Scenes from yet another winter storm, from a cold plunge in Gardiner's Bay to a hardware store keeping people in shovels and salt to the highway departments working around the clock to clear the roads.
South Fork Grapples With Major Snow Storm
East Hampton Town and Village along with Sag Harbor Village and Southampton Town all declared states of emergency ahead of Sunday’s snow and ice storm, mirroring actions by Suffolk County and New York State. Government offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, as will local schools.
January 25, 2026
Democratic Leaders Accuse Larsen of ‘Party Raiding’
“The recent actions from Jerry Larsen — encouraging voters to change their party enrollment solely to influence the outcome of a Democratic primary and sway the results in his direction — are deeply troubling,” the county chairman said. Mr. Larsen countered that it’s just democracy in action.
January 24, 2026
Police & Courts
The Town of East Hampton formally completed the transition of primary 911 call answering from East Hampton Village to its Police Department Dispatch Center. All 911 calls from landlines within the town (outside the village or Sag Harbor) will now be taken from the town police headquarters in Wainscott.
Jan 29, 2026
An East Hampton Library employee told police on Jan. 20 that an elderly man who has a history of “tying women’s undergarments onto a bicycle at the library” had done it again.
Jan 29, 2026
A Montauk woman was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital on Jan. 22 after being hit by a car.
Jan 29, 2026
Village Beach Season Extension? Town Trustees Dubious
The East Hampton Town Trustees were of two minds about a proposed East Hampton Village law to extend the prohibition of dogs and trucks on village beaches from Sept. 15 to Columbus Day.
Jan 29, 2026
Sag Harbor Gets a Septic Grant
Sag Harbor Village is the recipient of a $34,091 New York State grant to develop an engineering study to replace failing septic systems in the Redwood neighborhood with a decentralized wastewater collection and treatment system to reduce nitrogen and pathogen loading in Sag Harbor Cove.
Jan 29, 2026
Government
The offshore wind industry, despite a sustained campaign against it by the Trump administration, won another round on Jan. 15 when a United States District Court granted the developer of the Empire Wind 1 farm a preliminary injunction that allows construction of the 54-turbine, 810-megawatt project to resume.
Jan 29, 2026
There has been more movement in the East Hampton Town Building Department in recent weeks, though not in the direction the town had hoped for.
Jan 22, 2026
East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez has named 15 inaugural members of a new Latino Advisory Committee. They represent a cross-section of skills, based on their professions, and many already have ties to town government.
Jan 22, 2026
Because of the extreme weather forecast for the coming days, the sale of 2026 permits to park at East Hampton Village beaches has been postponed from Tuesday to Thursday, Jan. 29. The one-day, in-person sale for town residents will be held at the Emergency Services Building.
Jan 22, 2026
Arts
2023 Bordeaux Offer Exceptional Value
The Star's Alison Morris Roslyn, a Level 3 sommelier, checked out a New York tasting hosted by the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux and discovered many exceptional wines at welcoming prices.
Jan 29, 2026
The discovery of a framed photo of Sigmund Freud in her closet launched Andrea Mitchell, a film producer, on a new project — a book and documentary about the secret histories of people's houses.
Jan 29, 2026
Ken Burns's new 12-hour, six-part documentary, "The American Revolution," co-directed by David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, will be shown at the Sag Harbor Cinema on successive Sundays.
Jan 29, 2026
Lindsay Morris, an acclaimed photographer, and Susan Lacy, the creator of the “American Masters” series on PBS, will be at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Jan 29, 2026
Villages
Buddhist Monks on the Path to World Peace
Twenty of so monks from a monastery in Texas are making their way to Washington, D.C., on a mission of compassion, while locally a class on the Buddhist path to world peace will be held in Water Mill.
‘ICE Out’ Vigils on Friday
Coordinated vigils for what organizers call victims of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement will happen across the East End on Friday at 6 p.m. and in Riverhead on Saturday at 10 a.m., with local events scheduled in East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor.
Item of the Week: The Reverend and the Accabonac Tribe
This photostat of a deposition taken on Oct. 18, 1667, from East Hampton’s first minister, Thomas James, is one of the earliest records we have of “Ackobuak,” or “Accabonac,” as a place name.
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
2023 Bordeaux Offer Exceptional Value
The Star's Alison Morris Roslyn, a Level 3 sommelier, checked out a New York tasting hosted by the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux and discovered many exceptional wines at welcoming prices.
Jan 29, 2026
News for Foodies 01.29.26
Next up in Almond restaurant's Artists and Writers series is Caroline Sutton, an editor and widely published writer.
Jan 29, 2026
Long Island Restaurant Week Returns
Long Island Restaurant Week is back, with South Fork options at Fresno, Nick and Toni's, LDV @ the Maidstone, the Palm, Bistro Ete, Calissa, Page, the Bridgehampton Inn, and Shippy's.
Jan 22, 2026