Skip to main content

Virtual Clam Contest Sunday

Thu, 09/17/2020 - 09:30
Weighing the entrants during a past contest.
Durell Godfrey

The East Hampton Town Trustees will hold their 30th annual Largest Clam Contest on Sunday, a scaled-back, virtual event in light of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The contest is intended to educate the public about waters the trustees manage on its behalf, to promote the sea's bounty, and to highlight the benefits of environmental stewardship. 

Holders of a valid town shellfish license can search for the largest clam in Three Mile Harbor, Accabonac Harbor, Napeague Harbor, and Lake Montauk through Saturday. There will be adult and 14-and-under categories for each water body. 

Entries should be taken to the Amagansett Seafood Store, Stuart's Seafood Market, also in Amagansett, Gosman's Fish Market in Montauk, or the Seafood Shop in Wainscott before the stores close on Saturday. Clams must be in a mesh bag, which are available at the seafood shops. Entrants have been asked to submit a video of themselves and their clam entry shot at the location at which it was found, and state their name and the location.

The trustees will collect the clams on Sunday morning and weigh them at 1 p.m. at the Lamb Building in Amagansett, which houses their office and is where the contest is usually held, though the free raw bar and clam chowder as well as a chowder contest that typically happen at the gathering will not take place this year. Prizes will be awarded to the contestants entering the largest clam over all as well as the largest harvested from each of those water bodies. 

A video will be compiled, edited, and aired on LTV at a date to be announced. 

 

Villages

Tariffs Are Sobering News for Liquor Stores

It’s not clear when, or if, President Trump’s European alcohol tariff will ever go live. Nonetheless, the threat is looming over South Fork wine and liquor retailers, who have been forced to react to the uncertainty. 

Mar 27, 2025

East Hampton Star Shines at Better Newspaper Contest

Durell Godfrey, The East Hampton Star’s longtime staff photographer and a fixture at community events from Montauk to Southampton, has once again been named one of New York State’s top photographers. At the New York Press Association’s annual conference last week in Saratoga Springs, The Star’s newsletter also repeated in winning first place in the Best Newsletter category, capping a successful awards season for the paper. 

Mar 27, 2025

A Short Parade That’s Become a Big Success

For the first Am O'Gansett Parade in 2009, the organizers jokingly promised Clydesdales, Macy's balloons, and floats. With good humor and an enthusiastic response from the community, the very short parade has been an annual event ever since.

Mar 20, 2025

 

Your support for The East Hampton Star helps us deliver the news, arts, and community information you need. Whether you are an online subscriber, get the paper in the mail, delivered to your door in Manhattan, or are just passing through, every reader counts. We value you for being part of The Star family.

Your subscription to The Star does more than get you great arts, news, sports, and outdoors stories. It makes everything we do possible.