Both incumbent Democrats on the East Hampton Town Board, Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, held onto their seats Tuesday night, warding off a challenge from J.P. Foster on the Republican line. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez ran unopposed for her second term.
Westbound Lanes of Shinnecock Canal Bridge Are Reopened
The two westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway over the Shinnecock Canal Bridge reopened in time for evening rush hour Tuesday, according to a statement released by a spokesman for the New York State Department of Transportation. Additional work will continue Wednesday.
November 4, 2025
Police & Courts
With two months to go until the East Hampton Town Police Department takes over the lion’s share of emergency dispatching responsibilities from East Hampton Village, questions linger about the cost of the transition and how the town department will handle the new workload.
Oct 30, 2025
Rigged, illegal, and high-stakes poker games have been held in recent years in various locales, including East Hampton, according to a federal indictment filed on Oct. 9.
Oct 30, 2025
The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.
Oct 30, 2025
A Facelift for Historic Carl Fisher House
Now a locally-designated historic landmark owned by East Hampton Town, the Carl Fisher House will celebrate its centennial next year with a massive facelift, courtesy of about $3.7 million in community preservation funds.
Nov 6, 2025
Target: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Interior renovations have begun at the forthcoming Bridgehampton Commons Target store, which is taking over the space occupied by Kmart for 25 years. Last week, construction workers could be seen through glass front doors, digging rectangular pits into the ground, illuminated by work lights mounted to the metal framework lining the ceiling. The store is expected to open next fall.
Nov 6, 2025
Government
The federal Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Montauk harbor dredging project to restore safe navigation to the inlet is commencing this week. The Oyster Bay, a 144-foot-by-60-foot mechanical dredge and barge, and supporting equipment have arrived, marking the start of mobilization.
Nov 6, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board has appointed Russell Young, an ordinance enforcement officer in the Code Enforcement Department since 2022, to be the department's new director.
Nov 4, 2025
Democratic incumbents and Republican challengers ponder East Hampton’s waterways and environment.
Oct 30, 2025
The East Hampton Town Planning Board reviewed and applauded a “substantially revised site plan” for Project Most’s headquarters that saves the historic Neighborhood House on Three Mile Harbor Road rather than demolishing it, as previously planned.
Oct 30, 2025
Arts
Festival of Preservation at Sag Cinema
The Sag Harbor Cinema’s Festival of Preservation will feature an eclectic program of more than 20 films, including documentaries, musicals, westerns, animation, dramas, and experimental films.
Nov 6, 2025
Coming to The Church in Sag Harbor are an eclectic musical recital, a journal writing workshop, and an open night studio for all creatives.
Nov 6, 2025
The Met: Live in HD will return to Guild Hall with Puccini’s “La Boheme,” and Site-Specific Dances will perform a new dance-theater work there based on letters between John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
Nov 6, 2025
LongHouse gets illuminated for winter, “Harmonic Rhapsodies” in Montauk, poetry, art, and bossa nova in Bridgehampton, jazz at the Masonic Temple, and an open call in Quogue.
Nov 6, 2025
Villages
Hampton Library Renovation on Schedule
The Hampton Library is currently undergoing its first major renovation since a $6 million expansion in 2009, though updates this time around are focused on reconfiguring the existing structure, expanding certain rooms, and replacing outdated equipment with new technology throughout, to meet the changing needs of the community.
On the Wing: In Birding, Not Knowing Is Okay
When A.I. causes mass unemployment, rest assured, it will also help you identify birds as you sit around doing nothing.
Halloween in the Villages
Trick-or-treating on Friday? Here are a few spots to add to your circuit.
