Marine Patrol Stands Ready
The East Hampton Town Marine Patrol responded to a total of 18 search-and-rescue calls in 2024, a considerable jump from 11 in 2023 and nine the year before that.
It’s Purple Inside and Out, and It’s Here
Bioengineered in England, the Purple Tomato’s deep color is due to the presence of snapdragon genes, and the antioxidant-rich fruit is touted as having a longer shelf life than an heirloom variety.
Sage Advice: Prepare Before the Disaster
County emergency personnel lay out where to go, what to do and have ready, and officials to call in the event of inevitable natural disasters here.
Onward, Amagansett Lighting
The East Hampton Town Board will likely issue a bond covering increased engineering costs in connection with a new lighting plan for Amagansett’s Main Street, a project which has been at least five years in the works.
Montauk Moves Forward After Bond Vote
The autopsy of why the Montauk School’s $38 million capital renovation plan failed last month continued Tuesday night at a special workshop at the school.
A New Tool for Water Quality Monitoring
Bacteria levels continued to exceed health standards at many sites on the East End in 2024. Now the public can access that data by way of new signs at beaches that link via QR code to a Blue Water Task Force website.
Macklowe Is Eager to Sell
The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals said Friday it wants action, not talk, from Harry Macklowe, the billionaire real estate developer whose 64 West End Road property has long flouted village law.
A Community-Minded Boutique
Gathering Marketplace, a new “community-driven retail concept,” opened last week at 82 Park Place in East Hampton, in the storefront left vacant by the Party Shoppe in February.
Item of the Week: History of the D.W. McCord House
This postcard from the Harvey Ginsberg Postcard Collection shows the D.W. McCord House on Hither Lane, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury. Dr. Clarence Rice was among its other esteemed owners.
On the Police Logs 06.19.25
A black Dodge Ram “with a possible dead body in the bed” was reported driving down Route 114 toward Sag Harbor on June 11. Village officers found the truck near the Breakwater Yacht Club, where they observed a “training mannequin” in the back.