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Married and Sailing Off Together

Zoe Cohen married her longtime beau, Levi Shaw-Faber, on Saturday afternoon at 5 at a stunning spot next to Georgica Pond.

Aug 24, 2023
Flesh-Eating Bacteria a Threat in Warm Water

In recent weeks a deadly bacterium found in warm seawater and in raw seafood has killed at least three people in New York and Connecticut, including a Brookhaven Town resident, and sickened at least one resident of East Hampton Town.

Aug 24, 2023
Item of the Week: A Sportfishing World Record Holder

This 1951 image of Sara Chisholm Farrington (1907-1992), an accomplished hunter, sportfisherwoman, and author, comes from The East Hampton Star’s archive.

Aug 24, 2023
The Way It Was for Aug. 24, 2023

A piano tuner comes to Sag Harbor. That's 1898. One hundred years later, outraged citizens sang a tune of complaint when they gathered in an effort to stop the Rennert monstrosity in the Sagaponack dunes.

Aug 24, 2023
Rabbi Alleges Antisemitism in Pavilion Opposition

An allegation of antisemitism arose during an Aug. 11 East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals meeting that included a public hearing on the Jewish Center of the Hamptons’ application to add an outdoor pavilion with an amplification system and lighting to its Woods Lane property.

Aug 24, 2023
A New Take on the Tampon, Lifeguard-Style

Amanda Calabrese, an East Hampton native and former lifeguard at Ditch Plain and Indian Wells Beaches, with her friend Greta Meyer, has disrupted the female hygiene industry so prominently that they have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2023.

Aug 24, 2023
Volunteer English Teachers Needed

Two weeks after opening registration for the new school year, Ruta27, an English-language program for adults, already has 60 students enrolled and expects more than 200 by the time evening classes start on Sept. 12 at East Hampton High School. To help meet the demand, the nonprofit is looking for volunteers interested in teaching English.

Aug 17, 2023
And the Wind Farm Foundations Are In

Installation of the 13 monopile foundations that will support the South Fork Wind farm’s 12 turbines and offshore substation is complete, the wind farm’s developers, Orsted and Eversource, announced last week. Additional foundation components, including platforms and anode cages, are also being installed.

Aug 17, 2023
Food Insecurity and Waste: Law and Real Estate Firms Into the Breach

East Hampton Town is a place of both abundance and scarcity, an extreme example of the widening gap between rich and poor. But a new initiative, Hamptons Pantry Pickup, aims to connect the two, in a sense, while simultaneously reducing waste and providing for those in need.

Aug 17, 2023
Item of the Week: Lost Generation at the Maidstone Cabanas

This photograph from The East Hampton Star’s archive shows a group of eight lounging on the beach in front of the Maidstone Club cabanas. They look as if they escaped from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, and the photo captures the spirit of a summer beach day.

Aug 17, 2023
To Minimize Wind Farm's Risk to Birds

A 2021 American Bird Conservancy model estimated that 1.17 million birds are killed by wind turbines in the United States annually, though nearly all turbines in operation at present are on land. A spokeswoman for the South Fork Wind farm’s developers said this week they have conducted extensive research in crafting measures to minimize risk to birds when the offshore wind farm is operational.

Aug 17, 2023
Eyeing a Covid Uptick

Covid-19 cases have been increasing across New York State in recent weeks, with a new Omicron subvariant to blame. The good news, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital said this week, is that even among people who are admitted with Covid, it has not recently seen patients who are in need of intensive care treatment.

Aug 17, 2023