“I am going to run for town supervisor,” East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen told a room full of supporters last week at Si Si, the restaurant at the EHP Resort on Three Mile Harbor, not only confirming his 2026 candidacy but also revealing a key part of his strategy.
Back to Drawing Board for East Hampton Senior Center
The East Hampton Town Board was to vote Tuesday to end its relationship with R2 Architecture, the joint venture it had chosen to design the Center for Modern Aging and Human Services in Amagansett. It will begin the process of reimagining how the facility should look and who it should serve.
October 14, 2025
Police & Courts
A woman called 911 Friday evening complaining that she was being harassed. A “middle-aged man” was taking pictures of her in front of Starbucks in East Hampton, she told police, who advised her that taking pictures in a public place “is a legal practice.”
Oct 16, 2025
Alec Baldwin, the actor and co-chair of the executive committee of the Hamptons International Film Festival’s board, made headlines unrelated to the festival on Monday after the Range Rover he was driving hit a tree on Pantigo Road.
Oct 16, 2025
Police were kept busy on the roads here last week, with six people injured in six accidents, three of which happened at the beginning of the holiday weekend.
Oct 16, 2025
LaLota Blames Dems for Shutdown
Representative Nick LaLota took questions from callers in an Oct. 8 “tele-town hall” during which he repeatedly blamed Senate Democrats for the government shutdown, defended provisions in the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill, and ignored a Jeffrey Epstein question.
Oct 16, 2025
Applicants Beware: Fake Bills
It seems that journalists aren’t the only people who watch town meetings — scammers do as well. And the information they collect has apparently been used to send invoices to applicants seeking approval for building projects before the town planning board or the zoning board of appeals.
Oct 9, 2025
Government
“I don’t feel like anybody can put me in a box,” said J.P. Foster, the sole Republican candidate for East Hampton Town Board this year. “I don’t feel like I fit in a Democrat or a Republican box. I fit in an East Hampton box. If there was an independent box, that’s where I’d be.”
Oct 9, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board was cautiously supportive this week of placing further restrictions on short-term rentals. “We are looking at commercial investments in our residential districts by investors who only seek to make profit and are not looking at being part of this community at all,” said Councilwoman Cate Rogers.
Oct 9, 2025
For the second straight year, the East Hampton Town budget will pierce the state-mandated 2-percent cap, shooting to nearly $110 million.
Oct 9, 2025
Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, a Democrat who is seeking a second term in the 2nd District, and her Republican challenger, Raheem Soto, spoke of their records and policy agendas in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters on Monday.
Oct 9, 2025
Arts
The Church as Campus for Artists
"The First Churchennial" features work by over 40 artists from different disciplines who have participated in The Church's unique residency program between 2021 and 2024.
Oct 16, 2025
Bridgehampton Chamber Music's autumn series will feature the Brooklyn Rider string quartet with music from Haydn to Dylan, Gilles Vonsattel in an all-Beethoven piano recital, and a "Festive Baroque" concert.
Oct 16, 2025
"Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Radio Play" promises to bring fog, haze, lightning, even fangs and blood to the Southampton Arts Center.
Oct 16, 2025
David Ebner, an artist, craftsman, and studio furniture-maker, is showing five decades of work that reflects the wide range of styles, motifs, and materials he has explored.
Oct 16, 2025
Villages
New Rally Set for Saturday at Town Hall
Three months after a “Good Trouble Lives On” rally outside Town Hall, the next local protest organized by People for Democracy East Hampton happens on Saturday, in a vastly different political landscape.
Hailing Two WLNG Voices
Ahead of their induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, Bill Evans and Gary Sapiane of WLNG were recognized with proclamations from the Sag Harbor Village Board on Tuesday.
Wrangling Sag Harbor’s Cell Tower Woes
Bad cell service remains a problem in Sag Harbor, so CityScape Consultants again addressed the village board on how to proceed with towers, carriers, and the public.
