Villages

If you have lived in East Hampton in the last 30 years, your mail may have been delivered by Larry McCue. But after a 55-year career and nearly one million miles driven for the Postal Service, he is hanging up his satchel and the keys to his truck and retiring.

In an increasingly homogenized world, preservation “is what makes places distinct,” Michael Devonshire told the Ladies Village Improvement Society during its 33rd annual Landmarks Luncheon, pointing to “some wonderful local examples of absolute gems that you should all be proud of.”

The Thorn sailed as a whaling vessel from 1821 to 1840, making at least 18 voyages from Sag Harbor. George Howell, for one, captained her to Brazil and the South Atlantic Ocean.

It’s 1657. An East Hampton woman has been taken into custody as allegations surrounding witchcraft and consorting with the devil have solidified. Village justices ask anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of the accused, Elizabeth Garlick, to report to Baker’s Ordinary.

Shelby Joyce, the daughter of Annie and Peter F. Joyce of Montauk, and John E. Curzake III, a son of Jeanne and John E. Curzake Jr. of Wakefield, R.I., were married on Oct. 10 on a small beach in Narragansett, R.I.

The Mr. Poseidon Montauk Striper Challenge, a fierce competition with a large cash prize, brought hundreds of competitors to the hamlet for a catch-and-release striped bass contest that is touted by its organizer as the “biggest surf fishing tournament on the East Coast.” Critics say it left a trail of problems.

Time marches on. Why not take a look back at better days?

Atlantic Avenue, which terminates in one of the most seasonally popular beaches in town, was from 1870 to 1918 a working man’s hub focused on the capture of whales. The historical preservationist Robert Hefner detailed this era along with tales of shipwrecks, Nazi saboteurs, and more in a talk last weekend.

Preliminary work is to begin Monday, but the M.T.A. doesn't expect to finish and open the bridge to traffic until the spring of 2028.

Nicolette Atlas Cardamone and William Angier Duke were married at Fireplace Farm on Oct. 10. The groom’s sister, Ellie Duke of Springs, officiated.

This broken-column style of gravestone was typically used to commemorate someone whose life was cut short, which makes sense for a man who died at 35 years old, a son of the East Hampton-born first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler and President John Tyler.

The Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee will host a community forum on the long-debated lighting proposal for Amagansett’s Main Street on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Amagansett School. 

Controversy and talk of compromise dominated a lively meeting of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, with two surprise guests in attendance whose comments changed the tenor of the evening’s first half, and several residents of the Dolphin Drive-White Sands neighborhood on Napeague demanding answers later about trucks on the beach.

The weather was perfect on Oct. 10 when Sag Harbor Community Rowing’s fourth annual Poker Paddle, a fund-raiser for the construction of a dock that will be available for all to use, drew people of all ages to Sag Harbor Cove. 

Nuggets from our past pages.

The East Hampton Village Board saw renderings of a new $1.7 million playground for Herrick Park last week, which the village administrator said will be the subject of public hearings at the board’s meetings in November and December.

The annual Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show and Cruise, a fund-raiser for the Tyler Project, happens on Sunday at the Amagansett Firehouse. 

James Lane will be hopping on Saturday, with the East Hampton Historical Society’s Semiquincentennial History Festival at the Mulford Farm and a street fair organized by the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, both from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A new set of sails now adorns the Pantigo Windmill on the grounds of Home, Sweet Home Museum in East Hampton Village. 

A splendid time was had by all when the East Hampton Town Trustees held their annual Largest Clam Contest on the grounds of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum last week. 

This photograph shows four members of Guild Hall’s art committee hanging works for the “American Watercolors” exhibition, which ran from June 23 to July 11 in 1956 at Guild Hall.

Michael Devonshire, an architectural conservator and preservationist who has worked at sites including Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island and the Pelletreau Silver Shop in Southampton Village, will discuss why East Hampton’s future depends on preserving its past and why saving historic buildings is about more than nostalgia.

The marketing of 2,420 square feet of retail space, along with another 1,711 square feet of office space, began last week for 138 Main Street in Sag Harbor Village, also known as the Apple Bank building.

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The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, in partnership with the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with outdoor activities in Montauk this weekend.

An annual event eagerly anticipated by dog owners across the South Fork, the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Stroll to the Sea is set for Saturday, with the designer Isaac Mizrahi once again acting as M.C.

Cole Brauer, East Hampton High School grad and the first American woman to sail solo nonstop around the world, has just released her first book, “First Light: Sailing Solo but Not Alone.”

ChangeHampton, which promotes sustainable landscaping practices on the East End, will celebrate participants in its Humanity for Habitat project at an East Hampton residence Friday at 11 a.m. 

Traffic to and from East Hampton Town Airport this past summer was up 8.3 percent over last year, the Wainscott C.A.C. was told Saturday, but “the big headline is helicopter traffic was up 26.9 percent versus 2025,” the developer of a flight tracking platform said. 

As seen in this Star archive photo, surfcasting at Montauk Point looked different then, but remains a draw. Here’s a bit of background.