Just shy of his 85th birthday, Dick Monahan, a lifeguard at Kirk Park in Montauk, will hang up his whistle at the end of this season.
Montaukers Launch New Bid to Halt Este
What if the problem at the future Este restaurant in downtown Montauk was the fact that it is being built on property that was meant to remain undeveloped? A new petition asserts just that and asks East Hampton Town to impose a stop-work order. Attorneys for the developers say the questions are moot.
September 9, 2026
90 Days to Issue a Building Permit, or It’s Denied
East Hampton Town legislation is on the table that would give the Building Department 90 days to issue a building permit after receipt of a complete application that includes approvals by any outside agencies. Otherwise, “the application shall be deemed denied and the applicant may apply to the zoning board of appeals for review or to the Supreme Court of the State of New York to compel such review.”
September 3, 2026
Police & Courts
On Georgica Beach on Saturday morning, multiple chairs and tiki torches set up around a smoldering, unattended fire between the first and second jetties caused some alarm.
Sep 10, 2026
A trailer reported missing in Southampton in July popped up in East Hampton on Aug. 31, resulting in the arrest of the man towing it.
Sep 10, 2026
Bamboo, We're Done With You!
“We’re saying, ‘Alright, no more bamboo,’ “ the East Hampton Town attorney said as the town board discussed draft legislation that would prohibit planting of the fast-growing invasive.
Sep 10, 2026
House Votes to Delay Right Whale Protections
Last week, Representative Nick LaLota joined his Republican colleagues in a mostly party-line vote to extend the postponement of protections for the North Atlantic right whale until 2035.
Sep 10, 2026
Government
The Supreme Court is expected to rule imminently on the legality of the Trump administration’s effort to restrict voting by mail, a plan that as of yesterday remained in limbo due to lower court rulings. Should the Supreme Court side with the administration, critics say, massive voter disenfranchisement is the likely outcome.
Sep 10, 2026
David Browne, who served as the chief fire marshal for East Hampton Town from December 2010 until this year has been appointed East Hampton Village’s chief fire marshal.
Sep 10, 2026
With Election Day fewer than eight weeks away, the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will cover the East End with voter information tables this month and has issued a schedule of debates.
Sep 10, 2026
A renewed effort to protect trees located in town-owned rights of way was before the East Hampton Town Board this week, and all agreed the proposal needed a little “finessing” ahead of a second discussion, which could happen “in a couple of weeks.”
Sep 10, 2026
Arts
Marcie Honerkamp Pieces It Together
Marcie Honerkamp transitioned from painting to mosaics in 1998 and since then has adapted that medium to surfboards, tabletops, murals, animals, album covers, and portraits.
Sep 10, 2026
Hamptons JazzFest will close out its 2026 summer season on Saturday at LTV, and twin musicians will celebrate the work of George Gershwin there on Sunday.
Sep 10, 2026
LongHouse Reserve will host a dance theater portrait of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner by the New York Theatre Ballet and a workshop on making accordion books.
Sep 10, 2026
The Latino Film Festival will screen an award-winning drama from Mexico, a documentary about migration from Cuba, and a live-action adventure based on Dora the Explorer.
Sep 10, 2026
Villages
Revisiting the 9/11 Terror 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years on, the terrible events of that day remain seared into the memories of those who experienced it, whether up close in Manhattan or more than 100 miles away in East Hampton Town, on what was shaping up to be a perfect late-summer day.
‘Were It Not for September 11’
Were it not for Sept. 11, 2001, you’d not be reading these words. I’d still be living in the city and might never have become a writer.
Item of the Week: David H. Huntting’s 1874 Address
On May 26, 1874, David H. Huntting (1815-1885) gave a historical address to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton’s Sunday school. Huntting was a logical choice as a speaker since he had strong connections to the school and the church.
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Food
News for Foodies 09.10.26
Almond restaurant announces perks of its Dinner and Provisions Club as well as fall specials, and the North Fork Foodie Tour will feature farms and vineyards spread across 30 miles.
Sep 10, 2026
Tomato Tasters Rate 2026 Crop
The annual Great Tomato Taste-Off at Quail Hill Farm brought some 100 tasters to the property to taste and rate 44 varieties at their seasonal peak.
Sep 3, 2026
News for Foodies 09.03.26
Wolffer Estate Vineyard releases its first Summer in the Bottle Rosé Zero, a rosé with zero-percent alcohol, Jason Weiner is named featured chef at Outstanding in the Field, and there’s a new chef at Elaia Estiatorio.
Sep 3, 2026