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A vacant building on Montauk Highway across from the Bridgehampton Post Office will be torn down. The Bridgehampton Fire District bought the property for $3.9 million in 2011. ‘Eyesore’ on Bridgehampton Main to Be Razed

The Bridgehampton Fire District, which bought the building on Main Street that once housed the Pulver Gas Company in 2011 for $3.9 million, will tear it down by the end of the month.

Feb 4, 2016
The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals is unlikely to allow a cellar at 18 Lee Avenue to extend beyond the house’s exterior walls. Z.B.A. Quashes Efforts to Avoid New Rules

No sooner had the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals denied an application on Friday for an expanded house at 44 Huntting Lane that would have violated a zoning amendment enacted last year, than it considered another request to overrule the amendment, which prohibits cellars from extending beyond a house’s ground-floor exterior walls.

Jan 28, 2016
The Chili Cook-Off Is Nigh

It’s time again for the Great Bonac Chili Cook-Off, when home cooks and professional chefs throw their best versions of chili in the ring, to be tasted and rated by members of the public.

Jan 21, 2016
Old Hoses, Tired Trucks

The Sag Harbor Fire Department, which serves Noyac and North Haven as well as the village, is facing “almost a crisis situation with the apparatus we have,” Chief Tom Gardella told the village board last week.

Jan 21, 2016
When Mammograms Fall Short

“Happygram,” a feature-length documentary that explores the issue of breast cancers that mammograms failed to detect, will be screened on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Shelter Island High School. Admission is free.

Jan 21, 2016
A Surfboard’s Strange Trip

A missing surfboard will be returned to its owner by way of North Carolina.

Jan 21, 2016
To Explain Code Revisions

The public has been invited to a meeting on Wednesday for further explanation of the proposed Sag Harbor Village zoning code revisions.

Jan 21, 2016
About North Main Parking

Befitting the quiet of a South Fork winter, the East Hampton Village Board’s meeting on Friday was brief.

Jan 21, 2016
Accountants Give Thumbs-Up on Finances

The Village of East Hampton got an upbeat report on its fiscal health last Thursday.

Jan 14, 2016
First Mega-Mansion? Developer Seeks Supersized Spec House on Huntting Lane

An application for a 10,561-square-foot house in the Huntting Lane Historic District is “exactly the type of project the village had in mind” last year when it enacted new limits on floor area and lot coverage, the chairman of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals said on Friday.

Jan 14, 2016
Concern Persists Over Sag Harbor Moratorium

Members of the Sag Harbor Village Board came under fire Tuesday night from residents angry over proposed new laws that they say will hurt their property values. Residents also questioned the validity of a moratorium on building that has been in effect while the legislation was being drawn up.

Jan 14, 2016
Easier Phragmites Removal

The local laws adopted on Friday that concluded the East Hampton Village Board’s business for 2015 were overshadowed by a moment of silence observed for Karen Rickenbach, the daughter of Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., who died on Dec. 12.

Dec 24, 2015
In the East Hampton High School cafeteria on Monday, members of the school’s Key Club sorted some 1,000 toys collected for local children in need by the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton Toys for Tots program. Easing the Holiday Stress, One Toy at a Time

With its Toys for Tots program, now in its 30th year, the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton does its part to ease the stress on parents’ wallets and give children a brighter Christmas.

Dec 24, 2015
A Gingerbread House Contest in Montauk

If you’ve already made a gingerbread house for the holidays, you might not want to take a bite of it just yet.

Dec 3, 2015
Harry Chapin Food Bank

As the holidays approach, a fund-raising drive for Long Island Cares — The Harry Chapin Food Bank, its second such, has begun. This year’s drive honors the late Jack Morelli of Amagansett.

Dec 3, 2015
Nanci LaGarenne A New Tale of Domestic Violence

In “Refuge,” her most recent book, Nanci LaGarenne, an East Hampton author, has delved deeply into difficult issues faced by many women, including more than one might think here on the East End.

Nov 25, 2015
A True’s beaked whale was found dead on Scott Cameron Beach in Bridgehampton last Thursday. A Beaked Whale Beaches

A True’s beaked whale, rare to the area, was found dead on Scott Cameron Beach in Bridgehampton last Thursday afternoon.

Nov 25, 2015
Dominy Shops Set to Move

The historic Dominy clock and woodworking shops that were moved decades ago to the Further Lane property now owned by the investor Barry Rosenstein will soon begin a journey back to North Main Street, where they were constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nov 25, 2015
Charles and Gabriel Bieler of Montauk tried out the skating rink at Gurney's on its opening weekend last month. Gurney’s Opens an Ice Rink

Gurney’s Inn has given guests and Montaukers another reason to stay active this winter. As of Nov. 1, the inn has an ice-skating rink on the flattop roof of its spa, which has one of the South Fork’s best views of the Atlantic.

The rink isn’t actually made of ice but a white polymer material that is used on rinks by the National Hockey League and large Broadway productions such as “Disney on Ice,” said Greer Brody, the inn’s senior publicist. It is oiled daily for smooth skating.

Nov 25, 2015
Engaged at Sunset

Sara Struble and Michael Ritsi got en­gaged at sunset on the beach in Montauk on Nov. 14.

Ms. Struble, a sales representative for The Southampton Press, is the daughter of Terry and Walter Struble of Springs. Mr. Ritsi is the sports program director at Sportime in Amagansett and coaches junior varsity football and varsity baseball at East Hampton High School. His parents are Joanne Roge of Montauk and Joseph Ritsi of Jacksonville, Fla.

They live in Montauk with their dog, Lilly, and are planning a September wedding in 2016 or 2017.

 

Nov 25, 2015
David Geffen’s ‘Soft Touch’ Renovation

The extensive plans proposed by David Geffen, the music and film executive who purchased 26 and 30 West End Road for $50 million from Courtney Ross last year, represent a “very sensitive, soft-touch renovation,” his representative told the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday.

Nov 19, 2015
East Hampton Town Police Michael Sarlo Sarlo, Betts Talk Enforcement

Noisy clubs, illegal apartments, overcrowded houses, drunken driving, booze on the beach, cab drivers sleeping in cars overnight at the train station, and trash, trash everywhere.

Nov 19, 2015
Meals on Wheels Cash Starved

East Hampton Meals on Wheels said on Tuesday that it is “running at a significant deficit” and “may have to cut service to certain clients or reduce frequency of meals.”

Nov 19, 2015
The 411 On Route 114 Roundabout

A $700,000 New York State Community Capital Assistance Program grant was announced over a year ago, and construction of the roundabout was expected to begin in 2015

Nov 19, 2015
Largest Clam Contest, Better Late Than Never

Postponed from October due to Hurricane Joaquin, the East Hampton Town Trustees will hold their 25th annual Largest Clam Contest on Sunday at noon.

Nov 12, 2015
Walk For Awareness

The Tyler Project will hold a walk for awareness and the prevention of suicide next Thursday at 3:30 p.m. starting at East Hampton Middle School.

Nov 12, 2015
Village Increases Limit In Proposed Lighting Code

As a public hearing on a revised East Hampton Village lighting code approaches, the village board, meeting last Thursday, increased the proposed Kelvin limit, which measures the hue of a light source, from 3,000 to 3,500. The proposed code will be considered at the board’s meeting on Friday, Nov. 20.

Nov 12, 2015
Funds For Food Bank

With the approach of the holidays, the annual fund-raising drive for Long Island Cares/The Harry Chapin Food Bank has begun.

Nov 12, 2015
Cable TV Workshop

East Hampton residents interested in producing their own cable television programming have been invited to an orientation workshop at LTV Studios on Industrial Road in Wainscott on Monday at 7 p.m.

Nov 5, 2015
Veterans Parade On Wednesday

All veterans have been invited to march in a Veterans Day parade on Wednesday sponsored by the Everit Albert Herter Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 550. The parade will get under way at 10 a.m. on East Hampton’s Main Street in front of London Jewelers. Marchers will make their way to the Hook Mill memorial green, where there will be a brief ceremony to honor all veterans who have died in war.

Nov 5, 2015