Environment

East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell last week announced that all East Hampton Town offices will start recycling paper products. This green initiative stems from...

There’s a spectacular display going on right now around the beaches of the East End courtesy of some winged seasonal visitors who have ventured down to our neck of the woods from the frigid Arctic. It’s the wondrously white snowy owl — and by all accounts, this has been a banner season for sightings locally.

The leaders of the Town of Southampton trumpeted collaboration across party lines Monday as town officials, including new councilmen Brad Bender and Stanley Glinka, were officially sworn in to office.

East Hampton Supervisor Larry Cantwell opened the inaugural town board meeting of 2014 last Thursday by making a pledge to usher in what he said would be a town board open to divergent opinions, one that is transparent and focused on quality of life issues, affordable housing, and ensuring the town remains fiscally solvent.

The Suffolk County Legislature’s majority caucus, which holds 12 out of 18 seats, voted unanimously to select Legislator DuWayne Gregory (D-Amityville; pictured standing left)...

After falling ill, a local resident was unable to make their weekly trip to the Sag Harbor Food Pantry. With no family or friends to help them, they were fearful of how to get through the week without the items they depended on, until they heard a knock at the door. There was Evelyn Ramunno, with a smile – and a bag of groceries.

For artist Bettina Werner, her inspiration is the salt of the earth — literally.

One scientist is looking at the medical applications of 3D printing technology, another is working on a Hydrogen-powered fuel cell and a third is developing an inexpensive way to have a prosthetic limb that responds to brain control. What do the three scientists have in common? They’re all in high school.

Two not-for-profit wildlife organizations and a group of individuals have banded together and filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent a regional plan to cull deer with federal sharpshooters beginning this winter.

While Larry Cantwell will not officially be sworn is as the new supervisor of East Hampton Town until January 2, this week he announced appointments to the town attorney’s office on behalf of the incoming town board.

The wildlife rehabilitator is the organizer of the Wildlife Preservation Coalition of Eastern Long Island, the group sponsoring an online petition protesting the Long Island Farm Bureau’s plan to hire USDA sharpshooters to cull the East End Deer herd this winter.

If you struggle to roust your teen or pre-teen from bed to get to school on time, you’re not alone—and it’s not their fault.

By Annette Hinkle Perhaps nothing brightens winter’s darkest nights quite like the songs of the season, especially when they are offered through the voices of...

Calling All Fruits & Nuts Sag Harbor’s Provisions Natural Foods Market & Organic Café (provisionsnaturalfoods.com) has announced its annual Fruit & Nut Club memberships are now open. Fruit & Nut Club members enjoy 10 percent off savings from everything in the store, including in the Provisions café. The cost is $40 and patrons can apply by visiting Provisions at the corner of Bay and Division Street in Sag Harbor.

The overabundance of deer is one of the biggest issues facing the East End — and it’s a problem that has been growing for years. For farmers, the effects of too many deer browsing in their fields can be downright devastating. As a result, the Long Island Farm Bureau is looking an implement a program this winter to cull the herd.