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Again Unto the Sand in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack

To mitigate coastal erosion, Southampton Town has contracted the largest dredging company in the United States to place 1.2 million cubic yards of sand along a stretch of coastline between Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, following a referendum within the beach erosion control districts.

Feb 6, 2025

Built to Withstand ‘Velocity Flood’

A new application for a house in the dunes on Beach Lane in Wainscott seeks to stand the test of time, and will be built to “velocity flood standards,” with a raised first floor over “breakaway walls” that will allow water to flow underneath it “if we ever hit that 100-year storm.” That aspect pleased town planners but upset neighbors.

Feb 6, 2025

Government

The East Hampton Town Board has agreed unanimously to a proposal from Scott Wilson, the town’s director of land acquisition and management, to clear invasive plants, chiefly the autumn olive, from only an acre of the 40-acre Springs Park.

Feb 6, 2025

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation will hold a public meeting next Thursday at 6 p.m. at Montauk Downs State Park to discuss emergency work being completed at Napeague and Hither Hills State Parks in response to the southern pine beetle infestation.

Feb 6, 2025

An emotional East Hampton Town Board meeting Tuesday began with a two-hour public outpouring of support for the Latino community, mixed with confusion and countless questions about what ordinary people can do in the face of deportation threats from the Trump administration. Later, East Hampton and Sag Harbor Village officials and the East Hampton School District superintendent held a press conference emphasizing that all people should feel safe going to school or calling police and emergency personnel.

Feb 6, 2025

The East Hampton Town Board is looking to change the parking rules for several municipal lots in Montauk, adding a time limit at some that currently have no limit and making it easier for police to enforce restrictions where they do exist.

Feb 6, 2025

Arts

Three Making It New at Watermill

For In Process @ the Watermill Center, three new artists in residence will discuss their projects and how they develop new work.

Feb 13, 2025

A melodious weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will feature jazz, a Schubert song cycle, and a percussionist.

Feb 13, 2025

The Sag Harbor Cinema will present "Go West," a weeklong festival of seven classic westerns from the 1950s.

Feb 13, 2025

A.R. Gurney's play "Love Letters" will arrive at the Southampton Cultural Center just in time for Valentine's Day weekend.

Feb 13, 2025

Villages

Fire and Ice in Sag Harbor

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s annual HarborFrost returns Friday and Saturday, bringing fireworks and winter activities like ice carving and fire dancing to Main Street and beyond.

Feb 6, 2025

Item of the Week: A Snow-Covered Gunster House

The Joseph F. Gunster House, also known as the T.W. Morris House, on Hither Lane near Amy’s Lane, appears here covered in snow, off a snowy road. While the photograph is uncredited and undated, Gunster (1894-1979) and his wife, Ruth Harris Work Gunster, who was known as Harriette, owned the house for almost 21 years, between August 1943 and 1964.

Feb 6, 2025

‘Sensitive Areas’ No Longer Safe From ICE Raids?

One of the first executive orders of the new Trump administration rescinded Biden administration policies that forbid Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from conducting raids in “sensitive areas” such as schools and places of worship. With this dramatic policy change, local school officials and religious leaders are banding together in a call to protect the immigrant community.

Jan 30, 2025

Food

News for Foodies 02.13.25

Valentine's Day specials from Fresno, Highway, Loaves and Fishes, and Il Buco al Mare, wine classes at Park Place Wines and Liquors, and the Harvest on Fort Pond takes a break.

Feb 13, 2025

Artists and Writers Dinner at Almond

Next up in the Artists and Writers dinner series at Almond is Jackie Hoving, an artist, curator, and co-director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery in Brooklyn.

Feb 6, 2025

News for Foodies 02.06.25

Valentine's Day specials from 1770 House and Bell and Anchor, food tastings at HarborFrost, and cooking classes at Silver Spoon.

Feb 6, 2025