the hamptons

The Hamptons are trying to curb the influx of tourists during the coronavirus pandemic after a “hellish” Memorial Day weekend. On Wednesday, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman signed an emergency order temporarily closing all town beaches to daily visitors, or “day-trippers.” On Friday, he extended the order. According to a release sent out by Southampton, …

Mary-Kate Olsen is headed to a luxe $325,000 Hamptons rental for the summer, sources told Page Six, amid her split from husband Olivier Sarkozy. Olsen just lost an emergency petition for divorce and was seeking to continue using the couple’s Hamptons home, as well as their Gramercy apartment and an East 49th Street address. She …

Hamptons citizens fear that summer tourists will bring more cases of COVID-19 out east as hotels plan to open for the summer. Sceney hotels Gurney’s and Montauk Beach House, among others, plan to open with new policies. But on Thursday, the Town of East Hampton’s board wrote a letter — parts of which have been …

The heir to a frozen health-food empire was ordered quarantined and barred from seeing his three kids after he went out “partying” amid the coronavirus crisis — and openly left a stash of drugs in the Hamptons home where they were staying with a nanny, The Post has learned. Larry Praeger — whose late dad, …

On Tuesday, Page Six reported that Blade, the 1 percent’s favored way of getting to the Hamptons, is set to reopen. But regular folks will also be able to catch a ride out East, it seems. The Hampton Jitney is also revving its engines, restarting “limited” service for “essential travel” Thursday. All passengers will be required …

Helicopter and seaplane flights to the Hamptons, the wealthy set’s favorite way to travel out East, will be happening as usual this summer — but all passengers will have to pass oxygen-level checks before boarding. Blade — whose clients include Liev Schreiber, Cynthia Rowley and Christy Turlington — is anticipating more New Yorkers with second …

Montauk sceney resort Gurney’s is gearing up to open May 15, and sister property Star Island is prepping to open on May 22, we’re told. The spots plan to provide masks for guests and promise “rigorous cleaning” and “hand sanitizing stations.” Gurney’s will also expand distance between chairs on its beach, and workout instruction will …

Hamptons residents are bemoaning that their favorite summer spot, Sunset Beach will not open this summer. Owner Andre Balazs said the fashionable seasonal beachfront restaurant on Shelter Island has confirmed that it will not open this year because the always-packed venue does not offer the ability to practice social distancing, plus the challenges of training …

There’s some good news for the horses of the Hamptons. We’re told that after Page Six ran a story about so-called school horses who could head to the slaughterhouse, there’s been “a flood of love and support from all across the country” for the animals. Usually, city folk head to the Hamptons and lease horses …

Horses that usually appear in the Hampton Classic could be headed for the slaughterhouse because of the pandemic, insiders fear. A top trainer and a stable-owner tell Page Six that at this time of year city dwellers are usually heading out to the Hamptons, where they lease so-called “school horses” or “schoolies” for their kids …