To paraphrase James Carville’s famous advice to then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, when it comes to discussing the application for Toilsome Farm Restaurant and Brewery in East Hampton Village, “It’s the noise, stupid.”
Town to Provide Emergency Funding to Food Pantries
The East Hampton Town Board authorized an emergency appropriation of $30,000 to local food pantries, due to the continued shutdown of the federal government and the impending loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
October 29, 2025
Police & Courts
With two months to go until the East Hampton Town Police Department takes over the lion’s share of emergency dispatching responsibilities from East Hampton Village, questions linger about the cost of the transition and how the town department will handle the new workload.
Oct 30, 2025
Rigged, illegal, and high-stakes poker games have been held in recent years in various locales, including East Hampton, according to a federal indictment filed on Oct. 9.
Oct 30, 2025
The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.
Oct 30, 2025
Eight Candidates for Town Trustee Weigh In
Democratic incumbents and Republican challengers ponder East Hampton’s waterways and environment.
Oct 30, 2025
Project Most Will Expand, Not Replace, Neighborhood House
The East Hampton Town Planning Board reviewed and applauded a “substantially revised site plan” for Project Most’s headquarters that saves the historic Neighborhood House on Three Mile Harbor Road rather than demolishing it, as previously planned.
Oct 30, 2025
Government
It’s big, it’s controversial, it’s before the town planning powers that be.
Oct 30, 2025
Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, and some voters in East Hampton will cast ballots in a new location — at the East Hampton Library.
Oct 30, 2025
Proposal 1 has to do with new ski and biathlon trails in upstate forestland. Proposal 2 addresses Suffolk County term limits vis-a-vis the state’s even-year election law.
Oct 30, 2025
A swearing-in, two promotions, one retirement, and a cautionary tale of the hazards of transportation via e-bike occupied the East Hampton Village Board when it met last week.
Oct 30, 2025
Arts
Fitzhugh Karol: Ceramics to Steel
Fitzhugh Karol, whose work is on view at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs, moves with assurance from ceramic reliefs to iconic wooden totems to large-scale steel sculptures.
Oct 30, 2025
A busy weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will include stargazing with the Vanderbilt Museum’s mobile planetarium, a writing workshop, and a “drawing happening.”
Oct 30, 2025
LTV Studios will host a Vampire Masquerade Thursday and Our Fabulous Variety Show’s Disco Ball fund-raiser on Saturday.
Oct 28, 2025
The Southampton Cultural Center will host a recital by Tian Tang, a prize-winning concert pianist, and a jazz jam session featuring Real East End Brass.
Oct 30, 2025
Villages
Halloween in the Villages
Trick-or-treating on Friday? Here are a few spots to add to your circuit.
Network of Advocates Keeps Eyes on ICE
A discussion hosted by Progressive East End Reformers laid bare the impacts of ICE agents searching for undocumented immigrants, a dragnet that across the country has snared multiple United States citizens and immigrants in the process of attaining legal status.
Interfaith Leaders Offer Hope in Tough Times
“The aim here is for us to have the differences, vocalize them, and for us to be patient and understand where they’re coming from,” said Dr. Asma Rashid, a co-host with Jim Vrettos of an interfaith disussion on creating unity in an age that feels increasingly divisive and isolating.
