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Sagaponack compound is on the market for only the second time in 123 years.

A one-of-a-kind 14-acre waterfront estate in Wainscott, and the home of the late billionaire Manhattan real estate developer Sheldon Solow, has been listed for $70 million.

How the lifestyle guru, television star and QVC maven is living, loving and working from home in the Hamptons.

Sitting up on one of the highest elevations the East End has to offer, perched on a hilltop in Water Mill that offers a glimpse of the ocean over the treetops, is a home unlike any other in the Hamptons.

This Horse Ranch in Montauk Is Now an Idyllic Art Destination [Vogue]
Airport Comment Session Is Tuesday [The East Hampton Star]
Southampton Family Asks For Prayers For Matriarch Missing In Surfside Tragedy [27East]
Over $550,000 Raised as Conservation Buyer Sought for Mattituck Waterfront Property [The Suffolk Times]
Tiny Piece of Wainscott Farm History Saved [The East Hampton Star]
Planning Board Schedules Public Hearing on Proposed Industrial Complex in Calverton [Riverhead News-Review]
PeraBell Food Bar Closes Riverhead Location as Building Sells [RiverheadLocal]
Floating Science Lab Visits Sag Harbor [27East]
South Fork Wind Farm to Get a Virtual Public Hearing [The East Hampton Star]
Dream Nightclub Neighbors Upset About Noise Emanating From Business [27East]
Where to Eat, Stay, and Play in the Hamptons [Yahoo]
Outdoor Dining to Continue in Downtown Riverhead This Summer [RiverheadLocal]
Back to In-Person Meetings, With Concerns [The East Hampton Star]

In the latest issue of Behind The Hedges to hit the stands this Fourth of July issue, we celebrate outdoor living. It’s what summer in the Hamptons is really all about, right?

The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund revenues total $93.69 million for the first five months of 2021, compared to $45.43 million for 2020.

Jennifer Lopez Has a New Neighbor: Ex Alex Rodriguez [Daily Mail]
Kevin Sorbo’s $5M Hamptons digs transformed into art house this summer [NY Post]
Martha Stewart Bids Adieu to the Hamptons By Hosting A List Book Party [ShowBiz 411]
There Are Jobs in the Hamptons. If Only Workers Could Afford The Rent. [The New York Times]
Town Of East Hampton: EH Town To Purchase, Preserve Major Tract Of Amagansett Farmland [Patch]
Hamptons Parties Return with Champagne Guns and Exclusive Rose [Bloomberg]
Montauk Hopper Returns, With East Hampton Village Connection [27East]
Bill Would Create East End Community Housing Fund [Dan’s Papers]
Pandemic Party Boy Ivan Busheski Opens Legal Club in the Hamptons [Page Six]
New Yorkers Fled to the Hamptons in 2020 – and Sparked a Major Sewage Crisis [The Guardian]
Roundabout Work Expected To Begin in Greenport Next Year [The Suffolk Times]
In Tony Hamptons, Homeowners and Fishermen Fight Over a Beach [The Wall Street Journal]

Catch up on the news you may have missed this week on Behind The Hedges.

We asked a handful of agents and brokers what the last-minute rental market has been like this year compared to years past, and what advice they could offer for securing a summer rental amid a red-hot market.