While rumors abound, and a real "if there's smoke there's fire" sense descends across the East End, so far, "We have no confirmation of any formal ICE activity within our jurisdiction," East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said in a statement Thursday.
No Kings Day Brings a Raft of Actions Here
As the pace of events in Los Angeles quickens this week, with the Trump administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California facing off over the former’s deployment of National Guard and United States Marine troops to quell protests against immigration enforcement actions, East Hampton Town and municipalities throughout the country will see what is being called a nationwide day of defiance.
June 12, 2025
Police & Courts
“Filming TikTok videos” was a Hawthorne Avenue man’s explanation when asked what he was doing in his Ford Mustang in the One Stop parking lot after 1 a.m. on Monday. The man produced the footage to quell any doubts and left the area without incident.
Jun 12, 2025
A 67-year-old East Hampton woman accused of driving her car into two teenage traffic control officers in Sag Harbor Village on May 17 pleaded not guilty to four charges — endangering the welfare of a child, harassment in the second degree, leaving the scene of an accident, and reckless endangerment — when she was arraigned Friday in front of Village Justice Carl Irace.
Jun 12, 2025
Negligent left turns were blamed for two recent vehicle collisions that resulted in injuries, and a negligent merge for a third.
Jun 12, 2025
Updated Brewery Plans Still Irk Neighbor
Updated plans for the proposed Toilsome Farm Restaurant and Brewery are circulating at the East Hampton Village Design Review Board, and a neighbor who has already sued over the proposed project is raising alarms again.
Jun 12, 2025
Fishing Group Renews Effort to Stop Empire Wind
The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association is among the groups calling for a renewed halt to the construction of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which was the subject of a stop-work order in April that was lifted just a month later.
Jun 12, 2025
Government
The tallest structure in East Hampton Town, a 352-foot tower near the intersection of Abraham’s Path and Springs-Fireplace Road, could soon be removed, and there are no plans right now to replace it.
Jun 12, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board passed a resolution last Thursday to hold a public hearing on July 3 on a planned $16 million community preservation fund acquisition at 43 Mile Hill Road in the Northwest area of East Hampton.
Jun 12, 2025
East Hampton Village will spend $61,634 to repair the ivy-covered trellis in Millstone Park on Main Street after it fell over during a storm last month.
Jun 12, 2025
Elections for Sag Harbor Village mayor and two village trustees will take place on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sag Harbor Fire Department headquarters off Brick Kiln Road, but in each case, incumbents are running unopposed.
Jun 12, 2025
Arts
Oscar Molina: Art Born of Conflict
Among the series of works created by Oscar Molina, a prolific Southampton artist, his “Children of the World” paintings and sculptures reflect his encounters with conflict and survival as a boy in El Salvador during its civil war.
Jun 12, 2025
The acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto performs Friday at LTV, and next Thursday the World Voices Series and the Eastville Community Historical Society will celebrate Juneteenth with the second annual Juneteenth Jubilee White Party Awards and Celebration Ceremony.
Jun 12, 2025
Lez Zeppelin will return to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett for what Steph Paynes, the band’s founder and guitarist, called "a wild, intense, sensuous, in-your-face, no-holds-barred” show.
Jun 12, 2025
An exhibition of panoramic photographs of people taken by Nat Ward over four years at Montauk’s Ditch Plain Beach captures “moments in time.”
Jun 12, 2025
Villages
L.V.I.S. Fair Is Set for Saturday
The Ladies Village Improvement Society’s annual fair happens on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and this year’s “is bigger than ever,” the society says. Not only will the carousel be back, but the Playland area for kids will be expanded. There will be face painting, a roving magician, a bubble artist, and pony rides for the little ones.
Montauk Chemists Opens, Minus Pharmacy
Frank Calvo, the longtime pharmacist at White’s Drug and Department Store, which closed on Oct. 31, has opened Montauk Chemists on Main Street and is selling over-the-counter merchandise including vitamins and self-care products. One week after an inspection of the store’s pharmacy, however, he is still awaiting New York State approval to operate it.
Slow Start at New Gosman’s
In some ways, Gosman’s Dock, one of Montauk’s few remaining family-owned and operated businesses until its October 2024 sale, closely resembles the complex of restaurants and shops long revered by locals and visitors alike. In other ways, though, it is markedly different under its new ownership.
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Jun 12, 2025
