Gov. Kathy Hochul and the governors of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts have written to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to demand rescission of the Trump administration’s Dec. 22 pause of leases for five wind farms under construction off the Northeast coast.
To Catalog All Village Trees
The East Hampton Village Board approved a $51,750 quote to inventory every tree on village-owned land in a joint effort with the L.V.I.S. and using a G.I.S.-based software.
December 31, 2025
Police & Courts
While there is still no official cause in a summertime death of a woman at the Montauk Yacht Club, a search for answers through the media has revealed new details, including from the man who was on the boat with her that night.
Dec 31, 2025
He’d seen people on Town Pond and was concerned, a village resident told police on Dec. 16. An officer responded to see several men skating and playing ice hockey. No action was necessary.
Dec 31, 2025
Several people were injured in a collision in Springs between an S.U.V. and a Jeep last week, and George Watson of the Dock bar and grill was injured while riding his bicycle in Montauk.
Dec 31, 2025
New Group Challenges Springs Tower
A new petition started by a group calling itself Springs Residents Against Elite Towers seeks to stop a long-planned cell tower at the Springs Fire Department on Fort Pond Boulevard.
Dec 31, 2025
South Fork to See Another Big Snowstorm
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of a storm expected to dump snow across the Long Island, New York City, and mid-Hudson regions starting Friday evening.
Dec 27, 2025
Government
One year after vetoing similar legislation, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which will phase out the harvesting of the ancient species for bait.
Dec 25, 2025
For the seventh time, a governor of New York State has vetoed a bill that would have provided for reinstatement and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indian Nation, a recognition lost 115 years ago in a ruling that former Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has called one of the most racist decisions ever issued by a New York court.
Dec 25, 2025
“It’s been a wonderful time,” Ms. Brennan said of her 32 years in the East Hampton Town clerk's office, the last 12 in the top post. “It’s been part of my life, and I enjoyed every minute of it and most of the dealings that I went through.”
Dec 25, 2025
The East Hampton Fire Department has had “astronomical” success in recruitment in 2025, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services administrator told the East Hampton Village Board last week, with 19 new recruits representing a near-quadrupling of what is seen in a typical year.
Dec 24, 2025
Arts
Pat Place: A Life in Music and Art
Pat Place has followed two career paths, in music as a founding member of the legendary Contortions and Bush Tetras, and as an artist who has exhibited at Artists Space and other venues to rave reviews.
Dec 25, 2025
Bob Feinberg, a media executive, attorney, cultural entrepreneur, and East Hampton resident, has been tapped to head HamptonsFilm.
Dec 25, 2025
The Ha Ha Hamptons Comedy Tour will bring four standup veterans to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on New Year's Eve.
Dec 25, 2025
Jackie Hoving and Norm Paris, artists and art professors, will lead an informal drawing workshop at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Dec 25, 2025
Villages
New Lutheran Bishop Is a Familiar Face
The Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster, once of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett, is the new bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Their Tents Are Worthy of Royals
Tim and Courtney Garneau raise large, hand-crafted, ultra-luxury tents, keeping their kin busy as they establish a cult brand.
Item of the Week: Dering to Dering, Dec. 28, 1826
Henry Thomas Dering of Sag Harbor wishes his cousin Nicoll Havens Dering of New York a happy new year, emphasizing how the occasion is a time for reflection and reformation.
Sports
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Food
Say Cheese (or Caviar), Day or Night
Self Provisions, a storefront attached to Cavaniola’s Gourmet Cheese in Sag Harbor, is “always open,” as is proclaimed by an illuminated sign on the wall at the entrance. Two large, brightly lit vending machines dominate the space, with offerings ranging from sea salt crackers and slabs of French butter to jars of caviar and curated gift boxes — and, of course, cheese.
Dec 25, 2025
New Year’s Eve at Almond
Almond restaurant in Bridgehampton will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a locally sourced five-course prix fixe dinner that will include party favors and a champagne toast.
Dec 25, 2025
News for Foodies 12.25.25
Lulu Kitchen and Bar in Sag Harbor is offering New Year’s Eve dinner packages to go, and the Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island will serve a New Year’s Eve prix fixe and can host private parties any night of the week.
Dec 25, 2025