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Main Newsletter June 27
June 27, 2026
Today: Cloudy in the morning with occasional rain expected in the afternoon, high 73, winds light. Tonight: Cloudy to partly cloudy, low 60. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, high 79, winds light. Sunset tonight: 8:24. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:19.
She was endorsed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni, County Legislator Ann Welker, and by three of four East Hampton Town Board members, and on Tuesday night, Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez won the endorsement of Democratic voters.
By Christopher Gangemi and Christopher Walsh
Josi Friedrich, @josifried
A severely decomposed humpback whale was discovered washed up at Ditch Plain in Montauk Friday morning. Removing it will be a challenge for East Hampton Town, which is working in concert with a number of agencies to develop a plan.
By Christopher Gangemi
 | Chris Gallant, an Army National Guard pilot, former air traffic controller, union leader, and volunteer firefighter, is the apparent winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York’s First Congressional District, having defeated Lukas Ventouras. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Considering the fire at the East Hampton Energy Storage Center, which resulted in the release of over two million gallons of water from an on-site fire suppression system, it’s hard to imagine that a similar fire at a Montauk storage center wouldn’t have environmental consequences with no good way to remediate them. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The Suffolk County Water Authority is asking East Hampton Village residents to conserve water following discovery of contaminated wells, for which the 2023 fire at a lithium-ion energy storage system at a Cove Hollow Road substation is the suspected culprit. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Every year East Hampton Town’s shellfish hatchery aims to grow around two million oysters, six to eight million clams, and “as many bay scallops as the gods will allow,” its director, John Dunne, said — but at least 300,000. By Christopher Walsh |
 | In a month when Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire by taking SpaceX, his satellite and space flight company, public, it’s worth asking, do you know what might happen if you were hit by a fleck of dried paint moving at 17,000 miles per hour? By Christopher Gangemi |
 | In a continued effort to spur the construction of A.D.U.s throughout East Hampton Town, the town board last week unanimously supported taking $1 million from the community housing fund and chopping it into 10 separate $100,000 loans for applicants. Applications became available on the town’s website Monday and are open until Aug. 21. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | One day before his 90th birthday, Sherrill Dayton received an early gift in the form of a proclamation thanking him for many years of service to East Hampton Village. By Christopher Walsh |
 | “Pomp and Circumstance” will be playing all over town this weekend, with the class of 2026 at both Pierson and East Hampton High Schools receiving their diplomas. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Courtney Sale Ross, an art curator, documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of the Ross School, died on June 1 in Malibu, Calif., at the age of 78. By Star Staff |
 | In 1976, an East Hampton kid could charge a pack of Pop Rocks to his parents’ tab at Marley’s Stationery store. The age to buy alcohol was 18, but it was perfectly legal for a kid of 16 to drink. The bays were full of scallops. By Christine Sampson |
 | The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will take on Northwest Woods by foot, bike, and kayak or paddleboard this weekend. Saturday brings two choices at 10 a.m.: a three-mile walk in the Grace Estate Preserve loop or a 25-mile bike ride from Cedar Point County Park. On Sunday, it’ll be an Alewife Brook and Cedar Point paddle. By Carissa Katz |
Wyndham Clark shot out to 6-under par on day one and never fell behind. On Sunday, he won the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, becoming just the ninth golfer to go wire to wire in the tournament — holding the lead after every round.
By Alison Morris Roslyn
 | The Bonac boys 4-by-400 relay team took down a 29-year-old school record at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore., on Sunday, finishing first in their heat and sixth overall with a time of 3:25.65. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | “Striper fishing is red hot,” said Capt. Savio Mizzi of Fishooker Charters, a light-tackle guide who sails out of Westlake Marina in Montauk. “We’ve seen fish caught and released to 50 pounds. It really is epic fishing.” By Jon M. Diat |
 | When Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull of Mastic wrote to Col. Josiah Smith of East Moriches about activating Long Island militias amid the threat of the British Navy off Manhattan. By Andrea Meyer |
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