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Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. East Hampton Town Officials Admit Pocketing Fast-Track Bribes While Others Waited Months: DA (newsbreak.com) — East Hampton residents are learning that two town building department employees have pleaded guilty to taking bribes to rush certain building permits while others waited months. Prosecutors say the pair prioritized applications from contractors who paid them, issuing permits within days. Sentencing is set for December, and the case highlights longstanding understaffing and fairness concerns in the town's permitting process.
2. Cheering 18 Nonagenerians (easthamptonstar.com) — East Hampton Town just threw its annual "Over 90" party in Amagansett, honoring 18 residents in their 90s with proclamations and plenty of music and dancing. The celebration also marked 52 years of the town's nutrition program, which helps many of the honorees stay active and connected. Officials praised these nonagenarians as the heart of the community.
3. No More Regents Exams (easthamptonstar.com) — If you have a student in East Hampton schools, big changes are coming to how they can graduate, as New York shifts to a "One Diploma" system that downplays Regents exams. Local educators are still working out details for the class of 2028, but say career and technical programs and other pathways will count more. Community service and credit requirements here will remain in place.
4. The Way It Was for October 1, 2026 (easthamptonstar.com) — East Hampton readers get a time-travel look at local life, from 1901 bicycle-path etiquette and cornet band concerts to midcentury Coast Guard safety reforms after a Montauk tragedy. The column also recalls early football glory, civic debates over nuclear power, and community responses to 9/11 and beach erosion, all rooted in familiar East End places and names.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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