An immersive, 10-week-long Citizens Police Academy taught by members of the East Hampton Town Police Department gave participants an insider look at what it really takes to “protect and serve” East Hampton.
Turning to Science in Pine Beetle Fight
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine called it an “aha moment” — an awakening after the Westhampton Pines fire on March 14. He’d had enough of the devastation caused by the southern pine beetle across the county he leads, and he wanted to do something about it.
May 1, 2025
Police & Courts
Chief Jeffrey Erickson of the East Hampton Village Police Department announced the hiring of two officers, bring the department to full strength. And he village’s emergency medical service chief, Mary Mott, and Gerry Turza, the fire and E.M.S. administrator, recognized several volunteer and paid emergency personnel for quick action during emergency calls.
May 1, 2025
A Sycamore Drive woman got an unwelcome call from her plumber on April 21, telling her that her pool heater, valued at $7,500, was missing, with its pipes and lines severed. Whoever was responsible for the theft on Sycamore Drive may also have struck on Bon Pinck Way, where pool equipment was reported missing the following morning.
May 1, 2025
Police responded Saturday night to a report that a wind turbine had fallen off a platform at the firehouse, and found its head and blades on the ground, with debris scattered about.
Apr 24, 2025
Septic Grants for Two Springs Eateries
Two Springs ports of call, Rita Cantina and the Springs General Store (which hopes to be open by next summer) have been recommended for sizable grants to upgrade their septic systems, by East Hampton Town’s new water quality technical advisory committee.
May 1, 2025
Ethics Questions: How Much and How Many?
The East Hampton Town Board considered three changes to its Code of Ethics last month. Two of the three sailed by an April 17 public hearing, but the third was not supported by the town’s seven-person board of ethics, represented by its longtime chairman, Hugh King.
May 1, 2025
Government
Horseshoe crabs and clams were the primary topics of discussion at an East Hampton Town Trustees meeting, as the trustees looked ahead to a annual horseshoe crab monitoring program in a few weeks and set a date for their annual Largest Clam Contest in the fall.
May 1, 2025
The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals agreed last week to send a nonbinding letter of potential approval to the town planning board regarding 20 variances required for a major rebuild of the Devon Yacht Club that has been making its way through the town’s review boards for the better part of three years.
May 1, 2025
It was a phragmites-removal project that turned bad and devolved into a six-year war between East Hampton Village and the billionaire real estate developer Harry Macklowe. Now, with a new application that will be presented to the village’s zoning board of appeals on May 9, Mr. Macklowe is attempting to put it all to bed.
Apr 24, 2025
The future of offshore wind power in New York State and throughout the United States was thrown into question last week as the Trump administration’s interior secretary ordered a halt to construction of the 810-megawatt Empire Wind 1 project, which was to span 80,000 acres in the New York Bight and send renewable electricity to New York City.
Apr 24, 2025
Arts
LongHouse Blooms Into Summer
LongHouse Reserve is heading into the high season with art, performances, special events, conversations, and a unique four-season garden named one of the most peaceful places in New York State.
May 1, 2025
Guild Hall Museum will open for the season with "Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture" and "Wading Room," an environment created by Almond Zigmund.
May 1, 2025
"Gingy's Diaries," a new theater work created by Ilene Beckerman with Michael Disher, will premiere in workshop form at the Southampton Arts Center.
May 1, 2025
The Arts Center at Duck Creek opens with a collaborative show of work by Louise Eastman and Janis Stemmermann, and "Commuter Drawings" by Ralph Stout.
May 1, 2025
Villages
On the Wing: Early Bee Already Busy
Hundreds of small mounds with holes, each the diameter of a pencil, surrounded me. Above them zigging, dark, smallish bees traced incomprehensible patterns through the air: cellophane bees.
A Belgian Flag for V-E Day
The flag of Belgium will fly over East Hampton Village Hall next Thursday to mark Victory in Europe Day, the day celebrating the surrender of Germany’s armed forces in World War II.
A Seafaring Season Opening at Amagansett Life-Saving Station
The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum opens for the 2025 season on Saturday at 11 a.m. with tours and a performance of sea chanteys, followed by a wealth of events continuing into the fall.
Sports
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