Because of a licensing issue, the East Hampton Village Foundation has canceled a World Cup finals outdoor watch party planned for Herrick Park on Sunday, July 19.
C.C.O.M. Wins Major Coastal Resilience Grant
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit created by Congress in 1984, has awarded Concerned Citizens of Montauk a $323,000 grant to address coastal resilience in Montauk and on Napeague. It is the largest grant the nonprofit has ever been awarded.
July 9, 2026
In Haiti, a Note of Grace in Dark Times
The Wings Over Haiti School in Ranquitte stands two stories high, with eight classrooms and 130 students who follow a STEM-based curriculum. That so much has been accomplished there while violence and evil stalk the land underscores the resilience of this unlikely human chain that yokes Haiti and the East End.
July 9, 2026
Police & Courts
In the early morning hours Saturday, someone named John reported that he was “trapped inside Dive Bar” in Montauk by a drunk who was refusing to let him leave.
Jul 16, 2026
An East Hampton driver who told police he was trying to avoid a deer on Montauk Highway was taken to the emergency room last week after his Hyundai sedan collided with a utility pole and overturned.
Jul 16, 2026
To Stabilize Two Montauk Shorelines
Two locations in Montauk, one at the southwest corner of Lake Montauk and the other at the northwest corner of Fort Pond, will be improved with so-called “living shorelines.”
Jul 16, 2026
Wainscott Residents at Breaking Point
Aircraft and firearms, two things America has more of than any other country in the world by a wide margin, are causing frustration to boil over in Wainscott.
Jul 16, 2026
Government
The East Hampton Village Z.B.A. appeared disinclined to grant variances allowing a freestanding sign to be erected at 28 Newtown Lane, the former Odd Fellows Hall, which now houses the Rolex Boutique.
Jul 16, 2026
Richard Normoyle, the chief building inspector, detailed the organization of the greatly expanded department (it’s nearly doubled in size in the last year, to 19 approved positions) and said it would be fully caught up on the permit backlog by the end of the year, five months ahead of his May estimate.
Jul 9, 2026
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Monday amending the New York State tax law to stipulate that $250,000 of Suffolk County’s hotel and motel taxes be appropriated to help maintain and operate the Montauk Lighthouse.
Jul 9, 2026
At Guild Hall’s first Hamptons Institute program of 2026, founders of the Indivisible movement promoted bottom-up, grassroots, local activism in the face of rising authoritarianism.
Jul 9, 2026
Arts
BCM Celebrates America’s 250th
Bridgehampton Chamber Music’s summer series will celebrate this country’s 250th anniversary with an emphasis on American composers, among them Steven Banks, a saxophonist and composer.
Jul 16, 2026
“Bar,” a 400-page, limited-edition coffee-table book about the “wild ride of the Stephen Talkhouse” since 1987, is set for release on July 25.
Jul 16, 2026
Billy Stritch and Klea Blackhurst will be at LTV Studios to pay tribute to the music of Hoagy Carmichael with their cabaret show “Dreaming of a Song.”
Jul 16, 2026
A conversation about the importance of evergreens for America’s culture and economy, and a jazz concert by the Rez Abbasi and Kiran Ahluwalia Quartet will happen at The Church.
Jul 16, 2026
Villages
Opera Singer Is Bridge Shul’s New Cantor
The Bridge Shul in Bridgehampton has a new cantor, a professional singer and voice teacher who has served as a cantorial soloist in synagogues across the United States.
Item of the Week: The MacKay Twins at Play, 1892
This cyanotype photograph shows Dorothy MacKay and Ruth MacKay, the twin daughters of Emily McIlvaine DuBois MacKay and the Rev. William Richard MacKay, playing on the gate to their house on Cottage Avenue.
An East Hampton Tradition: St. Luke’s Summer Fair
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s annual summer fair — its 140th! — happens on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
News for Foodies 07.16.26
An acclaimed chef is up next in Guild Hall’s Stirring the Pot, a panel on Long Island wines at the Hampton Library, Navy Beach launches Sunday brunch, and catering-to-go from Art of Eating.
Jul 16, 2026
News for Foodies 07.09.26
Omakase is coming to the East End at LDV at the Maidstone and Gurney’s in Montauk, and Lion’s Nook is open at the former Rowdy Hall.
Jul 9, 2026
South Fork Somm: Sparkling Wine for Your Sparklers
With July 4th on the horizon, The Star’s sommelier turns her attention to sparkling wines, with options including a great value from New Mexico and Champagnes that won’t break the bank.
Jul 2, 2026