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LaLota Doubles Down on Withholding Federal Money

Representative Nick LaLota, who announced last month that he was cutting off East Hampton Town and Village from federal community project funding over their adoption of laws prohibiting cooperation with the federal government in civil immigration enforcement, is not letting up in his threats.

Jul 23, 2026

County Has Plum Island in Its Sights

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine announced last week that the county intends to buy the 822-acre island, largely untouched by development except for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and described it as an environmental jewel.

Jul 23, 2026

Government

The time for America’s testing has come, Judge Michael Luttig told a rapt audience at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Monday. “In Lincoln’s terms,” he said, “we are going to determine, in this calendar year, whether this nation, or any nation so conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, can long endure.” 

Jul 23, 2026

Following several changes to legislation that would allow for rent-restricted employer-sponsored housing, the town board held a second public hearing on the proposal on July 16, but the changes were not enough, apparently, to create public support.

Jul 23, 2026

Three marshes in East Hampton Town — at Cedar Point County Park, Napeague, and Beach Hampton — were scheduled to be sprayed with a larvicide this week, weather permitting, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.

Jul 23, 2026

Angry board members. That was the theme last week at meetings of both the East Hampton Town Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Jul 16, 2026

Arts

Alexander Reinwald: Art and the Automobile

Alexander Reinwald is an artist, an in-demand automobile design and restoration specialist, and the founder of Gallery 851 in Springs, which will open a show of work by the celebrated artist Joe Zucker.

Jul 30, 2026

A weekend focused on Black storytelling, performance, and community will feature a variety of programming at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, The Church, Guild Hall, and EHP Resort.

Jul 30, 2026

A new production of “Dear Evan Hansen,” the winner of six Tony Awards, including best musical, is for “anyone who has been a teenager, is a teenager, or has a teenager,” according to Scott Schwartz, the director.

Jul 30, 2026

Up next in LTV’s Hamptons Summer Songbook series are Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock singing Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Sondheim, and more, while Laurence Maslon provides commentary and cocktails.

Jul 30, 2026

Villages

Vets Said They Felt the Love at Soldier Ride

“This has been the best experience I’ve ever had. I’ve been telling people, ‘I feel more welcome now than when I actually came home,’ ” said Sabrina Mohammed, a veteran who took part in Soldier Ride the Hamptons on July 18.

Jul 23, 2026

Amagansett Vintage Shop Is a Family Affair

From a 1985 Unimog platform fire truck imported from Germany to black open-toe platform booties, you can find a bit of everything vintage at Georgopoulos Motors on Main Street in Amagansett, where the brother-and-sister team of Stathios and Tiffany Georgopoulos are in business together this summer. He sells the cars, she sells the clothes.

Jul 23, 2026

Item of the Week: Camping by the Sea at Hither Hills

As soon as the campground opened at Hither Hills State Park in Montauk in 1929, camping on the beach became popular, as shown in this vintage postcard.

Jul 23, 2026

Food

News for Foodies 07.30.26

A wine special at Topside on Gosman’s Dock, an innovative brew from Kidd Squid at Almond restaurant, and a new outdoor dinner spot on Shelter Island.

Jul 30, 2026

News for Foodies 07.16.26

An acclaimed chef is up next in Guild Hall’s Stirring the Pot, a panel on Long Island wines at the Hampton Library, Navy Beach launches Sunday brunch, and catering-to-go from Art of Eating.

Jul 16, 2026

News for Foodies 07.09.26

Omakase is coming to the East End at LDV at the Maidstone and Gurney’s in Montauk, and Lion’s Nook is open at the former Rowdy Hall.

Jul 9, 2026