From mid-May through September dogs will have to be leashed at East Hampton Village beaches until they are at least 300 feet away from parking lots and road ends.

Sag Harbor's Village Hall was packed with police officers on Tuesday evening, there to accuse Mayor Brian Gilbride of having an unspecified personal agenda in connection with the layoff of Officer David Driscoll, the department's officer of the year in 2012.

A Wainscott woman who refused to be searched at East Hampton Town police headquarters following a car crash Sunday afternoon stripped off all her clothes in protest, according to the arrest report.

Two candidates are running for one five-year term on the Montauk School Board. The open seat is being vacated by Therese Watson after 29 years.

"Anything new on the 555 front?" East Hampton Town Councilwoman Sylvia Overby said she inquired casually on Monday afternoon as she passed Marguerite Wolffsohn's office at Town Hall.

The East Hampton Town Police Department and the County District Attorney's Office have closed a loophole in arrest procedures following a not-guilty verdict handed down in March by a local jury.

Catherine Foley, left, of the Air and Speed Board Shop, and Laraine Creegan of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce have initiated a recycling program in downtown Montauk.

In the running for East Hampton School Board are, clockwise from top left, Alison Anderson, Nicholas Boland, J.P. Foster, Richard Wilson, Mary Ella Moeller, and Wendy Geehreng.

The nomination of Zachary Cohen for East Hampton Town councilman from the floor at the Democrats' nominating convention Wednesday night made for some tense moments for Job Potter and Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, the candidates favored by the party's screening committee.

If you've never seen an episode of "The Barefoot Contessa," watch one as soon as possible.

Kiefer Sutherland attends the Showtime and Cinema Society premiere of 'Homeland' at a private residence in East Hampton, NY, on August 13, 2011 Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones' Season 3, Episode 307, 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair' Barbara Walters is spotted leaving the Marylebone Registry Office after the civil ceremony ... (more)

Kiefer Sutherland attends the Showtime and Cinema Society premiere of 'Homeland' at a private residence in East Hampton, NY, on August 13, 2011 Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of "American Idol," is betting big on its first miniseries showcase, starting with a limited-edition "24" and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J.

Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. is returning to the Hamptons for another summer at both Hampton Coffee Company and Golden Pear.

The sun is finally making its return to our fair city. Crawl out of bed, throw on something decent and get out of this seasonally-affected funk you're probably in.

A new budget, a new village administrator, a new lighted crosswalk, and a new source of fuel at the Emergency Services Building were topics of discussion at an East Hampton Village Board work session last Thursday.

As of press time, Sister Joanne Callahan, Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Father Don Hanson of Most Holy Trinity Parish in East Hampton, and Father Mike Rieder of the Church of Saint Therese of Lisieux in Montauk, are meeting in a closed door session in Sag Harbor to decide the fate of the only Catholic school from ... (more)

Dick Cavett's Tick Hall, one of seven McKim, Meade, and White houses on the Montauk ocean bluffs, and two houses on the waterfront on the other side of the Montauk peninsula, have made for interesting agendas at recent East Hampton Town Zoning Board meetings.

An Amagansett man who drove his 2010 Ford into a utility pole on Friday night was drunk at the time, according to East Hampton Town police, and wound up charged with an alcohol-related felony, aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Suffolk County's public health clinic on Accabonac Road in East Hampton is slated for consolidation with a Southampton clinic, with both to be housed near Southampton Hospital, according to a plan being promoted by Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone.

The question of whether a manager or administrator is appropriate and advisable for the Town of East Hampton was the subject of a lively debate at the village's Emergency Services Building on Saturday.