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Builder Chosen for Town Dispatch Center

The East Hampton Town Board accepted a bid of $791,875 Tuesday for renovations to be made to the town’s dispatch center. 

On the Police Logs 09.18.25

A West Way, East Hampton, woman’s trees are unexpectedly dying, she told police Friday afternoon, and she suspects that her next-door neighbor is to blame.

Hurt Dodging an Accident

A Sag Harbor man was injured Friday evening after his Mazda sedan collided with a tree in Wainscott. 

Tuma to Take Amaden’s Seat on East Hampton Village Board

Mayor Jerry Larsen will appoint Jason Tuma to the East Hampton Village Board at next week’s meeting, filling the slot made available when Sarah Amaden announced her departure earlier this month. 

First Public Forum Ahead of 2026 Bond

Next Thursday at 6 p.m. the East Hampton School Board will hold the first in a series of forums to gather comments on projects that could be covered by a more than $60 million bond the district plans to put on the May 2026 ballot. 

A G.O.P. Campaign Party at Bostwick’s

J.P. Foster, a Republican candidate for the East Hampton Town Board, and Jeff Miller, the party’s candidate for town clerk, will host a campaign fund-raiser on Wednesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Bostwick’s on the Harbor in Springs. 

Item of the Week: The Cappy Amundsen Photo Album

Cappy Amundsen (1911-2001) was a man of many talents — athlete, artist, writer, sailor, fisherman — and many names.

Block Party on Newtown on Saturday

East Hampton Village will close Newtown Lane to traffic Saturday afternoon for a family block party that will run from 4 to 8 p.m. There will be carnival games, including a bucking bronco, available free of charge, street performers, and music by D.J. Nice and the band Hot Date. 

Rosh Hashana Services Here

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins on Monday evening and continues through Wednesday. In East Hampton, services will be held at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Chabad of the Hamptons, both on Woods Lane. In Sag Harbor, Temple Adas Israel will open its doors to worshipers and Gesher | the Bridge Shul will hold services at Bay Street Theater. 

A Deeper Dive Into Harmful Algal Blooms

Algal blooms may have been around since the 1950s, but they have increasingly become a concern for local scientists, who have observed sharp increases.

For a ‘Sustainable’ Montauk

James Lima Planning and Development has been recommended to help East Hampton Town identify potential zoning code updates, coastal hazard and climate risk reduction strategies, and the restoration of natural resources to support Montauk’s economic infrastructure and tourism industry in connection with a $600,000 state grant the town received for a sustainable community project in downtown Montauk. 

The Way It Was for September 18, 2025

A hundred years ago, Carl Fisher landed 5,000 acres in Montauk for a cool million. And the rest is history.

On the Water: Waiting for Blackfish

Though I've done little with rod and reel this season, I’m beginning to focus on the opening for blackfish on Oct. 11 in Long Island Sound and on Oct. 15 elsewhere in New York waters.

A New Turf Field Unlocks Possibilities

In East Hampton High School’s upset 1-0 field hockey win on Sept. 10 against the perennial powerhouse Miller Place, the important factors were the goalie, Izzy Briand, the defense in general, and the new artificial turf field.

Hamptons Run Club Heading to Berlin

Half a dozen members of Hamptons Run Club, which meets in East Hampton Village, are traveling to Germany this week, joining more than 50,000 international runners for the 51st BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

Fire Damages Auto Repair Shop

The East Hampton Fire Department was dispatched to 211 Springs-Fireplace Road at 9:54 a.m. on Wednesday in response to a report of a car on fire, but by the time firefighters arrived, "the whole shop was pretty much on fire," Chief Duane Forrester said.

Letters to the Editor for September 18, 2025

Buoys, dogs on the beach, protest songs, and a call for calm. Here is what’s on our readers’ minds.

Time to Pivot on Senior Center

The design of the planned East Hampton Town senior citizens center, or Center for Modern Aging, on Abraham’s Path never did sit right.

Murder at Sea

By no stretch of the law are the targeted killings of supposed Venezuelan mariners by members of the United States military justifiable.

The Mast-Head: On This Side of the Sound

Cerberus, my 1979 Cape Dory sloop, has made the crossing from Connecticut.