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The Cruise-O-Matic Engine That Could: T-Bird Car Auction Supports Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation

Southampton Village Officials Defend Decision To Drain Lake Agawam Into Ocean

Rare Orange Lobster 'Rescued' From Southampton Grocery Store and Released Back Into Wild

Shinnecock Nation Powwow Held over Labor Day Weekend

East Hampton Town Board To Vote on Parkland Alienation To Make Way for Possible Roundabout

Devon Yacht Club in East Hampton Details Major Reconstruction Plans

Neighbors’ Challenge to AT&T Monopole at St. Peter’s Chapel in Springs Is Denied

East Hampton Trustees' Largest Clam Contest Returns

Sag Harbor Completing Long-Awaited Jermain Avenue Sidewalk Replacement

Len Riggio, Who Transformed Book Selling Business, Dies at 83

Joy Reid and Maya Wiley Engage in a Spirited Conversation, 'Black Women, Politics and Power,' at The Church in Sag Harbor

New Credit Card Surcharge Rules Befuddle and Burden Business Owners

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A Hard Lesson

The house fire in August 2022 that killed two young women in Noyac is a terrible tragedy for everyone involved — there’s no ignoring that,...

Keeping Whales Safe

As wind farms go online off the East Coast, in our nearby waters, one of the major concerns has been the potential impact of this...

Community Spirit

It was just over four months ago when a segment of the Sag Harbor community — mostly longtime locals — gathered upstairs at Baron’s Cove,...

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It was H.L. Mencken who famously quipped: “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple and wrong.” Perhaps Bill Hillman’s recent trip down memory lane surrounding the “lost opportunity” of a Sunrise Highway extension as our “simple solution” of today’s traffic nightmare [“Traffic Solutions Face a Daunting Opponent on South Fork: Residents,” 27east.com, August 14] would prompt your editors to release a 50-year anniversary recap of this grandiose plan? After all, the clear evidence of mitigating...

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After the two-week period during which the Southampton Town Board agreed to consider the Canal BESS applicant’s plea not to be considered in the extended battery energy storage system moratorium, two letters were sent to the board concerning the decision and timing of the plea. Requested also was confirmation of public comments by the BESS advisory committee that no BESS installation would be in a residential area. No answer. Now we learn that the Shinnecock Nation sovereignty is making a...

Dittmer Claims Victory in Hampton Classic Grand Prix

SS Class Association, Westhampton Yacht Squadron Close Out Summer Racing Series

There was plenty of sailing to be had this past weekend at Westhampton Yacht Squadron ....

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Hard-Hitting East Hampton Girls Tennis Players Boast Grit

East Hampton first-year head coach Pablo Montesi said if there’s anything his girls tennis team ...

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Montauk Point-Block Island Swim Relay Just Another Day at the Beach for Dawgpatch Bandits

Dawgpatch Bandits, a nonprofit founded by Drew Harvey of Sag Harbor that performs difficult physical ...

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The Hamptons Festival of Music Finds Its Footing in Year Three

Sag Harbor's Kim Liao Debuts Memoir at John Jermain Memorial Library

Growing up in Sag Harbor, writer Kim Liao always felt, as she put it, “ambivalent” about her…

The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art Is Back at Ashawagh Hall

The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art/The Art Barge hosts its “Back at Ashawagh” exhibition,…

New Additions to the Parrish Art Museum's Collection

The Parrish Art Museum has added several significant artworks to its permanent collection. The…