Representative Nick LaLota won’t be “unwinding a promise” made earlier this year to provide federal money to municipalities like East Hampton Town and Village, but on a visit to Sag Harbor he again made it clear that as long as they have versions of an East End Public Safety and Accountability Law limiting participation with civil immigration enforcement on the books he will not fight to get them more federal dollars.
‘Everything in Flux’ at the Corner in Sag Harbor
The Corner, the new spot set to take the place of the Corner Bar in Sag Harbor, will not open this summer as planned and may not open at all.
August 21, 2026
Planners Cast a Wary Eye on Este Changes
Ahead of a scheduled East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting Wednesday night, after The Star went to press, the Planning Department issued a memo hammering home that proposed septic and parking were insufficient and could not be approved for the restaurant in downtown Montauk.
August 20, 2026
Police & Courts
Four people were hospitalized last week after two cars collided on Hand’s Creek Road in East Hampton. Police said a driver fell asleep at the wheel of her Toyota sedan on the afternoon of Aug. 17. The car swerved into the oncoming lane and crashed head-on into a Honda sedan.
Aug 27, 2026
According to a report released this week, two men arrested in Amagansett in mid-June and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, are still at large, awaiting future court appearances.
Aug 27, 2026
The Spin on Spinner Lane Housing Proposal
A plan that could yield up to 60 housing units on six acres owned by the Calvary Baptist Church drew strong opposition even before it was submitted to the East Hampton Town Planning Department.
Aug 27, 2026
Este Seen as a ‘Trojan Horse’
“This is the second application we’re discussing this evening from the same applicant where plans submitted to the Planning Department showed one thing and then the Building Department plans showed something else,” said Tina Vavilis LaGarenne, the town’s planning director, as the planning board looked at two projects in Montauk by the team behind Este restaurant.
Aug 27, 2026
Government
The East Hampton Town supervisor has given NextEra 30 days to revise its emergency action and safety plan for the battery energy storage facility on North Shore Road in Montauk, and 60 days to “design and install engineering controls that capture and hold all fire water and all fire-related runoff,” among other demands.
Aug 27, 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but one member of the East Hampton Town Board had a very long list of questions for the town’s emergency preparedness coordinator this month, appearing skeptical as to the town’s readiness for a crisis.
Aug 27, 2026
In the coming years, the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk branch will see upgrades aimed at improving service and reliability, including an extension of additional track at the Amagansett station, that will allow more trains to run on the branch.
Aug 27, 2026
The East Hampton Village Board voted to accept a $12,000 donation from the East Hampton Village Foundation for the installation of yet another Flock Safety automated license plate reader, with some pushback from residents, and also voted to appoint a Flock advisory task force.
Aug 27, 2026
Arts
Florence Fabricant Trades Places
For the first time in 15 years, Florence Fabricant, the prominent food and wine writer, will be the guest, not the host, of Guild Hall's Stirring the Pot series of culinary conversations.
Aug 27, 2026
A rainy forecast didn't dampen a raucous night at Guild Hall with G.E. Smith, Patty Smyth — and John McEnroe on guitar.
Aug 25, 2026
The Hamptons Festival of Music's MainStage concert series will highlight the work of Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Mozart, Gerald Finzi, Mendelssohn, Hummel, and Schubert.
Aug 27, 2026
Lez Zeppelin, which channels the music of Led Zeppelin, is coming to Stephen Talkhouse and releasing a memoir about its 22 years of "taking on the world most powerful band."
Aug 27, 2026
Villages
Couple's Legacy: A Gift to Nourish the Arts
Helen Harrison, a longtime steward of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and her husband, the artist Roy Nicholson, plan to leave their house in Sag Harbor, Nicholson’s studio, and his body of work — worth an estimated $5 million — to Stony Brook University, along with a $2 million endowment to maintain them.
To Save the Planet, Start in Your Yard
Ecological tumors. The sixth great extinction. Insect apocalypse. Deathscapes. These were a few of the terms bandied about at Doug Tallamy’s talk last week in Southampton. But for all of the contextual doom, he came with a message of environmental hope and offered specific and easy instructions to exit the end times morass with a new approach to conservation.
Horses, Hats, and Summer Fun at Hampton Classic
“The horses, the sport, the community, the summer day, the shopping — it’s so much fun.”
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
Florence Fabricant Trades Places
For the first time in 15 years, Florence Fabricant, the prominent food and wine writer, will be the guest, not the host, of Guild Hall's Stirring the Pot series of culinary conversations.
Aug 27, 2026
News for Foodies 08.27.26
Montauk's Naturally Good Foods and Cafe is now open for dinner on Fridays from 5 to 8, East Hampton's Highway restaurant and bar will close for good after dinner service on Sept. 7.
Aug 27, 2026
News for Foodies 08.20.26
Up next in Guild Hall’s Stirring the Pot series of culinary conversations are Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, fourth-generation owners of Russ & Daughters.
Aug 20, 2026