Christopher Walsh

3 days ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christopher Walsh

Summer in East Hampton Town can fairly be called a hotbed of conspicuous consumption, what with its ostentatious displays of extreme wealth, as seen in the enormous second houses occupied only part of the year, the luxury cars that crowd the town’s roadways, and the explosion of jet and helicopter traffic to and from East Hampton Town Airport between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

3 days ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christopher Walsh

The Atlantic hurricane season officially started on Sunday, and with predictions of an above-average year amid substantial staffing and budget cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, East Hampton Town, like the entire East Coast, enters a perilous six-month span.

3 days ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christopher Walsh

‘Everything feels very . . . modern, very much of the moment,” Suzanne Vega, considering her new album, “Flying With Angels,” told The Star last week, “even though most of the songs were started at least two years ago, if not more.”Among the new offerings is the leadoff track, “Speakers’ Corner.” “I started that a couple of years ago,” she said, “not expecting it would be even more relevant right now.”“The speakers’ corner, there it stands / In politics and song,” she sings.

4 days ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christopher Walsh

Six locations tested by Concerned Citizens of Montauk this week registered levels of enterococcus in the medium or high range, though most East Hampton Town sites tested showed low to no bacteria. Enterococcus levels of at least 104 MPN/100 ml, or most probable number per 100 milliliters, are considered high and a risk to human health. High levels are often a result of heavy rains, extreme high tides, and/or warm water temperatures.

1 week ago | easthamptonstar.com | Christopher Walsh

Michael Khodorkovskiy, who pleaded guilty in April to criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, a Class A-II felony, for distributing cocaine in East Hampton Town and elsewhere in Suffolk County, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. Mr. Khodorkovskiy, 45, was arrested on Aug.