Sagaponack News

The Brussels Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Guttman, will perform at the opening gala of the Music Festival of the Hamptons on Friday, July 10.

Members of the Southampton Business Alliance Housing Initiative Corporation recently broke ground at Sagaponack Woods, officially celebrating the start of work on its first workforce housing project.

I recall 7-8 years ago, when Utzhak Perlman was looking for a spot for his Perlman Music Program on the South Fork and he reportedly zeroed in on land in Sagaponack on the south side of Montauk Hwy around Town Line Road .A The poor folks of Sagaponack were still reeling from theA Ira Rennert fiasco , where he was allowed to build his 60,000 sqft ...

CELEBRITY gardener P. Allen Smith found himself in deep fertilizer after smashing into a utility pole and flipping his car while driving drunk in the Hamptons, cops told The Post's Selim Algar .

'Tis the season to be swanning about the Hamptons! But just in case you're not, here's our weekly wrap-up of what you missed this weekend.

Billy Joel and Katie Lee Joel attend the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City.

In recent weeks, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has been fumigating several farm fields in Sagaponack with pesticide gases in hopes of killing a tiny, durable bug known as a golden nematode, a very rare species discovered in the fields in 1990.

Longtime Sagaponack resident Heyward Isham was a Russian scholar who held key Foreign Service posts during the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, a man dedicated to serving his country and strengthening cultural understanding.

In an effort to combat further road deterioration in Sagaponack, on Monday evening the village board passed a law requiring off street parking for all construction vehicles.

For a brief period in our lives, we tried working for a celebrity magazine, which once dispatched us to Ashlee Simpson's hotel so that we could ask her how Jessica was doing after her divorce from Nick Lachey.

Members of the Sagaponack Village Board voted to adopt a law this week prohibiting contractors from parking on the street during construction or renovation projects to help prevent damage to roads and to village property.

The general election for Sagaponack Village, to be held tomorrow, June 19, is expected to have few surprises as the only two candidates are both incumbents who are running unopposed.

The Beacon on West Water Street in Sag Harbor will be open for lunch Thursdays through Mondays, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 725-7088. The 31st Wine Makers Dinner will be held Friday, June 19, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Ram's Head Inn on Shelter Island.

Crystal Meszkat, above left, and Kim White were among those who turned out for the Southampton Fresh Air Homea s Decorators, Designers and Dealers cocktail party gala on Saturday, June 6. It is so nice to see town bustling with many people spending their time out on our beloved East End.

Despite the tough economy, Suffolk County and Southampton Town are still in the business of preserving open space and farmland, according to Deputy County Executive Ben Zwirn.

While members of the Sagaponack Village Board wrestled with the cost of repairing a small road located in the southern portion of the village, they also decided to try to find a way to ensure that contractors who damage the roads can be billed for it.

Teenage fans of live music - and fans of live teenage music - are in luck this weekend.

Manuel Munoz, 22, of East Hampton was arrested by Sag Harbor Police for alleged criminal trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor.

Rolanda Blue Stephanos, 29, of Sagaponack was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, a misdemeanor, on May 26, after she was pulled over for having an expired inspection and a computer check revealed that her registration was suspended.

The summer season on the East End of Long Island, familiarly known as "The Hamptons," unofficially began last weekend.