New York State will require “bell-to-bell” smartphone restriction in all public and charter kindergarten-through-12th-grade schools starting in the 2025-26 school year, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced on Tuesday.
Town to Answer Most 911 Calls Starting in 2026
People calling 911 in East Hampton Town won't notice a change, but come Jan. 1, for the first time in decades, calls coming from outside East Hampton Village will be handled from the town police headquarters instead of from the village's Emergency Services Building.
May 5, 2025
Police & Courts
East Hampton Village police officers searched the car of Richard Daunt of Montauk and allegedly found a plastic bag containing 17 individual smaller bags each with a white powdery substance inside.
May 8, 2025
The New York State comptroller’s office has completed another audit of the Montauk Fire District, alleging that the district overcompensated its 17 paid emergency responders and failed to resolve discrepancies in time-clock activity for three of those employees.
May 8, 2025
In April a woman reported seven broken windows at her Sag Harbor house. She told police the windows were fine last July, when she’d last been in town, but that a caretaker had since reported finding four teenagers in the house, and kicked them out.
May 8, 2025
Ideas Abound for Village’s Future
Removing an eastbound lane on Main Street, reconfiguring the Reutershan parking lot, and redevelopment of the Gingerbread Lane/Railroad Avenue district were among the ideas voiced during a virtual workshop on an update to East Hampton Village’s comprehensive plan.
May 8, 2025
New Code Enforcement Director Urges Patience
As the summer season draws closer, East Hampton Town’s new director of the Ordinance Enforcement Department is urging residents to remember the words “assurance” and “patience” when registering complaints about code violations.
May 8, 2025
Government
A hearing held by the East Hampton Town Board about a community preservation fund acquisition at 351 Old Stone Highway in Springs highlighted the need for a subsequent discussion about changes to the town code regarding nature preserves. Legislation governing nature preserves was written in 1991, before creation of the community preservation fund or even the town’s Land Acquisition and Management Department.
May 8, 2025
OpenGov, software powering payments, permitting, and licensing on the Town of East Hampton’s website, is now open for business.
May 8, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board seems inclined to extend a Covid-era outdoor dining pilot program, which expired at the end of December for another three-plus years and possibly to make it permanent.
May 8, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board has decided it’s time to restore the historic Peach House, which lies about a peach’s throw from the board’s own meeting room. The renovation could begin this fall and be completed by May 2026, at which time it will house three town offices and a reception area.
May 8, 2025
Arts
Art Galleries Move Into the Metaverse
The Elaine de Kooning House and the Pollock-Krasner House have teamed up with the artist Eric Haze for an exhibition of the prolific artist's work that can be seen only in the metaverse.
May 8, 2025
In a new production of "God of Carnage" at LTV Studios, civility turns to hostility when two couples meet after one child hurts another in a park.
May 8, 2025
Coming to The Church in Sag Harbor are a piano concert of music composed as dedications, a presentation on Indigenous plant medicine, and a talk by a resident sculptor.
May 8, 2025
The Montauk Music Festival kicks off a summer of music that will include Hamptons JazzFest's 2025 season and a bounty of stars at the Stephen Talkhouse.
May 8, 2025
Villages
New Call for Winter Shops
The Anchor Society of East Hampton, a nonprofit community group with a mission to revitalize the community and increase year-round foot traffic in the village commercial district, has issued a call for applications for the second year of its Winter Shops program.
Ospreys Return to Site of Wrecked Nest
Two ospreys return to scene of Accabonac Harbor destruction despite bird-deterrent devices, while town trustees call out feds and D.E.C. over lack of action.
Item of the Week: Sarah Horton’s 1917 Mother’s Day Card
This Mother’s Day card, made by Sarah E. Horton of East Hampton’s Fowler family for her mother, Maria Horton, on May 13, 1917, exemplifies how the day was initially celebrated.
