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Main Newsletter Jan. 10
January 10, 2026
Today: Cloudy with rain later, high 42, winds east-northeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Steady rain early with showers continuing, low 37. Tomorrow: Cloudy skies with partial clearing later, high 42, winds west at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Sunset tonight: 4:40. Sunrise tomorrow: 7:12.
Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez delivered the annual State of the Town address at Tuesday’s East Hampton Town Board meeting, focusing on successes from 2025 and the direction the town will take in 2026, and announcing the creation of a new Latino advisory committee.
By Christopher Gangemi
 | The mood was somber during a candlelight vigil at the Hook Mill in East Hampton Village Thursday evening, one day after a woman was shot and killed by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis amid the growing chaos of the Trump administration's deportation operations around the United States. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Jeff Bragman, former councilman, will screen Saturday with the Democratic Committee as a candidate for town supervisor, potentially setting up a three-way primary with Kathee Burke-Gonzalez and Jerry Larsen. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Councilman David Lys, who has served on the East Hampton Town Board since being appointed in 2018 before winning election in his own right, will now serve as deputy town supervisor. He was appointed at Tuesday’s town board organizational meeting. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Denise Savarese, the secretary for the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals for many years before being appointed to serve on the board in 2021, has been promoted from vice chairwoman to chairwoman. By Christopher Gangemi |
Days after Gov. Kathy Hochul and the governors of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts demanded that the federal government rescind the Trump administration’s pause of leases for five offshore wind farms under construction, developers of four of them sued the government in hope of reversing the latest move to kill the nascent industry.
By Christopher Walsh
 | Republican Representative Nick LaLota of the First Congressional District cast a critical vote on Dec. 18 to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside of Alaska. The gray wolf was first listed as endangered under the act in 1974. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Young members of the Long Island Youth Club have been canvassing around East Hampton for years, generally at school holidays, selling candy or asking for donations, but residents across Suffolk County are increasingly asking questions about the practice. By Bettina Neel |
 | Big things are on tap in several South Fork school districts in 2026. From capital improvements to bond referendums, here’s a look at the year ahead. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The South Fork chapter of ReWild Long Island will hold a winter sowing workshop on Jan. 17 at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, launching what the group intends to be a year full of community programs and more gardens. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The first 95 years of the life of Joan Tulp, known to many here as the unofficial mayor of Amagansett, are documented and celebrated in “Life Stories: Joan Tulp,” which will be screened at the Amagansett Library on Sunday at 2 p.m. By Christopher Walsh |
 | East Hampton Village Hall will be closed to the public next week, starting on Monday and continuing through Jan. 19, when Martin Luther King’s Birthday is observed. Village Hall will reopen to the public on Jan. 20. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Alayah Hewie, the owner of the Hamptons-based Jamaican patty company Rena’s Dream Patties, has organized a Container of Love Drop-Off Day to collect donations for Jamaica hurricane relief from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Green Thumb Organic Farm Stand in Water Mill. By Bettina Neel |
 | Bronco Campsey, East Hampton’s star wrestler, is the first Bonacker to achieve 100 wins in almost 40 years, notching wins 100 through 103 in competition at Westhampton Beach last weekend. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | After starting 3-0 and winning the Kendall Madison Classic on Dec. 13, there was talk that the Bonackers could go undefeated this season. Then they dropped four straight. What happened?
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 | Bonac’s boys and girls indoor track teams kept busy over the school break, competing in holiday meets that traditionally present both challenges and opportunities. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Fifteen East Hampton-Bridgehampton-Pierson wrestlers participated in the Sal DiFazio Holiday Tournament at Half Hollow Hills East High School on Dec. 28. Seven of them placed. Two of them placed first. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The magazine and program seen here was owned by Sherrill Clark Webb (1922-2015), center forward and left wing for the Southampton Seagulls, who would go on to become the woodshop teacher at East Hampton High School from 1948 until 1988. By Julia Tyson |
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