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Sagaponack General Reopens; Gun Club, Airport in Spotlight

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Matthew Charron
May 03, 2025

May 3, 2025

Today: Fog early, becoming partly cloudy later with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible, high 62, winds west-southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy, low 55. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, high 61, winds south at 5 to 10 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 7:48. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43. Three Mile Harbor tides today: Low, 9:40 a.m. and 9:57 p.m.; high, 2:43 p.m.

An immersive, 10-week-long Citizens Police Academy taught by members of the East Hampton Town Police Department gave participants an insider look at what it really takes to “protect and serve” East Hampton.

By Bettina Neel

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine called it an “aha moment” — an awakening after the Westhampton Pines fire on March 14. He’d had enough of the devastation caused by the southern pine beetle across the county he leads, and he wanted to do something about it.

By Christine Sampson

When Organizacion Latino-Americana and Stony Brook University put out a survey in 2020 asking what young people needed, “what most of the respondents reported” was that they wanted “someone who’s anonymous and confidential that they can reach out to during times of distress,” said Anastasia Gochnour, a licensed clinical social worker who directs OLA’s Youth Connect program.

By Denis Hartnett

Hundreds of small mounds with holes, each the diameter of a pencil, surrounded me. Above them zigging, dark, smallish bees traced incomprehensible patterns through the air: cellophane bees.

By Christopher Gangemi

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals agreed last week to send a nonbinding letter of potential approval to the town planning board regarding 20 variances required for a major rebuild of the Devon Yacht Club that has been making its way through the town’s review boards for the better part of three years.

By Christopher Gangemi

“My philosophy is to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, so if you see something wrong step up to try to fix it,” Diane Hausman said as she reflected on her upcoming retirement from the Montauk School Board.

By Denis Hartnett

The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum opens for the 2025 season on Saturday at 11 a.m. with tours and a performance of sea chanteys, followed by a wealth of events continuing into the fall.

By Christopher Walsh

Chief Jeffrey Erickson of the East Hampton Village Police Department announced the hiring of two officers, bring the department to full strength. And the village’s emergency medical service chief, Mary Mott, and Gerry Turza, the fire and E.M.S. administrator, recognized several volunteer and paid emergency personnel for quick action during emergency calls.

By Christopher Walsh

The flag of Belgium will fly over East Hampton Village Hall next Thursday to mark Victory in Europe Day, the day celebrating the surrender of Germany’s armed forces in World War II.

By Christopher Walsh

Horseshoe crabs and clams were the primary topics of discussion at an East Hampton Town Trustees meeting, as the trustees looked ahead to an annual horseshoe crab monitoring program in a few weeks and set a date for their annual Largest Clam Contest in the fall.

By Christopher Walsh

At present, elected officials and employees of East Hampton Town are not allowed to accept a ticket to an event that is priced at over $75. The town board is considering amending its code of ethics to allow its officers and employees to accept such tickets no matter what the value, and further allow them to accept one complimentary ticket for a guest.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two Springs ports of call, Rita Cantina and the Springs General Store (which hopes to be open by next summer), have been recommended by East Hampton Town’s new water quality technical advisory committee for sizable grants to upgrade their septic systems.

By Christopher Gangemi

East Hampton High’s baseball team won all three games of its series last week with Harborfields, thus improving its League V record to 6-3. Plus tennis and lacrosse updates.


By Jack Graves

East Hampton’s boys and girls track teams each enjoyed wins over their Comsewogue opponents last week, the boys winning 82-33 and the girls winning 86-58.

By Jack Graves

A player finds a renewed passion for tennis at East Hampton Indoor Tennis’s 105 doubles clinics, overseen by the club’s longest-serving pro, Dennis Ferrando.

By John McCaffrey

Julius Dayton Parsons, who once ran the Springs General Store, posed for this formal portrait sometime in the 1860s or 1870s, judging from the background and props.

By Andrea Meyer

The LongHouse Reserve is heading into the high season with art, performances, special events, conversations, and a unique four-season garden named one of the most peaceful places in New York State.

By Mark Segal

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