East Hampton News

If Rihanna partying at Pink Elephant on West 8th Street three Sundays in a row in Manhattan is any indication of what's to come from the nightlife brand's East End sister, it's going to be an amazing summer season.

After months of haggling over budgets and whether to pierce the state-imposed 2-percent cap on tax levy increases, the voters have spoken, approving school budgets from Bridgehampton to Montauk by wide margins and electing new school board members.

A newly expanded stone revetment that stands between the Montauk Shores Condominium and the Atlantic Ocean is under investigation to determine whether it was installed according to permit specifications.

The town beach at Ditch Plain in Montauk will remain closed to swimmers, with no lifeguards on duty, for the foreseeable future.

Starting July 1 all dogs on East Hampton Village beaches will have to be kept on leashes while they are within 300 feet of parking lots and road ends.

The East Hampton Fire Department has unveiled its newest tool for firefighter training: a roofed structure built low to the ground to allow East End fire companies to practice the important skill of cutting open roofs to vent fires, to prevent dreaded flashovers for those fighting fires inside buildings.

A New Hampshire man may end up spending time in jail if drug and driving while intoxicated allegations made by the East Hampton Town Police prove true.

After a very successful seventh season, the East Hampton Farmers Market will launch its eighth season on Friday, May 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and run during this time - rain or shine - every Friday through August 30.A farm stand in the heart of East Hampton, the farmers market provides residents with a source of locally grown or produced fresh ... (more)

But the drama at Wednesday night's nominating convention came down to the town council race.

John Kirrane can't vote in East Hampton Town, but he believes his quality of life and potentially the value of his Noyac home have been so damaged by the East Hampton Airport that he can no longer stay silent.

Enter Black Cat Books on North Ferry Road and be prepared to be immediately immersed in a sea of books, shelves, stacks of books, all shapes and sizes - at last count 20,000 books on every imaginable subject.

East Hampton Town police have released two images taken from a surveillance camera of a red Jeep that may have a connection to the May 7 burglary of a Gardiner Avenue, Springs, residence.

East Hampton's library board chairman and former historian is helping to expand its online Long Island history collection containing many one-of-a-kind documents -- by donating all proceeds from his new book.

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.