Wainscott Committee Names Award Winners

The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee named its yearly award winners — the East Hampton Town Board, Simon Kinsella, and Sara Davison — at its monthly meeting Saturday. 

In an announcement, Barry Frankel, a committee co-chair, said the group had created a Most Valuable Board award for the entire East Hampton Town Board, citing its “tireless efforts on a number of initiatives, including the East Hampton Town Airport, the business district moratorium, and others.” East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell accepted the award, saying there was “mutual respect among all of the board members to working things out in a way that resolves problems and comes up with decisions that are beneficial to the town.”

Mr. Kinsella received the annual Most Valuable Person award for what Mr. Frankel said is his “energy, passion, and intensity.” Mr. Kinsella had sent letters of concern about the possibility of chromium-6 in Wainscott groundwater to a number of government agencies last month. Rick Del Mastro, chairman emeritus of the committee, said Ms. Davison won the committee’s Citizen of the Year award for her commitment to the community.

 “She is hardworking and has taken on many challenges, including the moratorium, pushing to get the hamlet study completed after years of inaction, and she has taken charge and added to every committee she has joined,” he said. Ms. Davison is the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation’s project manager.