East Hampton News

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ The Retreat's 6th Annual Hamptons Juried Art Show announced a deadline of Tuesday, September 16, 2104 for submission of works by artists worldwide to compete for a gallery showing while simultaneously raising funds to end the cycle of domestic violence.

The historical grounds of Mulford Farm will play host to the East Hampton Antiques Show of 2014, which this year will benefit the East Hampton Historical Society.

An attempt to rescue a man who was apparently drowning on the west side of Three Mile Harbor inlet near Sammy's Beach in East Hampton came to naught Sunday evening when two good Samaritans were unable to resuscitate James A. Weber, 45, of East Hampton.

Ina Garten, cook book author and television personality, will host a benefit for the Suffolk County Child Advocacy Center at the Pat and Mary Bagnato Place for Kids, a program of EAC Network, in East Hampton, on Friday evening.

Plans to bag the Town of East Hampton's leaf pick-up program were pilloried and championed at a public hearing last Thursday night, with residents arguing over the environmental benefits or financial savings found in scrapping the service, and others wondering if the less fortunate and elderly will be able to bear the burden of being responsible ... (more)

Chilling echo of Nazi death trains as MH17 victims begin grimmest journey: Bodies loaded onto freight cars amidst a 'stench of death' The slaughtered innocents: Smiling happily in family snapshots, the child victims of MH17, before they were blasted from the sky British TV news station apologizes after reporter rifled through suitcase of MH17 ... (more)

Supervisor Larry Cantwell said the town board would discuss a proposal to restrict chain stores at a work session in August.

Lifeguards at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett clear debris washed ashore from heavy surf caused by Hurricane Earl in 2010.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, whose "conscious uncoupling" was documented by Paltrow on her blog Goop three months ago, seem to have "consciously recoupled," having been seen together happily enjoying summer activities in East Hampton this past week.

Avengers movie makers are using multiple Scarlett Johansson body doubles to hide actress's pregnancy as two lookalikes are spotted on set She continued with her role of Black Widow on the action flick Avengers: Age Of Ultron, despite discovering she was pregnant just as the film began shooting.

The Southampton Town Police have issued a traffic advisory for motorist traveling on Route 114 on Saturday.

The Circus Is Coming The Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars will set up its tents at the Shinnecock Powwow Grounds in Southampton on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for shows at 5 and 8 p.m. The circus will include aerial performers such as the Corps de Ballet and Petya, as well as the Fassio Family and their trained dogs, Lana and Company, a ... (more)

A Montauk man was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital on Friday after being hit by a car while riding in the hamlet.

Though immensely private, comic genius Kristen Wiig has taken on a series of raw, revealing dramatic roles that may profoundly alter the way the world appreciates her huge talent, and she's opening up about all that and more in the August issue of ELLE.

While most business owners on the East End dread the end of the summer season, Linda Silich, who opened SILICH Core + Strength in East Hampton, which is the only studio specializing in TRX Suspension Training on the East End, is not at all worried.

The East End's best source for pristine vintage clothing at any price is the Ladies Village Improvement Society in East Hampton.

Fei Shao and Peter W. Emmerson were married on July 6 at their house on Kirk's Place in Northwest, East Hampton.

George L. Fowler, whose house is in Freetown, was gardener and gondolier to the family of the celebrated artist Thomas Moran.

A dispute between two men at a Maidstone Park beach barbecue Saturday night ended with an East Hampton Town Trustee, Nathaniel H. Miller, in handcuffs, charged by town police with choking the other man.

In a story that has received no national media attention, save for the efforts of the indomitable Pamela Geller , a woman and her former husband have been arrested by police in East Hampton, Long Island for allegedly making threats in writing to blow up the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, smack in the middle of the summer playground of the New York ... (more)