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.
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.
Legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last week expands what ambulance services can charge for, and recoup, from patients. No fire department on the East End has ever billed patients, and the new tweak to the law doesn’t seem to be influencing any to change that policy.
The Sagaponack Village Board pushed back at perceived misinformation surrounding the proposed 100-foot cellphone tower set to be built behind Village Hall at a board meeting last week.
Draft legislation that would move the start of the scallop season here from the third Monday in October to the Sunday after the first Monday in November was floated by Nicholas Coritsidis, an assistant town attorney, at last week’s town board work session. It would take effect in both East Hampton Town and town trustee waters. A public hearing on the proposal will be held at the board’s meeting next Thursday.
Artificial intelligence and deep-fake internet content have become huge talking points in this year’s race to the White House, and the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork is doing its part to counter them.
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.
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.
Runners will take to the streets of Southampton Village on Saturday for the 18th annual Hamptons Marathon, which will both start and end at Southampton Intermediate School on Leland Lane.
