On the evening of Jan. 25, a patrolman found five empty Amazon boxes on the ground near a trash can on Main Street. Whoever left them there should be advised that the village now has their name and address on an official report of littering.
Montauk Fisherman Charged in New Indictment
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment last week that charges a Montauk fisherman with both conspiracy and substantive charges in connection with a scheme to illegally overharvest fluke and black sea bass.
Who Speaks for the Trees?There’s a calming nostalgia as you approach East Hampton Main Street, with its familiar canopy of elm trees framing the street and casting dap
Airbags Deployed in Crash
A passenger headed to the hospital after an accident on Springs-Fireplace Road.
He Was Blocking Entrance
After police approached a car that was blocking the entrance to the Sportime parking lot on the morning of Jan. 23, the driver ended up in custody.
Naomi Lazard, Poet and TranslatorNaomi Lazard, whose poems were published in 43 magazines and newspapers, died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 22 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. The former East Hampton Village resident was 93.
Louis Arceri, 94Louis A. Arceri, who as a bridge and highway engineer oversaw the construction of Montauk Highway from Montauk’s downtown to the Lighthouse, died at home in Amagansett on Jan. 2. The cause was heart failure. He was 94.
Linda Miller, 78Linda M. Miller, who was known for her community involvement, her helping hand, and her smile, died of lung cancer at home in Springs on Dec. 16. She was 78.
Sandra Goodale WelshSandra Welsh, a nurse formerly of East Hampton, died at home in Edwardsville, Ill., on Jan. 22. The cause was cancer. She was 67.
Lee Walter, 82Lee Walter, who produced classical music concerts and presided over a popular Sunday public radio show of classical music heard on the East End, died on Jan. 17 at the Bridge at Inverrary, an assisted living community in Lauderhill, Fla. The former Springs resident was 82.
Patricia Ann CorbeyPatricia Ann Corbey died at home in Springs of cardiopulmonary arrest on Jan. 2. She was 64.
For Vindel R. Gaynor
A funeral for Vindel R. Gaynor of East Hampton will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Hamptons Church at 69 Industrial Road in Wainscott.
Rhonda Winokur, 65
Rhonda Winokur of Hampton Bays, an elementary school bus driver for the East Hampton School District for many years, died on Jan. 24. She was 65. The cause of death was not known.
East Hampton Villagers Weigh in on the AirportIn a survey conducted by East Hampton Village in October, village residents who responded were overwhelmingly against permanently closing the East Hampton airport, a town property, but most respondents who want it open favor limitations on noise and landing times. And some who want it closed still want it open for emergency use or could tolerate it with no helicopter traffic. In fact, only roughly a third of respondents wanted “no limits” on the airport.
A Call for Mask Choice in Sag HarborFriction is brewing over Covid-19 precautions in the Sag Harbor School District, where a group of parents lobbying to make mask-wearing a family choice is expected to state their case to the school board on Monday.
Big Blizzard Was Burdensome but Not DrasticThe South Fork was spared widespread power outages and flooding over the weekend as Long Island’s first official blizzard since 2018 dropped nearly two feet of drifting snow in some parts of the region. East Hampton Town employed some 50 plow drivers, ranging from its 12 full-time employees to private contractors, who worked almost 24 hours straight starting on Friday night.
Bernstein Before Watergate: For Love of InkWhat we have here is Carl Bernstein’s sincere, often heartwarming love letter about his earliest years in the print-era journalism that seduced him at age 16.
Bundle Up, It's HarborFrost TimeOn Saturday it's HarborFrost time. Starting at 1 p.m. on Long Wharf and going until dark, the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual winter celebration, highlighting two extreme elements — fire and ice.
Gone Fishing: A New Artist Tackles SurrealismThe view from Lori Campbell's high-on-a-Montauk-bluff art studio is all Fort Pond Bay. Her paintings operate like fishing nets, trawling material out of the subconscious.
Indigenous Art in SouthamptonWorks by 50 artists from the Shinnecock Nation and other Native American communities will bring Indigenous voices to Southampton.