Republicans may be in control now in Washington, D.C., but it’s a different story in East Hampton Town, where the chairman of the Republican Committee confirmed this week that his party will not be running a candidate for supervisor and that only one of its candidates for town board will be actively campaigning.
Helen S. Rattray Made Her Mark
Helen S. Rattray may have stood only 5-foot-1 in her prime, but she was a towering figure in the newsroom and in the town her paper served. A consummate journalist, exacting editor, and dedicated champion of the free press, Ms. Rattray served as publisher of The East Hampton Star until her death on April 16 and was its editor in chief from 1980 until 2003, when her eldest son, David E. Rattray, took over that role.
April 23, 2025
Police & Courts
Police responded Saturday night to a report that a wind turbine had fallen off a platform at the firehouse, and found its head and blades on the ground, with debris scattered about.
Apr 24, 2025
A serious accident occurred on Pantigo Road on the afternoon of April 15 a pickup truck collided with a Mercedes van that then rolled over onto its side.
Apr 24, 2025
Has a shocking crime that took place in East Hampton Village in 1955 finally been solved? Mayor Jerry Larsen believes it has, and he isn’t alone.
Apr 17, 2025
Can Macklowe Finally Sell?
It was a phragmites-removal project that turned bad and devolved into a six-year war between East Hampton Village and the billionaire real estate developer Harry Macklowe. Now, with a new application that will be presented to the village’s zoning board of appeals on May 9, Mr. Macklowe is attempting to put it all to bed.
Apr 24, 2025
Feds Move to Halt Offshore Wind
The future of offshore wind power in New York State and throughout the United States was thrown into question last week as the Trump administration’s interior secretary ordered a halt to construction of the 810-megawatt Empire Wind 1 project, which was to span 80,000 acres in the New York Bight and send renewable electricity to New York City.
Apr 24, 2025
Government
A hearing Tuesday on the draft environmental impact statement for the 81,257-square-foot building Adam Potter is planning in Sag Harbor drew a number of critics, but also several supporters who spoke of the urgency of affordable housing.
Apr 24, 2025
Rona Klopman, chairwoman of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, began its meeting Monday night by addressing a recent East Hampton Town Board proposal to bypass planning and zoning regulations when weighing a project’s benefits to the community against its impacts on the environment.
Apr 24, 2025
East Hampton Town announced the hiring of two new department heads last week, including a new town attorney, hired from within, Jake Turner, and a new director of code enforcement, Marty Culloton.
Apr 24, 2025
After coming under criticism for a proposal to broadly exempt town projects from the town zoning code if they are deemed "community resources," the East Hampton Town Board tabled a resolution to hold a public hearing on the matter.
Apr 21, 2025
Arts
The Fistys: Unapologetically in Your Face
The Fistys are a three-woman in-your-race punk-rock band whose "sound and fury are a manifestation of their convictions."
Apr 24, 2025
Hamptons Doc Fest will celebrate Earth Day week with three days of films, interviews, and information hubs whose theme is our connection to trees, woodlands, and forests.
Apr 24, 2025
The Church in Sag Harbor is celebrating with a presentation on public spaces, open studios, a poetry read-in, and a lecture about images of the Fool from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
Apr 24, 2025
A new production of "God of Carnage," Yasmina Reza's award-winning play, will have a two-week run at LTV Studios.
Apr 24, 2025
Villages
Volunteers Take Up Invasives War at Morton
Most people go to the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, to feed the birds. There, black-capped chickadees and tufted titmice, for better or worse, have been trained to accept seeds from human hands. On Saturday, however, 15 people showed up instead to rip invasive plants out of the ground.
Item of the Week: Wild Times at Jungle Pete’s
If you had to guess where a jungle was located in Springs, where would you say it was? If you guessed Fort Pond Boulevard, you would be correct. That’s where Jungle Pete’s once stood, an eatery and watering hole that served countless Springs residents, including the Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.
The Sweet Smell of Nostalgia at Sagaponack General
Stepping into the new Sagaponack General Store, which reopened yesterday after being closed since 2020, is a sweet experience, and not just because there’s a soft-serve ice cream station on the left and what promises to be the biggest penny candy selection on the South Fork on your right, but because it’s like seeing an old friend who, after some struggle, made it big. Really, really big.
Sports
Apr 24, 2025
