The Express News Group presented an Express Sessions panel focused on Hampton Bays and the issues that are important to its residents on November 20 at Cowfish. As part of an ongoing series of special Express Sessions events, titled "Local Matters," Hampton Bays was in the spotlight. Local and town leaders join a panel discussion devoted to the important issues for Southampton Town's most populous hamlet. Among the topics discussed were the ongoing legal battle over the Shinnecock Nation's...

Protests over the detention of at least a dozen people by federal immigration agents in Hampton Bays and Westhampton earlier this month continued to ripple across the South Fork this week. Dozens of angry residents bombarded the Southampton Town Board last Wednesday, November 12, with demands that local officials take steps to express opposition to federal immigration operations here. About 55 protesters demonstrated in Westhampton on Friday morning and another protest is planned for this...

Strength and perseverance serve as the thematic backbone of the 22nd Annual Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons, presented by OLA of Eastern Long Island from September 24 through September 27. The festival features five Spanish-language films representing Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Switzerland — including one animated feature and one short film — all with English subtitles. This year’s program launches with the New York premiere of “The Wave (La Ola)” on Wednesday, September 24, at 7...