Villages

Research and memories are the underpinnings of Robert Hefner's bacykard orchard in Amagansett.

The Bridgehampton Lions Club’s Carving Contest, a tradition anticipated by adults and kids alike, is moving to a new location and a new day of the week this year: Sunday at the Corwith House.

A host of environmental organizations will come together on Sunday at LTV Studios to celebrate the life and work of Larry Penny, former director of the town’s Natural Resources Department and author of The Star’s “Nature Notes” column.

This turn-of-the-20th-century photo shows the James Huntting house in the village in its original majesty, ghosts or no.

The public has been invited to “Times That Try Our Souls — Let the Healing Begin,” which will bring together leaders from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, on Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton.

Rabbi Josh Franklin will be leaving the Jewish Center of the Hamptons when his contract concludes in May, after nine years in the position. 

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A crowd that was estimated at 2,000 to 2,500 and included several Democratic elected officials gathered at East Hampton Town Hall on Saturday for the latest "No Kings" protest against the Trump administration.

“It’s an incredible moment here, of course,” Leon Morris, a former rabbi at Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor, wrote this week from Israel. “Mixed with all the emotions of the enormous losses for us, and of course for the innocent Palestinians in Gaza.”

Ahead of their induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, Bill Evans and Gary Sapiane of WLNG were recognized with proclamations from the Sag Harbor Village Board on Tuesday.

You never know what you’ll find at a yard sale. Like the architectural plans for the redone Pussy’s Pond bridge in Springs.

Private driveways branch off a long and winding Old Montauk Highway, and to a first-time visitor the place is a kind of dreamscape, one that grows more surreal when the gate is opened and soon it is before you: the Stone House.

Three months after a “Good Trouble Lives On” rally outside Town Hall, the next local protest organized by People for Democracy East Hampton happens on Saturday, in a vastly different political landscape.

The Hamptons International Film Festival has been a significant industry event for over three decades now. As this year’s festival came and went, four organizers at the helm reflected on how it has evolved, and where it will go from here.

In 1975, pilots complained to the town about the cost of fuel and tie-downs at the airport. In 2000, the public acquisition of Shadmoor on the Montauk bluffs was celebrated. And more ripped from our pages.

Rain forced postponement of this year’s Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show at the Amagansett Firehouse. It has been rescheduled for Sunday.

Bad cell service remains a problem in Sag Harbor, so CityScape Consultants again addressed the village board on how to proceed with towers, carriers, and the public.

The Springs Food Pantry’s annual Chowdah Chowdown fund-raiser will return to the Springs Tavern and Grill on Saturday afternoon with all-you-can-eat chowder and soup from local chefs, live music by Josh Brussell, a mocktail bar, and a 50-50 raffle with a cash prize.

The Animal Rescue Fund's Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser, the annual two-mile dog walk from Mulford Farm to Main Beach and back, will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

The 44th annual Montauk Fall Fest happens on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the downtown green. 

A group of filmmakers, runners, walkers, and spectators will meet at Gubbins Perfect Fit in East Hampton Friday at 8 a.m. for a community 5K run and walk to Main Beach and back that is connected to the Hamptons International Film Festival screening of the documentary “Remaining Native.”

This autograph book kept by Mary Howard Greene Thompson between 1830 and 1839 is an early version of today’s school yearbook, with messages and drawings left by friends and family to be read when they were apart.

Unseasonably warm weather and the promise of hard clam delicacies including chowder, pies, and clams on the half shell drew what was likely the largest crowd in the history of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest to the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum.

In 1900, the friendly neighborhood Star evoked sizzling sausages and hot griddle cakes to welcome fall. And other, more prosaic entries from our past pages.

May the best clam win! The East Hampton Town Trustees’ 34th annual Largest Clam Contest happens on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum. 

With Banned Books Week set to begin on Monday, local librarians report that, for the most part, South Fork libraries have dodged the clutches of a censorship trend that has been on the rise across the country and elsewhere on Long Island. 

These photos are from an album donated in 1979 that was likely compiled by a family member of Gilbert Huntting Cooper (1819-1890), either one of his children or his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gardiner Cooper (1822-1905).

The building that houses Sam’s Bar and Restaurant on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has been sold to Robert Zecher, founder of Vault Development, and a small group of investors. 

The nonprofit organization Heart of Springs will host its second annual SpringsFest, a community music festival, on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. on the grounds of the Parsons Blacksmith Shop. 

In the fall of 2000 a big blow off the coast was a boon to surfers, and a lucky break for the fishermen they saved after a boat capsized. And more dramatic and not-so-dramatic snippets from our past coverage.