East Hampton News

Southampton Town Councilwomen Bridget Fleming and Christine Scalera attracted a small crowd of non-members to the CAC's monthly meeting on Friday, July 18, in the Pierson High School Library.

After months of discussion and disagreement, East Hampton Town has adopted a law that will restrict alcohol at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett.

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle this week announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo had signed legislation allowing Suffolk County to extend the real estate tax payment deadline for the residents of the East Hampton this year, protecting residents from any penalties.

The East Hampton Historical Society has organized a new exhibit, "June 13, 1942: Saboteurs Land in Amagansett," which will open on August 1, with a benefit cocktail party for the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Society from 6 to 8 in the evening at the Clinton Academy.

The Village of Sag Harbor experienced a 67-percent increase in house sales during the second quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report issued by Judi Desiderio, the chief executive officer of Town & Country Real Estate.

The East Hampton Town Police have reported the theft of $10,000 from an electric keypad safe at 31 Lafayette Place, in East Hampton.

I've taken some yoga classes, but I'm certainly no yogi. However, I'm always up for ways to make fitness fun.

Expensive taxi fares on the East End were the cause of two police reports over the weekend.

Smithtown Town Board members have voted to tear down three dilapidated buildings opposite town hall on Main Street, including the former Nassau Suffolk Lumber and Supply Corp. Smithtown Town Board members have voted to tear down three dilapidated buildings in a vacant lumber yard opposite town hall that was the focus of a 2011 Suffolk County grand ... (more)

One of our favorite expectant-and-engaged stars is soon to be expectant and married! Scarlett Johansson is reportedly planning to marry fiance Romain Dauriac in just a few weeks - a fact the star revealed at a recent dinner party in East Hampton, New York.

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.