They call Montauk "The End," but do you sometimes wonder what the area was like a little closer to the beginning? Take a look at these classic photos to get an idea. Credit: Newsday/ Cliff De Bear ...

Michael Dweck holds up his book "The End: Montauk" while posing with Hamptons Magazine Editor Samantha Yanks this summer. Getty Images Montauk’s become the hippest Hamptons hamlet — but ...

I'm a Californian who lives close to Malibu. In August, I got a chance to compare it to Montauk. It was much easier to get around Montauk without a car, and the people there seemed more laid-back.

Partygoers gather at ultra-trendy Surf Lodge. Is one of THEM the Montauk Monster? Could be. Steven Henry/Getty Images for Tinder In subsequent years, Montauk and neighboring East Hampton (already ...

an event that is a favorite of real live locals and lovers of the “old” Montauk. Below is her dispatch, and some (sometimes graphic!) photos from the event, which took place over the weekend.

Others asserted that the creature was in fact a raccoon, however: [Montauk local Noel Arikian said,] "In photos there appeared to be a beak. It was just a tricky angle. It's a dead raccoon.