Neighbors questioned a proposal to buy a 2.5-acre parcel outside Sag Harbor on which to build housing, but following that public hearing last Thursday the East Hampton Town Board unanimously approved the $890,000 purchase.
Neighbors questioned a proposal to buy a 2.5-acre parcel outside Sag Harbor on which to build housing, but following that public hearing last Thursday the East Hampton Town Board unanimously approved the $890,000 purchase.
Two Cops Move Up and a Lawyer Moves OnTwo members of the East Hampton Village Police Department have been promoted and the village board’s longtime lawyer is retiring, it was announced at Friday’s meeting of the village board.
It's Hammer Time at East Hampton L.I.R.R. TrestlesNorth Main Street in East Hampton Village will be closed between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday as construction crews build a foundation for a new railroad bridge.
The Hampton Library’s annual budget vote and trustee election will happen on Tuesday, with voting from 2 to 9 p.m.
He Met Every Requirement, and Then SomeFelicity Carmichael Sundlun and Eric Kavan Spencer were married on Saturday in the Amagansett garden of Nina Gillman, a family friend.
Last Thursday, State Supreme Court Judge William Ford denied a motion by the owners of nearly six acres of reserved land near Stony Hill Road in Amagansett to lift a temporary restraining order stopping them from cutting down trees or doing any other work there.
The Springs Football Team, 1929Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection
They Met in Israel and Married in MontaukRaymond W. Bimson and Hanna Palamarchuk were married on Aug. 31 in Montauk in an outdoor ceremony at the home of the groom’s mother, Jane Bimson. Bruna DiBiase, a New York City judge, officiated.
Wen and Gibbons Wed at Wiborg’s BeachCora Evelynn Wen and David Scott Gibbons were married at Wiborg’s Beach in East Hampton on Saturday morning in a brief ceremony attended by friends and family that was officiated by Wickham Boyle, an author and friend of the family who is ordained in the Universal Life Church.
#&@$*! Those Lighted CrosswalksThe road to hell, the adage goes, is paved with good intentions, but the three lighted crosswalks installed on Montauk’s Main Street earlier this year have created hellish conditions for motorists and pedestrians alike, the hamlet’s residents told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.
Mary Vorpahl of East Hampton celebrated her 80th birthday with family and friends at a surprise party on Sunday at Harbor Bistro in Springs.
Proposals to start a bicycle-sharing program in East Hampton Village, to upgrade the septic system at Herrick Park’s bathrooms, and to redesign the parking lot at Chase Bank on Main Street, were discussed at the village board meeting last Thursday.
The Army Corps of Engineers may dredge Montauk Harbor to a greater depth and width than it presently calls for, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said at the town board’s work session on Tuesday. The spoil would be deposited to the west of the western jetty, where erosion has long battered the beach.
Legion Honors Striking History of ServiceTo mark this year’s 100th anniversary of the American Legion, members of Sag Harbor’s Chelberg and Battle Post 388 have created a remembrance journal to honor the service of village veterans. The book will be presented to members at a dinner celebrating the centennial on Tuesday, and then made available to the public.
The town-owned parking lot behind Amagansett Main Street will see some big changes in the near future, if the East Hampton Town Board accepts new recommendations from the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee. The lot was the center of attention Monday night at a well-attended meeting of the committee.
Restored Dominy Shop Rises in East HamptonThe newly restored Dominy woodworking shop began rising on Tuesday in its original location on North Main Street. The 18th-century structure was moved by truck, with a police escort, from Mulford Farm to a 5,400-square-foot parcel adjacent to the municipal parking lot.
Sag Harbor Parish Named in Child Victims Act SuitSag Harbor’s St. Andrew parish is among about 170 parishes around the state named in a widespread sex abuse complaint brought by people who say they were abused, as children, by clergy at those parishes and in some cases their schools.
9/11 Memorial DedicationThe East Hampton Sons of the American Legion will dedicate a 9/11 memorial on the post’s grounds in Amagansett on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
East Hampton Residence of Mrs. R.S. BowneThe story of the Robert Southgate Bowne house, seen in this postcard, begins with a death notice recorded in The East Hampton Star on March 20, 1886.
Grandpa’s Tractor, Back in FamilyJames Froehlich never got to know his maternal grandfather, John P. Babinski, who died in 1998 when he was only 2 years old. But he feels closer to him when he cranks the flywheel to start the 1937 John Deere that his grandfather worked the fields with for several decades, and then hops in to ride it up and down Sagg Main Street.
Just Plane Fun Day Now on SaturdayClassic aircraft, vintage cars, and modern jets will be on display at the East Hampton Aviation Association’s Just Plane Fun Day on Saturday, after having been moved to the rain date of Sunday temporarily, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at East Hampton Airport.
Steinbeck, From Sag Harbor to DogpatchA 66-year-old paperback called “The World of Li’l Abner,” with a cover price of 35 cents, turned up recently in a pile of old books destined for an Amagansett yard sale, and if the owner, who declined to be identified, hadn’t noticed the name of John Steinbeck on the cover, it would have been sold by now for a nickel.
Stony Hill Land Protected, But for What?The owners of nearly six acres of reserved land in Amagansett, who were stopped from cutting down trees there after the Peconic Land Trust won a temporary restraining order last month, insisted they have the legal right to clear the land for agricultural use, and filed a motion to have the restraining order dismissed on Friday.
After the 1967 PowwowItem of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection
In the Studio for WildlifeDisappointed but determined after the East Hampton Town Board’s cool reception to the East Hampton Group for Wildlife’s request for a one-weekend-day ban on hunting, a member of the group is planning to communicate support for animal rights by recording a song.
Long Wharf Revamp Begins Soon“People can see the plans for Long Wharf, and the conceptual plans for Steinbeck Park, and tell us what they like, and what they don’t like,” Sag Harbor Mayor Kathleen Mulcahy said.
Around for more than 25 years, the pantry’s main location serves up to 180 households of varying sizes each week, said Stacy Holmes, the administrative assistant.
As Labor Day approaches, so too does the height of tick season on the East End. An explosion of dozens of red bites up and down legs spells out quite an itch for victims, as well as perhaps some more dangerous side effects.
‘Mayor of Amagansett’ Turns 90A model in Paris, a secretary in Belgium, a columnist and candidate in Brooklyn, and the long-serving, unofficial mayor of Amagansett. “I’ve had an interesting life,” Joan Tulp said on Monday.
Eagle Soars Back Into WildChewy the bald eagle, found dehydrated and emaciated in Amagansett in June, soared back into the wild on Saturday after being rehabilitated at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays.
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