Montauk residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a 20-year, $34.8 million bond that will fund an extensive renovation of the Montauk School.
Condo Whiplash on Three Mile Harbor Road
The back-and-forth story of the 79 condominium units proposed for 152 Three Mile Harbor Road and 33 West Drive now appears to be dead and buried.
December 8, 2025
Police & Courts
A caller reported a “suspicious package” near the westbound Jitney Stop on Main Street in the village Saturday, describing it as a suitcase next to a garbage can. When police arrived, an 89-year-old woman standing next to the suitcase informed them that it was hers.
Dec 11, 2025
A 70-year-old man from the Bronx was seriously injured in an e-bike accident in Montauk late Tuesday afternoon.
Dec 11, 2025
Carl Irace, a Sag Harbor Village justice and a private attorney in East Hampton, plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a Staten Island man who is now serving 40 years in prison for distributing drugs in 2017.
Dec 4, 2025
Larsen and Democrats Cool Off
Days after East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen was sent a “cease and desist” letter from state, county, and town Democratic officials who asserted that his East Hampton Town Democrats for a New Town group constituted a “misuse of the Democratic Party name” in his campaign for town supervisor, Mr. Larsen and the chairwoman of the town’s Democratic Committee met and agreed to “lower the temperature,” in the mayor’s words.
Dec 11, 2025
Ag Group Pitches New Rules for Farm Structures
A proposal by members of East Hampton Town’s agricultural advisory committee to create a new way to review building projects at farms gained traction last week when it was presented to the East Hampton Town Board and town planning director.
Dec 11, 2025
Government
The bad news is the numbers of piping plover fledglings in East Hampton Town was down in 2025. The good news is the number is still better than in 2023.
Dec 11, 2025
Following East Hampton Town Planning Board enthusiasm for renewed plans for an extension and renovation of the Neighborhood House, now used by Project Most, the architectural review board also welcomed the new plans, which aim to save the historic structure.
Dec 11, 2025
If rezoning before the East Hampton Town Board is approved, it could lead to a 79-unit condominium development, the largest in the town. On Tuesday, the public said no.
Dec 4, 2025
After a decade on the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, with five of those years as its chairman during the frenetic building boom of Covid, Roy Dalene is leaving.
Dec 4, 2025
Arts
Christopher Lucore: Abstraction Action
Montauk's Chris Lucore has turned a once-defunct storefront into a studio for his inventive abstract paintings and a flourishing gallery for the work of local artists.
Dec 11, 2025
The Sag Harbor Cinema is offering — for members only — a free screening of a film classic, a sneak peek at a new documentary, and a party. Open to the public is a free screening of "The Bonackers," a documentary.
Dec 11, 2025
The Hamptons Festival of Music has scheduled a film about an acclaimed choral conductor, and two concerts of seasonal music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli, and Handel.
Dec 11, 2025
Coming to The Church in Sag Harbor are a film about platonic touch, a talk by the artist Peter Solow, open studios with the newest resident artists, and a rehearsal of a performance in progress.
Dec 11, 2025
Villages
DarkSky Rep Slams Amagansett Lighting Plan
A plan to replace street lighting in Amagansett’s historic district had called for 46 to 50 “historical style” light fixtures. On Monday night, the plan drew a strong critique from New York State’s representative of DarkSky International.
Doctors Assail New Federal Hep B Vaccine Recs
Pediatricians on the South Fork were harshly critical of the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ vote to recommend that pregnant women who test negative for hepatitis B should decide when or if their child will be vaccinated against the virus at birth.
It Came in Through a Sooty Chimney
A fish dropped from the sky lands in a Montauk living room with a heavy message of . . . accepting death?
