When a beloved children’s book author took up residence in a tiny playhouse in Wainscott.

The East Hampton Town Board is considering allowing multi-unit residences on housing lots as small as half an acre, which would include an increase of parcels in the town’s affordable housing overlay district and a revision of the town code. Right now, multi-unit dwellings are only allowed in those districts on lots that are over three acres.

A look back at sports and athletic news from 2000.

The Parrish Art Museum's 2025 exhibition schedule features solo shows dedicated to Shirin Neshat, Sean Scully, James Howell, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Nina Yankowitz.

The Star's food writer's mantra is "Enjoy Every Sandwich," and she provides four enticing recipes that are sure to please.

East End Jazz will bring seven female musicians to LTV Studios for a concert celebrating the works of iconic female jazz composers and performers.

A busy weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will feature the director, actor, and visual artist Walter Bobbie, a dance party, open studios, and a talk about some typewriters.

Madoo visits Manhattan, a comic romp at Hampton Theatre Company, Michelangelo in verse, soul at Bay Street, and a talk on beneficial wasps.

Small works at Springs Library, "Love and Passion" at Ashawagh, curator's tour at the Parrish, watercolor workshop in Bridgehampton, art's healing power at Bay Street.

An Artists and Writers dinner, farm to table talks at Madoo, sandwich platters from Loaves and Fishes, and wine classes at Nick and Toni's and Park Place Wines.

Not in the Amagansett Historic District. That was the clear message sent by the East Hampton Town Planning Board to the owner and lessee of the Amagansett Mobil station, who are looking to add a Bolla convenience store and Tim Horton's coffee and takeout shop to the site. 

East Hampton Democrats will host a rally at the Hook Mill green on Tuesday from 5:45 to 7 p.m. "to peacefully stand united for Democracy at home and abroad," according to the announcement.

Proposed legislation to change the maximum gross floor area calculation for residences in East Hampton Town divided the town's seven-member planning board last week, and no consensus was reached as the town board prepares for a Thursday evening hearing on the change. 

The East Hampton Village Board this week discussed a proposed public hearing on a new law that would shift the onus of notifying neighbors who live within 200 feet of an applicant’s property to the applicants, rather than the village. The proposal sparked a letter of objection from Leonard Ackerman, a lawyer and longtime village resident. 

Five progressive Long Island groups and town Democrats rally to be heard by Representative Nick LaLota at town hall-style meetings that are open to the public and not controlled or managed. His answer? There’s a tele-town hall coming on March 5.

Perhaps lost in the discussion over the 22,000-square-foot Center for Modern Aging and Human Services planned for Abraham’s Path in Amagansett has been the human services element of the project. The department would occupy nearly a third of the fidget-spinner-shaped building. A recent visit to its current home, across the parking lot from the senior citizens center on Springs-Fireplace Road, makes clear that an upgrade is not an outlandish request.

Our teen book reviewer recommends three classics that are as relevant and beloved today as when they were written more than 75 years ago: “Anne of Green Gables,” published in 1908; “Pride and Prejudice” from 1813, and “1984,” published in 1949.

Farmers in Wainscott spoke up at a recent East Hampton Town Board meeting to mostly reject a proposal for traffic-calming tools put forth by the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee, saying it would create difficulties and unsafe driving conditions for their farm vehicles and other cars and trucks on those very roadways.

In a draft capital plan presented to the East Hampton Town Board last week, there are mobile tower lights and new gun holsters for police; a new vehicle for Marine Patrol and an electronic upgrade for one of its boats; a new dump truck, tree trimmer, plows, and drainage systems for the Highway Department. For the Parks Department, soccer goals, basketball courts, and, of course — because it’s 2025 — new pickleball courts.

East Hampton Village has tried to settle a lawsuit with David Ganz, a village resident who had his parking pass for Lot 1 revoked after the village said he drove recklessly and damaged property at the beach. Mr. Ganz is standing firm and in February filed new papers including videos taken from cameras affixed to the Main Beach pavilion.