Amistad Week, organized by the Southampton African American Museum, the Eastville Community Historical Society, and the Montauk Historical Society, features six days of events centered around a replica of the schooner Amistad, which anchored off Fort Pond Bay in Montauk in the summer of 1839 after the enslaved men on board overthrew their captors and gained control of the ship.
On Friday, in a unanimous decision, the village board terminated two easements and renegotiated the use of the Osborn-Jackson House on Main Street. It will no longer have to be a museum.
The $16.1 million project, paid for with a combination of town money, New York State grants, and an $8.25 million donation from the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation, is on schedule, with construction expected to be complete by June 2025. Construction crews recently finished a major component: the "monolithic pour" of cement for the ceiling above the swimming pool.
The weather forecast looks pleasant for Saturday, when Lois Peltz and Jerry Brown will lead a bike ride through Wainscott, Sagaponack, and Water Mill for the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society from 9 a.m. to noon.
