Montauk News

The East Hampton Town Board will hold a hearing next Thursday on a $60,000 project designed to correct problems with the streetlights in downtown Montauk.

East Hampton PatchA recently asked readersA where they head to eat while out on the water when they are boating.

OurA East End Report, a wrap-up of the week's news from Greenport to Riverhead to Montauk, recaps each Patch site's most compelling story.

Take a look back at East Hampton's top stories for the past week, or catch the news you missed: Summer CATCH A 'FREE RIDE' STARTING THIS SATURDAY: A Hamptons Free RideA will kick off its 2012 season on Saturday, for itsA second summer of eco-friendly service around East Hampton Village, andA its inaugural summer in Montauk .

LONDON -- Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday.

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If you don't live in Southampton Village, parking at Coopers Beach can run you as much as $40 per day or $350 for the season, but a new shuttle service offered by village natives will drop you off and pick you up at Coopers this summer for a price that's much easier to swallow: Free.

Jayma Cardoso, the maitre d' of merriment at Montauk's Surf Lodge, sees smoother seas ahead for the once-embattled club.

Tom Ferreira, outside his house on Navy Road in July of 2010, says the town illegally removed vehicles from his property, added the $19,700 hauling cost to his taxes, then placed a lien on his property when he couldn't pay.

The Concerned Citizens of Montauk has not only appointed Jeremy Samuelson as its new - and first - executive director of the 40-year-old environmental advocacy organization, but has also rented space for a walk-in office on South Elmwood Avenue, where the group hopes to establish a stronger presence in the hamlet.

With warm temperatures expected this Memorial Day weekend, many residents and visitors are heading for the beach, but it's important to remember that not all beaches in the East Hampton area have lifeguards or are open yet for the season.A Five bathing beaches in the Town of East Hampton will have lifeguards posted starting Memorial Day weekend, ... (more)

A one-man alleged crime wave ended with a crash in this bucolic waterside stand of boxwoods on Shelter Island.

Montauk is set to observe Memorial Day more than it ever has before with a slew of events over three days, while sharing the hamlet Green on Sunday with an art show, a decision that sparked much debate earlier this year.

Hotels are finally offering tasty vegan and gluten-free offerings to the delight of guests.

The Meatball Shop is opening a 30 seat tented garden space tomorrow. The restaurant is also accepting reservations for its communal table for parties of 8 to 24 people.

Ready for a free ride to the beach and back? Hamptons Free Ride will kick off its 2012 season on Saturday, for its second summer of eco-friendly service around East Hampton Village, and its inaugural summer in Montauk .

Sylvester Schneider has brought the first indoor Bavarian biergarten and restaurant,A Zum Schneider MTK , to the South Fork.

The Clean Ocean Action environmental group will cover the New Jersey and New York shoreline this summer in an organizing campaign to build support for federal laws protecting the ocean.

The week's top headlines and some news you might have missed: Arts STUDENTS TAKE HOME TOP ART PRIZES: Four Advanced Placement art students were selected to participate in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition, and one of them took home the top prize in the First Congressional District .

Well Lloyd, just when I thought you couldn't get any dumberyou go and do something like thisAND TOTALY REDEEM YOURSELF!!!It wasn't Old Man McGumbus that Shelter Island Police were arresting yesterday, it was a 30-year-old man in a stolen van from Montauk.