Two of the most visible properties at the entryway to Sag Harbor, at 2 Main Street and 22 Long Island Avenue, are in contract to be sold, the listing agent, Hal Zwick of Compass, confirmed on Thursday.
A New Pharmacy Is Coming to Montauk
Anxious Montauk residents can breathe a little easier now: While the hamlet’s only pharmacy, White’s Drug and Department Store, will close on Oct. 31, its pharmacist, Frank Calvo, has secured a location for a new iteration, to be called Montauk Chemists.
September 26, 2024
Police & Courts
When Robert J. (R.J.) Capozzola, a paid paramedic with East Hampton Village, helped save a woman who was choking on a piece of steak at the Palm restaurant on Aug. 7, he said he wasn’t thinking about much, just doing his job.
Sep 26, 2024
After allegedly throwing a 60-inch Samsung television onto the floor of his living room, an East Hampton man was arrested at his house on Boatheaders Lane last Thursday night on a charge of third-degree criminal mischief, a class-E felony.
Sep 26, 2024
A man in a dark sedan left the scene of a collision with a 2018 Subaru at the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path and Cedar Street in East Hampton on the afternoon of Sept. 17.
Sep 26, 2024
Star Stories
Ambulance Billing, Okayed by Governor, Is Not Likely Here
Legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last week expands what ambulance services can charge for, and recoup, from patients. No fire department on the East End has ever billed patients, and the new tweak to the law doesn’t seem to be influencing any to change that policy.
Sep 26, 2024
Cell Tower Concerns Heat Up in Sagaponack
The Sagaponack Village Board pushed back at perceived misinformation surrounding the proposed 100-foot cellphone tower set to be built behind Village Hall at a board meeting last week.
Sep 26, 2024
Government
Draft legislation that would move the start of the scallop season here from the third Monday in October to the Sunday after the first Monday in November was floated by Nicholas Coritsidis, an assistant town attorney, at last week’s town board work session. It would take effect in both East Hampton Town and town trustee waters. A public hearing on the proposal will be held at the board’s meeting next Thursday.
Sep 26, 2024
Artificial intelligence and deep-fake internet content have become huge talking points in this year’s race to the White House, and the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork is doing its part to counter them.
Sep 26, 2024
Gibson Lane beachgoers erupted in applause last week when the Sagaponack Village Board announced that Southampton Town parking permits will continue to be valid when the village takes over maintenance of the beach next summer.
Sep 26, 2024
Endorsements have been rolling in for both sides in the race for New York State’s First Assembly District seat, in which Stephen Kiely, a Republican and Conservative candidate, and Tommy John Schiavoni, a Democratic and Working Families candidate, are vying to succeed Fred W. Thiele Jr.
Sep 26, 2024
Arts
A Poet-Clown-Actor Walks Into a Bar
August Gladstone is a screenwriter, poet, musician, songwriter, comedic actor, and clown, with a TV pilot and a book of poetry among his many undertakings.
Sep 26, 2024
Taylor Mac, the performance artist and drag icon, will make his first Hamptons appearance at Guild Hall.
Sep 26, 2024
LTV Studios will host a panel on Latin American art, a show of cabaret, jazz, and blues standards, and a classical music quartet.
Sep 26, 2024
The Sag Harbor American Music Festival will bring four days of live music to the village, most of it free of charge.
Sep 26, 2024
Villages
Voters Approve Library Budget, Ballot Props in Sag Harbor
Voters in Sag Harbor, North Haven, and Noyac turned out last Thursday to approve, by a wide margin, the John Jermain Memorial Library's 2025 budget as well as tax-levy propositions for the Eastville Community Historical Society and the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum.
The Clams’ Time to Shine
The East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest will be held on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station on Atlantic Avenue.
East Hampton Library’s 2025 Budget Passes
With a final tally of 158 “yes” votes to 37 “no” votes, the East Hampton Library’s 2025 budget plan was approved by the community on Saturday.
