East Hampton News

Two eighth grade students are about to embark on an exciting and educational trip to help needy children and families.

Madonna has rented a house on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton to beat the heat this summer, sources say.

The East Hampton Town Budget Advisory Committee, which was formed just more than a year ago to help the town delve into the depths of its financial problems, has been given an expanded mandate and will likely be increased to nine members, from an initial five.

How do people feel about groins? "Very carefully," a Borsht Belt comic might reply.

"There is no missing money." After months of confusion over a tangled financial mess and much ballyhoo regarding the town's capital fund, newly reappointed Southampton Comptroller Tamara Wright had good news on Friday for the town board: All capital funds are accounted for.

The Surf Lodge, a Montauk restaurant that draws large crowds for its free summer Sunday outdoor concerts, has gotten a reprieve from the East Hampton Town Board that will permit it to build a portable band shell, in the hopes of stemming the tide of noise complaints from neighbors.

While the decision to move the trial of the 9/11 plotters from New York to an as yet undisclosed place is welcome, one must still ask: How could such an absurd decision have been made in the first place? Why the Obama administration disregarded the economic damage that would be inflicted upon a city already reeling from the current financial ...

After nearly six months without a contract, the East End Health Alliance and Empire BlueCross BlueShield are talking compromise, according to Alliance spokesman Paul J. Connor, and negotiations have taken a positive, "productive" turn.

Daniel Lester became the second East Hampton Town harbormaster to be arrested this month, after he was charged on January 25 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Marine Environmental Police with two felony and five misdemeanor counts of illegal fishing.

An electrical fire destroyed the attic and hayloft of a barn in East Hampton on Thursday.

The wicked snowstorm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the East End on December 19 carried a hefty price tag of nearly $100,000 for East Hampton Town.

First there was a mediator, then a Fact Finder, and then a lawsuit. It seems as though nothing has been able to resolve the contract dispute between Sag Harbor's teachers' union and board of education.

Congratulations to Brian Fink of East Hampton who made the dean's list at Tufts University, which requires a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. offered his vision for the future of the United States in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Emily Chuya, Skylar Brennan and Mikayla Wolf, members of the East Hampton Middle School travel club, rummage through the clothing pile.

East Hampton Town Building Inspector Robert Preiato was arrested by Sag Harbor Village Police on Saturday afternoon after he clashed with a police officer on the village's Main Street.

The journey of a bright yellow school bus each morning is a relatively short ride.

Going out to the Hamptons in January can be a tad depressing. Super nice to chill and relax but the place is empty.

Haverland and Galanes' East Hampton home. +Enlarge a oeYes, wea re here! Youa ve reached us here!a That was writer, lawyer and decorator Philip Galanes when The Observer phoned to ask if he and partner Michael Haverland had already moved into their recently purchased apartment at 29 East 9th Street .

The North Atlantic coastline of the U.S. is notable for its beautiful old lighthouses, among the oldest in the U.S. Here are five that are worth traveling a bit out of your way to see.