A 76-year-old Montauk man was sentenced to five days in county jail, followed by three years of probation, for spray-painting swastikas and antisemitic phrases around the hamlet in late 2023.
Amagansett Hit-and-Run Caught on Camera
“You could actually hear the screams through town,” said a business owner and Amagansett Fire Department volunteer who was one of the first to come to the aid of the injured woman.
November 20, 2025
Police & Courts
“A bald man with a briefcase” walked through his property on Friday afternoon, a Sag Harbor resident told police. The man showed up on his doorbell camera, said the homeowner, walking across the front lawn and then out of frame toward his backyard gate.
Nov 20, 2025
Two pedestrians were injured in a low-speed collision outside Bay Street Theater on Saturday night.
Nov 20, 2025
Update: A female pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Main Street in Amagansett Friday afternoon. The subsequent investigation closed the road for hours.
Nov 15, 2025
Town to Set Small-Cell Design Guidelines
The East Hampton Town Board approved a resolution to pay $14,300 to its wireless consultant CityScape to develop a design guide for “small-cell” wireless facilities within the town’s right of way.
Nov 20, 2025
New Hearing on Affordable Housing Changes
Because of changes to the draft legislation made in the wake of public comment at a hearing on legislation that would allow parcels as small as half an acre to be designated affordable housing overlay districts, the proposed legislation has been adjusted and will require a new hearing.
Nov 20, 2025
Government
New in the scandal that won’t go away: President Trump knew about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of girls, according to email exchanges between Epstein and Michael Wolff, the Amagansett author and journalist profiled in The Star last week.
Nov 13, 2025
The plan calls for 46 to 50 “historical style” light fixtures such as those installed in Sag Harbor, spaced approximately 100 feet apart on either side of Main Street from Windmill Lane to Meeting House Lane. The existing “cobra head” lights affixed to metal poles would be removed.
Nov 13, 2025
The East Hampton Town attorney has concluded that a complaint by neighbors of 370 and 372 Further Lane in Amagansett, where the properties’ new owners have planted a hedge and trees in an easement, is without merit as the plantings do not violate easements created in 1989 and respected until recently.
Nov 13, 2025
In 2022, Mary Mackey applied through the East Hampton Town Home Improvement Program to fix some issues at her house. The town-selected contractor still hasn’t finished the work, what has been done has been deemed “shoddy” by the town’s licensing review board, and the cost to fix what’s been done has ballooned.
Nov 13, 2025
Arts
Show Us Your Life: A Collaboration
Warren Strugatch, a writer and journalist, talks about working with Hans Van de Bovenkamp to create the Dutch-born sculptor's memoir.
Nov 20, 2025
An artist-led tour of its current exhibition, a one-act dance-theater piece, and a conversation between two writers about memoir and biography will animate The Church.
Nov 20, 2025
The East Hampton Historical Society's annual House and Garden Tour will open the doors to five East Hampton properties ranging from the 19th century to the 21st.
Nov 20, 2025
Musicians, writers, visual artists, comedians, and actors will join forces at the Masonic Temple to protest threats to free expression and dissent that are sweeping the nation.
Nov 20, 2025
Villages
Anti-ICE Rally at Hook Mill
A rally to support immigrants, demand due process, and urge a strong stance by government representatives and other civil servants against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions will happen tomorrow from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Hook Mill in East Hampton Village.
First Alpha-Gal Death Reported
A death has been linked to the alpha-gal meat allergy that is spread by ticks, primarily the lone star tick. According to researchers in Virginia, in the summer of 2024 a healthy 47-year-old man from New Jersey died four hours after consuming beef, likely unaware he had contracted the allergy.
Recognizing Grossman’s Half-Century of Activism
Karl Grossman, an author and educator who has tirelessly advocated for the environment and journalism, and against nukes, will be honored on Saturday at the Sag Harbor Cinema in a fund-raiser hosted by Fred Thiele.
