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Anonymous Letter Accuses Southampton Schools of 'Segregation'

Divided ZBA Denies Request for Additional Outdoor Seating at Shippy’s

Zoom Links to Southampton Town Meetings Seem Destined To Remain

Storm-Plagued Sagaponack, Bridgehampton Beach Rebuilding Finally Completed

East Hampton ZBA Member Jaine Mehring Declines To Recuse Herself Over Advocacy Efforts

East Hampton Village Honors First Responders for Lifesaving Actions

The Belgian Flag Will Fly Over East Hampton Village on V-E Day. Here's Why.

Maidstone Gun Club Official Speaks Out on Criticisms

Challenges Facing Sag Harbor Retailers Is Topic of Express Sessions Conversation

South Fork Natural History Museum Upgrades Its Marine Display

The Whalebone, a Noyac Fixture, Will Close Its Doors After 40 Years

Temple Adas Israel To Throw a Birthday Bash for Israel

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The Downtown Dilemma

Last week, an Express Sessions event in Sag Harbor focused on the village’s shopping district and explored a puzzle: If last summer was the busiest...

Shining Examples

A glimpse back in time to the 19th century would reveal, in most of the East End’s hamlets and villages, small general stores, often containing...

Staying Alive

And, in the same vein, Sag Harbor Village’s holiday weekend “Keep It Local” shopping event was a success, and it’s a model that should be...

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Well, I don’t know how to go west tonight My neighbors are in such a plight We’re so scared to venture out on the street And we’re wondering what traffic we’ll meet Highway to the left of us Hill Street to the right Here we are, stuck in the middle with you Yes, we’re stuck in the middle with you And we’re wondering what it is we should do It’s so hard to go out for an errand If we...

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Gordon Herr needs to step down as Southampton Town Democratic Committee chairman. To say this man has a bad attitude toward people is an understatement and threatens to do overwhelming harm to the Democratic Party here in the Hamptons. Mr. Herr has alienated people, including myself, through his texts and posts on social media. He’s gone so far as to attack the press — but his latest move is truly idiotic [“Republican Candidate Drops Out of Southampton Supervisor Race, Joining...

Chad Pike Earns Spot on Long Island Ducks Roster

Bonackers Return to Penn Relays for First Time Since 2003

It was over 20 years in the making. When Bridgehampton sophomore Xavier Johnson, East Hampton ...

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Nearly 225 Participate in 13th Annual Katy's Courage 5K

What the 13th annual Katy’s Courage 5K lacked in overall numbers it easily made up ...

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Ilene Beckerman and Michael Disher Team Up for 'Gingy's Diaries'

Author Jill Bialosky Discusses ‘The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother’ at The Church

On Mother’s Day weekend, Jill Bialosky, acclaimed editor and writer of “History of a Suicide”…

Judy Carmichael Celebrates 25 Years of 'Jazz Inspired'

When jazz pianist and Sag Harbor resident Judy Carmichael first began recording her NPR radio show…

'Backbeat Gangsters': Jeffrey Sussman Returns, With a Look at the Mob in Music

Jeffrey Sussman first stumbled across Jimi Hendrix in 1970. He was working his first job out of…