“It’s a record price per square foot for any commercial real estate transaction in the Hamptons, ever,” said Jeremey Tahari of Tahari Capital, whose father, Elie Tahari, sold the building at 1 Main Street in East Hampton for $22 million to Bernard Arnault, named by Forbes last week as the world’s richest person.



By Christopher Gangemi

Suffolk County leads New York State by a huge margin in pesticide and herbicide diversity and use, according to a report released by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. In 2021, a staggering 6.5 million pounds of pesticides were applied in Suffolk.

By Christopher Gangemi

In East Hampton Town, the massive geotextile sandbags that are used to protect waterfront properties from erosion are allowed on only a temporary basis — for just six months with the potential for a three-month renewal — but in reality those erosion-control measures have sometimes remained in place for years.

By Christopher Walsh

The owners of a historic timber frame house on Montauk Highway in East Hampton Village appeared before the village’s design review board on Tuesday to seek a retroactive certificate of appropriateness after gutting the house during renovations.

By Christopher Gangemi

“The sentiment, I think, would range from discouragement to outrage right now,” the chairwoman of the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee said, as discussion turned to the Maidstone Gun Club, which hopes to renew its lease on East Hampton Town land even as a group of residents is suing the town and the club in an effort to permanently close it. 

By Christopher Walsh

The federal Department of the Interior announced on Monday that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has completed a 60-day review of critical design and installation reports for the South Fork Wind farm, the final regulatory hurdle that clears the way for installation of the wind farm’s foundations and turbines.

By Christopher Walsh

East Hampton Town police spent Tuesday morning investigating an anonymous email threat received overnight by multiple school districts and ultimately deemed it “noncredible.”

By Christine Sampson

An unprecedented influx of 18 new students arrived this year in the Wainscott Common School District, a tiny school that educates kids in kindergarten through third grade and pays tuition to send older children to nearby districts. The influx led to sharply rising tuition costs and left the district facing an anticipated budget deficit of about $902,000 this year, as well as a projected increase in next year’s budget of about 43 percent.

By Christine Sampson and Christopher Walsh

Michael Miller, who has been principal of the Bridgehampton School since 2018, is leaving the district to take the superintendent and principal position in the East Quogue School District as of July 1, and on Thursday the district announced that the assistant principal, Michael Cox, will take over from Mr. Miller. 

By Christine Sampson

The mayoral election in Sag Harbor is June 20 and the race, or perhaps lack thereof, is becoming clearer. Last week, Mayor James Larocca announced in a staff meeting that he would not be seeking re-election, and on Monday, Thomas Gardella, the current deputy mayor, confirmed that he will be running for mayor.

By Christopher Gangemi

Van Kay Quick, who retired as a captain after a 35-year career in the East Hampton Town Police Department, had been a president of the East Hampton Police Benevolent Association and the Police Association of Suffolk County and spearheaded the computerization of the department's records in the late 1980s.



By Carissa Katz

The Bonackers pulled off a thrilling victory over Sayville in the bottom of the seventh inning on March 30.

By Jack Graves

The Bonac boys track team opened the season with Comsewogue on March 29 and won 60-58 thanks to the 4-by-400-meter relay team of Isaac Rodriguez, Robert Stewart, Diego Rojas, and Brayan Rivera. The girls' meet with Comsewogue that same day ended in a tie.

By Jack Graves

As of earlier this week, East Hampton High’s boys tennis team, arguably one of the top three in Suffolk County, was 2-2. But with two 7-0 wins against league opponents, things were looking up. 

By Jack Graves

Christopher Gangemi, a reporter who joined the staff of The East Hampton Star in December 2021 as a newcomer to journalism, won the New York Press Association’s Rookie of the Year award at its Better Newspaper convention last weekend. The Star was also recognized for its news and feature writing and for its East magazine.

By Star Staff

Behold codependency, substance abuse, lovelessness, lack of sexual compatibility, grievous inequity, and unsettling disrespect as Carmela Ciuraru chronicles five eventful literary marriages. 

By Evan Harris

In this photo from The East Hampton Star’s photo archive, William Cooper (b. 1899), owner and proprietor of Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, is seen on a hay-covered truck bed next to several calves.

By Moriah Moore

Alpina restaurant brings the cuisine of the Alps to Greenport with cheeses from Switzerland, including a "delightful" raclette service, salami from Italy, house-made pastas and desserts, all with excellent service and reasonable prices.

By Laura Donnelly