I’ve roamed 23 South Fork graveyards, from Southampton to Sag Harbor. I dig surprises, and what has more surprises per square foot than a cemetery?

Because of an ongoing surge in home sales, the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund collected $21.07 million in revenues in January, the second-largest monthly amount in the program’s 22-year history.

AMAGANSETT

Phyllis H. Kramer to Andrew W. Seigel, 8 Seabreeze Lane, Dec. 1, $2,800,000.

Hamptons Five-O L.L.C. to Jesse and Joanna Jacobs, 15 Hedges Lane, Dec. 8, $5,250,000.

Furthest East L.L.C. to Pleasant J5 L.L.C., 472 Further Lane, Dec. 24, $8,000,000.

Interesting Choice
East Hampton
February 23, 2021

Dear David,

This past week, the Ladies Village Improvement Society announced its choice for their very first executive director. Its choice is unexpected and disappointing.

The governor spoke at length about three women's allegations of inappropriate behavior in remarks to the press during a regular update on the coronavirus pandemic.

Southampton Town residents can now buy beach permits online, the town announced this week, allowing them to bypass the Parks and Recreation Department line and have a contactless and paperless transaction.

In Daphne Merkin's novel, Judith Stone is a book editor in 1990s Manhattan in a relationship of “erotic compliance” and “self-abandon” — not erotica, but literary erotic psychology.

Last spring, with the help of his mother’s 10-year-old sourdough starter and cooking in his in-laws’ Water Mill kitchen, Stephen Robinson decided to ride the sourdough wave.

Cooking for St. Paddy's Day, new dinner specials, and Ayurvedic cuisine for delivery

The acclaimed American sculptor Mel Kendrick has spent most of the last 40 years taking things apart and putting them back together.

Hosted and produced by Judy D'Mello and Jeremy Warshaw and focused on loneliness, the podcast "Is Anybody Out There?" is of particular use during this time of human distancing.

Sag Cinema's filmmaker talks continue, HIFF opens submissions process, a talk about women's migration, and workshops at Watermill Center

Art, race, and politics, and an award-winning novel about restitution and faith are the subjects of two upcoming presentations from Guild Hall.

Parrish Pairings bring a new twist and influential voices to the discussion table, and more.

In one of the East End art world's most consistent and democratic traditions, Guild Hall will hold its 83rd Artist Members Exhibition beginning Saturday.

East Hampton Town on Tuesday formally launched a vaccine "hub" website for town residents to sign up to receive Covid-19 vaccine appointments. It is accessible at ehtownvaccine.org.

The East Hampton Town Police Department has announced that school crossing guard positions are available.

The Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons organization informed Mayor Jerry Larsen on Saturday that the group had recently spotted turtles in the pond. They asked to have the dredging delayed so that other turtles, including hatchlings, could be safely removed.

East Hampton’s Ladies Village Improvement Society shops reopened on Saturday morning with new spring merchandise as well as new safety measures in light of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. 

Village police said the arrest followed a months-long investigation. The defendant turned himself in on Wednesday.