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Named to National Register

In a move long anticipated by its supporters, the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station on Atlantic Avenue has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Aug 23, 2018
Many Causes for Celebration

To mark the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of East Hampton Village, a series of celebrations will take place in the summer of 2020, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. announced at Friday’s board meeting.

Aug 22, 2018
Atlantic Terrace, an oceanfront hotel on Oceanview Terrace in Montauk, includes guest rooms with kitchenettes, a restaurant, boutique, and pool. Atlantic Terrace Is Sold

Bridgeton Holdings, a corporation with an expansive portfolio of office, retail, hospitality, and residential properties across the country, bought the 96-room beachfront Atlantic Terrace hotel in Montauk last month. It recently opened Journey East Hampton on Pantigo Road, an upscale recreation of the Inn at East Hampton, a two-story complex that had bare bones amenities. 

Aug 16, 2018
Jay Hammel, who has owned Murf’s Backstreet Tavern since 2007, has put the building up for sale. Murf’s Hits the Market

Murf’s Backstreet Tavern in Sag Harbor is on the market for $3.5 million, according to Lee Minetree, a broker at Saunders and Associates.

Aug 16, 2018
Public Army Attacks Beach Litter

Carolyn Munaco, a Hampton Bays artist and teacher, advocates for clean local beaches, often picking up litter, and she spreads awareness about pollution through her art, which sometimes is made of garbage collected during beach cleanups. She also promotes environmental events on social media, posting images of garbage and her artwork.

Aug 16, 2018
Two Clam Nurseries Launch

As part of the Long Island Shellfish Restoration Project that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced last September, a two-year effort to raise four million clams in Lake Montauk has launched with the installation of two floating upweller systems at Gurney’s Yacht Club in Montauk.

Aug 16, 2018
Construction of the retaining walls under the village’s railroad trestles will include the installation of concrete blocks. Upgrades for L.I.R.R. Trestles and Station

Construction of retaining walls under the railroad trestles on Accabonac Road and North Main Street in East Hampton Village, which began earlier this month, is expected to continue until spring 2019.

Aug 16, 2018
Where Lives Unfold Over a Slice

There is almost never a time when Fierro’s isn’t busy, and if you’ve been there, you can understand why. The pizzeria, which celebrates its 35th anniversary in East Hampton this week, has survived and thrived not only on the strength of its popular pies — served 362 days a year — but on the amicability of its owners, John and Al Fierro.

Aug 16, 2018
Baldwins’ Parenting Series

Hilaria Baldwin will host Linda Mayes, M.D., of the Yale Child Study Center on Wednesday in the first in a series of talks on parenting presented by the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center and the East Hampton Library.

Aug 9, 2018
Landmark Status for Three Neighborhoods?

Residents of Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach, predominately black neighborhoods popularly known as SANS, cheered when they learned on Saturday that their communities are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Aug 9, 2018
For Alicia Engstrom

Visiting hours for Alicia Nicole Engstrom will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Aug 8, 2018
A dead humpback whale measuring between 30 and 35 feet washed up on the ocean beach near the Hermitage at Napeague last Thursday. Dead Humpback on Napeague

A severely decomposed humpback whale washed ashore on Napeague last Thursday morning, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society reported.

Aug 2, 2018
Pollock-Krasner Center May Lose $10,000

The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs ­­could lose $10,000 in state funding and take a hit to other revenue streams because the Town of East Hampton has mandated a switch to visits by appointment only, which went into effect yesterday.

Aug 2, 2018
To Mars and Beyond

The Montauk Observatory has a number of events coming up this month for those interested in stars, planets, and galaxies far, far away

Aug 2, 2018
Benefit Builds Tech Chops

The fifth annual benefit for All Star Code, an organization that helps African-American and Latino boys attain the skills, networks, and mind-sets to succeed in computer science and coding, happens on Saturday evening at the East Hampton residence of Loida Lewis.

Jul 26, 2018
Keeping up a family tradition, Nettie Rattray enjoyed last year’s Ladies Village Improvement Society Fair. This year’s fair is on Saturday. Family Fun, Auctions Too

The family-friendly East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society summer fair returns for the 122nd year on Saturday, offering live music, plenty of food, the traditional Playland children’s area, shopping for thrift store clothing and toys, and a carousel.

Jul 26, 2018
Two More Months of Roundabout Work

The roundabout being constructed at the intersection of Route 114 and Buell and Toilsome Lanes in East Hampton Village will not be finished until early fall

Jul 26, 2018
It’s the Pool Fence Follies, Folks

’Tis the season to construct a swimming pool, if the applications before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday are any indication.

Jul 19, 2018
William Barber's Fiery Call to Moral Action

The marches and rallies that have sprung up since Donald J. Trump was elected president have brought together disaffected Americans who in the past would have been called liberal thinkers and who for the most part have supported movements for marriage equality, women’s rights, gay rights, and L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

Jul 19, 2018
Sag Harbor Revisits Impound Site

A small procession of people, some wearing stickers that read “Protect the Long Pond Greenbelt,” voiced concern at a Sag Harbor Village Board public hearing on Tuesday evening about the board’s proposed use of a 24-acre site off the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike as an impound yard for vehicles seized by its Police Department.

Jul 12, 2018
Go West, Young Man. This Poet Did . . .

Aside from its collection of historical materials, the Long Island Collection possesses quite a bit of literature by Long Island authors. The portrait at right is of George Sterling, a poet and playwright who was recognized in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the greatest American poets of the early 20th century.

Jul 11, 2018
Charging Stations Ahead

Montauk has changed a lot in the last decade, and Tesla, Elon Musk’s top-of-the-line electric car company, has taken notice. The company is hoping to build charging stations at several spots around the hamlet, among them Kirk Park Beach and the town parking lot behind White’s on the Plaza — servicing not only its own vehicles but other electric cars as well.

Jul 5, 2018
Equality in the Hamptons

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center’s Thinking Forward Lecture Series, which is presented in partnership with Guild Hall, will feature “Equality in the Hamptons: Burying Our Heads in the Sand?”

Jul 5, 2018
A fence erected on the beach at the end of Flaggy Hole Road in Springs was put in the wrong place and will soon be moved. Fence Up and Down Again

Residents of Flaggy Hole Road in Springs who frequent the Gardiner’s Bay beach at Maidstone Park were surprised on June 25 to see East Hampton Town Parks Department workers installing a fence there, perpendicular to the beach, and complained that not only would the fence stop them from parking at the beach but also destroy their sunset views.

Jul 5, 2018
A Match Made by Match.com

Philip Cammann, formerly of Bridgehampton, and Cathy Taldone of Shoreham were married last Thursday at the Old Field Club in Setauket. The Hon. Linda J. Kevins, a Suffolk County Supreme Court justice, officiated.

Jun 28, 2018
Thomas Gardella Gardella Gets Seat on Board

After losing his first bid, by just five votes, for a seat on the Sag Harbor Village Board in 2017, Thomas Gardella, the former chief of the village’s Fire Department, had a much happier election night on June 19 when he captured one of two seats on the board in an uncontested election.

Jun 28, 2018
A rendering of the proposed 150-seat theater at the Montauk Playhouse  Community Center, above, as envisioned by the project’s architect, Scott  DiBerardino of Island Structures Engineering. The theater is intended for performances, lectures, and conferences. Below, the proposed aquatics center, which is to include a 25-yard fitness pool. Playhouse Expansion Nears

The Montauk Playhouse Community Center foundation, which is hoping to renovate the west side of the playhouse, applied on Tuesday to the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals for the variances necessary to begin construction.

Jun 28, 2018
Sculpture Lighting Debated

In an uncharacteristically brief meeting on Friday, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals closed three continued hearings and all six new hearings on its agenda.

Jun 28, 2018
Shop and Dine for Lyme

Concern about what has been described as an unusually large number of ticks this spring — and the potential for increased instances of Lyme disease — has given rise to a first-time fund-raising effort by stores and restaurants on the North and South Forks.

Jun 28, 2018
Married at Devon Yacht Club

John Augustine Wick and Madeline Katherine Chiavini were married on the dock at the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett on June 2. Rabbi Kyle Cotler, a friend of the couple, officiated, and a reception with dinner and dancing followed on the yacht club deck.

Jun 21, 2018