After receiving numerous complaints about “nuisance lighting” last year, Kevin Cooper, who heads the town’s Public Safety and Code Enforcement Department, sat down with the town attorney in January to brainstorm about changes to the code that would limit the wattage and hours of up-lighting.
Paid Parking Begins in Montauk
Paid parking will begin in some locations in Montauk starting on Saturday; perhaps most notably at the Kirk Park Beach lot, where an attendant took payment in years past. After Friday, June 21, cash will no longer be accepted there. In addition, 19 spots on the east side of South Edison Street, and 20 more on the north and south sides of South Elmwood Avenue, between South Edison and South Essex Streets, will require payment.
June 13, 2024
Police & Courts
Two men riding an e-bike in Montauk remain hospitalized in stable condition after being struck by an S.U.V. in a hit-and-run incident in Montauk on Saturday evening. The driver was arrested about an hour after the crash.
Jun 17, 2024
A foggy mist surrounding a Navy Road, Montauk, house resembled smoke, prompting a "structure fire" call to police on Sunday. An officer responded and discovered the mist was from a power washer being used to clean the house.
Jun 13, 2024
On Friday, Justice Jerry Garguilo of the Supreme Court of Suffolk County ruled that the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, a nonprofit that had served the village since 1975, could no longer exist, and ordered it dissolved.
Jun 13, 2024
On a Springs Dock, a Tempest in an Osprey Nest
A Springs woman drew the attention of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation after removing what she said was an inactive osprey nest from her dock on Accabonac Harbor in early June.
Jun 13, 2024
In State Budget, a Win for OLA
Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island has "secured a place in the New York State budget," with the State Legislature allocating a total of $100,000 to support its Youth Connect program, which addresses mental health among teens.
Jun 13, 2024
Government
Suffolk County announced Friday that it is planning to reconstruct part of County Road 79, better known as the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, on an approximately 1.5-mile stretch from Scuttlehole Road north to Brick Kiln Road.
Jun 13, 2024
Four experienced candidates are running for two places on the Sag Harbor Village Board, and the winners will be selected by voters on Tuesday.
Jun 13, 2024
There’s no contest for mayor or trustee in East Hampton Village, but voters can weigh in nevertheless when polls open on Tuesday at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street from noon to 9 p.m.
Jun 13, 2024
Ahead of early voting for the Democratic primary election in the First Congressional District, a debate between John Avlon and Nancy Goroff covered many topics in only an hour, ranging from climate change, to social media, to gun violence and antisemitism. It was a polite affair in which the candidates often agreed with each other and didn’t engage in crosstalk.
Jun 13, 2024
Arts
Meet Montauk's New Tattoo Artist
East Hampton native Chris Clemence had a successful music career before leaving the road to become a tattoo artist and opening his studio in Montauk.
Jun 12, 2024
Over 100 pieces of Italian furniture by Paola Lenti will provide visitors to LongHouse Reserve with “respite from the summer sun.”
Jun 12, 2024
Juneteenth Jubilee party for Eastville Community Historical Society will feature a gospel performance and D.J. sets.
Jun 12, 2024
Three Roger Corman films at the Sag Harbor Cinema show the range of his singular career.
Jun 12, 2024
Villages
Montauk Beaver Meets Its End on Highway
A beaver that likely arrived at Hither Hills State Park in the ocean surf last April and then built a lodge in a secluded part of Fresh Pond in Hither Woods was found dead on the side of Montauk Highway Tuesday morning.
A Surprise Guest at ACAC Meeting
The Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee had a surprise guest Monday night, Natalie Mongan, a junior at East Hampton High School. Ms. Mongan presented her own independent research, done through an A.P. research seminar, showing the level of erosion at Atlantic Avenue Beach that can not only affect shoreline defense, but shift the coastline itself.
Item of the Week: Remembering Dorothy Horton, 1899-1917
This tintype photo from the Fowler family photographs shows young Dorothy Horton seated in front of what is likely the Fowler House in East Hampton.
