Dozens of metal poles are sprouting up across East Hampton Town this fall. These “small cell” towers, each 42 feet tall, are the first of 192 planned across the town, most of them in Springs and Northwest, and they’re catching residents off guard.
Springs General’s Owners Want to Scrap Approved Plans
According to a Planning Department memo dated for Oct. 21, when the planning board will next meet to discuss the modification request, if approved, much of the 1844 historic structure might need to be rebuilt.
October 16, 2026
Sand Pit’s Fate Is Wainscott’s Future
“I think he would like the fact that part of the land is being preserved,” John Tintle said about his father, William Tintle Jr., who purchased the property in 1986. “I think he would just like that something’s happening, because it was frustrating for a long period of time, where there was nothing to talk about.”
October 15, 2026
Police & Courts
Two women stole a pumpkin from a bench outside Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett Saturday.
Oct 15, 2026
An e-bike rider was hit by a car and injured just after midnight Sunday on Main Street in Amagansett, among other collisions.
Oct 15, 2026
Early Voting Begins Saturday
In East Hampton, early voting is at Windmill Village on Accabonac Road from Saturday through Nov. 1.
Oct 22, 2026
Sand Pit Purchase Is Cheered
In order for the town’s $36 million purchase at the Wainscott sand pit to go through, both the Peconic Land Trust and the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation must raise $15 million in private funding by Dec. 31.
Oct 22, 2026
Government
As the leaves began to fall, a dozen East Hampton Town residents appeared at a town board meeting to call, once again, for a year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.
Oct 22, 2026
At a town hall-style meeting last week about drinking water contamination resulting from a 2023 fire at a battery energy storage facility in East Hampton there was an acknowledgement that Suffolk County’s investigation into the source of the tainted water, and its understanding of “the plume,” is mostly complete.
Oct 22, 2026
The East Hampton Village Board saw renderings of a new, $1.7-million playground for Herrick Park last week, which the village administrator said will be the subject of public hearings at the board’s meetings in November and December.
Oct 22, 2026
“You can use this for the next 10 years and beyond, hopefully, to start to check off some of the things that are priorities for the community,” Noah Levine of BFJ Planning told the East Hampton Village Board as it reviewed a draft comprehensive plan.
Oct 22, 2026
Arts
Miro Quartet to Open BCM’s Fall Series
Bridgehampton Chamber Music’s fall series will kick off with music by Franz Schubert and Caroline Shaw and continue with Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, and Gershwin.
Oct 22, 2026
Southampton Arts Center audiences will be transported to Long Island in the Roaring Twenties with a new production of “The Great Gatsby.”
Oct 22, 2026
Nutsa Gogaladze, an artist and illustrator from Tbilisi, Georgia, is in residence in East Hampton to engage with the work of Elaine de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the community.
Oct 22, 2026
“The Elephant Man,” the Tony Award-winning drama about a deformed young man in Victorian England and the surgeon who took him in, will be at LTV Studios in Wainscott.
Oct 22, 2026
Villages
Hefty Clams Have Their Day at Contest
A splendid time was had by all when the East Hampton Town Trustees held their annual Largest Clam Contest on the grounds of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum last week.
Two History-Focused Outings for the 250th
The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, in partnership with the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with outdoor activities in Montauk this weekend.
A Car Show for an Important Cause
The annual Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show and Cruise, a fund-raiser for the Tyler Project, happens on Sunday at the Amagansett Firehouse.
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
News for Foodies 10.22.26
Long Island Restaurant Week nears, there’s a Spanish wine class at Park Place and an Artists’ Table at the Watermill Center, and whiskey and barbecue spice up the Sagaponack Farm Distillery.
Oct 22, 2026
News for Foodies 10.15.26
Wine Wednesday workshops return to Nick and Toni’s, dinner and bar specials at Gigi’s Montauk, and a mahjong brunch at Lunch in Southampton.
Oct 15, 2026
News for Foodies 10.08.26
Chowders by more than 20 local chefs will benefit the Springs Food Pantry, chillable reds are to be featured at Park Place Wines, and an Oktoberfest celebration in Montauk.
Oct 8, 2026