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Feds Say Bridgehampton Man Had Role in Rwandan Genocide
Matthew Charron
April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025
Today: Rain expected throughout the day, heavy at times, high 57, winds south-southwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 47. Tomorrow: Sun and clouds, high 58, winds WNW at 15 to 25 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 7:40. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 9:19 a.m. and 9:40 p.m.; low, 3:21 p.m.
Helen S. Rattray may have stood only 5-foot-1 in her prime, but she was a towering figure in the newsroom and in the town her paper served. A consummate journalist, exacting editor, and dedicated champion of the free press, Ms. Rattray served as publisher of The East Hampton Star until her death on April 16 and was its editor in chief from 1980 until 2003, when her eldest son, David E. Rattray, took over that role.
By Carissa Katz
 | Faustin Nsabumukunzi's alleged past caught up with him on Thursday morning, when the Bridgehampton beekeeper was arrested and charged with immigration fraud for concealing his role in the Rwandan genocide more than 30 years ago. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Republicans may be in control now in Washington, D.C., but it’s a different story in East Hampton Town, where the chairman of the Republican Committee confirmed this week that his party will not be running a candidate for supervisor and that only one of its candidates for town board will be actively campaigning. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | A Brooklyn man has admitted guilt in a million-dollar drug-dealing scheme involving cocaine meant for sale on the East End. By Christine Sampson |
 | After coming under criticism for a proposal to broadly exempt town projects from the town zoning code if they are deemed "community resources," the East Hampton Town Board tabled a resolution to hold a public hearing on the matter. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | It was a phragmites-removal project that turned bad and devolved into a six-year war between East Hampton Village and the billionaire real estate developer Harry Macklowe. Now, with a new application that will be presented to the village’s zoning board of appeals on May 9, Mr. Macklowe is attempting to put it all to bed. By Christopher Gangemi |
The future of offshore wind power in New York State and throughout the United States was thrown into question last week as the Trump administration’s interior secretary ordered a halt to construction of the 810-megawatt Empire Wind 1 project, which was to span 80,000 acres in the New York Bight and send renewable electricity to New York City.
By Christopher Walsh
 | A hearing Tuesday on the draft environmental impact statement for the 81,257-square-foot building Adam Potter is planning in Sag Harbor drew a number of critics, but also several supporters who spoke of the urgency of affordable housing. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Most people go to the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, to feed the friendly birds. On Saturday, however, 15 people showed up instead to rip invasive plants out of the ground. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | East Hampton Town announced the hiring of two new department heads last week, including a new director of code enforcement, Marty Culloton, and a new town attorney, hired from within, Jake Turner. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Only two school districts, Amagansett and Springs, will see challengers to school board incumbents running for re-election on May 20. Elsewhere, incumbents are running unopposed, and where they are not seeking re-election, new faces are also unopposed. By Denis Hartnett |
The Pierson Whalers defeated Elwood-John Glenn 8-6 Saturday before some 250 Mashashimuet Park spectators who had earlier seen Kyle McGowin, a Pierson grad and former Washington Nationals pitcher, presented with a plaque that is to be displayed in the school’s trophy case.
By Jack Graves
 | At her father’s Body Tech fitness studio on Pantigo Road the other day, Alyssa Bahel said she’d run the Paris Marathon in 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds — her best time to date. By Jack Graves |
 | Despite keeping fishing notes in my logbook since 1975, I can’t precisely determine the exact date I first met Vincent (Butch) Maher, but I do know it happened at some point in May of 1986, according to my haphazard writings, when I climbed aboard the Lazybones. By Jon M. Diat |
 | The story of Jungle Pete’s, an eatery and watering hole that served countless Springs residents, including the Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock. By Julia Tyson |
 | The Fistys are a three-woman in-your-race punk-rock band whose "sound and fury are a manifestation of their convictions." By Christopher Walsh |
