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Oct. 4 Main Newsletter
October 4, 2025
Today: Mostly sunny, high 76, winds west-southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Clear, low 56. Tomorrow: Sunny, high 74, light winds. Sunset tonight: 6:25. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:49. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 8:26 a.m. and 8:40 p.m.; low, 2:22 p.m.
The building that houses Sam’s Bar and Restaurant on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has been sold to Robert Zecher, founder of Vault Development, and a small group of investors.
By Christopher Gangemi
 | The closure of Montauk Airport will lead to more traffic at East Hampton Town Airport. The big question is “How much?” That question was left unanswered at last week’s planning board meeting, as Montauk Airport Inc. got a preliminary review of its proposal to turn the airport into four large residential lots. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | As the East Hampton School District begins to retire the debt from bonds that built the high school science wing, cafeteria, and new district offices, it finds itself at what the assistant superintendent for business is calling “an ideal time and a once-in-a-generation time to be able to undertake a significant amount of work” with a “net zero” impact to taxpayers. By Carissa Katz |
 | As winter looms, state and local medical professionals, concerned about public health emergencies amid a mistrust of vaccines sown by federal officials, are advising the public to trust science and protect themselves against viruses such as influenza and Covid-19. By Christopher Walsh |
 | In the first of three profiles of candidates running for East Hampton Town Board, The Star talked with Ian Calder-Piedmonte, an incumbent Democrat seeking his first full term after first being appointed and then winning a special election in 2024. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | The brilliant early-autumn weather provided a perfect backdrop for the dedication of Rickenbach Park, the expansive lawn bordered by Pantigo Road, Accabonac Road, Methodist Lane, and Hook Mill Road in East Hampton Village, named in honor of the village's longest-serving mayor, Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The East Hampton Village Board accepted the resignation of Sarah Amaden and appointed Jason Tuma to fill her seat. At the same meeting, the board acknowledged the retirement of J.P. Foster, a public safety dispatcher for more than 35 years. By Christopher Walsh |
 | The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will host five virtual and live debates starting on Monday and continuing through Oct. 23. By Christopher Walsh |
 | Crows, foxes, dogs, trucks, truck tracks, people. Oh, and ghost crabs. These have been some of the threats to East Hampton Town’s piping plover population in 2025 (ignoring habitat loss), according to Samantha Schurr, an environmental analyst in the Natural Resources Department. By Christopher Gangemi |
 | With Banned Books Week set to begin on Monday, local librarians report that, for the most part, South Fork libraries have dodged the clutches of a censorship trend that has been on the rise across the country and elsewhere on Long Island. By Rafaela DeMartis |
 | The nonprofit organization Heart of Springs will host its second annual SpringsFest, a community music festival, on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. on the grounds of the Parsons Blacksmith Shop. By Bettina Neel |
 | May the best clam win! The East Hampton Town Trustees’ 34th annual Largest Clam Contest happens on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum. By Christopher Walsh |
 | In a world filled with stress, an emotion, and anxiety, a physical state of being, many people — including a group in East Hampton — have turned to Transcendental Meditation and other forms of meditation to reduce those maladies. By Christopher Walsh |
Alex Davis returned from an early-season hamstring injury just in time to lift East Hampton High School’s football team to a 50-10 homecoming win over Wyandanch last week at the Fred W. Thiele Jr. Recreational Facility.
By Christine Sampson
 | The defense is leading East Hampton High School’s girls varsity soccer team to its best start in nearly a decade, with Gabby Montes, Melanie Vizcaino, Samantha Leon, and Meera Kelley playing “lights-out defense” in Bonac’s 1-0 home-field win over Riverhead on Sept. 26. By Christine Sampson |
 | At a hot Berlin Marathon, members of the Hamptons Run Club turned in strong performances, including a personal best, and raised money for the American Cancer Society. By Alison Morris Roslyn |
 | More than 2,800 athletes descended on Southampton Village on a clear and virtually windless Saturday morning for the Hamptons Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K. By Carissa Katz |
While the season to harvest bay scallops opens in state waters at sunrise on Nov. 3, unfortunately the once-plentiful bivalve again experienced a die-off toward the end of summer.
By Jon M. Diat
 | These photos are from an album donated in 1979 that was likely compiled by a family member of Gilbert Huntting Cooper (1819-1890), either one of his children or his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gardiner Cooper (1822-1905). By Andrea Meyer |
 | Alan Ceppos, who is about to open as the lead in an Off Broadway comedy, began acting as a child and has continued to pivot between TV and film work and several other businesses. By Bettina Neel |
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