Cristian Candemir, a 2012 East Hampton High School graduate who's been angling for the unofficial title of “World’s Strongest Barista,” was back in action recently to take a shot at lifting a replica of Iceland’s 410-pound Husafell stone. It's an ancient tradition dating to the time of the Vikings.
Town Steps Up to Help Montauk Seniors Get Prescriptions
East Hampton Town is urging Montauk residents facing difficulties obtaining medicines in the wake of the closing of White's Drug and Department Store to take advantage of its Senior Shopping Assistance Program. Through the town program, people 60 and up can have town employees from the Human Services Department pick up prescriptions from pharmacies and deliver them to their houses.
November 19, 2024
Police & Courts
A fire that started in a basement laundry room at 66 David's Lane at around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday was extinguished quickly by the East Hampton Fire Department.
Nov 14, 2024
East Hampton Village police pulled a vehicle over on Woods Lane after a report that it had been tailgating an ambulance. Police issued a warning after the driver apologized and said it was his wife in the ambulance.
Nov 14, 2024
East Hampton and Amagansett Fire Departments were among 10 Suffolk County departments that offered support to fight the wildfires in Orange County, N.Y., as a heightened wildfire risk persists statewide.
Nov 12, 2024
Laborers Claim They’ve Been Locked Out of Playhouse Project
A large inflatable rat, a common symbol in labor protests, arose on the grounds of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center early Wednesday morning. Darryl Harris, a delegate of Laborers Local 66, alleges that the union and its members have been purposefully kept off the job and threatened with police action.
Nov 14, 2024
Election 2024: The Numbers Speak
A little over a week out from a decisive national election, both the Democratic and Republican Parties are examining what the results say about where the country stands. Looking over the preliminary data from the New York State and Suffolk County Boards of Elections, as well as the archived data from past elections, one can see how Suffolk County has changed and what trends have emerged.
Nov 14, 2024
Government
Still unhappy with the pace at which new accessory dwelling units are being built in East Hampton Town, a committee charged with keeping tabs on them made four recommendations to the town board Tuesday that it hopes will spur some construction action.
Nov 14, 2024
Proposed changes to the East Hampton Town Zoning Code, which, among other things, would slash the allowable maximum house size from 20,000 to 10,000 square feet and require portions of basements and attached garages to be counted toward a structure’s gross floor area, were aired at a well-attended, nearly three-hour hearing.
Nov 14, 2024
East Hampton has over 300 miles of roads, and his officers write about 5,000 traffic summonses a year, Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo told the town board this week as he once again urged its members to ask permission from New York State to lower speed limits in several places. “The enforcement is there, to the extent it can be without having officers sit on your road all day,” he said.
Nov 14, 2024
Work on a boardwalk to connect Windmill Beach and the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park in Sag Harbor has begun, and one clear sign of that was the removal last week of a large but invasive tree in its path.
Nov 14, 2024
Arts
No Sailor: At Home in Many Ports
No Sailor, a band that began in Slovenia, recorded in Scotland, and has divisions in Pennsylvania, New York City, and the East End, just debuted its latest single at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett.
Nov 21, 2024
"Think Like a Filmmaker" at the Sag Harbor Cinema is an exhibition of an acclaimed filmmaker's repurposed vintage filmmaking equipment.
Nov 21, 2024
For Bay Street's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," the actors shine in a show that is physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing.
Nov 21, 2024
Reflections in Music at The Church in Sag Harbor will present a program of classical compositions inspired in part by the blues.
Nov 21, 2024
Villages
A New Home for Local History at Mulford Farm
The East Hampton Historical Society broke ground on a climate-controlled collections-storage center at the Mulford Farm last Thursday. It will unite the historical society’s 20,000 archival items — now stored at five separate sites — under one roof.
L.V.I.S. Pecan Tree Is the Tallest in the State
A pecan tree that might have been planted well before the American Revolution and is located right in the circle of the Ladies Village Improvement Society, has been recognized by the State Department of Environmental Conservation as a state champion, the tallest of its kind in New York.
Item of the Week: Prohibition Hooch
In 1970 a trawler’s crew members were surprised to find a full bottle of Indian Hill bourbon whiskey in a trawl eight miles off the coast of Montauk, one of them declaring the “Prohibition stuff” to be “strong as hell.”
