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12/01/2025

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce, the Montauk Artists Association, and The Lucore Art Gallery will host “Windows of Wonder,” a Winter Art Walk and Open Art Gallery event on Saturday, December 6.

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce, the Montauk Artists Association, and The Lucore Art Gallery will host “Windows of Wonder,” a Winter Art Walk and Open Art Gallery event on Saturday, December 6. The program begins at 3:30 p.m. at the Montauk Visitor C

12/01/2025

Several Long Island State Parks — including Montauk Point State Park — will remain open during nighttime hours on Saturday, December 13, to allow visitors to view the Geminids meteor shower.

Several Long Island State Parks — including Montauk Point State Park — will remain open during nighttime hours on Saturday, December 13, to allow visitors to view the Geminids meteor shower. Peak viewing is expected in the predawn hours of Sunday, De

12/01/2025

Guided by William Barbour and Robin Jahoda, this year’s BuildOn Trek group at East Hampton High School is preparing for a trip to Malawi next February, during which students will help build a school and launch an adult literacy program. As part of their fundraising efforts, the group hosted a new event, “Pie for a Purpose,” last Friday, November 21.

By Melanie Vizcaino Guided by William Barbour and Robin Jahoda, this year’s BuildOn Trek group at East Hampton High School is preparing for a trip to Malawi next February, during which students will help build a school and launch an adult literacy pr

12/01/2025

The story of how the Pilipenko family took in over 800 animals after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War in 2022 is told in the 2025 documentary film “The Ark.” Directed by Jeremy Chilnick and Viaeslav Rakovskyi, the film will be screened as part of the 2025 Hamptons Doc Fest on Wednesday, December 10, at at 5:30 p.m. at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

The Pilipenkos moved to Eastern Ukraine in 2021 seeking a quiet life. Caring for hundreds of animals wasn’t a part of the plan.

12/01/2025

Building on a holiday tradition in Quogue, the Hampton Theatre Company will once again present “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” on the stage of the Quogue Community Hall for one weekend only, December 12 to 14.

Building on a holiday tradition in Quogue, the Hampton Theatre Company will once again present “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” on the stage of the Quogue Community Hall for one weekend only, December 12 to 14.Adapted from the timeless Charles

11/30/2025

The staff and volunteers at Heart of the Hamptons work hard year-round to feed hungry Southampton residents. But 2025 has been a particularly difficult year for those facing food insecurity. Reductions in federal funding for pantries and the added pressure of suspended SNAP benefits means the pantry is feeding more families than ever.

This week on the podcast, the editors are joined by Molly Bishop, executive director of Heart of the Hamptons, to talk about how she and her crew are meeting the need as they settle into their new location at 44 Meeting House Lane in Southampton Village.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts of wherever you get your podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feeding-southampton-heart-of-the-hamptons-responds/id1514851772?i=1000738663030

11/30/2025

County Road 104 in Northampton was closed overnight and into Sunday morning while police investigate a car accident that sent five people to the hospital, one with serious injuries.

County Road 104 in Northampton was closed overnight and into Sunday morning while police investigate a car accident that sent five people to the hospital, one with serious injuries. Police say they were called to the scene of a three-car accident wi

11/28/2025

It’s a challenge tending outdoor ice, the sun being a particular enemy, “but I’d like to remind everyone,” said co-owner Doug DeGroot, “that skating by nature is an outdoor sport. It’s amazing how many kids on Long Island grow up not skating outdoors. There’s nothing that beats skating in the clean air of nature and at night under a beautiful sky.”

By Jack GravesThe Buckskill Tennis Club in East Hampton was being transformed earlier this week into the Buckskill Winter Club, as it has been every year since 2002. Doug DeGroot, who co-owns the club with his wife, Kathryn, said during a conversat

11/28/2025

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival rounds out the year with the third program in its BCM Autumn concert series. Titled “Festive Baroque,” the holiday concert on Saturday, December 13, at 5 p.m. features flutist and BCM founder Marya Martin and four of BCM’s best — violinists Kristin Lee and Kevin Zhu, cellist Estelle Choi and harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss — performing a program of music by Telemann, Vivaldi and others to celebrate the holiday season.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music rounds out the year with the third program in its BCM Autumn concert series. Titled “Festive Baroque,” the holiday concert on Saturday, December 13, at 5 p.m. features flutist and BCM founder Marya Martin and four of BCM’

11/28/2025

“He saw a lot of people running and screaming ‘It’s ICE! It’s ICE!’” the translator said as Erik recounted what he saw. “They had guns and were pointing them. There were people running. It looked like a war.”

BY MICHAEL WRIGHT For Erik, the morning of Wednesday, November 5, started out like many others in the offseason. The swimming pool company he works for seven months of the year had concluded its pool closings and cut its seasonal staffing, so Erik h

11/24/2025

“I love it,” Gerrod Smith said of competing. “I just enjoy doing it. It’s almost like it gives me a benchmark on how I’m feeling and how I want to feel."

By Drew BuddGerrod Smith’s still got it, and he’s hoping to enlighten others that they’ve still got it, too.At 70 years young, Smith, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, is competing in masters track and field events — aged typically for those 35 and

11/24/2025

East Hampton Village officials are looking at a $5 million plan to alleviate some of the pressures of staffing Village Hall amid the ongoing affordable housing crisis.

By Jack Motz East Hampton Village officials are looking at a $5 million plan to alleviate some of the pressures of staffing Village Hall amid the ongoing affordable housing crisis. Business owners have long spotlighted the difficulty of finding staff