Villages

After heavy rain and flash flooding on Sunday, Concerned Citizens of Montauk’s weekly tests of water samples collected at sites in Montauk, Napeague, Amagansett, Springs, and East Hampton “revealed through-the-roof dangerous bacteria levels,” at all but two spots, including test spots on the ocean.

The "cup count," now a popular community attraction at the Monogram Shop in East Hampton, has accurately predicted four out of five winners of presidential races since its inception in 2004.

The Fire Department-sponsored fireworks show scheduled for Saturday night at East Hampton Village's Main Beach has been canceled, with a potential new date to be announced in the next two weeks. Main Beach has also been closed to swimming for the time being.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons will host its annual Bow Wow Meow Ball on Saturday to commemorate its 50th anniversary with a night of cocktails, dinner, and dancing the proceeds of which support ARF’s work to help animals in need.

With a recent surge in demand from hospitals, the New York Blood Center is in urgent need of type O+ and O- donors. The organization is seeing the lowest levels of donated blood since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, according to a release.

A tale of two artists: This Star photo by Helen Harrison shows the 8-foot-by-20-foot mural Jimmy Ernst painted on David Shaw’s Amagansett house.

In June, when Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo ordered the dissolution of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, the only question left unanswered was what would happen with the nearly $400,000 in the association’s bank account.

While an earlier meeting in July addressed residents’ most immediate concern — frequent and long-lasting electrical outages at the East Hampton Village Manufactured Home Community — a follow-up meeting last week addressed issues with septic tanks, roads, and general safety, in addition to the electrical issues.

Traffic was in the sights of the Sag Harbor Village Board Tuesday night, as members rejected two proposals to stem the incessant flow and issued a request for more, hoping to bring in some new engineering voices.

A Sag Harbor woman took down two trees and is now facing two charges: One for removing a tree of over 12 inches in diameter without a permit, and one for removing a tree that was on village property.

The Montauk Historical Society, Eastville Community Historical Society, and the Southampton African American Museum have come together to organize Amistad Week, a series of educational and commemorative events beginning next Thursday, centered around the 128-foot schooner Amistad, a replica of a vessel that held an infamous place in world history.

Strikes hit the Fahys Watchcase Factory in Sag Harbor 100 years ago and the A&P here 50 years ago. Plus a hair-raising airplane crash over North Haven.

The Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria will speak out about his personal journey of substance misuse and recovery at a family event for the nonprofit Generation S.O.S.on Sunday in Water Mill.

Amid a pervading sense of uncertainty — politics and international affairs being what they are — something positive is happening here, as a rabbi and a minister engage in friendly dialogue and instructive commentary on “the best parables of Jewish and Christian literature.”

It may have been from 185 years ago, but Juliana MacLachlan Gardiner’s letter from Saratoga Springs to her daughter expresses the same anxieties of a parent of a teen today.

The Flying Point Foundation for Autism has two goals in announcing its new Crush It! campaign: challenge people to reach personal health goals while raising money for the organization.

Leaders of the Shinnecock Indian Nation broke ground Friday on a gas station and travel plaza on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays that will span approximately 10 acres of tribal territory just north of the highway’s westbound lanes and is expected to be complete by the spring of 2025.

Fifty years ago a message in a bottle — actually a plea for help — washed up on Three Mile Hollow Beach. Just one of many curiosities of life as it was once lived here.

In collaboration with OLA of Eastern Long Island, three local Latino youths have begun building a professional network and affinity group for their peers. The ambitious project will kick off on Saturday night at LTV Studios in Wainscott.

In a converted 1988 Airstream he calls the Gratitude Bus, Stephan Cesarini has been traveling the country on a mission to collect dreams. “The dream question is just a prompt to create human connection. That’s what this bus represents,” he said.

The earliest iteration of the Hampton Jitney began traversing the roads of the South Fork 50 years ago, on the heels of the first oil shock, which sent gas prices soaring and had people looking for alternatives to their cars. Half a century later, it’s hard to imagine the South Fork without the Hampton Jitney, especially if you’re a commuter or part-time resident.

This photo by Eileen Bock, from The Star's archive, shows the Rev. Thomas Holmes of the Montauk Community Church and the Rev. John Traynor, rector of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church, granting blessings to a waiting flotilla in Montauk.

The Montauk Indian Museum usually opens for the summer season on Memorial Day, but this year it has remained closed as the Montauk Historical Society eyes an evolution of the museum in the wake of new federal rules enacted in January concerning the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. 

At the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro on June 21, Summer Romeo told her fellow hikers that she could never do the climb again. “We were literally crying from sleep deprivation, agony, headaches, and nausea.” But by journey's end, she was already thinking ahead to her next adventure.

Bicycling was so popular just before the turn of the 20th century that a plea went out for a way to stand the two-wheelers up when riders dismounted to head into the post office or village shops. Plus other tidbits from the venerable Star’s past.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton has announced that, for the fifth year, it is awarding thousands of dollars in grants to local organizations through its grassroots High Impact Community Outreach program. 

Covid infections are on the rise again, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, and doctors and medical professionals here are urging people to remember the lessons learned during the pandemic to keep themselves healthy. 

The exhibition “Hats Off: 300 Years of Headwear in East Hampton,” which provides a narrative of the town’s history back to its founding, is on view every day from now until Sept. 1 at the East Hampton Historical Society’s Clinton Academy on Main Street.

This photo shows David J. Gardiner’s livestock in front of his barns. Gardiner (1840-1924) lived in the Gardiner Brown House, at 95 Main Street in East Hampton Village, with these barns on the property.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association honored Tom Field, a CPR and first-aid instructor for 40 years, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. for getting the state to recognize Jet Skis as rescue equipment , and Tom Casse, a surf instructor and trained lifeguard who made a dramatic nighttime save in Montauk in 2022.