On March 14, President Trump signed an executive order that would strip the Institute of Museum and Library Services, established in 1996 and the only source of federal funds for the state library, to its bones. The state library is the sole conduit through which state and federal aid flows, providing support services to libraries across the state and reducing redundancies.
Vacancies at Top in Key Town Departments
Since February, East Hampton Town has lost the heads of its Code Enforcement, Building, and Housing and Community Development Departments, and the top two lawyers in the town attorney’s office.
April 1, 2025
Police & Courts
The East Hampton Town Board approved a resolution Tuesday to fire Police Officer Andrea Kess, a move her attorney said was payback for her own complaints against the Police Department.
Apr 3, 2025
“People buy illegal temporary tags online, and they get away with it until police suspect something fishy about the plate, or until they’re stopped for an ordinary traffic infraction,” according to East Hampton Village Det. Sgt. Jennifer Dunn. That was the case last week, when a temporary tag led police to discover that the vehicle's registration was apparently fraudulent.
Apr 3, 2025
Someone said to be dressed in a Boy Scout uniform was spotted peering into the windows of a Wheelock Walk house on Friday. Police did not find the person.
Apr 3, 2025
‘Action Alert’ at Poxabogue Field
Five years after an eight-acre parcel comprising four lots, across from the Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, was purchased for agricultural use with money from the Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund, it remains fallow, and Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt are now asking the Southampton Town Board to switch the parcel’s use to protect Poxabogue Pond, which the land borders.
Apr 3, 2025
Hacker Attacks Board Meeting
A hacker disrupted the Zoom portion of last Thursday’s Sag Harbor Village Board budget meeting, displaying pornographic images alongside racial and antisemitic slurs on the twin screens in the meeting room. “Those disgusting images are etched in my brain,” said Village Trustee Bob Plumb.
Apr 3, 2025
Government
People will gather in East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and communities across the country on Saturday for a nationwide “day of action” organized by Hands Off 2025.
Apr 3, 2025
Looking to make constructing accessory dwelling units even easier, the East Hampton Town’s A.D.U. committee made five recommendations to the town board this week, suggesting removing some zoning restrictions and changing eligibility requirements.
Apr 3, 2025
East Hampton Town completed a pilot invasive species removal project at the 42-acre Springs Park on March 18. The park was closed while the work was being done, and town employees who spent the day guarding the gates estimated that 80 people had to be turned away.
Mar 27, 2025
The Wainscott Commercial Center will be required to provide more environmental analysis of its planned 50-unit industrial park near the western gateway to East Hampton Town, after a unanimous vote by the town planning board last week.
Mar 27, 2025
Arts
Reclaiming Self-Determination
The new exhibition at The Sag Harbor Church, which features artwork by 16 Native artists, invites contemplation of themes that are critical to all Indigenous people.
Apr 3, 2025
The celebrated Danish String Quartet will open the spring series of Bridgehampton Chamber Music with works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Schubert.
Apr 3, 2025
The first Animation Weekend at the Sag Harbor Cinema will feature four animated films and two claymation workshops for children.
Apr 3, 2025
The Sag Harbor Church's Creativity Conference will bring five notable thinkers and artists there for a full day of individual presentations and a panel discussion.
Apr 3, 2025
Villages
Montauk Playhouse Work Will Be Done by June
Construction of the new aquatic and cultural spaces at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center is slated to be done by the end of June, according to Sarah Iudicone, president of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation. The date for the public opening, however, is still up in the air.
Days of Crime and Mystery
Hamptons Whodunit, a mystery and true-crime festival now in its third year in East Hampton Village, kicks off with a cocktail party at the Maidstone Club next Thursday evening and continues with three days of discussions, tours, book signings, and interactive events.
Item of the Week: Home, Boarding House, Cottage, Rectory
Bridgehampton’s Atlantic House is an excellent example of the tradition of structural reuse hereabouts.
Sports
Apr 3, 2025
