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🌱 How Amagansett’s Bonacker roots fit into East Hampton’s evolving story

Coming up: Hampton Vintage- Luxury Marketplace on the Amagansett Patch calendar

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Hello Amagansett! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Amagansett's Bonacker roots fit into East Hampton's evolving story
  • How did an Amagansett estate become 2025's biggest Hamptons sale?

Also on today's calendar: Hampton Vintage- Luxury Marketplace and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 76, low: 66.
  • Saturday: Humid with a few showers, with a high of 74 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Salute to East Hampton: Arts, Agriculture & Affluence (danspapers.com) — Amagansett gets a nod here as one of the East Hampton hamlets long home to Bonacker families who've farmed and fished for generations. The piece celebrates East Hampton's history, arts scene, beaches, and year-round community, highlighting how creative culture, agriculture, and summer tourism all shape the town's identity across its villages and hamlets.
   

• UES co-op tied to former Warner Bros. CEO sells for $45M (therealdeal.com) — Amagansett figures prominently as the site of Terry Semel's former oceanfront estate, which sold last July to Len Blavatnik for $115 million—the Hamptons' priciest 2025 deal. The article mainly tracks Semel's high-end real estate moves, including a $45 million Upper East Side co-op sale and past legal disputes tied to his properties.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Bozzuto's posted a job opening for Amagansett IGA Commissary Kitchen Manager - Amagansett NY in Amagansett. Apply here.
  • Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager for Fine Dining Steakhouse in East Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amagansett here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Hampton

  • 78th Annual Artists & Writers Game (danspapers.com)
  • Aircraft 'Clips Wing' Of Another Parked Plane At East Hampton Airport: PD (patch.com)

Sag Harbor

  • The Dish: Sag Harbor's modern 'Miracle' (southforker.com)
  • Justin Timberlake Shares Rare Summer Photos of His Sons Silas and Phineas (pulptastic.com)

Ok Amagansett! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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