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Town Holds Off on 'Community Resource' Hearing

After coming under criticism for a proposal to broadly exempt town projects from the town zoning code if they are deemed "community resources," the East Hampton Town Board tabled a resolution to hold a public hearing on the matter.

Apr 21, 2025

Critics Fear a Settlement in Airport Suit

Two themes were apparent when over half a dozen people turned up at an East Hampton Town Board meeting this week: consternation that the town would soon settle a lawsuit brought after the board attempted to close the airport in 2022 and immediately reopen it with restrictions, and threats that a settlement would ultimately hurt the board members at the ballot box.

Apr 17, 2025

Government

East Hampton Town and the Maidstone Gun Club in Wainscott, which has been shuttered since August 2022, may be close to renewing a lease for the 97-acre property despite litigation brought by several residents who say that errant bullets fired from the private club have hit their houses, posing a threat to their very lives.

Apr 17, 2025

Several East Hampton Town Trustees have questioned the expansion of an oyster restoration effort and an accompanying reef in Georgica Pond, as requested by Stony Brook University scientists. “I don’t want to be a board that drastically changed that entire closed ecosystem,” the presiding officer said.

Apr 17, 2025

In the wake of the March 8 and 9 brush fires in the Pine Barrens around Westhampton Beach, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine has announced the county’s first southern pine beetle symposium, which happens on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at Suffolk Community College’s Riverhead campus.

Apr 17, 2025

A plan to replace a large asphalt parking area, remove invasive species, and create bio-retention areas that could help filter and capture stormwater runoff before it reaches Lake Montauk moved ahead at the April 8 meeting of the East Hampton Town Board. The West Lake boat ramp, the project target, is large, denuded of vegetation, and its asphalt and hard-packed soil is on a pitch that sends it directly into the lake.

Apr 17, 2025

Arts

The Fistys: Unapologetically in Your Face

The Fistys are a three-woman in-your-race punk-rock band whose "sound and fury are a manifestation of their convictions."

Apr 24, 2025

Hamptons Doc Fest will celebrate Earth Day week with three days of films, interviews, and information hubs whose theme is our connection to trees, woodlands, and forests.

Apr 24, 2025

The Church in Sag Harbor is celebrating with a presentation on public spaces, open studios, a poetry read-in, and a lecture about images of the Fool from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

Apr 24, 2025

A new production of "God of Carnage," Yasmina Reza's award-winning play, will have a two-week run at LTV Studios.

Apr 24, 2025

Villages

The Sweet Smell of Nostalgia at Sagaponack General

Stepping into the new Sagaponack General Store, which reopened yesterday after being closed since 2020, is a sweet experience, and not just because there’s a soft-serve ice cream station on the left and what promises to be the biggest penny candy selection on the South Fork on your right, but because it’s like seeing an old friend who, after some struggle, made it big. Really, really big.

Apr 17, 2025

Has a Horrific 1955 Crime Finally Been Solved?

Has a shocking crime that took place in East Hampton Village in 1955 finally been solved? Mayor Jerry Larsen believes it has, and he isn’t alone.

Apr 17, 2025

Second House Restoration Done at Last

After being closed to the public for more than a decade and with a yearslong renovation project deemed complete, Second House in Montauk, originally built in 1746 and replaced in 1797 following a fire, will soon reopen to the public.

Apr 17, 2025

Food

News for Foodies 04.24.25

Long Island Restaurant Week, wine dinner at 1770 House, menu changes at Village Bistro, Navy Beach and Mavericks to reopen, pizza and pasta on the move, news from Golden Pear and Art of Eating.

Apr 24, 2025

The Sweet Smell of Nostalgia at Sagaponack General

Stepping into the new Sagaponack General Store, which reopened yesterday after being closed since 2020, is a sweet experience, and not just because there’s a soft-serve ice cream station on the left and what promises to be the biggest penny candy selection on the South Fork on your right, but because it’s like seeing an old friend who, after some struggle, made it big. Really, really big.

Apr 17, 2025

News for Foodies 04.17.25

Easter specials from 1770 House, Fresno, Highway, Bell and Anchor, Il Buco al Mare, Elaia Estiatorio, Calissa, and Wolffer, plus a tasting of Peruvian cuisine at Baker House 1650.

Apr 17, 2025