Sept. 27 Main Newsletter

September 27, 2025

September 27, 2025

Today: A mix of clouds and sun, high 76, light winds. Tonight: Cloudy with some rain after midnight, low 61. Tomorrow: A chance of rain in the morning, overcast in the afternoon, high 73, light winds. Sunset tonight: 6:36. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:41. Three Mile Harbor tides today: Low, 7:56 a.m. and 9 p.m.; high, 2:34 p.m.

Suffolk County police have released new information concerning the murder last October of a 33-year-old woman found dead in a room at the Shou Sugi Ban House in Water Mill. 

By Bettina Neel

The New York State Department of Transportation is finally saying “mission accomplished” on a significant road repair project at the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path and Route 114 in East Hampton.

By Christopher Gangemi

Amid the headlines on the front page of The East Hampton Star’s issue published 100 years ago this week, one directly below the masthead stood out: “CARL FISHER BUYS 9,000 ACRES AT MONTAUK FOR $2,500,000 PLANS HUGE DEVELOPMENT.” With that transaction, East Hampton Town’s easternmost hamlet would never be the same.

By Christopher Walsh

On Sunday at Guild Hall, the writer, activist, and environmentalist will address the urgent need for more cost-efficient solar power, and how the U.S. is falling behind. 

By Christopher Walsh

After five businesses initially expressed interest in bidding on a new five-year lease for East Hampton Village’s Main Beach concession, only two bids were received by the deadline on Tuesday.

By Christopher Gangemi

Two candidates are vying to succeed Carole Brennan as town clerk: Michael Hansen, a technology consultant running as a Democrat, and Jeff Miller, fresh from the village’s Public Works Department, on the Republican line.

By Christopher Gangemi

NOTABLE PASSINGS

Elaine Jones, an outspoken observer of local politics who, when neither of the town’s major parties met her expectations, founded and led her own, died at her family house in Amagansett on Sept. 18. She was 82.

By Irene Silverman

Neil Kraft, the creative director behind groundbreaking campaigns at Calvin Klein, Esprit de Corps, and Barneys New York, died at home in East Hampton on Sept. 6. He was 68.

By Carissa Katz

A public hearing for an environmentally sensitive lot on Gerard Drive began at the Z.B.A. last week with Denise Savarese, the board’s vice chairwoman, giving Eric Brown, the attorney representing MV Realty Group, a tongue lashing. 

By Christopher Gangemi

Police reports show an uptick in troubling raccoon encounters here. Most or all had distemper, but rabies has been detected up the Island. 

By Christopher Gangemi

To better understand how to help animals that may or may not be in distress, it’s important to look at the most common wildlife rescues that take place here.

By Paloma Demers

Last week marked a turning point for two early childhood care providers in East Hampton Town. The Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center celebrated the first week of a new program for babies between 12 and 18 months, and Project Most received an emergency grant to cover operational costs at the Montauk Child Care Center, which serves children as young as 6 weeks old.

By Bettina Neel

Fire marshals have deemed the CMG Auto Repairs building on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton unsafe for occupation following a fire there a week ago.

By Bettina Neel

Mark Forrester, a salesman at Village Hardware in East Hampton, offers expert grill repairs through his Hamptons Grill Doctor service. 

By Benjamin Shapiro

For the East Hampton and Bridgehampton footballers, Saturday’s 35-10 win over Half Hollow Hills West was everything a coach could want from his players. 

By Christine Sampson

The 2025 season hasn’t quite gone the way that Don McGovern, East Hampton’s boys soccer coach, had hoped it would. The team, which is usually a playoff contender, was still looking for its first win after playing seven games through Saturday.

By Christine Sampson

The current hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our advanced technologies, much in nature remains unpredictable.

By Jon M. Diat

This still image from an LTV archive video shows Hugh King, director of the Home, Sweet Home Museum, at the 2003 dedication of the John Howard Payne bust upon its installation there.

By Julia Tyson

The upcoming Hamptons Film Festival will include "On the End," a film by Ari Selinger inspired by the true story of the effort to remove a mechanic from his Montauk property.

By Christopher Walsh

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