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Airbnb Evidence Tossed in 2022 Montauk Bust

A man charged last year with violating East Hampton Town’s rental registry law has succeeded in having evidence from Airbnb suppressed, with Town Justice Lisa R. Rana ruling that it was improperly obtained.

Supervisor-Elect Lays Out the Transition

East Hampton Town Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, who won the race for town supervisor last week, announced an initial transition plan for 2024 on Monday. She stressed the importance of identifying residents to serve on appointed boards, citizens committees, and the open seat on the town board, her election to supervisor having created a vacancy.

Union, Town Reach Accord

East Hampton Town and its union workers had ratified a new contract. Under it, C.S.E.A. members will see a $2,000 across-the-board increase to their base wages in 2024, on top of a $3,000 base wage hike implemented in 2023. In addition, the union members’ new base wages will increase by 4 percent annually in the first three years of the contract, and by 5 percent in 2027, its final year.

Trustees Mull Permanent Ban on New Docks in Three Mile Harbor

Five people spoke during the East Hampton Town Trustees’ public hearing on Monday regarding whether the body will permanently prohibit new docks in Three Mile Harbor, where docks are not prohibited now on its eastern shore, and enact other changes to its dock policy.

Item of the Week: The 1946 Bonac Football Schedule

This 1946 football schedule belonged to Lorraine Loris (1929-2006), a member of that year’s junior class who attended at least four of the six games played that season, when East Hampton went 3-3.

Springs Notebook: World Kindness Day Celebrated

Springs students report on their school's celebration of World Kindness Day.

East Hampton Library Wants Teen Input

“We have exciting news,” the East Hampton Library’s young-adult department said on its website as it announced plans to expand the existing Y.A. room, which was last renovated about seven years ago.

Capital Project Changes Ahead for Montauk School

The Montauk School District and its longtime architect, John Tanzi, are parting ways amicably as the district seeks a firm specializing in school architecture, according to Joshua Odom, Montauk’s superintendent. The school board voted in October to end the contract.

Kids Culture for November 16, 2023

Ahh, the joys of growing up — now told in musical form and performed by the young actors and musicians from South Fork Performing Arts this weekend in their production of "Dear Edwina Jr." Plus: Amber Waves at the Amagansett Library, escape rooms for teens, henna art in Montauk, kids' movies, and more.

Springs Board Focuses on Administrative Search

The Springs School Board canceled a public work session that was to be held Tuesday to put its search for a new superintendent “on fast forward,” the district superintendent, Debra Winter, said this week.

Eleanor Whitmore, 98, Was a Pillar of the Community

Eleanor Whitmore of Amagansett, a beloved community volunteer, Sunday school teacher, philanthropist, and education advocate, created “a legacy of an unwavering commitment to countless causes and people close to her heart,” her family wrote. “I don’t feel as if I’ve done anything so wonderful,” Mrs. Whitmore told The Star in a 2005 interview. “I do it because I love to, and I can’t say no.”

William Vassiles, 88

William Vassiles of East Hampton, a court stenographer, died on Nov. 3 at his apartment in New York City of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

Evelyn Edwards Ludlow Tureski

Evelyn Edwards Ludlow Tureski, a onetime member of the Bridgehampton School Board, died on Nov. 4 at home on Chester Avenue in Bridgehampton. The cause was heart failure. Mrs. Tureski, who had been ill for a year, was 94.

Jaki Jackson

Jaki Jackson, a well-known yoga teacher who had led classes in and around East Hampton for nearly five decades, died at home in Springs on Oct. 22. She was 92.

On the Police Logs 11.16.23

Police got a call about “two subjects performing lewd acts in a white Nissan Rogue” at Main Beach last Thursday night. Officers found just one person in the car, a woman who said she’d been watching a movie on her phone.

Rowdy Hall Begins Amagansett Era in Defiant Black

Rowdy Hall opened in Amagansett on Tuesday night, its facade painted black in defiance of the East Hampton Town Architectural Review Board, which had turned down the business’s request for black paint last month. It is scheduled to answer for doing the work without approval in town justice court on Dec. 4.

Montauk Grapples Once Again With Antisemitic Graffiti

The first time this happened, the community responded in force that same afternoon with a rally attended by hundreds at the downtown Montauk green. While there was no rally this time around, a group of Montauk School students and parents took matters into their own hands by painting over the hateful scrawlings by day’s end with a colorful mural.

Montauk Grapples Once Again With Antisemitic Graffiti

The first time this happened, the community responded in force that same afternoon with a rally attended by hundreds at the downtown Montauk green. While there was no rally this time around, a group of Montauk School students and parents took matters into their own hands by painting over the hateful scrawlings by day’s end with a colorful mural.

Never Get Rid of the Boar’s Head

“After 35 years here and 15 months off, it feels like where I belong,” said Dave Winthrop, who is back at Brent's General Store in Amagansett and ready to “make people feel like they’re coming to the old Brent’s.”

Shinnecocks' Cannabis Dispensary Opens for Business

The Shinnecock Indian Nation’s official cannabis dispensary, Little Beach Harvest, is now open for business, just in time for the Indigenous harvest holiday known as Nunnowa, which the tribe celebrates each year on Nov. 16. “It’s a major achievement. This is something that Long Island is in need of,” said Chenae Bullock, the managing director of Little Beach Harvest, in describing the region’s first tax-free cannabis dispensary, located on the Shinnecock territory.