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Flanders Road Affordable Housing Proposal Earns $2.4 Million Grant From Southampton Town; Residents Plead for Town To Derail 7-Eleven Plans

Southampton Town Directs $5 Million To Preserving Marshlands in Western Shinnecock Bay

Tuckahoe Cannabis Dispensary Shuttered by Court Order Applies for Southampton Town Permits

Lack of Club Fund Receipts Hurts Hampton Bays' External Audit

Food Pantries in East Hampton Brace For Additional Load From SNAP Freeze as Town Board Approves $30,000 in Funding

Puddles, Bugs and Rodents: Montauk School District Hopes $34.8 Million Bond Is the Answer

What East Hampton Voters Can Expect To Find on Their Ballots

Now in Its Second Year, Anchor Society Expands Winter Shops Program in East Hampton

Sag Harbor Planning Board Hears Update of Trunzo Affordable Housing Proposal

Southampton Town Board Weighs Redwood Anchorage Purchase

Sag Harbor Ragamuffin Parade Celebrates The Spooky Season

Sag Harbor Panel Tackles Parking Problems, Business Impacts at ‘Local Matters’ Discussion

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We Mark Our Ballot: Southampton Town

There are precious few choices for Southampton Town voters to make between now and November 4, a sad state of affairs based on well-documented horse...

We Mark Our Ballots: East Hampton Town

Solidly blue East Hampton is always favorable to a slate of Democrats — it’s simply a matter of political reality. The town’s Republican Party acknowledged...

We Mark Our Ballot: County Legislature

In an age punctuated by extreme political party divisions and acrimony, it was refreshing to hear from two Suffolk County legislators representing the East End...

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There was no better way for Southampton Village to “celebrate” Labor Day, the holiday honoring the social and economic contributions of working people, than to force Southampton’s working class into gridlock on Hill Street and Windmill Lane. How? By re-imposing a so-called “pilot program” that our chief of police said was ineffective and dangerous three years ago [“New Pilot Program Will Ban Left Turns Off Lee and Captains Neck in Southampton Village,” 27east.com, August 27]. But this is expected: Mayor...

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Lifeguards should be at Ponquogue Beach on all four weekends after Labor Day. Ponquogue Beach is the biggest and busiest beach in the Hamptons. If people know lifeguards are on duty, they will flock there. It’s not safe to swim in the ocean unless lifeguards are present. The concession stand does not have to be open. We can bring baloney sandwiches and pink lemonade from home. Portable toilets are fine, and we can shower at home. James Dreeben Hampton Bays

Against All Odds: Yandel Parra’s Triumphant Return to the Soccer Field After a Brush With Death

Hampton Bays Girls Volleyball Wins Playoff Opener Over Westhampton Beach

Madysen Frederiksen’s eyes welled up with tears of joy Monday night. Although her No. 4-seeded ....

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Despite Missing Three Starters, East Hampton Boys Cross Country To Compete at Counties

For a day that began “pretty disastrous,” as East Hampton boys cross country head coach ...

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Rizzo Leads Pierson Girls Country to Second-Place Finish at Division Championships

Evelyn Rizzo appears to have a competitive streak in her. In the only other meet ...

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Emma's Revolution Brings Protest and Activism to the UU Stage

Grave Matters: Conversations With a Modern Mortician

What is it about our fears that partly fascinate us? That compelling urge to seek it, creep upon the…

Nazi Shadows on Long Island: A Forgotten Front in the War for America

The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange…

All That Brass: REEB! Opens Free Jazz Jam in Southampton

East End Jazz, in collaboration with the Southampton Cultural Center, will present the next…