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The Ecological Cultural Initiative will be holding their annual Holiday Maker’s Market starting Saturday December 10th. The market will be held for two weekends in a row, December 10-11 and December 17-18 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at St. Joseph Villa in Hampton Bays. The Maker’s Market is a great opportunity to shop from and support local...

It takes a village...well, a hamlet, to decorate Hampton Bays for Christmas and each year the Hampton Bays Beautification Association transforms the town for the holidays. Hamptons.com recently spoke with HBBA President, Susan von Freddi, about what they're doing for Christmas this year. In the beginning the HBBA members did the work themselves, she explained, but that was...

When was the last time you brought a child to a toy store? Back when my children were young, I used to take them to both Toys 'R Us and F.A.O. Schwarz to make their Christmas list the first weekend in December. We would buy nothing but inspect everything. Eventually they would make their lists and hand them...

Lately, there have been reported coyote sightings on the east end. Officials say Long Island had its first confirmed coyote spotting in decades back on July 2013. In 2022 there were sightings on both the north fork and the south fork. It is not definitive how an animal that once was natural to Long Island but extinguished by...

In life there are always the possibilities and excitement of what’s next. With 2022 Thanksgiving now firmly in the rear-view mirror, the holiday season in the Hamptons is at hand. There are no longer the wicked confinements of the Covid pandemic to hamper our coming holiday plans. This year, thankfully, the east end prepares for a holiday season...

Following a successful spring and summer season, East End Food Market will open its doors for a second winter season at 9:00am on Small Business Saturday, November 26, 2022. A special blessing and land tribute will be offered by a member of the Shinnecock Nation at 8:45am. As farm stands close up for the season, the indoor East...

Big things are coming just off the coast in Wainscott. If you’ve been to Beach Lane recently, it's hard to miss. Engineers and construction crews are now in the process of undertaking a seismic drilling operation to eventually connect offshore wind turbines to the East Hampton electrical grid. The project is an effort to address the growing needs...

Yes, it is that time of the year. Soon it will be my responsibility to put up our Christmas tree. Although my wife decorates it, I set it upright and put on the lights. I have the fondest memories of shopping for a tree. As a kid I remember going with my dad to a local lot at...

The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center is proud to announce that they will be receiving another Grant from the Long Island Racial Equity Donor Collaborative (LIREDC) at the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF). This is a one-year implementation grant of $125,000 to support their growing and successful work force training strategy called TEACH ME HOW TO FISH....

On November 10, 2022 I was out in Gardiner’s Bay sailing. At 4:20 the sun was almost completely gone tucked behind Shelter Island. The ride back to my slip in Three-Mile-Harbor was my last one for the 2022 sailing season. As I passed the marinas it was sad to see it was down to the last boats to...