Last week, the Trump administration moved to weaken one of the most popular and successful laws passed in the United States in the last 50 years: the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
If successful, the proposed changes could harm some iconic species on the East End, including the piping plover, the eastern tiger salamander, and even the monarch butterfly, and offshore species like the North Atlantic right whale.
The public has until Dec. 22 to comment on the amendments.
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11/27/2025
On the list of things to be thankful for: volunteer firefighters who answer the call no matter the time of day, no matter the weather.
āNo one wants to get out of bed, having just climbed in,ā said one East Hampton fireman, Simon Clarke. āAnd itās a really cold night, and itās windy, and everything else ā but you know that everyone else will be feeling the same, and so you go anyway. Everyone jumps in their cars and drives there, and then you deal with whatever is going on.ā
āYou just donāt know what youāre going to get. Every buildingās different, every fireās different. My wife always says, āWhat happens if no one goes?ā Well, the house will burn,ā he said. āIāve never been to a fire where there arenāt enough people, but it just depends on whoās around.ā
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11/20/2025
A 76-year-old Montauk man was sentenced to five days in county jail, followed by three years of probation, for spray-painting swastikas and antisemitic phrases around the hamlet in late 2023.
02/05/2024
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02/05/2024
A New York State Supreme Court judge has denied the East Hampton Town Trusteesā motion seeking clarification of a May 2023 order that both the trustees and the town must pay $389,060 of the plaintiffsā attorneysā fees as defendants in lawsuits brought in 2009 over ownership of a stretch of Napeague ocean beach popularly known as Truck Beach.
A New York State Supreme Court judge has denied the East Hampton Town Trusteesā motion seeking clarification of a May 2023 order that both the trustees and the town must pay $389,060 of the plaintiffsā attorneysā fees as defendants in lawsuits brought in 2009 over ownership of a stretch of Nap...
02/04/2024
In a significant win for the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, PSEG Long Island has opted to forgo its original plan to install an underground cable through the greenbelt, and is exploring an alternative route that would redirect the cable under roadways to the north, including the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.
In a significant win for the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, PSEG Long Island has opted to forgo its original plan to install an underground cable through the greenbelt, and is exploring an alternative route that would redirect the cable under roadways to the north, including the Bridgehampton-S...
02/04/2024
When East Hamptonās Cole Brauer finishes the round-the-world Global Solo Challenge sailing race, she will āmake the history books by becoming the first American female ever to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation by the three great capes, joining an elite of fewer than 200 humans who have achieved this ā ever,ā Marco Nannini, organizer of the race, said in a report late last month.
When East Hamptonās Cole Brauer finishes the round-the-world Global Solo Challenge sailing race, she will āmake the history books by becoming the first American female ever to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation by the three great capes, joining an elite of fewer than 200 humans who have a...
02/04/2024
Kevin Gilbride had just turned south on Wainscott Northwest Road from Route 114 one day last month when a dead 75-foot pitch pine, one of thousands killed by the southern pine beetle infestation, fell on the roof of his truck. āThere were branches everywhere. The dogs were freaking out. I thought it was a plane or something.ā
Kevin Gilbride had just turned south on Wainscott Northwest Road from Route 114 one day last month when a dead 75-foot pitch pine, one of thousands killed by the southern pine beetle infestation, fell on the roof of his truck. āThere were branches everywhere. The dogs were freaking out. I thought ...
02/03/2024
East Hampton Town is seeking a coastal morphologist to consult with the town to provide āthe most effective short and long-term solutionsā to help residents of Ditch Plain in Montauk mitigate storm surge inundation.
02/03/2024
South Fork cultural organizations are celebrating Black History Month with a variety of cultural programs, ranging from multimedia presentations about Black comedians and Sidney Poitier to a benefit performance by That Motown Band, jazz concerts, an Afrofuturism art exhibition, and more.
02/03/2024
āThereās nothing but love. Pure love, the whole 22 years Iāve been here,ā said Tony Lambert, who had his last day as a clerk at the Bridgehampton Post Office last week.
On Tony Lambertās last day as a clerk at the Bridgehampton Post Office, where he had worked for the past 22 years, the lobby swelled with gratitude and well-wishes for him, as he had accepted a position at a post office closer to his new home.
02/02/2024
āIām very happy to share, so the younger generation wouldnāt say that it never happened,ā Judy Sleed of East Hampton, who escaped the N***s in Budapest in 1944, told students at East Hampton High School. āI just hope you donāt have to experience anything like I went through.ā
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