The East Hampton Town Board was to vote Tuesday to end its relationship with R2 Architecture, the joint venture it had chosen to design the Center for Modern Aging and Human Services in Amagansett. It will begin the process of reimagining how the facility should look and who it should serve.
East Hampton High Schooler With Marathon Mission
Next month, Maxim Bellenoue will become likely the first East Hampton High School student ever to run in the New York City Marathon, and will be among the youngest of the more than 55,000 runners expected to take part.
October 9, 2025
Police & Courts
East Hampton Village is soon to be the first municipality east of the Shinnecock Canal to arm its police officers not just with guns, but with EpiPens.
Oct 9, 2025
An “older gentleman” was at the bar at Rosie’s in Amagansett with a younger woman who “did not appear to be his daughter,” another patron, who was “concerned about her well-being,” reported Friday night. But she was the man’s daughter.
Oct 9, 2025
A 31-year-old man faces felony charges for possessing forged documents following a traffic stop in Sag Harbor early Friday morning.
Oct 9, 2025
Applicants Beware: Fake Bills
It seems that journalists aren’t the only people who watch town meetings — scammers do as well. And the information they collect has apparently been used to send invoices to applicants seeking approval for building projects before the town planning board or the zoning board of appeals.
Oct 9, 2025
Foster Says ‘Basic Leadership Is the Issue’
“I don’t feel like anybody can put me in a box,” said J.P Foster, the sole Republican candidate for East Hampton Town Board this year. “I don’t feel like I fit in a Democrat or a Republican box. I fit in an East Hampton box. If there was an independent box, that’s where I’d be.”
Oct 9, 2025
Government
The East Hampton Town Board was cautiously supportive this week of placing further restrictions on short-term rentals. “We are looking at commercial investments in our residential districts by investors who only seek to make profit and are not looking at being part of this community at all,” said Councilwoman Cate Rogers.
Oct 9, 2025
For the second straight year, the East Hampton Town budget will pierce the state-mandated 2-percent cap, shooting to nearly $110 million.
Oct 9, 2025
Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, a Democrat who is seeking a second term in the 2nd District, and her Republican challenger, Raheem Soto, spoke of their records and policy agendas in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters on Monday.
Oct 9, 2025
Michael Hansen, a Democrat, and Jeff Miller, a Republican, made their pitches to Wainscott voters as they run to succeed Carole Brennan as town clerk, while Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte of the town board addressed issues of local concern.
Oct 9, 2025
Arts
The Church as Campus for Artists
"The First Churchennial" features work by over 40 artists from different disciplines who have participated in The Church's unique residency program between 2021 and 2024.
Oct 16, 2025
Bridgehampton Chamber Music's autumn series will feature the Brooklyn Rider string quartet with music from Haydn to Dylan, Gilles Vonsattel in an all-Beethoven piano recital, and a "Festive Baroque" concert.
Oct 16, 2025
David Ebner, an artist, craftsman, and studio furniture-maker, is showing five decades of work that reflects the wide range of styles, motifs, and materials he has explored.
Oct 16, 2025
"Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Radio Play" promises to bring fog, haze, lightning, even fangs and blood to the Southampton Arts Center.
Oct 16, 2025
Villages
Festival Doc Spurs Community Run
A group of filmmakers, runners, walkers, and spectators will meet at Gubbins Perfect Fit in East Hampton Friday at 8 a.m. for a community 5K run and walk to Main Beach and back that is connected to the Hamptons International Film Festival screening of the documentary “Remaining Native.”
Perfect Day for Big Clams
Unseasonably warm weather and the promise of hard clam delicacies including chowder, pies, and clams on the half shell drew what was likely the largest crowd in the history of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest to the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum.
ARF's 'Best Day in the Whole World'
The Animal Rescue Fund's Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser, the annual two-mile dog walk from Mulford Farm to Main Beach and back, will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
