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Complaints About Duryea's Piling Up

East Hampton Town has asked a New York State Supreme Court judge to hold the owner of Duryea’s, on Fort Pond Bay in Montauk, in contempt of the court’s May 2019 orders allowing a certificate of occupancy to remain in effect, order the removal of a new parking lot and deck that were constructed without proper permits, and allow the town to resume enforcement of its ordinances.

Jul 10, 2025

Large Sandbags Outstay Their Welcome

Experts disagree on whether Nicholas Grecco’s house at 117 Bay View would become a new feature of Napeague Bay without its wall of geocubes, essentially huge sandbags, strung and piled atop one another, protecting the house from wave attack.

Jul 10, 2025

Government

After a positive public hearing last Thursday before the East Hampton Town Board, it appears another major community preservation fund purchase is close. The deal is a complex arrangement between the town, East Hampton Village, and the Peconic Land Trust, with the majority of the $55 million purchase price — $35 million — coming from the land trust.

Jul 10, 2025

Simmering discontent with the effort by East Hampton Village officials to publicize code amendments passed over the winter that require service workers to register with the village and curtail noise by tightening the hours during which such work can be done came to a boil at the village board’s July 2 meeting, with an attorney and the director of a Latino advocacy organization forcefully criticizing what they deemed insufficient outreach.

Jul 10, 2025

Dubbed the “Save Montauk’s Waters” campaign, the plans to help the beleaguered water body were equal parts education and action. “The ultimate goal of this study is solid, evidence-backed recommendations for remediation of toxic blue-green algae and pathogenic bacteria in the pond, that will be cost effective and long lasting,” said Rebecca Holloway, Concerned Citizens of Montauk’s manager of environmental advocacy.

Jul 10, 2025

The “apparent decline in our civil liberties and the unusual and extraordinary accretion of executive power that we’ve seen since Donald Trump was inaugurated” were considered with a mixture of gloom and optimism alongside denunciations of the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court and a spirited call for citizen action to defend democracy at “Guardrails on Democracy,” the first Hamptons Institute discussion of the 2025 season.

Jul 10, 2025

Arts

Celebrating E.L. Doctorow’s ‘Ragtime’

On the 50th anniversary of her father's famous novel, Caroline Doctorow has put together a multimedia event that illuminates her father, the novel, and how its themes resonate today more than ever.

Jul 10, 2025

Joy Behar's new comedy, "My First Ex-Husband," brings "razor sharp wit, charm, and charisma" to Bay Street Theater.

Jul 10, 2025

The Fireplace Project in Springs will open its final season there with solo exhibitions of work by Lana Kova and Curtis Kulig.

Jul 10, 2025

Guild Hall will host a chamber music recital, a conference on landscape architecture and interior design, a visit from the Dogist and lots of canines, and a talk about "Saturday Night Live."

Jul 10, 2025

Villages

A ‘Good Trouble’ Protest Up Next

Weeks after the “No Kings” rally brought an estimated 1,200 people to East Hampton Town Hall, another demonstration to protest the Trump administration will happen next Thursday, with a nod to the late civil rights icon John Lewis.

Jul 10, 2025

Item of the Week: On the F.H. Warner Bakery

This photo from The Star archive shows the F.H. Warner Bakery, built in 1893 and sometimes known as the Montauk Bakery, when it stood next to the Methodist Church, near Hook Mill.

Jul 10, 2025

Bluebirds Thriving in East Hampton

“I think this is the most concentrated spot for bluebirds in all of New York State,” said Joe Giunta on a drizzly Saturday morning as he walked along a segment of a bluebird trail on Daniel’s Hole Road, adjacent to 600 acres of relatively open space.

Jul 3, 2025

Food

Seasons by the Sea: A Bounty of Gourmet Stores

The Star's indefatigable food writer explores the new gourmet food stores and finds an awful lot to love.

Jul 10, 2025

News for Foodies 07.10.25

Pizza and spirits return to Cedar Point Park, Crazy Pizza, La Goulue Sur Mer, and Lucky's Steakhouse debut on the East End, while Mavericks Montauk offers high-end ingredients for takeout.

Jul 10, 2025

The New Victory Garden

Just as victory gardens brought fresh-grown produce to Americans during World War II, the East End Community Organic Farm and Bridge Gardens are two South Fork gardens offering a victory garden vibe.

Jul 3, 2025