A lawsuit and a counter suit between the two architects behind R2 Architecture, the venture that designed the East Hampton Town senior citizens center planned on Abraham's Path in Amagansett, have further delayed the long-stalled project and could result in cost increases for the roughly $30 million project.
Metallica Rocks the Talkhouse
It isn’t every day that one of the biggest bands in the world performs in Amagansett. Fittingly, Thursday’s annual SiriusXM concert at the Talkhouse drew a massive crowd.
August 29, 2025
Police & Courts
Alexandr Dyatchin, a 39-year-old Serbian national who was arrested last August for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation between Brooklyn and East Hampton, was sentenced last week to five years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision, by Supreme Court Justice John Collins in Riverhead.
Aug 28, 2025
Darius Petty, who last year was accused of kidnapping and robbing three young men at gunpoint in the parking lot of the East Hampton Senior Center, and was sentenced in June to three years in prison, was released from custody in July for a monthlong “grace period” before his incarceration. On Tuesday, Suffolk Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei agreed to extend the time for an additional month.
Aug 28, 2025
After leaving his house early Saturday, a Montauk man found a stranger asleep in his guest room when he returned late that afternoon. The intruder told police he was “unsure how, when, or why” he’d got there, adding that he’d been drinking the night before.
Aug 28, 2025
Paramedic Files Suit After Suspension
A paramedic who was employed by East Hampton Village has sued the village along with the village’s fire and emergency medical services administrator, Suffolk County, the medical director of the county’s emergency medical services division, and the Montauk Fire District’s medical director following his suspension in the wake of a 2024 call for medical assistance in East Hampton’s Northwest Woods.
Aug 28, 2025
Four Leave Tax Receiver’s Office
Two competing narratives have emerged from the East Hampton Town Tax Receiver’s Office after four of its five employees abruptly left the department a month ago.
Aug 28, 2025
Government
A group of six neighbors who own properties adjacent to and near 370 and 372 Further Lane in Amagansett have had their eyes on a new hedge that blocks views of those properties. In June they sent a letter to the town board and the town attorney letting them know that if they didn’t do something, they would be held liable.
Aug 28, 2025
Jeff Miller, the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town clerk, on Friday retired from his position as heavy-equipment operator at the East Hampton Village Department of Public Works, where he spent 36 years.
Aug 28, 2025
The East Hampton Village Board intends to extend the hours in which parking at two of its beaches is limited to residents and nonresidents who buy a beach parking permit.
Aug 28, 2025
Faithful followers of government and school board meetings on LTV’s government and education channel in East Hampton Town or fans of LTV’s public access shows like “Hello Hello,” “Two Jews Making Food,” or “Meet the Mayor” may have been bewildered this week to find the programming suddenly gone from Altice/Optimum’s Channels 20 and 22.
Aug 28, 2025
Arts
One Photographer’s Many Hats
A jack of many creative trades, East Hampton's Zach Minskoff is a busy photographer, videographer, studio technician, production company owner, and graphic designer.
Sep 4, 2025
Three accomplished designers will share stories about their varied practices in a discussion at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons.
Sep 4, 2025
The next talk in LongHouse’s InsiderOutsider series will feature Savannah LeCornu, a self-taught artist from Ketchikan, Alaska.
Sep 4, 2025
The Hamptons Festival of Music's 2025 concert series will feature three programs of orchestral music by Prokofiev, Barber, Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Cimarosa, Berlioz, and Beethoven.
Sep 4, 2025
Villages
The Stuff of Dreams at the Surf Lodge
To book a beach table this Saturday, during Labor Day weekend, groups must spend a minimum of $5,000. A table on the deck this weekend costs a minimum of $10,000. Along with good music, a great view, and a beautiful crowd, that might be part of the appeal.
Another Iconic House at Risk of Demolition
Julian and Barbara Neski’s 1964 Chalif House on Terbell Lane in East Hampton has recently come on the market for $11 million-plus. The house is historically important, but given the times, the value of a one-acre plot, and its location in the village’s estate section, it’s likely to be torn down.
Folk Art Stair Runner Installed at Village Hall
Two of Edith Parsons’s midcentury hooked rugs, one depicting scenes of East Hampton and another showing a map of Long Island, can now be seen at Village Hall and Home, Sweet Home, following her daughter’s donation.
