“Pomp and Circumstance” will be playing all over town this weekend, with the class of 2026 at both Pierson and East Hampton High Schools receiving their diplomas.
Burke-Gonzalez Sails to Victory
She was endorsed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni, County Legislator Ann Welker, and by three of four East Hampton Town Board members, and on Tuesday night, Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez won the endorsement of Democratic voters.
June 23, 2026
Gallant Will Face LaLota in November
Chris Gallant, an Army National Guard pilot, former air traffic controller, union leader, and volunteer firefighter, is the apparent winner of Tuesday’s Democratic Primary for New York’s First Congressional District, having defeated Lukas Ventouras.
June 23, 2026
Police & Courts
After reporting suspicious people in her driveway, an Oyster Pond Lane woman told police on June 17 that they might have been neighbors who sometimes use her driveway as a shorter path to their house.
Jun 25, 2026
One member of a group of motorcyclists “speeding and riding erratically,” according to East Hampton Village police, was left injured Sunday afternoon after he hit the rear of a car stopped on Main Street.
Jun 25, 2026
A Ticking Time Bomb on Fort Pond?
Considering the fire at the East Hampton Energy Storage Center, which resulted in the release of over two million gallons of water from an on-site fire suppression system, it’s hard to imagine that a similar fire at a Montauk storage center, especially given its location, wouldn’t have environmental consequences with no good way to remediate them.
Jun 25, 2026
Interest-Free Loans to Spur Accessory Dwelling Units
In a continued effort to spur the construction of accessory dwelling units throughout East Hampton Town, the town board last week unanimously supported taking $1 million from the Community Housing Fund and chopping it into 10 separate $100,000 loans for applicants. Applications became available on the town’s website Monday and are open until Aug. 21.
Jun 25, 2026
Government
Former East Hampton Town Councilman Jeff Bragman, who screened with the Democratic Committee over the winter to be considered as its nominee for town supervisor this fall, has endorsed Mayor Jerry Larsen in his primary race against the incumbent, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez.
Jun 18, 2026
Ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for East Hampton Town supervisor, both campaigns came under fire for separate matters related to water contamination by “forever chemicals.”
Jun 18, 2026
East Hampton Town is appealing a ruling that compelled the Building Department to issue a building permit to Joseph Macari and Kim Staller for their property on Bendigo Road in Amagansett.
Jun 18, 2026
Arts
‘The Off Off Broadway of the Hamptons’
Norm Lewis, a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy-nominated actor and vocalist, will inaugurate the Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea cabaret series at LTV Studios in Wainscott.
Jun 25, 2026
Shows at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs feature process-driven abstractions by Jorge Rios and Brent Richardson’s surreal, dynamic paintings whose forms threaten to fly off the canvas.
Jun 25, 2026
“Cagney the Musical” will bring one the screen’s most iconic stars to life at Bay Street in the Sag Harbor theater’s first big dance show in years.
Jun 25, 2026
The Choral Society’s summer concert at the college in Southampton is devoted to work by Long Island-born composers, from Billy Joel to Stephen Schwartz to John Williams.
Jun 25, 2026
Villages
A Junkyard In Low-Earth Orbit
In a month when Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire by taking SpaceX, his satellite and space flight company, public, it’s worth asking, do you know what might happen if you were hit by a fleck of dried paint moving at 17,000 miles per hour?
Item of the Week: Marching Orders for Minutemen, 1776
When Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull of Mastic wrote to Col. Josiah Smith of East Moriches about activating Long Island militias amid the threat of the British Navy off Manhattan.
A June Wedding on Georgica Pond
Peter Shilowich of East Hampton and Alyssa Pelosi of Grand Island, N.Y., were married on the shores of Georgica Pond on June 13.
Sports
Long Island Books
Food
News for Foodies 06.25.26
Taco Tuesdays at Navy Beach, Ralph’s Coffee truck (that’s Ralph Lauren) at Mulford Farm, and an acclaimed mixologist is coming to Bridgehampton.
Jun 25, 2026
New Chapter for Old Stone Market Owners
Twenty years after purchasing the parcel at 472 Old Stone Highway in Springs and opening Old Stone Market, Wolf Reiter and Vicky Sdrougias called it a career. The market closed, much to the sorrow of many, on Monday.
Jun 18, 2026
News for Foodies 06.18.26
Padma Lakshmi will stir the pot with Florence Fabricant at Guild Hall, and Miracle opens on Main Street in Sag Harbor.
Jun 18, 2026