Recent Stories: Amagansett

Two Unopposed on Board
Christopher Walsh
May 16, 2013

    Residents of the Amagansett School District can vote on the proposed school budget for the 2013-14 school year on Tuesday between 2 and 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Voter registration begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.
    The school board has proposed a 2013-14 budget of $10.2 million, an increase in expenditures of 5.68 percent and a tax levy increase of 3.33 percent. The tax levy increase would be the second lowest in the past 12 years and is within the allowable tax levy cap threshold of 3.45 percent.

Updating Math and Security
Christopher Walsh
January 10, 2013

    The Amagansett School Board voted unanimously to hire a consultant to develop a new math curriculum that will best prepare students for state tests.

Ciao, Chow
October 4, 2012

Your pet food and water bowls are left out 24/7. Shouldn’t they be good looking? $8 and $10. One Stop Pets, 136 Main Street, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

Stay at Home
September 19, 2012

This highly collectable, cast-iron Hubley doorstop, with original paint, is one of a collection. $250. Nellie’s of Amagansett, 230 Main Street, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

NO BAMBI
April 23, 2012

Four-legged marauders will stop, sniff, and scram out of your garden. $22.99. C. Whitmore, 26 Montauk Highway, Amagansett. 
Photo by Durell Godfrey

LINEAR THINKING
January 12, 2012

Bright cotton rugs by Dash & Albert come in lots of colors and styles for an instant,
affordable room-brightener. Two-by-three, $30. (Hard to decide which to get? Get two.) Nellie’s of Amagansett, 230 Main Street, Amagansett; and Fisher’s Home Furnishings, 144 Main Street, Sag Harbor.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

Daddy’s Girls
December 22, 2011

His favorite snapshot, in a charming piece ($12.95) made from real colored pencils. Gone Local, 199 Main Street, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

Habitat 12.22.11
December 22, 2011

One of the later outbuildings of the original 17th-century Conklin farmstead, on Main Street, Amagansett, in old photo at left, now has seven different rooflines.        
Photo by Durell Godfrey

HOW D’YOU DO?
October 27, 2011

Victorian graphics are used in a fresh way. This découpage glass plate ($55) is by John Derian — of course. Cursive, 14 Amagansett Square, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

Scoville Hall Destroyed in Fire
David E. Rattray
October 15, 2011
Scoville Hall, the Amagansett Presbyterian Church’s center used for social events, meetings, and fund-raisers, was destroyed in a pre-dawn fire on Saturday morning. The cause was under investigation.

Scoville Hall, the 1925 building used by the Amagansett Presbyterian Church for social events, meetings, and fund-raisers, was destroyed in a pre-dawn fire on Saturday morning. The cause was under investigation.

Sirens blared over Amagansett sometime after 3 a.m. Saturday. Additional help came from neighboring fire departments.

Meeting House Lane remained closed into Saturday afternoon with crime scene tape and police stationed at the Main Street intersection.

Jump on It
September 15, 2011

Hide your house keys in this very handy cast-iron frog. Tuck it in the rock garden or hide it in plain sight next to a potted plant on the deck. $30. Bayberry, 50 Montauk Highway, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

Amagansett
August 30, 2011

The roots of a lilting tree lifted up the sidewalk on Amagansett's Main Street.
Heather Dubin

Amagansett
August 28, 2011

Damage at McCoy Fuels, Montauk Highway, Amagansett
Hiroyuki Hamada

Amagansett
August 28, 2011

Wave-swept dunes at Beach Hampton
Hiroyuki Hamada

Off the Charts
August 12, 2011

Gleaming sailboats hold your books on course. $95 the pair. Decorum, 248 Main Street, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey

She Sells Seashells
August 12, 2011

This decoupage glass plate from John Derian features an antique scientific print. $70. Cursive, Amagansett Square, Amagansett.
Photo by Durell Godfrey
 

Zachary Newburger of Amagansett gave the valedictory speech
June 30, 2011

Blaze at Art Dealer’s Amagansett House
Alex De Havenon
June 29, 2011
A fire Tuesday night at a Further Lane, Amagansett, house owned by the art dealer Larry Gagosian left a kitchen, media room, and upstairs bedroom badly damaged.
7-Eleven Fears on Rise in Amagansett
Leigh Goodstein
February 4, 2011
An owner of a long-shuttered restaurant in Amagansett said Friday that she would not confirm or deny rumors that a 7-Eleven store would open there.
August Festival Decried
Joanne Pilgrim
January 14, 2011

A permit for a three-day music festival in Amagansett in August, issued last month by the East Hampton Town Board, remains in place despite calls for the board to rescind it.