Ed Burke Jr., the attorney representing the pop star Justin Timberlake on his June 18 drunken-driving charge in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court, argued Friday morning before Justice Carl Irace that the case should be dismissed on the grounds that police had erred when processing the arrest paperwork.
Small Relief to Ease Pain of Beech Leaf Disease
Playing out in the background of the rather apocalyptic and very visible destruction of the East End’s native pitch pines has been an equally devastating disease killing beech trees. With that in mind, East Hampton Town is working on ways to help residents remove dangerous trees, without running afoul of clearing restrictions.
July 25, 2024
Police & Courts
The Hampton Lifeguard Association honored Tom Field, a CPR and first-aid instructor for 40 years, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. for getting the state to recognize Jet Skis as rescue equipment , and Tom Casse, a surf instructor and trained lifeguard who made a dramatic nighttime save in Montauk in 2022.
Jul 25, 2024
Southampton Town police detectives and the Sag Harbor Village fire marshal are still investigating the drowning death of a 2-year-old boy at a house on North Haven two weeks ago, an incident that prompted the North Haven mayor to remind village residents about New York State’s swimming pool rules over the weekend.
Jul 25, 2024
A 75-year-old East Hampton was traveling west through Amagansett in a red Ford Escape on the evening of June 16 when a black sedan lost control and swerved into oncoming traffic, spinning 180 degrees and then striking his car and another.
Jul 25, 2024
Star Stories
Democrats Here Line Up Behind Harris
In the hours and days following President Biden’s announcements on Sunday afternoon that he was ending his bid for re-election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats here on Long Island and across the country have begun to largely coalesce behind Vice President Harris as they react to this political earthquake.
Jul 25, 2024
A Big House With a Small Footprint
A proposed 10,500-square-foot house with a rooftop kitchen and pool, to be built atop rare and pristine duneland on Napeague, got the unanimous approval this month of the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, whose chairwoman called it a “significant environmental improvement” to a site that could accommodate three houses, three septic systems, and three driveways.
Jul 25, 2024
Government
The East Hampton Town Board has set Aug. 15 as the date for three important public hearings. One deals with adjustments to the town’s lighting code, another with the alienation of parkland at the intersection of Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads in East Hampton, and the third with increasing the maximum density allowed per acre for senior citizen-only affordable housing developments.
Jul 25, 2024
The Eastville Community Historical Society has received an emergency $25,000 grant from the East Hampton Town Board to help pay for a new cedar shake roof at its headquarters on Hampton Road in Sag Harbor.
Jul 25, 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation closes Three Mile Harbor to shellfishing before, during, and after the Clamshell Foundation’s annual fireworks show there, but have the East Hampton Town Trustees ever tested the water before and after the event to gauge the impact of the increased boat traffic?
Jul 25, 2024
Southampton Town has announced that it is accepting applications from people living or working in town who are interested in buying a house or building an accessory apartment onto their existing home, “part of a broader strategy to address housing affordability,” the town said in a release.
Jul 25, 2024
Arts
Erika Ranee Shows Her ‘Feelings’ at Duck Creek
At Duck Creek, Erika Ranee has a solo show of 19 paintings and a group exhibition she curated of work by six artists who defy the conventions of painting.
Jul 25, 2024
Two star-studded evenings of short plays directed by Bob Balaban, plus jazz, comedy, and film at Guild Hall.
Jul 25, 2024
“Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein: The Musical" will give Bay Street audiences plenty to laugh with and laugh at.
Jul 25, 2024
"Couples Squared" at the Southampton Arts Center focuses on the interplay between creative partners.
Jul 25, 2024
Villages
Quick-Thinking Diners Saved a Life
When a 76-year-old man collapsed Friday evening while dining at Si Si, a Mediterranean restaurant on Three Mile Harbor, two quick-thinking strangers trained in CPR resuscitated him, not once but twice.
Sagaponack Cedar Withstands Ravages of Time
In the middle of a swamp in Sagaponack is a remnant of colonial history, a stand of Atlantic white cedar trees, as important and ubiquitous 300 years ago as iPhones are now. In fact, what is likely the largest Atlantic white cedar tree in the state, and certainly the largest on Long Island, grows there completely unheralded.
Hampton Lifeguards Honor ‘Unsung Heroes’
The Hampton Lifeguard Association honored Tom Field, a CPR and first-aid instructor for 40 years, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. for getting the state to recognize Jet Skis as rescue equipment , and Tom Casse, a surf instructor and trained lifeguard who made a dramatic nighttime save in Montauk in 2022.
