If the Anchor Society of East Hampton has its way, the current reality of wintertime East Hampton Village, plagued by 55 seasonally closed storefronts, will change by next year as its “winter shops” program gains traction. The idea is “to help fill empty storefronts in the off-season with affordable retail, much-needed services, and other popular pop-ups residents desire.”
Suspect in Hate Crime Caught In Act, D.A. Says
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Montauk man said to be responsible for spray-painting swastikas and antisemitic phrases in the hamlet on Oct. 30 and Nov. 11.
December 5, 2023
Police & Courts
Voters in fire districts across the South Fork can head to the polls Tuesday to elect commissioners who will oversee budgets, provide equipment, maintain facilities and trucks, and support training for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians. The only contested race locally is in Bridgehampton.
Dec 7, 2023
Southampton Town police have arrested two alleged shoplifters and two alleged accomplices who they say ran off with about $1,500 in merchandise from T.J. Maxx in Bridgehampton on the afternoon of Nov. 30.
Dec 7, 2023
Sarah Maslin Nir, an author and New York Times journalist who has been nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize, has filed suit in New York State Supreme Court against a former Stephen Talkhouse bouncer, claiming he raped her on a beach in Springs in 2001 when she was 18 years old and he 31.
Dec 7, 2023
Santos Is Expelled From Congress
History was made in the United States House of Representatives on Friday when Representative George Santos of New York’s Third Congressional District, following the issuance of a damning Nov. 16 report by the House Committee on Ethics, was expelled by his colleagues less than halfway through his first term.
Dec 7, 2023
Town Wins Big Grant to Plan for Montauk’s Future
A $600,000 grant from the New York State Regional Economic Development Councils “to plan for the sustainable future” of Montauk’s downtown will help East Hampton Town develop strategies for dealing with the nuts and bolts of climate adaptation.
Dec 7, 2023
Government
The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee held its last meeting of 2023 in person at the Wainscott Chapel on Saturday, taking the opportunity to thank three officials who are retiring.
Dec 7, 2023
Salt marsh areas of Accabonac Harbor could see a restoration effort beginning next fall, if the Nature Conservancy’s proposal to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the funding of five such projects on Long Island is accepted.
Nov 30, 2023
East Hampton Town Democrats’ lopsided victories in the Nov. 7 election are official, according to the Suffolk County Board of Elections’ results issued this week.
Nov 30, 2023
In the last year, speed bumps have appeared with increasing frequency across the East End, and if recent village board meetings in Sag Harbor and East Hampton are any indication, more are on the way.
Nov 30, 2023
Arts
Charting Her Own Course
Linda K. Alpern’s photographic portraits reflect the trust her subjects have in her and her singular ability to capture a unique moment in time.
Dec 6, 2023
“Merry Good Enough,” set to be screened at LTV, is a mix of dark comedy and drama about a family’s dysfunction that shifts into high gear when the mother disappears on Christmas Eve.
Dec 6, 2023
“Heroines of the Abstract Expressionist Era” at the Southampton Arts Center showcases a broad range of work by interesting women artists of the New York School, many of whom were overlooked until recent years.
Dec 6, 2023
Bay Street Theater will show "Florencia en el Amazonas” live in HD from the Met, and Judy Carmichael and her trio will perform swing music from the 1930s and ’40s.
Dec 6, 2023
Villages
On the Wing: Call of the Wilderness
After breeding on the northern lakes, loons arrive on the East End in the autumn and increase in numbers through the winter as their breeding territories freeze. They can survive our winter water because they’re so well insulated.
Memory Motel Pop-Up Hosts Rock Royalty
Montauk’s Memory Motel was shuttered and silent on a recent Sunday, but on an adjacent island 116 miles west of Montauk’s downtown, the party was just getting started at another Memory Motel, an East Village pop-up where the D.J. Alexandra Richards, daughter of the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards, spun an exhilarating set of uptempo tunes for a throng of enthusiastic young Manhattanites.
OLA: Wage Theft Is Rising
“A steep rise in wage theft cases” since July is impacting East Enders working in the construction and housekeeping industries, Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island said this week.
