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Decades After Discrimination, Southampton High School Alumni Reclaim Their Prom Night

75 Years of Service: Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance Celebrates Milestone

Agawam Park WWI Memorial Restoration Gains Momentum With $100K Fundraiser

Southampton Town Returns Shinnecock Nation Seal to Tribe; Feds Say Objection to Land Status is Invalid

Split East Hampton Town Board Approves Joint $55 Million Easement

Amagansett School Attorneys Billed $104,000 in Fruitless Maria Dorr Case

Foundation Offers Funding for Town Lane Park Face-Lift in East Hampton

Short-Term Rentals Spark Affordability Concerns in East Hampton

Sag Harbor Rolls Out Employee Parking Passes, but Not Everyone Is Happy

Sag Harbor Native Darlene Rozzi Publishes Debut Novel Inspired by Life in South Korea

Bridgehampton Business Owners Forming Chamber of Commerce

Noyac Civic Council Hears Update on Noyac Road, Looks for Further Improvements

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Nipped in the Bud

The Southampton Town Board last week hurriedly adopted a change of zone affecting properties along Montauk Highway, or Main Street, bordering downtown Hampton Bays. The...

Community First

Ever since Jerry Larsen took over as mayor of East Hampton Village, there has been a debate about how much is too much when it...

Dun Done

The iconic “Jaws” poster by artist Roger Kastel was not based on a great white shark, but rather a shortfin mako head that Kastel studied...

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I was surprised to see Nick LaLota so full of praise for a hard-won fight over the SALT increase [“LaLota Votes for Spending Compromise That Raises SALT Cap, but Only for Five Years,” 27east.com, July 3]. His “hard no” was very short-lived. Instead, he got a four-year increase. In your piece, he highlights that a family earning $250,000 will get $5,000 more back in taxes — but that amount will be a whole lot less for a couple earning under...

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I am writing in opposition to Joan Tutt’s endorsement of S-8731, which would keep the windmill locked away on the campus of Stony Brook Southampton [“Windmill News,” Letters, June 26]. There are many reasons for its return to the village where it was built on Windmill Lane. It served as an economic resource for local farmers to mill corn and wheat. The mill was then relocated to its present site to continue commercial milling operations. Several other commercial enterprises used...

Hamptons Youth Triathlon Sees Over 160 Finishers for Second Year in a Row

HBCL All-Stars Defeat the ACBL All-Stars; Southampton's Quintano Named MVP

The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars held on to an 8-5 victory over the Atlantic ....

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Josh Brussell, Kerri Walsh Jennings Combine Efforts To Create First-Ever Hampton Volley: The Tournament

Josh Brussell, the East Hampton varsity boys volleyball head coach, has been running his Atlantic ...

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New Traditions, Same Spirit: Sag Harbor Cup Raises Over $50,000 for Junior Sailing Scholarships

The 43rd annual Sag Harbor Cup, hosted by the Breakwater Sailing Center & Yacht Club, ...

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Christopher Engel's First Exhibition Since Cancer Diagnosis: Radiance — The Light Within

BCMF Returns With Music for Summer

“In a limpid brook the capricious trout in joyous haste darted by like an arrow” —…

Leigh Bardugo on What It Means To Be a Writer, and Her Recent Sag Harbor Books Meet and Greet

Growing up, best-selling author Leigh Bardugo always knew she wanted to be a writer, but didn’t…

Lenny Bruce Returns to the Stage — And He’s Still Not Afraid

“That’s great, It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and airplanes, and Lenny Bruce is…