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A ‘Good Trouble’ Protest Up Next

Weeks after the “No Kings” rally brought an estimated 1,200 people to East Hampton Town Hall, another demonstration to protest the Trump administration will happen next Thursday, with a nod to the late civil rights icon John Lewis.

Jul 10, 2025
Countdown to the Three Mile Harbor Fireworks

The Clamshell Foundation's Great Bonac Fireworks Show over Three Mile Harbor is scheduled for Saturday at 9 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday. Because of the increase in boat traffic expected, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the closure of Three Mile Harbor to shellfishing starting at sunrise on Saturday. 

Jul 10, 2025
Item of the Week: On the F.H. Warner Bakery

This photo from The Star archive shows the F.H. Warner Bakery, built in 1893 and sometimes known as the Montauk Bakery, when it stood next to the Methodist Church, near Hook Mill.

Jul 10, 2025
Plover Nest Nixes Montauk Fireworks Show

The discovery of a piping plover nest on the beach near the launch site forced an 11th-hour cancellation of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce's Fourth of July fireworks show. “This would be the first documented breeding record of a piping plover in Montauk,” said Brent Bomkamp, a co-compiler of the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count in Montauk.

Jul 10, 2025
The Way It Was for July 10, 2025

It happened here, news junkies.

Jul 10, 2025
A Pyrotechnics Roundup for the Fourth and Beyond

As Independence Day weekend approaches, locals and visitors from all over the world are getting ready to pack together onto narrow strips of coveted coastline to partake in the time-honored tradition of the East End’s annual fireworks shows, each of which features the work of Fireworks by Grucci, the sixth-generation family-owned company based in Bellport.

Jul 3, 2025
Bluebirds Thriving in East Hampton

“I think this is the most concentrated spot for bluebirds in all of New York State,” said Joe Giunta on a drizzly Saturday morning as he walked along a segment of a bluebird trail on Daniel’s Hole Road, adjacent to 600 acres of relatively open space.

Jul 3, 2025
C.C.O.M. Has a New Board President

Concerned Citizens of Montauk announced the election of Jessica James as the new board president at its annual meeting last month. Ms. James succeeds David Freudenthal, who has led the organization’s mission to protect Montauk’s unique environment through education, advocacy, and citizen action since 2021.

Jul 3, 2025
Cyclists, Welcome to the Thunderdome

Recent roadwork on the shoulder of Route 114 between East Hampton and Sag Harbor has highlighted a truth long known to cyclists on the South Fork: Biking here can be terrifying.

Jul 3, 2025
Item of the Week: To the Customs Master, 1801

This letter from Joseph Anthony & Co. to Henry Packer Dering exemplifies some of the responsibilities held by the customs master in Sag Harbor.

Jul 3, 2025
On Democracy’s Guardrails

A discussion of the prosecutorial process and enforcing legal limits on the Trump administration will introduce a new era for the Hamptons Institute discussion series at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Monday at 7 p.m.

Jul 3, 2025
Pedaling and Paddling Toward Retirement

It may be bittersweet for Lee and Barbara Oldak of Amagansett Beach and Bicycle, which for three decades has met the outdoor recreation needs of South Fork residents and seasonal visitors, but this summer will be their last at the sales, rental, and repair shop at 1 Cross Highway.

Jul 3, 2025
The Way It Was for July 3, 2025

Fifty years ago, Judith Hope, town supervisor, showed some political backbone. Who knew that would become so rare?

Jul 3, 2025
A Newsletter on Being a Jew in Today’s America

One of the essential roles of religion, Rabbi Jan Uhrbach of the Bridge Shul in Bridgehampton said this week, is to “help us hold onto our humanity, and remind us of the higher values that go beyond money and power and position and all of those things, in a time when the values that I hold dear are not only being violated, they’re being rejected as values.”

Jun 26, 2025
Item of the Week: The Hemerocallis Garden, 1962

Hemerocallis may be an unfamiliar term, but the garden adjacent to Clinton Academy once bore the name. This photo shows the gate to the garden some two decades after its establishment in 1941.

Jun 26, 2025
Springs Food Pantry Sees the Need, Addresses It

The last few years have presented challenges the Springs Food Pantry’s founders could not have anticipated when it was first established. More than 600 families are now registered to receive the assistance it provides, and an average of 355 families are served each week.

Jun 26, 2025
The Way It Was for June 26, 2025

A 22-year-old parking attendant at Sagg Main Beach was flashed, threatened, cajoled, and offered bribes for beach access back in 2000. And more from the Hamptons wars, summertime and otherwise.

Jun 26, 2025
A Community-Minded Boutique

Gathering Marketplace, a new “community-driven retail concept,” opened last week at 82 Park Place in East Hampton, in the storefront left vacant by the Party Shoppe in February.

Jun 19, 2025
A New Tool for Water Quality Monitoring

Bacteria levels continued to exceed health standards at many sites on the East End in 2024. Now the public can access that data by way of new signs at beaches that link via QR code to a Blue Water Task Force website.

Jun 19, 2025
Hospital Agreement in the Works

Weeks before Stony Brook Medicine’s hospitals and providers were to be removed from UnitedHealthcare’s network following the expiration of a contract, the two parties have come to terms with respect to new agreements for hospital, physician, and ancillary services.

Jun 19, 2025
Item of the Week: History of the D.W. McCord House

This postcard from the Harvey Ginsberg Postcard Collection shows the D.W. McCord House on Hither Lane, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury. Dr. Clarence Rice was among its other esteemed owners.

Jun 19, 2025
It’s Purple Inside and Out, and It’s Here

Bioengineered in England, the Purple Tomato’s deep color is due to the presence of snapdragon genes, and the antioxidant-rich fruit is touted as having a longer shelf life than an heirloom variety.

Jun 19, 2025
Macklowe Is Eager to Sell

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals said Friday it wants action, not talk, from Harry Macklowe, the billionaire real estate developer whose 64 West End Road property has long flouted village law.

Jun 19, 2025
The Way It Was for June 19, 2025

When the Amagansett coast was mined — not by the Nazis, but by us. Fifty years later, there was a real invasion — of gypsy moths.

Jun 19, 2025
Two More Years for Sag Harbor Incumbents

Sag Harbor Village Mayor Thomas Gardella and Bob Plumb and Aiden Corish of the village board were each re-elected on Tuesday in uncontested races.

Jun 19, 2025
Canio’s Cultural Cafe Gets New Digs

Canio’s Cultural Cafe, the educational nonprofit that operated from Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor from 2009 until the bookstore’s closing in September, has found a new home at the Old Whalers Church, not far from its former Main Street site. 

Jun 12, 2025
East Hampton Pride in Pictures

There was rain, and then some, but there were plenty of rainbows at the East Hampton Village Pride Parade on Saturday, led this year by the Tony Award-winning performer, writer, and filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell as grand marshal. 

Jun 12, 2025
Housing Summit Saturday in Bridgehampton

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, in partnership with the Long Island Housing Coalition, will host an East End Community Housing Summit on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Jun 12, 2025
Item of the Week: Joshua Edwards’s Whaleboat, 1934

A celebration of the 143rd birthday of John Howard Payne was held throughout East Hampton over three weeks in 1934. This photo shows just one of the highlights, set up on the Guild Hall grounds.

Jun 12, 2025
L.V.I.S. Fair Is Set for Saturday

The Ladies Village Improvement Society’s annual fair happens on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and this year’s “is bigger than ever,” the society says. Not only will the carousel be back, but the Playland area for kids will be expanded. There will be face painting, a roving magician, a bubble artist, and pony rides for the little ones. 

Jun 12, 2025