The East Hampton Town Board will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to vote on a resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of $30,000 to local food pantries, due to the continued shutdown of the federal government.
Calling All Vampires to LTV
LTV Studios will host a Vampire Masquerade Thursday and Our Fabulous Variety Show’s Disco Ball fund-raiser on Saturday.
October 28, 2025
Police & Courts
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 dog had been barking on and off in a fenced-in backyard for four days, a Springs-Fireplace Road neighbor reported on the night of Oct.15, adding that the house appeared to be empty and abandoned. Police went to the property and found a large black-and-white husky, “whimpering and shivering.”
Oct 23, 2025
Town police made two similar felony-level arrests for drunken driving last week, one on Main Street in Montauk and the other in East Hampton.
Oct 23, 2025
Wainscott Commercial Center Inches Forward
It’s big, it’s controversial, it’s before the town planning powers that be.
Oct 30, 2025
A New Polling Place for Some East Hampton Voters
Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, and some voters in East Hampton will cast ballots in a new location — at the East Hampton Library.
Oct 30, 2025
Government
Proposal 1 has to do with new ski and biathlon trails in upstate forestland. Proposal 2 addresses Suffolk County term limits vis-a-vis the state’s even-year election law.
Oct 30, 2025
A swearing-in, two promotions, one retirement, and a cautionary tale of the hazards of transportation via e-bike occupied the East Hampton Village Board when it met last week.
Oct 30, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board reported that work was imminent on two long-awaited projects in Montauk: the Ditch Plain dune reconstruction and the dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet.
Oct 23, 2025
It’s been nearly a year since East Hampton Town asked builders to submit proposals to design and build houses for the affordable housing subdivision called Cantwell Court. All the estimates they got back were too expensive.
Oct 23, 2025
Arts
Fitzhugh Karol: Ceramics to Steel
Fitzhugh Karol, whose work is on view at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs, moves with assurance from ceramic reliefs to iconic wooden totems to large-scale steel sculptures.
Oct 30, 2025
A busy weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will include stargazing with the Vanderbilt Museum’s mobile planetarium, a writing workshop, and a “drawing happening.”
Oct 30, 2025
LTV Studios will host a Vampire Masquerade Thursday and Our Fabulous Variety Show’s Disco Ball fund-raiser on Saturday.
Oct 28, 2025
The Southampton Cultural Center will host a recital by Tian Tang, a prize-winning concert pianist, and a jazz jam session featuring Real East End Brass.
Oct 30, 2025
Villages
Alice Dayton LaPointe in the South End Cemetery
Some may avoid cemeteries for fear of lost souls, but those interested in the past, like Alice Dayton LaPointe, seen here in 1956, know they are a goldmine of local history.
Common Cuckoo a Birding First in New York State
A common cuckoo, a bird known in the United States for its famous “cuckoo clock” sound, was spotted on Oct. 23 in Riverhead. If the sighting is approved by the New York State Avian Records Committee, it will mark the first time the bird has ever appeared in the state.
On the Mend After a Life-Threatening Infection
It has been a long road to recovery for Chris Carillo, but on Monday night he returned to East Hampton Town Hall to meet with the town trustees, for whom he serves as attorney, almost four months after a dangerous bout with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
