East Hampton News

Rhea Perlman can still remember when she realized her daughter Lucy DeVito was no longer her little girl.

Members of the Springs School Natural Helpers, a peer counseling group, help set up the beds at Maureen's Haven.

East Hampton Town's second hearing on the 2010 budget last Friday drew a crowd of about two dozen people who are unsatisfied with the priorities in the town's projected $72.1 million spending plan for next year.

Police arrested Curtis Blow, 45, of Mastic on November 10 at 8:20 p.m. at Three Mile Harbor and Tub Oarsman roads in East Hampton and charged him with DWI and aggravated DWI, both misdemeanors; and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, a felony.

The newest chapter in East Hampton Town's ongoing budget saga is unfolding in the office of former town budget officer Ted Hults, as forensic accountants hired last month by the town dig through several years' worth of data on the town's capital projects, searching for millions of dollars spent on building projects with no clear record of how those ...

We are a week away from Thanksgiving and closing in on the season of generosity.

Springs School Natural Helpers, seen with coordinator Barbara Jordan pitched in to help set up East Hampton's first ever homeless shelter.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month Tory Burch boutique in East Hampton will donate 20 percent of all sales on Saturday from 1 to 5 PM to The Retreat Domestic Violence Services.

While residents in the Town of East Hampton are facing a second double-digit tax increase with the proposed $72 million 2010 budget, not-for-profits in the town are also feeling the effects of a multi-million deficit as funding for a number of local organizations has been slashed once more.

Police arrested Jonathan Fable, 27, of Glendale on October 31 at 10:30 p.m. at Edgemere Road and Fenwick Place in Montauk and charged him with criminal mischief in the third degree, a felony, and resisting arrest and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, both misdemeanors, after they responded to a disturbance at Montauk Manor Resort Condominiums ...

When Anthony Macagna, a funeral director from New Jersey, bought a house on Old West Lake Drive in Montauk in 2005, he soon became embroiled in series of disputes with his neighbors and the town, which culminated with the town increasing his taxes to four times what they had been when he moved into the house.

This undated photo provided by the Vered Gallery in East Hampton, N.Y., shows Andy Warhol's "Michael Jackson 1984," a 30-by-26-inch painting of the pop star in a red jacket from his 1980s "Thriller" days.

Tanya Tavereau will be reading in this weekend's Naked Stage presentation at the John Drew Theater of Guild Hall.

This morning, Thursday, November 5, East Hampton residents will have the opportunity to sound off on a preliminary $72.1 million 2010 town budget in the town hall courtroom at 10:30 a.m. The hearing comes just days after residents elected a Republican majority of newcomers to the board amid the towna TMs growing financial crisis.

A Bridgehampton man was arrested on Saturday morning after trying to fend off police with a trio of pit bulls at his residence.

Steven Schneider, a Holtsville-based engineer, was brought in as a witness by Jeff Bragman, to point out what he claims are inaccuracies in the way the library completed its parking studies.

Republican Bill Wilkinson has defeated Democrat Ben Zwirn in the race for East Hampton Town supervisor.

When East Hampton Town officials first considered the purchase of the West Lake Tennis Club, no one ever expected to use Community Preservation Funds to cover the cost of running it.

But they also elected a Democratic highway superintendent. Meanwhile, voters in Southampton - which is facing a similar budget problem - replaced Republican town Supervisor Linda Kabot with Anna Throne-Holst, who ran on the Democratic line.

Shoppers and strollers on Main Street and Newtown Lane in East Hampton have already started to notice the plain white paper that covers windows or the handwritten signs announcing new business hours that is characteristic of a resort town's business district come winter.