Sept. 13 Main Newsletter

September 13, 2025

September 13, 2025

Today: Partly cloudy, high 71, winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight: Low 58. Tomorrow: Mostly clear, high 76, light winds. Sunset tonight: 7. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:28. Three Mile Harbor tides today: Low, 8:48 a.m. 9:54 p.m.; high, 3:18 p.m.

The sole bid that the Army Corps of Engineers received to dredge the Montauk Inlet as part of the long-awaited Lake Montauk Harbor navigation improvement project was well over the anticipated price and left the federal government $1.1 million short. East Hampton Town opted this week to fill the funding gap with money received through its host-community agreement with South Fork Wind.

By Christopher Gangemi

Mayor Jerry Larsen took umbrage at comments made by the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee chairwoman, Anna Skrenta, that the town Democrats were under no obligation to support his campaign should he win the primary.

By Christopher Gangemi

Some businesses on Amagansett’s Main Street took a financial hit from Metallica’s late-August concert, and residents complained.

By Irene Silverman

The Coast Guard has unveiled the buoys it plans to eliminate in a modernization plan, drawing negative reactions from commercial fishermen and other boaters, the chief harbormaster, and the town trustees.

By Christopher Walsh

Revolution Wind, owned by Orsted and Skyborn Renewables and under construction in federal waters not all that far from South Fork Wind, has sued the Trump administration following an August stop-work order. The 65-turbine installation is 80-percent complete.

By Christopher Walsh

J.P. Foster, a Republican candidate for town board, faced sharp questions and skepticism over remarks he made to The Star regarding the Maidstone Gun Club when he spoke to the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee last week.

By Christopher Walsh

East Hampton Town made multiple hires this week to address its recent staffing shortages, from the Building Department to the tax receiver’s office.

By Christopher Gangemi

Sarah Amaden will be stepping down as a member of the East Hampton Village Board, effective after the Sept. 26 meeting.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two recent architecture and engineering grads who pitched a scalable housing solution for Sag Harbor received an enthusiastic reception from the village board.

By Christopher Walsh

John Trentacoste of East Hampton has spent the last 20 years as a professional property management problem-solver. The work is varied, complex, and unending.

By Edlin Novogratz

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will host a forum on school boards and how to get involved next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at LTV Studios in Wainscott.

By Christopher Walsh

“It’s going to be a great year for us,” Erik Kelt, the principal of the Springs School, said at the school board’s first meeting of the academic year Tuesday night. Although it was only five days into the semester, Mr. Kelt said he can already feel a “different atmosphere” and “a lot of positivity.”

By Bettina Neel

HarborFest 2025 will be taking over Sag Harbor this weekend, with events and activities planned throughout the village both Saturday and Sunday.

By Bettina Neel

With its 34th Largest Clam Contest just a few weeks away, the East Hampton Town Trustees are stepping up preparations for the friendly competition, community get-together, and tasting.

By Christopher Walsh

Ryan Fowkes, an elite runner from East Hampton who had been chasing the 4-minute mile for years, finally broke through on Aug. 28 with a time of 3:55:49 at the Monmouth Mile in New Jersey.

By Christine Sampson

Meet a die-hard practitioner of an extreme form of fishing — wetsuiting.

By Benjamin Shapiro

“The false albacore showed up big time,” Capt. Savio Mizzi of Fishooker Charters out of Montauk reported this week. “It’s a great start to the season.”

By Jon M. Diat

Susan and Andrew Silver of East Hampton and New York City have officially acquired the sales, rental, and repair shop at 1 Cross Highway from Lee and Barbara Oldak, who announced their retirement earlier this year.

By Christopher Walsh

The volume seen here, from the historical records of East Hampton Town, is an original copy of the legal code established by James, Duke of York, later King James II of England.

By Andrea Meyer

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