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The Way It Was for October 10, 2024

Way back when, “two aged ladies of Bridgehampton” nearly died by gas. A hundred years later, Brookhaven Lab addressed plutonium in the Peconic River. And much more of consequence from The Star of Yore.

Oct 10, 2024
A Stroll to the Sea to Help ARF

Sunday’s Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser will bring together pet lovers in support of other animals in need of help.

Oct 3, 2024
Item of the Week: Martha Thompson’s Sampler, 1834

In 1834, 14-year-old Martha Thompson (1821-1854) made this sampler in Center Moriches. Detailed with the alphabet, her name, year of her birth, and a short poem, it was completed as a way for Martha to practice her needlework, writing, and reading skills.

Oct 3, 2024
No Trains This Weekend

Due to bridge and track maintenance on the Montauk branch of the Long Island Rail Road, trains will not run to or from the South Fork from very early Saturday morning, at 12:30 a.m., to Monday morning at 4.

Oct 3, 2024
Rent Hike at East Hampton Mobile Home Park

With the power line now fixed at East Hampton Village Mobile Home Community following a four-day summer outage, residents heard last week of a new issue stemming from the power failure: a 6-percent rent increase due to either “capital improvements” or increased “operating costs.” Now, residents wonder: Is that legal?

Oct 3, 2024
The Way It Was for October 3, 2024

House fires, bombing zones in Block Island Sound, and virus-killed birds. Here is a trip into the pungent past.

Oct 3, 2024
They Met and Married on the Beach

Emilie Erica Stoll and Jean Carlo Barrientos, who were married on Friday at Navy Beach in Montauk, still remember the exact date they met: July 23, 2014. They had both finished their freshman years at college. They were at the beach. “He was surfing the hurricane swell at Napeague that evening while she was going for a sunset dip,” they wrote. “He came up to her as she was walking back towards the parking lot and asked her name, and the rest is history.”

Oct 3, 2024
Winslow and Walker Are Wed

Leland E. Winslow and Chelsea C. Walker were married on Sept. 22, the anniversary of their first date, at East Wind in Wading River.

Oct 3, 2024
With Sign Down, Canio’s Books Faces Next Chapter

While the overstuffed bookstore is no longer, whatever comes next at 290 Main Street in Sag Harbor, locals will always know it as Canio’s.

Oct 3, 2024
Quite a Quahog at Amagansett Clam Contest

"Because of the weather, the only day we could go out clamming was Friday. We were out there for five hours," said Michael Fromm of Amagansett, whose efforts paid off when he emerged the overall winner of the East Hampton Town Trustees' 33rd Largest Clam Contest on Sunday.

Oct 1, 2024
Voters Approve Library Budget, Ballot Props in Sag Harbor

Voters in Sag Harbor, North Haven, and Noyac turned out last Thursday to approve, by a wide margin, the John Jermain Memorial Library's 2025 budget as well as tax-levy propositions for the Eastville Community Historical Society and the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum.

Sep 27, 2024
A New Pharmacy Is Coming to Montauk

Anxious Montauk residents can breathe a little easier now: While the hamlet’s only pharmacy, White’s Drug and Department Store, will close on Oct. 31, its pharmacist, Frank Calvo, has secured a location for a new iteration, to be called Montauk Chemists.

Sep 26, 2024
Apartment Complex Is in the Home Stretch

The East Hampton Housing Authority’s affordable housing project the Green at Gardiner’s Point is on its way to clearing the last few hurdles before its first tenants can officially move in.

Sep 26, 2024
Big Deal in the Works in Sag Harbor

Two of the most visible properties at the entryway to Sag Harbor, at 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue, are in contract to be sold, the listing agent, Hal Zwick of Compass, confirmed on Thursday.

Sep 26, 2024
Countdown to I-Tri's Ride and Wine Event

I-Tri, the South Fork-based girls’ empowerment program, will host its annual Ride and Wine fund-raising cycling event on Oct. 5, with a new route and a new spot for its afterparty.

Sep 26, 2024
East Hampton Library’s 2025 Budget Passes

With a final tally of 158 “yes” votes to 37 “no” votes, the East Hampton Library’s 2025 budget plan was approved by the community on Saturday.

Sep 26, 2024
Item of the Week: The Tyson Dunes, September 1976

Carolyn Tyson, former owner of an estate off Further Lane, left eight acres, part of the Double Dunes, to the Nature Conservancy, helping to preserve the landscape for coming generations.

Sep 26, 2024
On Civility in Uncivil Times

“Civility in the Era of Division,” a panel discussion at the LongHouse Reserve on Saturday afternoon at 4, will tackle a subject often on people’s minds. “Whether you identify as conservative or liberal, extrovert or introvert, aesthete or utilitarian — or any combination of contradictions — there are some things we can all agree on. But how do we muster the courage to live with candor and what are the leadership building blocks that can shape our future?” LongHouse asks on its website.

Sep 26, 2024
Services for the High Holy Days

The Jewish High Holy Days begin on Wednesday at sundown, and there will be Rosh Hashana observances in Sag Harbor and East Hampton.

Sep 26, 2024
The Clams’ Time to Shine

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest will be held on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station on Atlantic Avenue.

Sep 26, 2024
The Way It Was for September 26, 2024

Some things are inevitable in these pages over the years. Like rumrunning, breakwaters and dredging, and Fred Thiele.

Sep 26, 2024
Bridgehampton Kmart Will Close in October

Kmart, a longtime anchor tenant in the Bridgehampton Commons, has hired the liquidator Eldon W. Gottschalk & Associates to handle the sale of the store contents in advance of the store's permanent closure on Oct. 20.

Sep 23, 2024
Item of the Week: Whaling Log of the Daniel Webster

This whaling log, kept by Edward Mulford Baker (1810-1856), documents two voyages aboard the ship Daniel Webster. The first took place between 1833 and 1837, departing from Sag Harbor for the Pacific Ocean. Baker was first mate under Capt. Philetus Pierson (1801-1879) and documented the journey only between Aug. 27 and Sept. 19, 1833.

Sep 19, 2024
Library Budget Vote in Sag Harbor

Voters will gather next Thursday at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor to vote on the annual budget, elect three library board members, and weigh in on propositions to provide funding for the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum and the Eastville Community Historical Society.

Sep 19, 2024
Minke Whale Dies Off Montauk

A minke whale touched down briefly, alive, just west of Montauk’s Kirk Park Beach on Monday. It later moved off the beach, died, and has since been drifting about a mile offshore, according to Timothy Treadwell, East Hampton Town’s senior harbormaster. Marine Patrol had been monitoring the animal but lost sight of it by yesterday.

Sep 19, 2024
The Way It Was for September 19, 2024

A peek into the past, courtesy of the East Hampton Star archive.

Sep 19, 2024
Thar She Blows: White Whale Gets MAGA Graffiti

A floating whale that has been a mainstay of Sag Harbor's Harborfest for many years was the object of political vandalism when someone defaced it with the words "TRUMP MAGA."

Sep 16, 2024
Equipment Failure Limits Boat Traffic Through Shinnecock Canal

The Shinnecock Canal remains open to limited boat traffic despite the failure of a hinge on one of the lock gates overnight on Tuesday. The county is discouraging all non-emergency boat traffic.

Sep 13, 2024
Colonial Cemeteries Are Given New Life

While East Hampton Town boasts some large, well-known, historic cemeteries, less visible are the smaller family cemeteries dotted throughout the area. Some have just a single headstone. They’re visited infrequently, the families buried are older, and a handful have fallen into disrepair. Last week, restoration was completed on two of the town’s smaller colonial-era cemeteries.

Sep 12, 2024
Doctor Ordered to Vacate Longtime Wainscott Office

Dr. N. Patrick Hennessey, who has practiced dermatology out of the Wainscott Professional Center on Montauk Highway for the last 22 years, has relocated his practice to Southampton Village after being told to vacate the center. He was left scrambling, he wrote in a letter to patients, to see those who had booked appointments months in advance into September.

Sep 12, 2024