Two weeks ago, a woman who answered a call to Zero Bond in Manhattan denied that the private social club — which offers its members space for meals, drinks, and meetings — was looking to open in East Hampton. This week, however, an attorney representing the Hedges Inn, with which Zero Bond is negotiating a lease, said, "We're not denying that at all."
Five Fire Departments Fight Late-Night Blaze
Crews from five volunteer fire departments battled a basement blaze, and two more stood at the ready in case further help was needed, late Thursday night at a house on Ely Brook to Hand's Creek Road in the Northwest Woods section of East Hampton.
April 12, 2024
Police & Courts
The Suffolk County Police Department on Wednesday identified a woman killed in a hit-and-run crash on Monday as Alison Pfefferkorn of Sag Harbor.
Apr 17, 2024
On March 27, a previously confidential legal document related to an ongoing complaint by Police Officer Andrea Kess against East Hampton Town and its Police Department became public when it was filed in a federal court as evidence in a new civil rights lawsuit, brought by Lt. Peter Powers of the town police. Lieutenant Powers is charging that the document, known as a “position statement,” has harmed his professional and personal reputation.
Apr 11, 2024
East Hampton Town police have levied felony charges against three drivers on local roads within the last two weeks.
Apr 11, 2024
Amagansett Parses Senior Center Plan
The Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, which in recent months has been debating the pros and cons of the proposed new East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center, did so again this week, with many thorny questions still on the minds of members.
Apr 11, 2024
Revetment Application Is Making Waves
A rocky revetment, rocky relationships, and even conspiracy theories were on display at the East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on April 2, during a public hearing involving a proposed 108-foot-long, 10-foot-high revetment at the end of Bay View Avenue on Napeague. The structure, meant to deflect waves, was instead creating them.
Apr 11, 2024
Government
In his bid for the Democratic nomination for New York’s First Congressional District, John Avlon of Sag Harbor this week picked up the endorsement of the New York State Democratic Committee chairman, Jay Jacobs, and of all five members of the East Hampton Town Board.
Apr 11, 2024
When the Springs General Store eventually reopens — and it won’t be this summer — it will still serve egg sandwiches and coffee starting at 7 a.m., but it won’t be selling alcohol for on-site consumption, as originally planned.
Apr 11, 2024
Recognizing that there is a need for more senior citizen housing in East Hampton Town, Eric Schantz, the town’s director of housing and community development, recommended this week that the board craft legislation to allow increased density for senior housing complexes, suggesting 12 housing units per acre for senior housing versus the eight that is now allowed.
Apr 11, 2024
“Our goal is to not allow what happened previously, and to keep it on the up and up,” said Tara Burke of Lighthouse Land Planning, speaking for Rhett Beckmann, the owner of the Beckmann Commercial building at 94 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk.
Apr 11, 2024
Arts
James Hamilton: From Film Sets to War Zones
Over the course of more than four decades, the photographer James Hamilton has plied his trade on the streets of New York, at music festivals, on film sets, at celebrity gatherings, even in war zones.
Apr 17, 2024
This year's Pachanga, a benefit for OLA of Eastern Long Island, will feature a dynamic salsa band, a multidisciplinary percussionist, and an actress and singer whose credits include Disney's "Mulan."
Apr 17, 2024
"The Art of Food" at the Parrish Art Museum features more than 100 works by 37 notable modern and contemporary artists linked by their choice of food as a subject.
Apr 17, 2024
Film Noir classics to launch retrospective tribute to Columbia Pictures at the Sag Harbor Cinema.
Apr 17, 2024
Villages
Green Giants: Here to Stay?
Long Island’s South Fork, known for beaches, maritime history, and fancy people, is also known for its hedges. Hedge installation and maintenance are big business, and there could be a whole book about hedges, with different varieties popular during different eras. In the last decade, for example, the “green giant,” a now ubiquitous tree, has been placed along property lines throughout the Hamptons. It’s here to stay, and grow, and grow.
Item of the Week: Perle Fine Stretches a Canvas
In the photo seen here from The Star’s archive, Perle Fine prepares a painting for a show at the Upstairs Gallery on Newtown Lane in the 1970s.
The East End, Shaken and Stirred
About the earthquake centered in New Jersey and felt here on Friday: “In actuality this is, on a relative basis, a big deal, but yet 4.8 is not big by global standards,” William Holt, a professor of geophysics at Stony Brook University, said that day, a few hours after the shaking stopped. “We’ve had smaller ones, three or four over the last 30 years, in the Long Island area.”
