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Main Newsletter June 6
June 6, 2026
Today: A mix of clouds and sun, high 78, winds south-southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight: Partial clearing overnight, low 63. Tomorrow: Sunny, high near 80, wins west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Sunset tonight: 8:17. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:17.
East Hampton Town Councilman Tom Flight and Francis Bock, the town trustees' presiding officer, endorsed Jerry Larsen's campaign for town supervisor, a potentially seismic event in a campaign that pits the incumbent supervisor, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, against the East Hampton Village mayor in the June 23 Democratic primary.
By Christopher Walsh
 | In the days following a rafting accident that claimed the life of a Sag Harbor sixth grader, interviews with students on the trip and their parents offered a sense of what occurred that day on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | It’s hard for anyone to process last week’s news out of Sag Harbor. A sixth grader heads to the Poconos for a school trip with his classmates and never comes home. The heart of every parent who hears the news skips a beat in empathetic horror. But what about kids, who hear the news through chatter in school hallways, their parents’ whispers on the phone, or headlines on social media? By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The annual fireworks show at Main Beach in East Hampton Village, once a Fourth of July tradition but more recently held in mid to late August, will once again take place on July 4. In Montauk, fireworks will move from the ocean beach to the Block Island Sound side of the hamlet. By Christopher Walsh |
 | A managing partner in the group that owns the Offshore Montauk hotel and the Este restaurant that is under construction may have assuaged some concerns when he addressed the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee this week, but skepticism clearly lingered among a segment of the large crowd. By Christopher Walsh |
 | For years, the names etched into weatherworn headstones faded quietly beneath layers of dirt, lichen, and time —until Jason Bono began restoring them one at a time. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | In 1976, for the bicentennial, the town had a committee that selected 25 locations where significant historical events occurred, from Long Wharf in Sag Harbor to Montauk Point, and commemorated them with bronze plaques. The twist in 2026? Two have been lost to time. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | It costs almost nothing, targets only mosquitoes, won’t poison the air, kids, or animals, and it won’t run off into the bays and ponds. It’s a mosquito bucket. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The National Weather Service has forecast a 55-percent chance of a below-normal season for the Atlantic basin, with three to six hurricanes, one to three of them major. The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and continues through Nov. 30. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a Secretarial Disaster Designation for Suffolk County following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request to provide relief to the aquaculture industry. It allows affected farms here to apply for disaster assistance and low-interest emergency loans. By Christopher Walsh |
 | In a case that has been seemingly riddled with errors, omissions, and accusations, the Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals closed the books on the latest chapter of 23 and 25 Washington Street by denying a request to undo the revocation of a building permit that was said to have been issued in error by a former building inspector. By Leigh Goodstein |
 | The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will sponsor a virtual debate between the Democratic candidates to represent New York's First Congressional District on Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. on SEA-TV's YouTube channel. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The East Hampton Village Foundation has announced the first four concerts of its summer 2026 Tuesdays at Main Beach series. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Saturday is shaping up to be a perfect day for the fifth annual Hamptons Pride Parade in East Hampton Village. Those who want to walk in the parade have until Thursday to register. By Carissa Katz |
 | East Hampton High School had plenty to celebrate at its senior student-athlete awards ceremony this week, as 114 athletes were honored with more than 60 postseason awards, ranging from academic all-county recognition to all-New York State honors. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | The Montauk School’s chorus and jazz band had a sweet time at Hersheypark last weekend, sweeping first place in the Music in the Parks competition and earning excellent ratings for their performances. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | East Hampton’s track and field teams turned up the heat at the Suffolk C County Championships at Kings Park High School last week, the girls finishing second and the boys fourth. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Two East Hampton seniors will take center stage on June 17, as Mason Miles and Livs Kuplins earn some of the highest honors in Suffolk County athletics. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | All finishers 21 and over will get a free pint from the Montauk Brewery. There’s also $300 each in prize money for the top male and top female finishers, trucker hats for the first 75 to finish in each race, and awards for the top two finishers in each age group. By Star Staff |
 | Other than striped bass, which have shown up in great numbers and sizes, those on the prowl for bluefish, weakfish, fluke, squid, black sea bass, and blowfish have been mostly met with rather slim pickings. By Jon M. Diat |
 | This program accompanied an exhibition guest-curated by Alastair Gordon exploring themes that later appeared in his book “Weekend Utopia: Modern Living in the Hamptons.” He’ll speak about a new edition of it at the East Hampton Library at 5 p.m. on June 11. By Andrea Meyer |
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