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Oct. 25 Main Newsletter
October 25, 2025
Today: Sunny, high 57, winds northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Some clouds, low 43. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, high 55, winds west-northwest at 5 to 10 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 5:53. Sunrise tomorrow: 7:13. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 1:11 p.m.; low, 7:35 p.m.
A crowd that was estimated at 2,000 to 2,500 and included several Democratic elected officials gathered at East Hampton Town Hall on Oct. 18 for the latest "No Kings" protest against the Trump administration.
By Christopher Walsh
 | “We want folks to know that we’re listening, and we want to work with the community to improve the system,” East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez said at a town board work session last week, in a discussion about ways to efficiently process building permits. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | Research and memories are the underpinnings of Robert Hefner's bacykard orchard in Amagansett. By Bettina Neel |
 | A host of environmental organizations will come together on Sunday at LTV Studios to celebrate the life and work of Larry Penny, former director of the town’s Natural Resources Department and author of The Star’s “Nature Notes” column. By Christopher Walsh |
 | At the first public workshop to discuss a $64 million capital improvement bond that the East Hampton School District expects to put on the May ballot, the focus was mainly on needs. The focus at the second meeting, on Oct. 15, shifted to wants. By Carissa Katz |
 | It’s been nearly a year since East Hampton Town asked builders to submit proposals to design and build houses for the affordable housing subdivision called Cantwell Court. All the estimates were too high, and now the town is looking at other options. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The East Hampton Town Board reported that work was imminent on two long-awaited projects in Montauk: the Ditch Plain dune reconstruction and the dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | In Suffolk County, early voting runs from Saturday to Nov. 2, locally at Windmill Village on Accabonac Road. By Star Staff |
 | From the Building Department to the senior center, contrasts were drawn between the town board’s Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, incumbent Democrats, and J.P. Foster, their Republican challenger. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The public has been invited to “Times That Try Our Souls — Let the Healing Begin,” which will bring together leaders from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, on Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Rabbi Josh Franklin will be leaving the Jewish Center of the Hamptons when his contract concludes in May, after nine years in the position. By Bettina Neel |
 | Monday’s Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee meeting saw an appeal for support from a resident of Further Lane whose new neighbor at number 370 has planted a double hedge along the lane, blocking an ocean vista. ACAC members were sympathetic. By Irene Silverman |
East Hampton High’s golf team owns a 9-1 regular-season record — good for a first-place tie with Westhampton Beach — and is riding a nine-game winning streak into the county team tournament, which began Thursday at the Amagansett Golf Club.
By Christine Sampson
 | East Hampton High’s girls swimmers endured an intense week of competition last week, with a win over Sayville and a loss to Connetquot. By Christine Sampson |
 | Joe McKee, East Hampton’s head football coach, had nothing but good things to say about his team in its 31-28 loss to West Islip High School on Saturday. By Christine Sampson |
Despite the name of this column that has run for so many decades in The Star, I have to admit that I’ve not been on the water much this year. Those who have report that blackfish, porgies, and seabass abound.
By Jon M. Diat
 | The opening of scallop season in state waters is Nov. 3. In town trustee waters the date is Nov. 9. But the harvest may not be very good. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The Bridgehampton Lions Club’s Carving Contest, a tradition anticipated by adults and kids alike, is moving to a new location and a new day of the week this year: Sunday at the Corwith House. By Christopher Walsh |
 | This turn-of-the-20th-century photo shows the James Huntting house in the village in its original majesty, ghosts or no. By Andrea Meyer |
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