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East End Eats: Rita Cantina Boasts Style and Substance

Coche Comedor faces stiff competition from Rita Cantina, another haute Mexican restaurant that just opened at Maidstone Park in Springs.

Hampton Classic Unveils 2021 Poster

The Hampton Classic has released the poster for this year’s event, designed and photographed by the equine photographer Shelli Breidenbach. The poster was to have announced last year’s big annual horse show, but the event was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

News for Foodies 07.01.21

Baron's Cove had updated its menu for the summer, Simply Sublime pops up at Sportime, and Ruschmeyer's opens

Coast Guard Rescues Three From Sinking Boat Off Montauk

The Coast Guard successfully rescued three fishermen in distress 72 nautical miles southeast of Montauk on Sunday evening after the crew abandoned its 44-foot commercial fishing vessel, the Nite Nurse, when it started taking on water and sinking.

Not So Simply Halston

Decades after their publication, Steven Gaines's "Simply Halston" and "Philistines at the Hedgerow" are receiving big-time small screen treatment.

The Telecaster: Good Treble

On Monday, G.E. Smith, who lives in Amagansett, will host Masters of the Telecaster with Jim Weider, who played with the Band for 15 years.

Projection Takes Center Stage

The Bay Street Theater will put the audience inside the four walls of its outdoor courtyard, where it will be surrounded by video projections and share the space with performers.

New Owners Keep WLNG Tradition Alive

For Sandra Foschi and her husband, Bill Evans, ownership of WLNG is about "respecting its longevity, its legendary status in the community," the latter said last week

The Tell-Tale Heart

“The God Committee,” which Bridgehampton's Austin Stark wrote, directed, and co-produced, will open tomorrow, theatrically and on demand, two weeks after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Abstraction's Continuum at the Parrish

In "Affinities for Abstraction," the artworks make their own cases for themselves on their own terms, whether they were painted last year or decades ago.

Water Report: Blue-Green Algae Bloom in Bridgehampton, High Bacteria Levels Elsewhere

Last week the number of water bodies in Montauk and Amagansett with harmful levels of enterococcus bacteria increased, according to Concerned Citizens of Montauk, and a harmful blue-green algae bloom was in Kellis Pond in Bridgehampton.

The Art Scene 07.01.21

Minimalists at Sotheby's and solos for Henry Taylor, Paul Cadmus, Adolph Gottlieb, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Frederic Tuten, and more

Bits and Pieces 07.01.21

Jazz at Duck Creek and the Parrish, road movies at Sag Cinema, Concerts in the Park, and outdoor screenings

The Music Scene 07.01.21

Hamptons Jazz Fest, and live music from the Talkhouse to Montauk to Shelter Island and the North Fork

Baymen Take to 'Truck Beach' to Protest Court Ruling

In an organized act of civil disobedience, East Hampton baymen and their supporters drove a caravan of 39 trucks onto what is popularly known as Truck Beach on Napeague on Sunday morning to assert what they believe is their right to use, and drive on, the ocean beach there. 

Town to Acquire Amagansett Farmland

East Hampton Town will buy 32.6 acres of farmland in Amagansett from the Bistrian family using $28 million from the community preservation fund, the town announced on Tuesday. The acquisition, following years of discussion and negotiation, is the town's largest of farmland to date.

Letters to the Editor for June 24, 2021

No Longer Hides

Springs

June 29, 2021

Dear David,

Last year, June 19 was my first Juneteenth celebration. In our towns of Sag Harbor, East Hampton, and Southampton, the local African-American community showed that love must accept all equally and never supports individual confrontation.

The Outdoor Agenda

Want to get outside? Here are some upcoming activities that promise to satisfy your thirst for the outdoors. 

Sand Infusion at Storm-Ravaged Montauk Beaches

The East Hampton Town Board approved the immediate addition of sand to the ocean beaches at Ditch Plain in Montauk as well as to the hamlet's downtown beach following a Memorial Day weekend northeaster that rendered the former beach unsafe and partially exposed geotextile bags installed to stabilize the downtown beach several years ago.

East Hampton Town's Planning Director Retires

Thirty-three years after joining East Hampton Town's Planning Department, JoAnne Pahwul, the department's director for the last two years, retired on Friday.