Villages

As Loretta Davis prepares to leave the Retreat, the domestic violence shelter has announced Cate Carbonaro as her replacement.

The news. It just never stops. Herewith, a peek at what was happening as far back as 1899, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood weekly.

If weather forecasts are to be trusted, the next few nights will be clear, making the brightest comet of the year visible due west, shortly after sunset. The comet is in an Oort cloud on an 80,000-year orbit of the sun. 

People across the South Fork, and indeed much of the northern part of the United States, were treated to a vivid display of the aurora borealis on Thursday night, prompting many to look out their windows, pull over their cars, post pictures on Instagram, and wonder: Why? Next question: Will they be visible again Friday night?

Time was a breeze on land likely meant the three windmills in East Hampton Village were churning grain. They’re still there, reminders of a time when we were more positively connected to the environment. All three will be open to the public on Saturday, for what Hugh King, the village historian, is calling Windmill Day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On Sept. 26, 1797, David Mulford (1754-1799) and Rachel Gardiner Mulford (1750-1811) sold 24 acres of land “in Appequoag” to his brother Jonathan Mulford (1770-1840).

The case of the removal of two trees on Meadowlark Lane in Sag Harbor Village was back in Justice Court Tuesday morning. Alex Kriegsman, an attorney appearing virtually in representing the defendant, Augusta Ramsay Folks, made a motion for dismissal based on comments made by Bob Plumb of the village board at a meeting in August.

The national trend of shell companies owning real estate is not a new phenomenon, but it's one that is solidly in play here on the South Fork — presenting benefits for the actual owners and problems of perception in some communities.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day oft he Jewish calendar, begins at sundown tomorrow, and there will be services in East Hampton at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Chabad of the Hamptons and in Sag Harbor at Temple Adas Israel and Bay Street Theater, which Gesher | the Bridge Shul will make its temporary home.

Way back when, “two aged ladies of Bridgehampton” nearly died by gas. A hundred years later, Brookhaven Lab addressed plutonium in the Peconic River. And much more of consequence from The Star of Yore.

Sunday’s Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser will bring together pet lovers in support of other animals in need of help.

In 1834, 14-year-old Martha Thompson (1821-1854) made this sampler in Center Moriches. Detailed with the alphabet, her name, year of her birth, and a short poem, it was completed as a way for Martha to practice her needlework, writing, and reading skills.

Due to bridge and track maintenance on the Montauk branch of the Long Island Rail Road, trains will not run to or from the South Fork from very early Saturday morning, at 12:30 a.m., to Monday morning at 4.

With the power line now fixed at East Hampton Village Mobile Home Community following a four-day summer outage, residents heard last week of a new issue stemming from the power failure: a 6-percent rent increase due to either “capital improvements” or increased “operating costs.” Now, residents wonder: Is that legal?

House fires, bombing zones in Block Island Sound, and virus-killed birds. Here is a trip into the pungent past.

Emilie Erica Stoll and Jean Carlo Barrientos, who were married on Friday at Navy Beach in Montauk, still remember the exact date they met: July 23, 2014. They had both finished their freshman years at college. They were at the beach. “He was surfing the hurricane swell at Napeague that evening while she was going for a sunset dip,” they wrote. “He came up to her as she was walking back towards the parking lot and asked her name, and the rest is history.”

Leland E. Winslow and Chelsea C. Walker were married on Sept. 22, the anniversary of their first date, at East Wind in Wading River.

While the overstuffed bookstore is no longer, whatever comes next at 290 Main Street in Sag Harbor, locals will always know it as Canio’s.

"Because of the weather, the only day we could go out clamming was Friday. We were out there for five hours," said Michael Fromm of Amagansett, whose efforts paid off when he emerged the overall winner of the East Hampton Town Trustees' 33rd Largest Clam Contest on Sunday.

Voters in Sag Harbor, North Haven, and Noyac turned out last Thursday to approve, by a wide margin, the John Jermain Memorial Library's 2025 budget as well as tax-levy propositions for the Eastville Community Historical Society and the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum.

Anxious Montauk residents can breathe a little easier now: While the hamlet’s only pharmacy, White’s Drug and Department Store, will close on Oct. 31, its pharmacist, Frank Calvo, has secured a location for a new iteration, to be called Montauk Chemists.

The East Hampton Housing Authority’s affordable housing project the Green at Gardiner’s Point is on its way to clearing the last few hurdles before its first tenants can officially move in.

Two of the most visible properties at the entryway to Sag Harbor, at 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue, are in contract to be sold, the listing agent, Hal Zwick of Compass, confirmed on Thursday.

I-Tri, the South Fork-based girls’ empowerment program, will host its annual Ride and Wine fund-raising cycling event on Oct. 5, with a new route and a new spot for its afterparty.

With a final tally of 158 “yes” votes to 37 “no” votes, the East Hampton Library’s 2025 budget plan was approved by the community on Saturday.

Carolyn Tyson, former owner of an estate off Further Lane, left eight acres, part of the Double Dunes, to the Nature Conservancy, helping to preserve the landscape for coming generations.

“Civility in the Era of Division,” a panel discussion at the LongHouse Reserve on Saturday afternoon at 4, will tackle a subject often on people’s minds. “Whether you identify as conservative or liberal, extrovert or introvert, aesthete or utilitarian — or any combination of contradictions — there are some things we can all agree on. But how do we muster the courage to live with candor and what are the leadership building blocks that can shape our future?” LongHouse asks on its website.

The Jewish High Holy Days begin on Wednesday at sundown, and there will be Rosh Hashana observances in Sag Harbor and East Hampton.

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest will be held on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station on Atlantic Avenue.

Some things are inevitable in these pages over the years. Like rumrunning, breakwaters and dredging, and Fred Thiele.