The Dick’s Sporting Goods “rotational pop-up store,” Walter Hagen, will open Thursday at 34 Park Place in East Hampton.
Governor Endorses Burke-Gonzalez
Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez Monday morning, just two days before her high-stakes debate with East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen, who has run a tough Democratic primary race against the incumbent.
May 11, 2026
Strike Could Bring Rail Service to a Screeching Halt
A potential strike by the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized work force could happen on May 16.
May 7, 2026
Police & Courts
Arrests across East Hampton Town were down last year, as were overall calls to town police, according to the department’s year-end report. Motor vehicle accidents are also trending down.
May 7, 2026
The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation has donated 26 two-packs of EpiPens, pre-loaded syringes that defend against the allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, to East Hampton Town.
May 7, 2026
Kids were reported to be running amok at BonBon, a candy shop in Sag Harbor, last week. An employee told police that “very young kids” took too many candy samples and other items.
May 7, 2026
Oyster Farming Gets State Help
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced $3 million in awards to 14 Long Island aquaculturists in a second round of the Long Island Aquaculture Infrastructure Grant Program.
May 7, 2026
Montauk Parking Restriction Panned
A recently expanded beach near Gosman’s Dock is expected to attract more beachgoers this summer, and that’s one reason members of the Montauk C.A.C. voted overwhelmingly against a regulation at the small parking lot there.
May 7, 2026
Government
A 185-foot-long wall of geocubes in front of a house at 393 Cranberry Hole Road, washed for over eight years by the rising and falling waters of Gardiner’s Bay, could soon be removed from the shoreline.
May 7, 2026
The Sag Harbor Village Planning Board dealt a blow to Adam Potter’s plan to redevelop several lots on Bridge Street last week when it denied a request to review two of the components of the project separately.
May 7, 2026
East Town Councilman Tom Flight called on the town board to hold a public session to offer updates and answer questions about the long-simmering situation at the Building Department, while a new lawsuit points to continuing long wait times for building permits.
May 7, 2026
Seasonal bans on gas-powered leaf blowers differ from one municipality to another, and there's a growing call for gas blowers to be phased out completely in favor of electric ones.
Apr 30, 2026
Arts
Keith Mayerson’s American Dream
The current exhibition at the Pollock-Krasner House features a remarkable collection of paintings by Keith Mayerson, who immersed himself in the lives and work of Elaine and Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
May 14, 2026
The Church in Sag Harbor will host a documentary about The New Yorker’s female cartoonists, a lumen printing workshop, and a talk about the Washington National Opera’s departure from the Kennedy Center.
May 14, 2026
Peter Watrous, a jazz guitarist who curates music at Duck Creek, will perform two sets of mostly Thelonious Monk music at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery.
May 14, 2026
Sanford Biggers’s solo show at the Parrish Art Museum features illuminated cloud sculptures, paintings and sculptures made from repurposed quilts, a site-specific sand installation, and more.
May 14, 2026
Villages
East Hampton Business Service Has a New Owner
The East Hampton Business Service, which its longtime owner described this week as the “help desk” and “back office” for residents and visitors for nearly 50 years, has changed hands.
Item of the Week: ‘Lights & Shadows of Montauk,’ 1820-60
This volume from the Montauk Historical Society collection contains entries from the Montauk Lighthouse’s guests during a period when many visitors stayed at the keeper’s home.
The State of the Bays Is Mostly Bad
Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change.
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
News for Foodies 05.14.26
Share the Harvest Farm is open for the season, Wayan’s French-Indonesian fare returns to Springs, and Alba Spiaggia launches at the Montauk Yacht Club.
May 14, 2026
News for Foodies 05.07.26
Mother's Day specials from Southampton to Montauk, and the Beacon, Gosman's Lobster House and Clam Bar, and Nourish are set to open, while top-tier French wines will be the topic of a Park Place wine class.
May 7, 2026
News for Foodies 04.30.26
Babe’s diner to launch in Sag Harbor, Rita Cantina opens for the season, and an Artists and Writers dinner at Almond.
May 1, 2026