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November 8, 2025
Today: Rain in the morning, sun in the afternoon, high 63, winds west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 47. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy with possible showers in the afternoon, high 60, winds southeast at 15 to 25 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 4:40. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:33. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 11:39 a.m.; low, 6:13 p.m.
Both incumbent Democrats on the East Hampton Town Board, Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, held onto their seats Tuesday night, warding off a challenge from J.P. Foster on the Republican line. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez ran unopposed for her second term.
By Christopher Gangemi and Christopher Walsh
 | “With this new, even-year election law, I am going to start campaigning for 2026, starting tomorrow,” East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez told her supporters on election night, after winning an uncontested race. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | East Hampton Town’s Jamaican population has been focused on the news and social media since Melissa struck as a Category 5 storm last week, making landfall with winds up to 185 miles per hour. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The uncertainty surrounding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — whether beneficiaries would receive half of their monthly benefit in November, the full amount, or none at all — has volunteers at East Hampton Town’s food pantries “tamping down the panic.” By Christopher Gangemi and Christopher Walsh |
 | Interior renovations have begun at the Bridgehampton Commons Target store, which is taking over the space occupied by Kmart for 25 years. Construction workers were digging rectangular pits into the ground last week, with work lights mounted to metal framework above them. The store is expected to open next fall. By Bettina Neel |
 | The turmoil of President Trump’s second term has reached even East Hampton Town, where the author and journalist Michael Wolff is proving to be more of a gadfly than ever. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Once upon a time, birders might arm themselves with a simple pad and pencil before they tromped off into the woods. When birding, you could touch the sacred, experience wonder, get lost on a loop trail. Not knowing was stimulating. With Merlin, that stimulus is gone. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton is undergoing its first major renovation since a $6 million expansion in 2009, though updates this time around are focused on reconfiguring the structure, expanding certain rooms, and replacing outdated equipment. By Bettina Neel |
 | USA Warrior Stories, a nonprofit based in East Hampton, will honor three generations of veterans here on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Southampton Arts Center. By Bettina Neel |
 | The Sag Harbor School Board has officially adopted a $40 million capital improvement bond that residents will vote on in January. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | Now a locally designated historic landmark owned by East Hampton Town, the Carl Fisher House will celebrate its centennial next year with a massive facelift, courtesy of about $3.7 million in community preservation funds. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging project in Lake Montauk to restore safe navigation to the inlet there starts this week. The Oyster Bay, a mechanical dredge and barge, and supporting equipment have arrived, marking the start of mobilization. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The East Hampton Town Board has appointed Russell Young, an ordinance enforcement officer in the Code Enforcement Department since 2022, to be the department's new director. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The two westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway over the Shinnecock Canal Bridge reopened in time for evening rush hour Tuesday, according to a statement released by a spokesman for the New York State Department of Transportation. Additional work remained to be done. By Bettina Neel |
The East Hampton/Bridgehampton football team scored six touchdowns in a dominant 48-7 win over Islip Friday in the Suffolk Division III quarterfinals for the first playoff victory of Coach Joe McKee's 29 year career.
By Alison Morris Roslyn
Several standout South Fork runners were among the more than 59,000 athletes hitting the New York City streets under bright blue skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s on Sunday.
By Alison Morris Roslyn
 | The East Hampton boys golf team ended its season with an 11-2 record, its second loss coming at the hands of Westhampton Beach in the quarterfinals of the Suffolk County playoffs on Oct. 29. By Christine Sampson |
 | Can someone please turn off the fan? It's been wind, wind, and more wind this fall. And anglers looking to wet a line are beyond frustrated with the blustery conditions. By Jon M. Diat |
 | From Lance Richardson comes a hefty helping of biography on Peter Matthiessen, novelist, pioneering environmentalist, advocate for native peoples, bayman, Zen teacher, Sagaponacker. Reviewed by Scott Chaskey |
 | This photo from The Star’s archive shows a first in local golf history from 1971, as the high school’s Lauralee Frood, at right, receives a varsity letter for her achievements on the golf team. By Julia Tyson |
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