A Long Island Rail Road strike set to begin today, which would have caused a complete shutdown of the largest commuter rail service in the country, was averted earlier this week after representatives from the unions threatening to strike asked President Trump to intervene to force contract negotiations to continue.
D.A. Reopens the Case of ‘Montauk Mary’
The Suffolk County district attorney’s office is appealing to the public for help in identifying “Montauk Mary,” an elderly woman who was found shot to death in Montauk in the spring of 1978.
September 18, 2025
Police & Courts
A West Way, East Hampton, woman’s trees are unexpectedly dying, she told police Friday afternoon, and she suspects that her next-door neighbor is to blame.
Sep 18, 2025
A Sag Harbor man was injured Friday evening after his Mazda sedan collided with a tree in Wainscott.
Sep 18, 2025
Months after East Hampton Town announced it would take over responsibility for most 911 calls from East Hampton Village’s Emergency Communications Center, which had provided the service for decades, the changeover is still unfolding.
Sep 11, 2025
Race Is On for the Main Beach Concession
Some surprising eateries are looking to operate the concession at Main Beach in East Hampton. Bids for the five-year lease are due on Tuesday.
Sep 18, 2025
Gun Club Settlement May Come Soon
An as-yet-unsigned Sept. 10 stipulation of settlement between the Maidstone Gun Club and seven Wainscott property owners who reported finding bullets lodged in their houses and were granted a temporary restraining order barring use of the club’s facilities in 2022 outlines terms under which the club could reopen.
Sep 18, 2025
Government
Nearly a dozen residents urged the Southampton Town Board last week to switch the designation of an 8.3-acre preserved farmland parcel across from Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack to open space. Sagaponack Mayor Bill Tillotson and David McMillan Jr., a member of that village’s board, opposed the change.
Sep 18, 2025
Mayor Jerry Larsen will appoint Jason Tuma to the East Hampton Village Board at next week’s meeting, filling the slot made available when Sarah Amaden announced her departure earlier this month.
Sep 18, 2025
Some businesses on Amagansett’s Main Street took a financial hit from Metallica’s late-August concert, and residents complained.
Sep 11, 2025
J.P. Foster, a Republican candidate for town board, faced sharp questions and skepticism over remarks he made to The Star regarding the Maidstone Gun Club when he spoke to the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee on Saturday.
Sep 11, 2025
Arts
Gus Yero: All About Color
Gus Yero's paintings, whether abstract or figurative, large or small, reflect his belief that "color is what painting is all about."
Sep 18, 2025
The 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival will feature in-person conversations with Ethan Hawke and Elizabeth Olsen, as well as 12 world premieres, eight North American premieres, and 21 U.S. premieres.
Sep 18, 2025
LTV Studios will host a performance by Aqua Cherry and Friends, a reggae band, and a screening of "The Weight of Memory," a documentary about a son of Holocaust survivors who shares his family's story.
Sep 18, 2025
The 22nd Latino Film Festival will present four feature films and one short from Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico, with screenings at four venues.
Sep 18, 2025
Villages
First Summer a Success at New E.R.
Since its May 22 opening, the 22,000-square-foot Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department on Pantigo Place has “fundamentally changed the health care landscape,” receiving almost 5,000 visitors between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends, a Stony Brook Southampton Hospital official said.
On the Wing: Magic in the Night Sky
While we humans are pinned down by gravity, there’s an overnight flow of birds hundreds and thousands of feet overhead using sound as their invisible traffic control system.
Thiele Joins OLA’s Board
Former New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has been named to the board of Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island.
