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A preliminary report by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has identified a “vapor-based waterl...
09/12/2026

A preliminary report by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has identified a “vapor-based waterless fire suppression system, that, when combined with water, can break down into PFPrA” as the source for groundwater contamination in a number of Suffolk County Water Authority drinking water wells located just south of the East Hampton Energy Storage Center on Cove Hollow Road.

A May 2023 fire at the facility led to a release of a soup of chemicals and water that, three years later, has reached the groundwater supply.

“The 2023 fire response resulted in the application of more than one million gallons of water to the East Hampton Battery Energy Storage System and approximately 4,900 pounds of waterless fire suppression chemicals,” the report, issued Friday, says. “The investigation points to the fire suppression system, not battery storage, as a PFPrA source.”

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📸 Christopher Gangemi

“Few people are likely to forget where they were on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001,” the late Russell Drumm wrote in Th...
09/11/2026

“Few people are likely to forget where they were on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001,” the late Russell Drumm wrote in The Star’s issue of Sept. 13, 2001.

Twenty-five years on, the terrible events of that day remain seared into the memories of those who experienced it, whether up close in Manhattan or more than 100 miles away in East Hampton Town, on what was shaping up to be a perfect late-summer day.

“By Tuesday afternoon,” The Star wrote, “clergy at several churches were consoling congregants, some with relatives on the planes that had been hijacked, others with loved ones who worked in one of the destroyed towers.” Nearly 100 residents attended a Mass of resurrection at Most Holy Trinity, and almost 400 more joined in an ecumenical service in the Presbyterian Church, where Rabbi David Gelfand of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons was joined by the Rev. John Ames, pastors from other churches, and several town officials.

“We are a nation whose heart is broken,’ Rabbi Gelfand said, but we will prevail, “not by might and not by power, but by victory of the spirit.”

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📸 J.D. Samuelson, Larry Smith, Julie Aster Miller, Christopher Gangemi

Just shy of his 85th birthday, Dick Monahan, a lifeguard at Kirk Park in Montauk, will hang up his whistle at the end of...
09/10/2026

Just shy of his 85th birthday, Dick Monahan, a lifeguard at Kirk Park in Montauk, will hang up his whistle at the end of this season.

Search “oldest active ocean lifeguard in the United States” and his name won’t come up. While he can, in fact, claim that distinction, he is happy that Guinness World Records instead bestows the honor on Ed Kiziukiewicz, 83, of New Jersey, a lifeguard since 1962.

“I would not want anybody to challenge him,” said Monahan, noting that Kiziukiewicz boasts more than six decades of continuous service, whereas he only earned his ocean certification at the age of 61.

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📸 Carissakatz

This week the ⭐️ remembers 9/11 -25 years later - with a first-person account from our very own Chris Gangemi, a lifegu...
09/10/2026

This week the ⭐️ remembers 9/11 -25 years later - with a first-person account from our very own Chris Gangemi, a lifeguarding legend retires at 84, varsity soccer ⚽️ is on a roll, and the issues with Este continue…
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09/04/2026

We haven’t heard as many reports about whale sightings close to shore this summer, but that could be changing! Check out this video from one of our East Hampton Town Lifeguards from out at South Edison Beach in Montauk this morning. Two breaching whales!!

📸 Mia Walsh

(Do you remember)The very first Star of September ⭐️?Our schools are gearing up for the first day, sports are in full sw...
09/03/2026

(Do you remember)
The very first Star of September ⭐️?
Our schools are gearing up for the first day, sports are in full swing, a last look at the glitz and glamour of the Hampton Classic, a turf war brewing on Napeague, some clarity at the building department, and more … on newsstands now!

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The East Hampton Town Planning Board and Planning Department looked last week at two separate site plan applications fro...
08/29/2026

The East Hampton Town Planning Board and Planning Department looked last week at two separate site plan applications from Marley Dominguez, managing partner of Enduring Real Estate and co-owner of Offshore Montauk — one for condominiums at 79 South Emerson Street and the other for an Este restaurant at 666 Montauk Highway.

At an Aug. 19 planning board meeting, the exasperation was apparent.

“This is the second application we’re discussing this evening from the same applicant where plans submitted to the Planning Department showed one thing and then the Building Department plans showed something else,” said Tina Vavilis LaGarenne, the town’s planning director. “Maybe it was a mistake on both of them, but I do think that’s a concerning fact pattern that we need to consider.”

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📸 rendering by JM2 Architecture, DPC

John Mayer’s SiriusXM Show Is Summer’s Hottest Ticket 🎫 “I understand this is a very hot ticket,” John Mayer said early ...
08/28/2026

John Mayer’s SiriusXM Show Is Summer’s Hottest Ticket 🎫

“I understand this is a very hot ticket,” John Mayer said early in his set at the annual SiriusXM concert in Amagansett, where hundreds of lucky fans and SiriusXM satellite radio subscribers were gathered under a large tent behind the Stephen Talkhouse on Wednesday night.

The seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist carried on a conversation with the densely-packed audience throughout a 14-song set that was attended by celebrities including Paul McCartney and his daughter, the fashion designer Stella McCartney; Howard Stern, Neil Patrick Harris, Brooke Shields, Michael J. Fox, Marcus King, Katie Couric, and Christie Brinkley and her daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook. « How many people are in here because they wrote a very clever email? » he joked.

Our Christopher Walsh was there as well.
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📸: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM

1. John Mayer performing
2. Andy Cohen in conversation with John Mayer
3. John Mayer performing
4. Josh Hart and Scott Greenstein
5. Christie Brinkley and Sailor Brinkley Cook
6. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
7. Andy Cohen and Kevin Sobieski (with Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky Stern behind Andy)

The last East Hampton Star of August is here! ⭐️ The Hampton Classic returns, Hillary Clinton visits Guild Hall, a local...
08/27/2026

The last East Hampton Star of August is here! ⭐️ The Hampton Classic returns, Hillary Clinton visits Guild Hall, a local lacrosse star plays in a world championship, Florence Fabricant trades places, how to save the world from your very own yard, and so much more.

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In Sag Harbor, where Adam Potter plans a mixed-use building with 48 apartments and ground-floor commercial units on Brid...
08/24/2026

In Sag Harbor, where Adam Potter plans a mixed-use building with 48 apartments and ground-floor commercial units on Bridge Street, attention has turned to an upcoming planning board review, a zoning board inquiry, and an impending public hearing marking a state review of his cleanup plans.

Last week, he took the village zoning board of appeals on a virtual walk through the village by way of an aerial map. Along his route, he placed Post-it notes over each building he said had received variances of the magnitude he is seeking. The Sag Harbor Cinema, the Watchcase condominiums at Bulova, Harbor’s Edge Condominiums on West Water Street, and the condos at 2 West Water Street had all secured some relief from the Z.B.A., he said.

“That’s your neighborhood,” Mr. Potter said, stepping back from the marked-up map, implying that the proposed three-story building would be in keeping with a neighborhood with a multitude of two, three and four-story buildings.

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📸 Christopher Gangemi

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