Arrests, Anger as Army Corps Turns Montauk Oceanfront into Sand Mine

As contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work excavating the beach along downtown Montauk to fill geotextile tubes with sand to shore up the beach in front of downtown hotels, the Montauk community has watched in shock as excavators began digging into a dune at Kirk Park Beach.

After the community filled town hall Thursday night to let the East Hampton Town Board know of their displeasure with the project, about two dozen protesters gathered at the beach early Friday morning, forming a human chain to prevent bulldozers from beginning work. Read More...

Remembering Rob White, Painter & Cartoonist who Chronicled the North Fork

When painter Rob White told us he was fighting mesothelioma as he climbed the steps of the New Suffolk Post Office a couple years ago, he shook all the bones in his big frame, raised his eyebrows a couple times and then shrugged his shoulders in feigned amusement and ducked in to get the mail.. Read More...

Real Estate: Third Quarter Figures Pale After Banner 2014 Quarter

Real estate prices continued to climb in the third quarter of 2015, but sales pace slowed and inventory is more difficult to come by, when compared with the third quarter of 2014, which was a banner season for real estate on the East End. Read More...

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Notes Across the Centuries: A New Musical Project

Cutchogue's Douglas Moore Festival Committee has teamed up with the Long Island Composers Alliance to present a program of piano works by composers who are either working on Long Island today or who have been inspired by our peaceful shores in past generations... Read More...

A Night for Incumbents Across the East End

Election night last Tuesday was a night for incumbents in town races across the East End, with all incumbent town supervisors and sitting town council members re-elected to their seats. Read More....

NFCT's Man-Eating Plant Hums a Sweet, Sweet Tune

The North Fork Community Theatre's stable of performers is filled to the brim with fine voices, and this season’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” brings many of those fine voices back to the stage for a frightening, funny evening of live theater. Read More...

Brecknock Hall to Unveil Whaling Artifacts

The Brecknock Hall Foundation continues its annual distinguished lecture series next weekend with whaling curator Michael P. Dyer, who will unlock the history of David G. Floyd’s iconic whaling career. Read More...