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UPDATED: Lane Restrictions on Sunrise Highway Will Last At Least Through Next Week

Shinnecock Hills Man Celebrates 81st Birthday, Thanks Officers Who Saved Him From Roof of Burning House

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

Dredge Oyster Bay Arrives for Long-Awaited Lake Montauk Operation

East Hampton Town Plans 11 New Pickleball Courts at Two Sites

A Collaborative Effort To Retrace the Steps of the Amistad Story Involves Local Women

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

Passing Through Town in a Rare Rolls-Royce

Beyond the Jack-o'-Lantern: Sen Chef Showcases Culinary Mastery With Fruit and Vegetable Carvings

Sag Harbor Planning Board Hears Update of Trunzo Affordable Housing Proposal

Southampton Town Board Weighs Redwood Anchorage Purchase

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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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Last week’s Express Session at The American Hotel focused on the subject of parking [“Sag Harbor Panel Tackles Parking Problems, Business Impacts at ‘Local Matters’ Discussion,” 27east.com, October 29]. The format called for the audience to ask questions of the panelists, unlike prior Express Sessions, where preprepared subjects were given to the panel by the moderator for comment. About halfway through this meeting, former Mayor Jim LaRocca rose to deliver an off-topic statement critical of the village’s review boards’ conduct...

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The damage to the bridge that carries Route 27 over the Shinnecock Canal reminds us how vulnerable we are on the South Fork to climate change and its impact on infrastructure. It is also a reminder that regional commuter traffic has exploded over the past 25 years, leaving no margin for error. While the bridge repair is a major setback, even smaller incidents like tree damage or fender-benders have outsized impact on a road system operating well beyond its design...

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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'A Field Guide to Florence': Art, Friendship and the Texture of Inspiration

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

For nearly 25 years, Emma’s Revolution, the California-based singing/songwriting duo Pat Humphries…

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…