The East Hampton Village Board has codified that village personnel will not participate in federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, nor assist civil immigration enforcement efforts, nor will village facilities be used to detain people solely for civil immigration enforcement absent a judicial warrant.
Serious Injuries in Crash on Napeague
A two-vehicle crash on Napeague near the Ocean Colony Resort Tuesday morning resulted in serious injuries, according to East Hampton Town police, and traffic backups on the stretch for much of the afternoon. Detectives were still investigating as of Wednesday.
April 28, 2026
It’s Official: No Republican for East Hampton Town Supervisor
It’s unclear who will win the June 23 Democratic primary for East Hampton Town supervisor, but one thing about the 2026 supervisor race became clear last week: As in 2025, there will be no Republican candidate on the November ballot.
April 22, 2026
Police & Courts
A Springs man was injured after his truck rolled over in Montauk on April 19, and was later charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, an allegedly unlicensed teen driver was involved in another accident with injuries in Springs, and a Hampton Bays man was injuried after another driver rear-ended his truck in Wainscott.
Apr 30, 2026
Eight teenagers involved in a fight at Smokey Buns were taken home by their parents on Friday night. The teens had been at the movie theater, according to police, and went to the restaurant afterward in two groups, one of which confronted the other, possibly over a girlfriend.
Apr 30, 2026
What some thought could be military ordnance found on Two Mile Hollow Beach turned out to be military in nature, but not an imminent danger.
Apr 23, 2026
Leaf Blower Rules Are All Over the Map
Seasonal bans on gas-powered leaf blowers differ from one municipality to another, and there's a growing call for gas blowers to be phased out completely in favor of electric ones.
Apr 30, 2026
Island Dems Endorse Hochul
The New York State Democratic Committee issued a list of elected officials in Suffolk and Nassau Counties who have endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election.
Apr 30, 2026
Government
When Councilman Tom Flight and Councilwoman Cate Rogers fell into a debate last week about proposed income limits for a pilot program that would provide community housing fund grants for the construction of affordable dwelling units, or A.D.U.s, it was a sign of how far the town has come, in just the last year, to incentivize residents to build them.
Apr 30, 2026
A vote that would have amended and ostensibly weakened the 53-year-old Endangered Species Act was scheduled by House Republican leadership for April 22 but was not held, after enough rank-and-file Republicans, including Representative Andrew Garbarino from Long Island’s Second District, spoke out publicly against its provisions.
Apr 30, 2026
An East Hampton Village resident who successfully sued the village for revoking his permit to park in one of the lots at Main Beach and ordering him to clear out his locker at the Main Beach pavilion suggested last week that he might sue the village for defamation of character, libel, and slander.
Apr 30, 2026
Sag Harbor Village adopted its 2026-27 budget on April 17, ushering in an eight-percent tax rate increase. The $17.6 million budget is up over 10 percent from last year.
Apr 30, 2026
Arts
What’s Worth a Thousand Words?
Elisabeth Biondi, curator of “A Thousand Words: Photography at The New Yorker,” holds forth on her career, which included 17 years as the magazine’s visuals editor, and The Church’s exhibition that reflects her time there.
Apr 30, 2026
The Gary Cooper Film Festival at the Southampton Playhouse will feature four acclaimed films by the Oscar-winning actor, who had ties to Southampton.
Apr 30, 2026
New solo shows at Guild Hall will feature Arcmanoro Niles’s distinctive paintings informed by daily life and memory, and Claire Watson’s mixed-media assemblages made from salvaged leather garments.
Apr 30, 2026
The next East Meets West Jazz Jam Session at the Southampton Cultural Center invites musicians and vocalists to improvise music as accompaniment to a program of silent film clips.
Apr 30, 2026
Villages
The State of the Bays Is Mostly Bad
Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change.
Call ‘Flesh Eating’ Alarmist
The Vibrio vulnificus “flesh eating” bacterium “is not unusual in warm saltwater or brackish environments and does not necessarily indicate pollution or a widespread public health emergency,” the Southampton Town Trustees said in an advisory issued following a social media post that went viral.
on April 23, following a viral social media post that referenced a preview of the State of the Bays symposium. Its presence during warmer months, the trustees said,
Item of the Week: All Aboard the Fishermen’s Special
The L.I.R.R.’s Fishermen’s Special to Montauk and Hampton Bays was once a convenient and popular rail service for urban anglers. The photo here is from 1946.
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Food
News for Foodies 04.30.26
Babe’s diner to launch in Sag Harbor, Rita Cantina opens for the season, and an Artists and Writers dinner at Almond.
Apr 30, 2026
Spring Restaurant Week Is Coming
Long Island Restaurant Week will celebrate the arrival of spring with prix fixe menus at restaurants from Manhasset to East Hampton. The promotion will run from April 26 through May 3.
Apr 23, 2026
Estia’s Sudden Farewell
The Sag Harbor restaurant had been on the market as its owner looked to retire, but the announcement that its final days of service would be last weekend took some, including longtime employees, by surprise.
Apr 23, 2026