42+ min ago  (563+ words) Following a May 7 public hearing on a proposed code change that would allow "rent restricted employer-sponsored housing developments" in East Hampton, the town board ended a long post-hearing discussion on Tuesday with changes to the legislation. The changes are enough…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (365+ words) Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker has endorsed the campaign of Chris Gallant, a candidate challenging Representative Nick La Lota in New York's First Congressional District. "With water quality, infrastructure, and coastal resiliency being critically important, I know Chris understands the…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (287+ words) The end of the brief strike also meant'resumption of South Fork Commuter'Connection service, L. I. R. R. trains that'take passengers from Speonk to points east in the morning and back in the afternoon. Service on the L. I. R. R. s Montauk'branch resumed on Tuesday afternoon'after a three-day…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago  (315+ words) From the East Hampton Library's'Long Island Collection Eastern Long Island has a long history of whaling, with the Shinnecocks and Montauketts showing expert hunting knowledge long before English settlements. They used whales for food and offerings to their deities. When…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (368+ words) The East Hampton Star As far as the Town of East Hampton is concerned, officially, it approved a 39-seat restaurant. However, an investment prospectus sent anonymously to The Star described something much larger. The two-story structure would accommodate 455 people. A…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1133+ words) The East Hampton Star Ooh la la, the Hamptons. Aren't you in with the chichi crowd, hobnobbing with the rich and famous, the movers and the shakers. Whenever I mention that I spend time in the Hamptons to friends, family,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (471+ words) With a strike looming at 12: 01 a. m. on Saturday barring a contract agreement, negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a coalition of the Long Island Rail Road unionized work force were to resume yesterday. " The five unions making up the Coalition…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (329+ words) Three applications were submitted by aspiring new shellfish farmers, each seeking one 10-acre lease. Three more were submitted by current leaseholders seeking a second 10-acre lease, and one was submitted by a current leaseholder seeking to relocate an existing lease....

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1203+ words) Twenty people spoke at an East Hampton Town Board public hearing last Thursday night on a potential 13. 5-acre land acquisition in Wainscott, most in favor of the town's plan to use $3. 975 million in community housing funds to buy the parcels…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1036+ words) Only two people spoke in favor of legislation that would allow "employer-sponsored" housing to be developed within East Hampton at a public hearing last Thursday: the prospective developer and his lawyer. Seven residents spoke against the proposal. Despite the lackluster…...