The East Hampton football team scored six touchdowns in a dominant 48-7 win over Islip Friday in the Suffolk Division III quarterfinals for the first playoff victory of Coach Joe McKee's 29-year career.
Target: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Interior renovations have begun at the Bridgehampton Commons Target store, which is taking over the space occupied by Kmart for 25 years. Construction workers were digging rectangular pits into the ground last week, with work lights mounted to metal framework above them. The store is expected to open next fall.
November 6, 2025
Police & Courts
An “older white man wearing a green hoodie and jeans” was wandering around his backyard, an Abraham’s Path resident reported Saturday. While an officer was en route, the resident called back to say that the man was a gardener.
Nov 6, 2025
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
With Election Over, Supervisor Is Looking Ahead
“With this new, even-year election law, I am going to start campaigning for 2026, starting tomorrow,” East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez told her supporters on election night, after winning an uncontested race.
Nov 7, 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
Government
The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging project in Lake Montauk to restore safe navigation to the inlet there starts this week. The Oyster Bay, a mechanical dredge and barge, and supporting equipment have arrived, marking the start of mobilization.
Nov 6, 2025
The turmoil of President Trump’s second term has reached even East Hampton Town, where the author and journalist Michael Wolff is proving to be more of a gadfly than ever.
Nov 6, 2025
The uncertainty surrounding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — whether beneficiaries would receive half of their monthly benefit in November, the full amount, or none at all — has volunteers at East Hampton Town’s food pantries “tamping down the panic.”
Nov 6, 2025
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.
Nov 5, 2025
Arts
A Dystopian Drama at Bay Street
"Fahrenheit 451" at Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater, adapted by Ray Bradbury from his 1953 novel, depicts a future in which books have been banned and firemen burn any that are found.
Nov 13, 2025
A solo show of recent paintings by Jennifer Cross will open at the Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor.
Nov 13, 2025
The Church in Sag Harbor will host Cas Holman, whose book "Playful" urges play in adults' lives, Margaret Garrett, a former dancer turned visual artist, and a casual drawing meetup.
Nov 13, 2025
The Parrish Art Museum has launched a curatorial partnership with the FLAG Art Foundation that will yield three exhibitions annually, starting in March with an Ellsworth Kelly show.
Nov 13, 2025
Villages
Stepping Up for Jamaica in Hurricane Melissa’s Wake
East Hampton Town’s Jamaican population has been focused on the news and social media since Melissa struck as a Category 5 storm last week, making landfall with winds up to 185 miles per hour.
Hampton Library Renovation on Schedule
The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton is undergoing its first major renovation since a $6 million expansion in 2009, though updates this time around are focused on reconfiguring the structure, expanding certain rooms, and replacing outdated equipment.
Item of the Week: Lauralee Frood Gets a Varsity Letter
This photo from The Star’s archive shows a first in local golf history from 1971, as the high school’s Lauralee Frood, at right, receives a varsity letter for her achievements on the golf team.
