East Hampton Town has ordered Christopher Winkler, a Montauk fisherman who was convicted in 2023 of falsifying records in order to sell fluke and black sea bass in quantities that vastly exceed legal limits, to vacate the slip at the hamlet’s commercial dock where his trawler, the New Age, has been docked for around 40 years.
A Pyrotechnics Roundup for the Fourth and Beyond
As Independence Day weekend approaches, locals and visitors from all over the world are getting ready to pack together onto narrow strips of coveted coastline to partake in the time-honored tradition of the East End’s annual fireworks shows, each of which features the work of Fireworks by Grucci, the sixth-generation family-owned company based in Bellport.
July 3, 2025
Police & Courts
Carrying four blaring smoke detectors, a North Haven man walked into Sag Harbor Village police headquarters on Saturday night and claimed that they had been going off in his house for three days and could not be deactivated. Police were unable to disable the alarms and contacted the fire marshal, who responded to the station and properly disposed of the devices.
Jul 3, 2025
On June 23, a Subaru S.U.V. rear-ended a Toyota S.U.V. at Carl Fisher Plaza in Montauk. That evening, two other S.U.V.s collided in Wainscott and had to be towed away. And more news of the roads.
Jul 3, 2025
Failed to yield, failed to signal, failed to stay in lane, a failed taillight, a failed roadside sobriety test.
Jul 3, 2025
Support for Employer-Owned Housing Proposal
A private developer's plan to build 47 two and three-bedroom units on Pantigo Road and sell them as condominiums to local businesses for workforce housing “deviates from nearly every affordable housing development that exists in the town,” said Eric Schantz, a principal planner for the East Hampton Town Planning Department.
Jul 3, 2025
Town to Loosen Accessory Unit Restrictions?
The East Hampton Town Board moved closer to loosening restrictions on homeowners who want to build accessory dwelling units on their properties, but not before two members of the public spoke out against the proposals.
Jul 3, 2025
Government
While conditions had improved by Monday, last weekend, the Surfrider Foundation’s Eastern Long Island chapter, which partners with Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the Peconic Baykeeper in sampling and analyzing local waters, canceled an International Surfing Day meetup that was to happen that day at Ditch Plain Beach, citing alarmingly high levels of Enterococcus bacteria in the water.
Jun 26, 2025
The East Hampton Village Board was criticized at its meeting last week for not doing enough to communicate two new laws that have been ensnaring landscapers and contractors since the middle of May. One requires service workers to register annually with the village at a cost of $250. The other, a noise ordinance, shortens hours for certain landscaping and construction activities between May 15 and Sept. 15.
Jun 26, 2025
East Hampton Town’s Democratic Party candidates launched their 2025 campaign on Monday with a gathering marked by gloomy assessments of Democrats’ status at the national level mixed with encouraging signs of resistance. At home, they enjoy a supermajority on the town board and among the town trustees, with some incumbents running unopposed for re-election.
Jun 26, 2025
The East Hampton Town Trustees will write a letter to the town board supporting the purchase of two parcels fronting Georgica Cove by the Peconic Land Trust, which is at present in contract, and the simultaneous sale of an easement to the town and to East Hampton Village to ensure their preservation in perpetuity.
Jun 26, 2025
Arts
Animals Ascendant at The Church
An 18-foot-tall elephant balancing on its trunk, a horse made of mud and sticks, and a 12-foot spider are only three of the more than 50 animal sculptures assembled for "The Ark" at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Jul 3, 2025
LTV's Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea will kick off with the legendary vocalist Marilyn Maye performing "A 100th Birthday Tribute to Johnny Carson" — and, at 97, she's still going strong.
Jul 3, 2025
Thousands of art enthusiasts and 120 galleries and exhibitors will descend on Southampton for the four-day Hamptons Fine Art Fair.
Jul 3, 2025
Guild Hall will host a concert by Julian Lage, a guitar virtuoso, and Jorge Roeder, an acclaimed bassist, and the Gibney Dance Company will perform works by three prominent choreographers.
Jul 3, 2025
Villages
Bluebirds Thriving in East Hampton
“I think this is the most concentrated spot for bluebirds in all of New York State,” says Joe Giunta on a drizzly Saturday morning as he walked along a segment of a bluebird trail on Daniel’s Hole Road, adjacent to 600 acres of relatively open space.
Cyclists, Welcome to the Thunderdome
Recent roadwork on the shoulder of Route 114 between East Hampton and Sag Harbor has highlighted a truth long known to cyclists on the South Fork: Biking here can be terrifying.
On Democracy’s Guardrails
A discussion of the prosecutorial process and enforcing legal limits on the Trump administration will introduce a new era for the Hamptons Institute discussion series at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Monday at 7 p.m.
Sports
Jul 3, 2025
