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Tragic Accident Claims Teen's Life; ‘No Kings’ Rallies Were Festive but Anxious
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June 21, 2025
Today: Sunny, high near 82, winds west-southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 67. Tomorrow: Clouds early becoming less numerous later in the day, high 80, winds southwest at 10 to 15 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 8:24. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:17. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 12:41 p.m.; low, 7:18 p.m.
News of the death of Scarleth Milena Urgiles Samaniego Sunday night in a car accident in Springs shook the town at large, especially the East Hampton school community, coming as it did on the eve of the final day of classes at the high school.
By Carissa Katz, Denis Hartnett, and Bettina Neel
 | Hefty crowds showed resolve at the “No Kings” rallies in East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor Village on Saturday, a protest against the Trump administration that coincided with a parade ostensibly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Continental Army, Flag Day, and the president’s 79th birthday. By Christopher Walsh and Christopher Gangemi |
 | Weeks before Stony Brook Medicine’s hospitals and providers were to be removed from UnitedHealthcare’s network following the expiration of a contract, the two parties have come to terms with respect to new agreements for hospital, physician, and ancillary services. By Christopher Walsh |
 | County emergency personnel lay out where to go, what to do and have ready, and officials to call in the event of inevitable natural disasters here. By Bettina Neel |
The East Hampton Town Marine Patrol responded to 18 search-and-rescue calls in 2024, a considerable jump from 11 in 2023 and nine the year before that.
By Bettina Neel
 | Bioengineered in England, the Purple Tomato’s deep color is due to the presence of snapdragon genes, and the antioxidant-rich fruit is touted as having a longer shelf life than an heirloom variety. By Carissa Katz |
 | The Suffolk Supreme Court on June 12 ruled against East Hampton Village, ordering it to reinstate a Main Beach parking permit and beach locker to David Ganz after they were revoked a year ago by Marcos Baladron, the village administrator. By Christopher Gangemi |
Gathering Marketplace, a new “community-driven retail concept,” opened last week at 82 Park Place in East Hampton, in a storefront left vacant by the Party Shoppe in February.
By Bettina Neel
 | The autopsy of why the Montauk School’s $38 million capital renovation plan failed last month continued Tuesday night at a special workshop at the school. By Denis Hartnett |
 | Bacteria levels continued to exceed health standards at many sites on the East End in 2024. Now the public can access that data by way of new signs at beaches that link via QR code to a Blue Water Task Force website. By Christopher Walsh |
 | “This is where my heart is, this is where my passion is," Erica Velasquez, an Amagansett native and student of yoga, said. “This is what I want to do.” By Bettina Neel |
 | East End Lacrosse, having started small with Project Most at the Neighborhood House, has grown to include 144 boys and girls from Montauk to Southampton. By Jack Graves |
East Hampton Town’s junior lifeguard program, for ages 9 to 15, will begin this weekend at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett and Kirk Park in Montauk.
By Star Staff
It hadn’t been docked since late November after she conked out just southwest of Big Gull Island. Now my Rock Water is back in the water at her berth in Sag Harbor Cove.
By Jon M. Diat
 | Tom Van Scoyoc, an East Hampton native with 10 years in the film industry, took a flier on the Straight 8 competition with a three-minute Super 8 film and wound up one of eight finalists chosen to show their work at Cannes. By Bettina Neel |
 | "Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios" is an engrossing history of some of the most influential and legendary recording studios and the men who founded and guided them. By Christopher Walsh |
 | This postcard from the Harvey Ginsberg Postcard Collection shows the D.W. McCord House on Hither Lane, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury. Dr. Clarence Rice was among its other esteemed owners. By Andrea Meyer |
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