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Hampton Bays Pattern Book Tinkering Continues as Board Seeks To Assuage Critics of Redevelopment Guide

Long Island Regional License Plate, Featuring Montauk Lighthouse, Wins International Contest

Local Photographer Presents Immersive Look at Climate Change

Battery Storage Moratorium Extended, Exemption for Hampton Bays Project Panned

Where Are They Now?: Loretta Hunt, First Female MMA Writer, Reflects on Career Covering UFC

Montauk's First Torah Scroll Is Completed

East Hampton Town Board Sets Public Hearing on Land Swap for Roundabout Construction

After Southern Pine Beetle Devastation, Beech Trees in East Hampton Now Under Threat

Southampton Town Weighs Using Affordable Housing Funds To Protect One of the Few Remaining Multifamily Houses in Sag Harbor

North Haven Will Seek To Screen Neighbors From Pickleball Noise

Class Rank and Staffing Challenges Discussed at Latest Sag Harbor Board of Education Meeting

Eagle Scout Candidate Kyle Johnson Is Raising Funds and Awareness of Sharks Through Commack Event

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Get Off the List

Publishing a list of the top residential water users on the South Fork each summer has become a tradition for The Express News Group. It’s...

Holding Pattern

No one would argue that downtown Hampton Bays needs to change if the business district is to survive. It’s just a question of how to...

Close the Barn Door

The Wall Street Journal last week visited the South Fork for a story about “a nation obsessed with supersizing” and places, particularly enclaves of wealth,...

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We are seeing a disturbing trend on the East End and particularly in the Town of Southampton. It is perplexing to witness extremely wealthy buyers, ones with resources to fund endless, years-long legal battles, to the detriment of neighbors and community, purchasing land with known restrictive easements, only to later express frustration over, and seek to have the town override, the very conditions they agreed to. These restrictions, often put in place to protect natural resources, maintain historical integrity, or...

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Kudos to Highway Superintendent Charlie McArdle for his self-serving pat on the back with his “Outside the Box” letter [July 18]. His “outside the box” is nothing more than selective entitlements given to a very small group of people who are complaining louder than the rest of the residents who are sharing the same traffic inconveniences throughout the town. In his letter, he made Councilwoman Cyndi McNamara look like the bad guy for being the only one to not support...

Third Annual Hoops 4 Hope 'East End 3’s' 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Is August 3

Southampton Town Lifeguards Show Off Skills at Annual Mike Diveris Battle of Southampton Tournament

For this year’s annual Mike Diveris Memorial “Battle of Southampton” Lifeguard Tournament on July 17, ....

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Travis Field Memorial Softball Tournament's Bracket Bash Is This Thursday; Four-Day Tournament Begins August 1

With the 16th annual Travis Field Memorial Softball Tournament right around the corner on August ...

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HCBL Playoff Seeding Comes Down to Final Day of Regular Season

After 30-plus games played throughout the summer, the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League’s postseason will be ...

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Bret Anthony Johnston To Speak About New Novel With Canio’s

The Westhampton Beach Project Returns for a Weekend of Dance, Music and Fine Art

Each summer, The Westhampton Beach Project presents two evenings of entertainment on the Great Lawn…

Sea, Sky, Sculpture Exhibit Is the Summer Show at the D'Amico House

When artist and curator Sally Richardson was asked by Chris Kohan, president of the D’Amico…

John Mulaney Performing in Montauk To Benefit Montauk Point Lighthouse

Three-time Emmy and WGA award-winning writer, actor and comedian John Mulaney will perform for one…