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Governor Announces Improvements to South Fork Train Infrastructure

East End Beacon
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a series of service and infrastructure improvements on Tuesday for the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk Branch. The upgrades will come in two phases. In the first, the track siding at the Amagansett station will be extended, and in the second a permanent second platform will be constructed at the Hampton Bays station. Pictured Above: Workers installed a temporary second platform in Hampton Bays this spring
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The deteriorating bridge over the Long Island Rail Road tracks on Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett has been closed since 2023.
Announcements East Hampton Recent Southampton

Three East End Bridges Over LIRR to Be Replaced

Beth Young
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a contract to complete the design and reconstruction of three aging bridges that carry vehicular traffic over Long Island Rail Road tracks on the East End: Sagg Road Bridge in Sagaponack, Cranberry Hole Road Bridge in Amagansett and River Avenue Bridge in Eastport. Pictured Above: The deteriorating bridge over the Long Island Rail Road tracks on Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett has been closed
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Renuka Ramcharan's photograph of a mute swan
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Out of the Classroom: Bringing a Love for Nature Alive with Photos and Words

Beth Young
It's easy to notice kids who may some day become scientists. They may stare, fascinated for hours, at ants following pheromone trails through the backyard, hide flinty rocks in the crevices of their homes and embark on experiments with the most basic of household equipment, cooking up fake food for wolves with your pots and pans. But kids with this innate curiosity often lose sight of what originally drew them
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SWCA Environmental Consultants Project Manager Arianna Porter at the May 5 forum.
Environment Photos Recent Southampton

Planning for Wildfires in Our Backyards

Beth Young
While vast swaths of Long Island's fire-prone pine barrens are west of the East End, communities throughout western Southampton Town learned quickly in March of 2025 that they could easily be right in the path of an out-of-control wildfire. High winds and dry fuel conditions led to the rapid spread of a wildfire that reportedly started when a family in Manorville tried to make s'mores in their backyard on the
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The Southampton Village Dog Park, which would be moved to make way for the leaching field for the sewage treatment plant.
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Southampton Village Lays Out Sewer Plan

Beth Young
by Beth Young After more than 20 years of searching for a site to build a sewage treatment plant, Southampton Village representatives told a crowd at Village Hall April 18 that its current plan is the final chance to find a place to treat the waste generated by the village’s business district. Pictured Above: The Southampton Village Dog Park, which would be moved to make way for the leaching field
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Southampton Housing Authority Director Curtis Highsmith at the Easterner Motel, one off the sites that can now be redeveloped with the new zoning in place. |. Southampton Housing Authority photo
Housing Photos Recent Southampton Top Stories

In Southampton, Up to 68 Units Proposed in New Community Housing Overlay Districts

Beth Young
Southampton Town's recent creation of new floating "Community Housing Overlay Districts" has paved the way forward for four housing developments already under consideration, and for an expansion of one of the town's first community housing success stories — the Sandy Hollow Cove apartment complex — with a new development of single family townhouses next door. Pictured Above: Southampton Housing Authority Director Curtis Highsmith at the Easterner Motel, one of the
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Housing Photos Recent Southampton

Southampton Approves CHF Funding For Housing for People with Autism, Adopts Floating Housing Districts

Beth Young
The Southampton Town Board has unanimously agreed to provide $630,000 in Community Housing Fund funding to pay off the mortgage on a local home belonging to Luv Michael, a nonprofit organization dedicated to housing individuals on the spectrum and providing professional and educational opportunities.  The five bedroom, 4.5 bath house on St. Andrews Road in Shinnecock Hills provides affordable rent and a live-in caregiver for tenants on the autism spectrum,
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Southampton To Consider Banning Private Docks in the Peconics

Beth Young
The Southampton Town Board is considering banning the construction of private docks in the Little and Great Peconic Bays. Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Doyle and Town Planning and Development Administrator Janice Scherer were given the go-ahead to draft new code for a public hearing, after pitching the idea to the Town Board at its Dec. 4 work session. "Historically, no one ever put docks there, because of ice and wave
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The Southampton Town Board saluted the flag before taking empassioned comment from the community about the recent ICE raids at their Nov. 12 meeting.
Immigration Photos Southampton

Southampton Board Casts Receptive Ear To A Community in Shock over ICE Raids

Beth Young
As residents of Southampton Town search for answers as to why federal immigration officials were scouring Hampton Bays and Westhampton last Wednesday morning, seemingly randomly taking Latino people from public locations, representatives from the Latino advocacy group OLA say parents are not sending their children to school, going to work or venturing out to shop for groceries in fear of what could happen to them. Pictured Above: The Southampton Town
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The site of the proposed sewage treatment plant. Here’s the QR link from the sign.
Development Photos Southampton Top Stories

As Pace of Riverside Redevelopment Plan Accelerates, Southampton Receives Major Federal Grant for Sewer

Beth Young
As several recent steps have moved forward the redevelopment of Riverside, Southampton Town has received a $19 million grant for its Riverside sewage treatment plant through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding was approved on Oct. 30, 2025 by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) as part of a statewide $135 million initiative to support critical water infrastructure projects, announced the town in early November. “This award from EFC
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Immigration Photos Southampton Top Stories

Federal Agents Scour Hamptons Towns Wednesday Morning, Detaining Several People

Beth Young
Update 11/6 Members of OLA's Rapid Response group are holding a community gathering on Friday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Main Street in Hampton Bays across from the Hampton Bays Fire Department. "Join Us! Stand Up For Our Neighbors. ICE Out Of Hampton Bays," they said in a Facebook post: New York State Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni was the first local lawmaker to weigh in on the
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