Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that Sunrise Wind, a joint venture of the Danish energy company Orsted and the Connecticut company Eversource, and Empire Wind, proposed by the Norwegian company Equinor, have each been awarded contracts to develop offshore wind farms — one of them some 30 miles east of Montauk.
Cement Block Hurled at Tesla
A Greenlawn man was charged with a felony after throwing a cement block through the windshield and rear window of a 2018 Tesla that was parked at a rental house on Big Reed Path in Montauk on Saturday night, East Hampton Town police said.
Jul 18, 2019
A 20-year-old was arrested on a felony assault charge after stabbing his mother following a birthday party at their house in Springs on July 7, East Hampton Town Justice Court records show.
Jul 18, 2019
An under-age man was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge after flipping the Honda Odyssey he was driving in Amagansett on Friday night.
Jul 18, 2019
D.E.C. Asks Orsted for More Fish Info
The agency has identified several "deficiencies" — primarily regarding the effect on a variety of fish species — in the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable plan.
Southampton Makes Big Strides on Sustainability
The Town of Southampton is making significant progress on a range of sustainability initiatives to protect the environment, members of the town’s sustainability advisory committee told the town board last Thursday.
Shellfish Hatchery May Move
The East Hampton Town Board moved forward Tuesday on a plan to relocate the town’s shellfish hatchery from Fort Pond Bay in Montauk to a property at the corner of Gann Road and Babe’s Lane in Springs that was acquired for $2.1 million last year.
ARTS
Jakob Dylan is capping off a busy year with a visit to the South Fork. His film “Echo in the Canyon,” about the Laurel Canyon music scene in Los Angeles during the 1960s, was released in late May, and he is on tour with his band the Wallflowers this summer.
Jul 18, 2019
Entre nous, times seem a bit tight at Chatsworth House in England, the Duke of Devonshire’s baroque jewel in the Derbyshire countryside, about 160 miles north of London. Peregrine (Stoker) Cavendish, the 12th duke in the Devonshire dynasty, which began in 1640, was onstage recently to tell a packed John Drew Theater all about noble poverty and his leaky ancestral home.
Jul 18, 2019
The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival’s theme this summer is “Winds of Change,” which has a triple meaning: music for woodwind instruments, music by women composers, and, more broadly, musical and societal changes.
Jul 18, 2019
The Art Scene: 07.18.19
New shows at Rental, Firestone, Lehr, Ille, White Room, and elsewhere.
Bits and Pieces: 07.18.19
Donna Karan and Julian Schnabel to be honored at LongHouse, an outdoor “Bowie Show” in Southampton, and the Great American (Folk) Songbook in Bridgehampton.
Into Colonialism’s Dark Heart
What to make of “Cold Case Hammarskjold,” Mads Brugger’s idiosyncratic odyssey into the vile heart of African colonialism and the conspiracy theories surrounding it to this day?
Jul 18, 2019
Rebecca Knox Does It All
Growing up, Rebecca Knox, who just wrapped the final season of “Orange Is the New Black,” never acted in school. In fact, she never raised her hand in class, because she knew she would turn bright red and feel like throwing up. “I hated an audience,” she said at her family’s house in East Hampton. Next week she has a short, “Cavity,” screening at Guild Hall.
Jul 18, 2019
