Halloween is over, but the fun doesn't have to be, with a costume parade and a few parties to attend. There's also a Brewathlon and a pancake breakfast on tap this weekend. Just don’t forget to set the clocks back on Sunday, or you could miss out.
There are nine trustees, each elected every two years to a two-year term. Seven of the nine incumbents are seeking re-election this year. Including those seven, there are 16 candidates on the ballot.
A massive drug ring operation that each year distributed more than $1 million worth of heroin cut with fentanyl near the Shinnecock Indian Reservation was taken down last week. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the deadly opioid cocktail was linked to at least five fatal overdoses.
Harry Macklowe, a billionaire real estate developer, admitted to the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday that he had built several structures at his Georgica Pond-front property at 64 West End Road without a permit, and cleared wetland vegetation there as well.
The four candidates vying for two seats on the East Hampton Town Board faced off for the last time on Oct. 16 at the East Hampton Library, the two incumbents defending their tenure and setting goals for the next term, the two challengers criticizing the same while offering their own vision for town government.
The cost for electricity from the proposed 130-megawatt South Fork Wind Farm will average 14.1 cents per kilowatt-hour, the Long Island Power Authority’s chief executive officer said on Monday.
Susan Vorpahl is looking for a second term as a trustee to ensure the board remembers its true purpose, she said.
Bill Taylor was elected to the trustee board in 2013 and is one of its two deputy clerks.
Having served two terms in the late 1980s into the early 1990s, and holding the roles of clerk and assistant clerk, David Talmage hopes to be elected once again.
Fallon Nigro is running for elected office for the first time. She is the daughter of Joe Bloecker, a former trustee.
