Standing outside the Newtown Lane store on Tuesday late in the morning, striking employees offered fliers to customers entering the store, urging them to reconsider their decision to shop there even at a time when people typically flock to grocery stores to get ready for Fourth of July celebrations.
The Big Bang: Fireworks Shows From Montauk to North Sea
This summer, the Fourth falls on a Thursday and skyline spectaculars are being held practically all month long across the South Fork.
June 27, 2024
Police & Courts
A report of a distressed swimmer near the Maidstone Drive beach access brought lifeguards racing into the ocean aboard a Jet Ski on Sunday. A kiteboarder out in the surf proved not to be in distress, though — just waiting for a gust of wind.
Jun 27, 2024
Southampton Town detectives are still investigating an attempted burglary that occurred at Citarella in Bridgehampton shortly before midnight on Sunday.
Jun 27, 2024
East Hampton Town police have announced the arrest on June 19 of a 31-year-old Montauk man on a charge of first-degree rape, a class B felony. Court documents state that he was involved in an incident with a 6-year-old girl.
Jun 27, 2024
White House in the House This Weekend
President Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, are coming to town. An “afternoon reception” with the Bidens is to take place on Saturday in East Hampton, though its exact time and location is being kept under wraps for guests only.
Jun 27, 2024
At Dangerous East Hampton Turn, When All Else Fails, Try a Net?
Searching for a fix to prevent speeding vehicles from flying into the Hedges Inn at the 90-degree turn where Woods Lane meets East Hampton’s Main Street, the village board contemplated a large metal net at its meeting on Friday.
Jun 27, 2024
Government
What was originally estimated to be a $2.4-million wastewater treatment project at the Montauk Shores Condominiums has swelled to $5.4 million, leading the community’s management to borrow money to make up the difference.
Jun 27, 2024
“There was a concerted effort to cut out all comment on this,” Aidan Corish, a Sag Harbor Village trustee, said of a barely averted vote to create a local development corporation at the June village board meeting. “It’s disturbing. We were one vote away from basically giving over financial borrowing authority to an unelected board in perpetuity.”
Jun 27, 2024
John Avlon, who quickly rose to the top in a field of Democratic congressional contenders that numbered half a dozen just a few months ago, is the winner of Tuesday's primary in New York's First Congressional District, besting the second-time candidate Nancy Goroff.
Jun 26, 2024
On Friday, voters in the Village of Sagaponack rallied to steer their board of trustees in a new direction. Two challengers, David McMillan Jr. and Mark Landis, were elected, ousting the incumbents, Marilyn Clark and Lisa Duryea Thayer.
Jun 24, 2024
Arts
Round House: Reimagined, Revamped, Revealed
“Round House & Its Gardens: A Walking Tour” is a new book of stunning photographs and fascinating text by Ennius Bergsma that captures the gorgeous evolution of the property since he bought it from Jack Lenor Larsen in 1989.
Jul 3, 2024
HamptonsFilm will present “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” a documentary about a Russian couple who have made a career out of scaling some of the world’s tallest buildings.
Jul 3, 2024
Guild Hall’s newly renovated theater will open with a performance by Student Body, a local band, an American Masters documentary about August Wilson, and a performance by the award-winning singer-actor Billy Porter.
Jul 3, 2024
Terrence McNally’s “Master Class” at Bay Street is set in an opera master class run by Maria Callas, played by Vicki Lewis, who commands “the audience’s attention like a true diva of old.”
Jul 3, 2024
Villages
Item of the Week: In Memory of Roy Mabery, 1972
This pamphlet was produced in memory of Roy Lee Mabery (1953-1972), a star East Hampton athlete who drowned in a swimming accident shortly before his 19th birthday.
A Bonac Airman Behind Enemy Lines
Staff Sgt. Harold Chapman was at the helm of a rapidly descending B-17 Flying Fortress. He was not a pilot. In fact, Chappie, as he was known, had just watched the pilot jump from the plane, his parachute failing to open. Hoping to avoid the pilot’s fate, Chappie was attempting to land the plane himself, according to his son, Rick Chapman of East Hampton. He was the last man aboard.
‘At War With Empty Hands’ in Georgia
In the country of Georgia, citizens are standing up to the government in the wake of a new law they feel runs counter to democracy. At the center of the conflict in Georgia is an Amagansett woman, Tsisnami (Sissy) Sakvarlishvili, who has been a leader and organizer of protests for democracy and has even landed in court, facing sanctions for her work.
Sports
Jun 27, 2024
