Aug. 23 Main Newsletter

August 23, 2025

August 23, 2025

Today: Sunny, high near 80 with moderate humidity, winds southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight: Mostly clear, low 66. Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, more humid, high 79, winds south at 5 to 10 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 7:35. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:07. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 10:38 a.m.; low, 4:50 p.m.

Last week, a notice on the East Hampton Town website alerted visitors that “To better serve our residents, the Building Department office will be closed to the public on Wednesdays.” Department employees will still be at work behind the closed doors, however, reviewing and processing applications to attack a growing backlog.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two competing narratives have emerged from the East Hampton Town Tax Receiver’s Office after four of its five employees abruptly left the department a month ago.

By Christopher Gangemi

To book a beach table this Saturday, during Labor Day weekend, groups must spend a minimum of $5,000. A table on the deck this weekend costs a minimum of $10,000. Along with good music, a great view, and a beautiful crowd, that might be part of the appeal.

By Frances Sacks

Julian and Barbara Neski’s 1964 Chalif House on Terbell Lane in East Hampton has recently come on the market for $11 million-plus. The house is historically important, but given the times, the value of a one-acre plot, and its location in the village’s estate section, it’s likely to be torn down.

By Alastair Gordon

A group of six neighbors who own properties adjacent to and near 370 and 372 Further Lane in Amagansett have had their eyes on a new hedge that blocks views of those properties. In June they sent a letter to the town board and the town attorney letting them know that if they didn’t do something, they would be held liable.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two of Edith Parsons’s midcentury hooked rugs, one depicting scenes of East Hampton and another showing a map of Long Island, can now be seen at Village Hall and Home, Sweet Home, following her daughter’s donation.

By Christopher Walsh

In the spring, the first cohort of dual-language enrichment program students graduated from the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton after having spent their entire time at the school being taught in both English and Spanish. They will begin middle school next week.

By Frances Sacks

Nicoly Ribeiro De Souza, the 23-year-old accused of driving under the influence into the Montauk Artists Association Art Show early on the morning of June 29 and causing $100,000 worth of damage, was ordered Wednesday by East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky to retain private counsel before her next appearance in Justice Court.

By Bettina Neel

The East Hampton Town Architectural Review Board offered only anticlimactic comments to the planning board at its Aug. 14 meeting on an over 10-year-old application by the Springs Fire Department to erect a communications tower on its property at 179 Fort Pond Boulevard.

By Christopher Gangemi

As the 2026 midterm elections draw closer, a second candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Representative Nick LaLota in New York’s First Congressional District has emerged, Lukas Ventouras, who is 24 and attending St. John’s University School of Law. 

By Christopher Walsh

Marie-Christophe de Menil, a child of a fabulously wealthy, cosmopolitan, and culturally prominent family, died on Aug. 5 at her apartment in Manhattan. A past resident of Amagansett and East Hampton, she was 92. 

By Irene Silverman

Amistad Week, commemorating the slave ship that was seized off Montauk in 1839 and featuring a series of events in the hamlet dedicated to history, art, and community, begins next week.

By Christopher Walsh

“We’re not about to lose to those guys three years in a row,” a delighted Mike Lupica said in the joyous — for the Writers — aftermath of Saturday’s Artists and Writers Softball Game at East Hampton’s Herrick Park.

By Jack Graves

The weeklong Hampton Classic Horse Show, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is to open Sunday at the Snake Hollow Road showgrounds in Bridgehampton with leadline classes from 8 a.m. for 2 through 7-year-olds in the Grand Prix ring.

By Jack Graves

For the fifth year in a row, Northbar Properties (formerly East End Land Planning) won the East Hampton Town women’s slow-pitch softball playoff trophy last Thursday, this time defeating Montauk Dental 15-3 to complete a two-game sweep at the Terry King ball field in Amagansett.

By Jack Graves

Liga de Gulag, a team of young players, continued undefeated in 7-on-7 men’s soccer play last week, upping its record to 6-0-0 by virtue of a 4-3 win over Sag Harbor United at East Hampton Village’s Herrick Park on Aug. 12.

By Jack Graves

These days there are far fewer folks fishing from their boats or from shore in Sag Harbor than there were 30 years ago. This year I’ve probably seen around five boats fishing all season from my vantage point on Shelter Island Sound.

By Jon M. Diat

Did you know East Hampton once hosted the Hampton Classic Horse Show? This Dan Rattiner map shows the layout at Dune Alpin Farm in 1979.

By Andrea Meyer

Walter Kim, a Sag Harbor resident, decided that if he wanted additive-free peanut butter, he would have to make and market his own. Enter Sagg Peanut Butter.

By Noa Magasiner

Smokey Buns, a conveniently located burger joint, and Scoop and Waffle, a sweet little ice cream spot, off Park Place in East Hampton, were the perfect spots for the students of The Star’s Summer Academy to have a casual meal together on a Friday afternoon and try their hands at restaurant reviewing.

By Star Academy Students

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