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Amagansett School Spending Plan Aired

At the Amagansett School Board’s budget presentation Tuesday evening Thomas Mager, the district’s treasurer, discussed the draft budgets for revenue and expenditure.

Gerard Drive Pool Okayed

Gerard Drive, regarded as one of the more environmentally sensitive areas in East Hampton Town, jutting out as it does into Gardiner’s Bay and protecting Accabonac Harbor, has only one pool along its 1.4-mile length. Soon there will be another.

Letters to the Editor for February 6, 2025

For East Hampton as much as Washington, D.C., readers are concerned.

Trolligarchy Report: Dark Days in Washington

Elon Musk is out of control and running the show in Washington, D.C. 

The Mast-Head: A Better Life

Immigrant labor has helped keep the Hamptons humming for decades, longer if you go back to the turn of the 20th century and the Irish and Italians who worked on the estates of the oceanfront rich.

The Shipwreck Rose: Conversation Hearts

It is the story of my life that, post sixth grade, I have pretty much always been on the giver end of the Valentine exchange.

Gristmill: American Splendor

Thoughts of Harvey Pekar and life among the files.

Guestwords: Why I’m in Jail

Two years have passed since I started my adventure teaching memoir writing behind bars. It’s like group therapy without the therapist.

Recorded Deeds 02.06.25

Looking for a Hamptons real estate report? Here’s two weeks in one.

Emergency Dredging in the Works for Montauk Inlet

After years of effort, accelerated recently because of dangerous conditions, the inlet at Lake Montauk will undergo emergency dredging, perhaps by the end of the month. At the East Hampton Town Board meeting on Tuesday, Councilman David Lys announced the development during his liaison reports, saying he was "very pleasantly surprised."

Artists and Writers Dinner at Almond

Next up in the Artists and Writers dinner series at Almond is Jackie Hoving, an artist, curator, and co-director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery in Brooklyn.

Between Flatness and Illusion

In his nonreferential paintings and large-scale murals, Aaron Parazette engages with issues of flatness, perspective, and illusion.

Motown Comes to Sag Harbor

That Motown Band will bring the music of the Motor City to Sag Harbor for a benefit concert.

Cuisine, Archetypes, and Afro-Caribbean Dance

Jesse Matsuoka of Sen restaurant on cuisine and culture, Eric Fischl on "Heaven, Hell, and the Garden," and an Afro-Caribbean dance workshop at The Church.

Comedy Onstage and Onscreen

The Sticks and Stones Comedy Club will host a standup set by Palma Florentino and a screening of a comedic take on immigration.

The Art Scene 02.06.25

Curator-led tour of "A New Subjectivity 1979/2024" at the Parrish Art Museum.

Bits and Pieces 02.06.25

New artist residents chosen by Watermill Center, jazz at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor, horticultural alliance lecture on native plants.

News for Foodies 02.06.25

Valentine's Day specials from 1770 House and Bell and Anchor, food tastings at HarborFrost, and cooking classes at Silver Spoon.

East Hampton Village Aims to Ease Immigrants' Fears

Concerned that there could be "chaos in our community" because of deportation threats by President Trump, East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen announced a press conference on Tuesday evening at 6 in the Emergency Services Building to ease fears. The public is invited.

Dava Sobel on Her Latest Book

The next guest in the Springs Historical Society’s Meet the Author series is Dava Sobel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of “Galileo’s Daughter.”