Amid a squabble about East Hampton Village charging the town building permit fees for the addition of pickleball courts at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter and renovations at the Peach Farm House, at the Town Hall campus, both within village boundaries, comes the discovery that the town has no certificate of occupancy for Town Hall on file with the village.
Endangered Species Act Threatened
Last week, the Trump administration moved to weaken one of the most popular and successful laws passed in the United States in the last 50 years: the Endangered Species Act of 1973. If successful, the proposed changes could harm some iconic species on the East End, including the piping plover, the eastern tiger salamander, and even the monarch butterfly.
November 27, 2025
Police & Courts
Around 11 p.m. on a frosty Sunday night, Simon Clarke, a volunteer with the East Hampton Fire Department, had just turned off the light and gotten into bed when his department-issued pager went off. “No one wants to get out of bed, having just climbed in,” he said. “And it’s a really cold night, and it’s windy, and everything else — but you know that everyone else will be feeling the same, and so you go anyway. Everyone jumps in their cars and drives there, and then you deal with whatever is going on.”
Nov 27, 2025
Around 11 p.m. on a frosty Sunday night, Simon Clarke, a volunteer with the East Hampton Fire Department, had just turned off the light and gotten into bed when his department-issued pager went off. “No one wants to get out of bed, having just climbed in,” he said. “And it’s a really cold night, and it’s windy, and everything else — but you know that everyone else will be feeling the same, and so you go anyway. Everyone jumps in their cars and drives there, and then you deal with whatever is going on.”
Nov 27, 2025
Around 11 p.m. on a frosty Sunday night, Simon Clarke, a volunteer with the East Hampton Fire Department, had just turned off the light and gotten into bed when his department-issued pager went off. “No one wants to get out of bed, having just climbed in,” he said. “And it’s a really cold night, and it’s windy, and everything else — but you know that everyone else will be feeling the same, and so you go anyway. Everyone jumps in their cars and drives there, and then you deal with whatever is going on.”
Nov 27, 2025
A Pitch for Worker Housing
The East Hampton Village Board heard a pitch for the creation of 10 affordable apartments allocated to village employees, an effort to bridge a large and growing demand and a vanishingly small supply.
Nov 27, 2025
Touting Economic Benefits of Wind Power
The nascent offshore wind industry has proven its economic benefit — to union workers, businesses comprising every link in the supply chain, all the way down to the delis, gas stations, and restaurants surrounding such projects, a panel of professionals agreed during a round-table discussion last week.
Nov 27, 2025
Government
The East Hampton Town Board held a public hearing to amend legislation pertaining to accessory dwelling units, or A.D.U.s, in order to spur their construction.
Nov 27, 2025
New York State Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni came out firmly against the Nov. 5 federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Hampton Bays and Westhampton when he spoke at the inaugural East End LIVE, a conversation on issues impacting the East End of Long Island held last Thursday at LTV Studios in Wainscott.
Nov 26, 2025
Playing on the name of his East Hampton Village NewTown Party, Mayor Jerry Larsen has launched a website to promote the “East Hampton Town Democrats for a New Town,” as he sets off in a probable primary battle against Democratic Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez.
Nov 27, 2025
The effort to remove trees killed by the southern pine beetle from Napeague and Hither Hills State Parks and other areas in East Hampton Town is underway, with trees being marked now for cutting that is scheduled to begin next month.
Nov 27, 2025
Arts
Doc Fest’s Schedule Is ‘Electric’
Hamptons Doc Fest will show 33 documentary films over eight days at the Sag Harbor Cinema, Bay Street Theater, and, for the first time, the Southampton Playhouse.
Nov 27, 2025
Center Stage at the Southampton Arts Center will present staged readings of two of Truman Capote's holiday stories.
Nov 27, 2025
The Holiday Makers Market at The Church in Sag Harbor will have a pop-up print sale, book signings, and offerings from more than 20 local vendors.
Nov 27, 2025
The film "Taking Venice," coming to Guild Hall, investigates the purported rigging of the 1964 Venice Biennale Grand Prize competition to favor the American entry.
Nov 27, 2025
Villages
Crew List of the Bark Mary Gardiner
This crew list, which Capt. David Smith (circa 1807-1852) put together on July 22, 1851, for Marcus Aurelius Starr (1806-1865), the customs collector in Sag Harbor, identifies the members of Smith’s last whaling voyage.
It's Official, Gladstone Is New LTV Director
The board of directors of LTV, East Hampton Town’s public access television, has formally appointed Josh Gladstone to the role of executive director, succeeding Michael Clark, who resigned in July. Mr. Gladstone has been the interim director since then.
Anti-ICE Rally at Hook Mill
A rally to support immigrants, demand due process, and urge a strong stance by government representatives and other civil servants against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions will happen Friday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Hook Mill in East Hampton Village.
