A house under construction in Wainscott experienced heavy damage after a fire tore through it Friday morning.
Town Seeks to Settle Airport Litigation
East Hampton Town is looking to settle with the plaintiffs who sued to block its attempt to close the town airport in 2022 and reopen it with restrictions meant to address town residents’ years of complaints, Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez announced at a town board work session Tuesday.
February 20, 2025
Police & Courts
Police responded to a drunken brawl on Rolling Woods Court in Wainscott late last Thursday night. A fight between two men had spilled over into a driveway. One of the two, bleeding from a punch in the face, pushed the other to the ground, "scratching his rib cage," according to the report.
Feb 20, 2025
As many as 40 burglar alarms were triggered across both residential and commercial properties in East Hampton Town last week, in some places more than once in 24 hours.
Feb 20, 2025
A driver claimed that icy roads led to a crash, but police said he had failed a roadside sobriety test. He sustained a head injury with minor bleeding, they said, while his passenger was found to be semiconscious.
Feb 20, 2025
State Offers Briefing on Pine Beetle Battle
The work being done to respond to damage from the southern pine beetle on Napeague and in Hither Hills State Parks will continue over the course of “several winters,” according to Lynn Bogan, assistant deputy director for stewardship at the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
Feb 20, 2025
Zoning Board Split on Devon Yacht Club
“That was a journey down a rabbit hole,” Ed Johann, a member of the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, said after an exhaustive discussion regarding the redevelopment of the Devon Yacht Club split the board last week.
Feb 20, 2025
Government
As emergency dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet to a depth of 12 feet officially got underway this week, Representative Nick LaLota on Tuesday confirmed that plans are still on to dredge the inlet to a full depth of 17 feet later this year. "Local projects like this are exactly what we need to get the return on investment of our federal tax dollars," Mr. LaLota said.
Feb 19, 2025
The East Hampton Town Democrats are organizing a demonstration to demand that Representative Nick LaLota hold in-person town hall meetings. The demonstration is planned for Tuesday morning in Montauk, during a press conference about the emergency dredging of the Montauk Inlet, which began over the weekend.
Feb 17, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board, after debating the merits of a handful of formulas to rein in house size, settled on a compromise to take to the public in a hearing on March 6: capping houses’ gross floor area to 7 percent of their lot area plus 1,500 square feet.
Feb 13, 2025
Thomas Gardella has announced his intention to seek a second two-year term as Sag Harbor Village mayor, citing in particular his contributions to environmental work.
Feb 13, 2025
Arts
Guild Hall Looks to the Summer
Summer will bring artist-made furniture, a solo show by Mary Heilmann, and site-specific environments by Almond Zigmund and Joel Mesler to Guild Hall.
Feb 20, 2025
The Sag Harbor Cinema will honor Rialto Pictures with weekly screenings of classic films by Jules Dassin, Jean Renoir, Carol Reed, Jean-Luc Godard, and others.
Feb 20, 2025
LTV Studios will present two early farces by Anton Chekhov and live music by East End musicians.
Feb 20, 2025
Group shows at the Women's Art Center of the Hamptons and Keyes Art, a curators' tour at SAC, and a single-artwork show at the Parrish.
Feb 20, 2025
Villages
Rowdy Hall (the House) Is on a Roll
Long before the name “Rowdy Hall” was adopted by a popular East Hampton Village bar and eatery (now in Amagansett), it was a boarding house: Mrs. Harry Hamlin’s Rowdy Hall. The building, now a single-family house, still stands at 111 Egypt Lane, although currently it’s floating, suspended six feet above a hole. When it’s lowered again, it will be on a new foundation.
A Century of Ice Cream and Community at Candy Kitchen
Spiro Stavropoulos opened the Candy Kitchen on May 2, 1925. Thus, the year 2025 marks a whole century in business for the restaurant, owned since 1981 by Gus Laggis and managed day to day by his daughters, Jamie Laggis and Maria Laggis Lima, and son-in-law, Mauricio Lima.
Widespread Power Outages Hit East End
Reports of electrical outages from Montauk to Wainscott, and all the way up through Shelter Island and the North Fork, rolled in on Thursday beginning shortly after 10 a.m.
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