Sept. 20 Main Newsletter

September 20, 2025

September 20, 2025

Today: Sunny, high 69, winds east-northeast at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight: Clear, low 53. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, high 68, winds east at 10 to 15 m.p.h. Sunset tonight: 6:48. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:35. Three Mile Harbor tides today: High, 10:15 a.m.; low, 3:50 p.m.

The Suffolk County district attorney’s office is appealing to the public for help in identifying “Montauk Mary,” an elderly woman who was found shot to death in Montauk in the spring of 1978. 

By Bettina Neel

A Long Island Rail Road strike set to begin today, which would have caused a complete shutdown of the largest commuter rail service in the country, was averted earlier this week after representatives from the unions threatening to strike asked President Trump to intervene to force contract negotiations to continue.

By Bettina Neel

Some surprising eateries are looking to operate the concession at Main Beach in East Hampton. Bids for the five-year lease are due on Tuesday.

By Christopher Gangemi

An as-yet-unsigned Sept. 10 stipulation of settlement between the Maidstone Gun Club and seven Wainscott property owners who reported finding bullets lodged in their houses and were granted a temporary restraining order barring use of the club’s facilities in 2022 outlines terms under which the club could reopen. 

By Christopher Walsh

Martin Culloton's short tenure as East Hampton Town's director of code enforcement came to an end on Wednesday.

By Christopher Gangemi

If passing a tree protection ordinance in the Town of East Hampton is set to be a war between environmentalists and developers, Jaine Mehring’s presentation before the town board on Tuesday was the first salvo. 

By Christopher Gangemi

Mayor Jerry Larsen will appoint Jason Tuma to the East Hampton Village Board at next week’s meeting, filling the slot made available when Sarah Amaden announced her departure earlier this month. 

By Christopher Gangemi

The East Hampton Fire Department was dispatched to 211 Springs-Fireplace Road at 9:54 a.m. on Wednesday in response to a report of a car on fire, but by the time firefighters arrived, "the whole shop was pretty much on fire," Chief Duane Forrester said.

By Bettina Neel

Since its May 22 opening, the 22,000-square-foot Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department on Pantigo Place has “fundamentally changed the health care landscape,” receiving almost 5,000 visitors between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends, a Stony Brook Southampton Hospital official said. 

By Christopher Walsh

The East Hampton Town Board accepted a bid of $791,875 Tuesday for renovations to be made to the town’s dispatch center. 

By Christopher Gangemi

Nearly a dozen residents urged the Southampton Town Board last week to switch the designation of an 8.3-acre preserved farmland parcel across from Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack to open space. Sagaponack Mayor Bill Tillotson and David McMillan Jr., a member of that village’s board, opposed the change.

By Christopher Gangemi

The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division has rejected an appeal by the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals of a lower court ruling that overturned the Z.B.A.’s denial of a proposed dock on the east side of Three Mile Harbor. 

By Christopher Walsh

Former New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has been named to the board of Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island. 

By Star Staff

East Hampton Village will close Newtown Lane to traffic Saturday afternoon for a family block party that will run from 4 to 8 p.m. There will be carnival games, including a bucking bronco, available free of charge, street performers, and music by D.J. Nice and the band Hot Date. 

By Star Staff

Next Thursday at 6 p.m. the East Hampton School Board will hold the first in a series of forums to gather comments on projects that could be covered by a more than $60 million bond the district plans to put on the May 2026 ballot. 

By Carissa Katz

While we humans are pinned down by gravity, there’s an overnight flow of birds hundreds and thousands of feet overhead using sound as their invisible traffic control system. 

By Christopher Gangemi

James Lima Planning and Development has been recommended to help East Hampton Town identify potential zoning code updates, coastal hazard and climate risk reduction strategies, and the restoration of natural resources to support Montauk’s economic infrastructure and tourism industry. 

By Christopher Gangemi

In East Hampton High School’s upset 1-0 field hockey win on Sept. 10 against the perennial powerhouse Miller Place, the important factors were the goalie, Izzy Briand, the defense in general, and the new artificial turf field.

By Christine Sampson

Half a dozen members of Hamptons Run Club, which meets in East Hampton Village, are traveling to Germany this week, joining more than 50,000 international runners for the 51st BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

By Star Staff

Though I've done little with rod and reel this season, I’m beginning to focus on the opening for blackfish on Oct. 11 in Long Island Sound and on Oct. 15 elsewhere in New York waters.

By Jon M. Diat

Cappy Amundsen (1911-2001) was a man of many talents — athlete, artist, writer, sailor, fisherman — and many names.

By Megan Bardis

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