East Hampton’s The Hedges Inn Bought by Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall of The Colony Palm Beach

Those in East Hampton, N.Y., who prefer everything from a quiet breakfast to late night table service are in luck. After last summer’s drama, in which Scott Sartiano tried to buy The Hedges Inn and make it into a Hamptons outpost of Zero Bond, much to the dismay of locals, new proprietors have taken ownership — and they plan to keep much of what makes the hotel beloved the same. Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall, owners of The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., since 2016, have purchased The Hedges Inn from the Cumming family, with plans to be open after some minor updates for this coming summer season.  Sarah Wetenhall says it’s hard to think of something that isn’t appealing about owning the property, which was originally built in 1873 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in East Hampton. “It is ideally situated as the closest inn to Main Beach in East Hampton, but also walking distance to the village. Its location, its historic nature and frankly its untapped potential to be open and of service to the community are really what attracted us,” she says. “It is the cornerstone of East Hampton village. In a lot of ways,

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