The idea behind the new 2/3 for the Birds campaign is simple: By planting two-thirds of one's property with native greenery and abstaining from the use of pesticides, homeowners can help local bird species make a comeback. Experts say it's a critical way to restore avian populations that have been dying off since the 1970s.

UnHampton?
Mastic Beach
April 15, 2021

Dear David,

Remember when Sag Harbor — quite proudly, as I recall — considered itself “the UnHampton?” Sag Harbor was the fun Hampton, even the funky Hampton (and I mean that as a compliment).

In the trial of Derek Chauvin, a guilty verdict read in a courtroom halfway across the country on Tuesday night was heard loud and clear here on the East End and across the nation.

Prompted by this era of remote work and schooling, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed into law a program providing affordable internet for qualifying low-income families.

East Hampton High's field hockey team lost a first-round playoff game Saturday at Rocky Point. 

The East Hampton High School girls swimming team, putting in its best effort of the season, placed second to Sayville-Bayport in a virtual League III meet Friday.

On Monday, for the first time this season, East Hampton High's golf team, which this past week wound up league play at 10-0, was able to play at the South Fork Country Club in Amagansett.

It would be hard to imagine a more pugnacious epistolary sampling than “Speaking in an Empty Room: The Collected Letters of John Sanford,” who was an exacting writer’s writer and a veteran of Hollywood blacklisting.

Annabel DeGroot is an artist and photographer who bakes some mean madeleines, but her true passion lies in cheese and all of the fruits, cured meats, and herbs that complement it.

Harbor Bistro opens early for takeout, openings and other news from Montauk, farm markets opening, and more

There's a lot to love in David Kennedy Cutler's show "Shadow Metier" at Halsey McKay Gallery, but even more to ponder.

Guild Hall will open two new shows for spring of work by Enoc Perez and Karin Waisman, while offering a sound experience for an East Hampton Village walk by Viv Corringham, a sound artist.

In Process at the Watermill Center will resume on Saturday with virtual presentations by Candace Hill, Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa, and Lucie Vitkova.

Student Body at Talkhouse, Michael LeClerc and Bosco Michne at Baron's Cove, the Jam Session is back, and more

New shows at Grenning Gallery and Roman Fine Art in Sag Harbor

A seven-acre property at 403 Abraham’s Path in Amagansett is the site for a proposed new East Hampton Town senior citizens center.

David Falkowski, the owner of the Open Minded Organics farm in Bridgehampton and CBD retail store in Sag Harbor, Sag Harbor Village Police Chief Austin McGuire, and members of New York's emerging cannabis industry will discuss the impacts of the state's marijuana legalization Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. in Sag Harbor's Steinbeck Waterfront Park at an event being dubbed Sag's 420 Freedom Rally.

Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalizations statewide have returned to pre-holiday season levels, which means further steps toward reopening can take place.

Energize East Hampton, a town initiative to connect residents and businesses with opportunities and programs that can reduce energy use and its costs, will host a series of webinars about sustainable transportation starting on Wednesday and continuing in May and June.

East End food pantries and the Main Street Church in Patchogue were the beneficiaries of a recent drive that sought donations of menstrual hygiene products for women and girls, according to an announcement by two Suffolk County legislators, Bridget Fleming and Rob Calarco. Approximately $3,000 worth of supplies were collected and distributed to women in need.