East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen has been sent a “cease and desist” letter from the state, county, and town Democratic chairs condemning his “misuse of the Democratic Party name” in materials used in his campaign for town supervisor.
Old Wounds New as Town-Village Rift Widens
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.
November 27, 2025
Police & Courts
A couple flagged down an officer on Jermain Avenue in Sag Harbor late Sunday morning to report that their son had taken their car without permission and has been “using marijuana.”
Dec 4, 2025
Two S.U.V.s collided at the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path and Route 114 on Nov. 24, and a pedestrian was struck in Sag Harbor the next day.
Dec 4, 2025
“No one wants to get out of bed, having just climbed in. 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
A Cantata Premiere on Sunday
A premiere of “A Child Is Born,” a cantata composed by Bruce Saylor, will be the centerpiece of the Choral Society of the Hamptons winter concerts on Sunday at 3 and 5:30 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church.
Dec 4, 2025
Nina Yankowitz's retrospective at the Parrish Art Museum showcases almost six decades of innovative work that blends the conceptual, material, and political.
Dec 4, 2025
Boots on the Ground Theater will give a staged reading of “World War II Radio Christmas Play,” complete with working microphones, posters from the period, old jingles, and sound effects.
Dec 4, 2025
The Church in Sag Harbor will host a discussion about photographs, a reading of works by important poets, and a movement workshop exploring Yoruba deities and the "feminine divine."
Dec 4, 2025
Villages
McCarron and Sherlock Wed in Sag Harbor
Benjamin Knute McCarron and Colleen Elizabeth Sherlock were married on Sept. 20 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Sag Harbor. They celebrated afterward with their families and friends at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club.
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.
Item of the Week: Crew List of the Bark Mary Gardiner
This 1851 crew list for the customs collector in Sag Harbor identifies the members of Capt. David Smith’s last whaling voyage.
