For the Bonac cheerleaders, keeping spirits bright is the name of the game no matter the season.
Golden Eagle Art Supply Store to Close
The Golden Eagle, an art supply store and East Hampton institution that first opened in 1954, will close next month. It’s a familiar story, as told most recently by Nancy Rowan and Michael Weisman, the Golden Eagle’s owners: The internet has decimated brick-and-mortar retailers across the country.
December 18, 2025
Police & Courts
The East Hampton Town Police Department says it is ready to take on dispatch responsibilities starting in January when it assumes responsibilities from East Hampton Village and becomes the primary Public Safety Answering Point, or P.S.A.P., in the town.
Dec 18, 2025
A security guard at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor reported a “suspicious male” wearing a face mask and “riding a bicycle in circles” near the school gym. The young man subsequently told police he was waiting for his friends to get out of school, and said he was wearing a mask “because it’s cold outside today.”
Dec 18, 2025
Two automobile accidents on Montauk Highway, one in Wainscott and another in Amagansett, resulted in injuries last week, as did a third in Springs.
Dec 18, 2025
At Montauk Inlet a New Dredge Digs In
The Dredge Oyster Bay was permanently damaged after encountering a "really big rock" in the channel, and a new dredge, the Scrod II, has been called in to relieve it. The Army Corps of Engineers’ project is still on schedule, despite the many delays since it began just over a month ago.
Dec 18, 2025
An Unwelcome Hedgerow on Further Lane
East Hampton Town appears to have stepped down in a fight against a Further Lane homeowner who neighbors say is violating a decades-old scenic easement on their lands.
Dec 18, 2025
Government
A proposal by owners of the former Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe in Montauk to double the occupancy of an outdoor bar area on the East Lake Drive property got some pushback at a recent East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting.
Dec 18, 2025
Days after Mayor Jerry Larsen was sent a “cease and desist” letter from state, county, and town Democratic officials who asserted that his East Hampton Town Democrats for a New Town group constituted a “misuse of the Democratic Party name,” he and the chairwoman of the town’s Democratic Committee met and agreed to “lower the temperature.”
Dec 11, 2025
Amid all the condo controversy, the town board made time for a presentation on the town’s C.P.F.-funded water quality improvement program so it could be heard by the maximum number of people.
Dec 11, 2025
The bad news is the numbers of piping plover fledglings in East Hampton Town was down in 2025. The good news is the number is still better than in 2023.
Dec 11, 2025
Arts
The Art Scene 12.25.25
Jackie Hoving and Norm Paris, artists and art professors, will lead an informal drawing workshop at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Dec 25, 2025
Pat Place has followed two career paths, music and art, both as a founding member of the legendary Contortions and Bush Tetras, and an artist who has exhibited at Artists Space and other venues to rave reviews.
Dec 25, 2025
Bob Feinberg, a media executive, attorney, cultural entrepreneur, and longtime East Hampton resident, has been tapped to head HamptonsFilm.
Dec 25, 2025
The Ha Ha Hamptons Comedy Tour will bring four stand-up veterans to Bay Street Theater on New Year's Eve.
Dec 25, 2025
Villages
Say Cheese (or Caviar), Day or Night
Self Provisions, a separate storefront attached to Cavaniola’s Gourmet Cheese in Sag Harbor, is “always open,” as is proclaimed by an illuminated sign on the wall at the entrance. Two large, brightly lit vending machines dominate the space, with offerings ranging from sea salt crackers and slabs of French butter to jars of caviar and curated gift boxes — and, of course, cheese.
Club Swamp Memorial Hailed
The plan for the 1.12-acre Wainscott Green and a park to commemorate the L.G.B.T.Q.+ community that was something of a pioneer on the East End was endorsed by members of the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee on Saturday.
It’s Like ‘Shark Tank’ for Charities
At Pitch Your Peers the Hamptons, paying members pitch local charitable organizations to one another, and everyone votes on where to allot their funds. This year, the group awarded grants to the Retreat and Share the Harvest Farm.
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Food
Say Cheese (or Caviar), Day or Night
Self Provisions, a separate storefront attached to Cavaniola’s Gourmet Cheese in Sag Harbor, is “always open,” as is proclaimed by an illuminated sign on the wall at the entrance. Two large, brightly lit vending machines dominate the space, with offerings ranging from sea salt crackers and slabs of French butter to jars of caviar and curated gift boxes — and, of course, cheese.
Dec 25, 2025
New Year's Eve at Almond
Almond restaurant in Bridgehampton will celebrate New Year's Eve with a locally sourced five-course prix fixe dinner that will include party favors and a champagne toast.
Dec 25, 2025
News for Foodies 12.25.25
Lulu Kitchen and Bar is offering New Year's Eve dinner packages to go, and the Ram's Head Inn will serve a New Year's Eve prix fixe, and can host private parties any night of the week.
Dec 25, 2025