Since being elected in 2017, Susan. McGraw Keber has thrown herself into the job with gusto, serving on six trustee committees that oversee education, Accabonac Harbor and Hog Creek, Northwest Creek and Harbor, the beaches, media and social media, and aquaculture.

Unique among all the candidates for East Hampton Town trustee, Mike Martinsen spends almost every day of the year on the water.

Stephen Lester, having served six terms as a town trustee, did not seek re-election in 2015. “I needed a break,” he said this week.

Rona Klopman is seeking a trustee seat for the third time, having run twice before, though unsuccessfully.

This year marks Michael Havens’s second bid for a trustee seat. The lifelong resident of the town is among a long line of baymen in his family, and he believes that experience will serve him well if elected.

Jim Grimes is seeking a third term as an East Hampton trustee. The born-and-raised Montauk resident and fire department volunteer owns James C. Grimes Land Design and Fort Pond Native Plants.

It was while screening potential candidates for East Hampton Town Trustee as a member of the town Democratic Committee that Tim Garneau became interested in running for the post himself.

Nearing the end of his second term, Rick Drew has attended every trustee meeting since his swearing-in. “I’ve tried to make it a real priority,” he said this week.

A first-time candidate, Ben Dollinger grew up off Three Mile Harbor Road and now lives along Fort Pond in Montauk, “a body of water that’s under attack.”