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50 Households Kick-Start Town Compost Program

Experts say food waste typically accounts for around 30 percent of a garbage truck’s load. That's changing in East Hampton Town, where some 2,782 pounds of food scraps were diverted from landfills or incinerators, eliminating the equivalent of 1,310 pounds of coal burned or 3,025 miles driven, through a pilot composting program launched over the summer.

Oct 19, 2023
New Perspectives Versus Experience in County Executive Race

In the race for Suffolk County executive, voters will choose between an experienced politician, Ed Romaine, a Republican and the current Brookhaven Town supervisor, and a newcomer to politics, Dave Calone, an entrepreneur and former prosecutor who is a Democrat. Steve Bellone, a Democrat who has served as county executive since 2012, is term-limited and could not run for re-election.

Oct 19, 2023
Filer and Lester Square Off for Town Justice

The East Hampton Town Justice race to replace Lisa R. Rana, who, after 20 years on the bench, is retiring, pits David Filer, running as a Democrat, against Brian Lester on the Republican ticket. Both men are fathers, both boast of family ties tracing back to East Hampton’s earliest settlers, and both have had long careers in the law.

Oct 19, 2023
Trustees Again Extend Dock Moratorium

The extension of the residential dock moratorium, first enacted in 2021 and now effective through Dec. 31, will “give the public a chance to weigh in on the points that we’re bringing up,” said John Aldred, an East Hampton Town trustee, during Friday's meeting.

Oct 19, 2023
A Center for Body, Mind, and Soul

East Hampton Town’s new senior citizens center “really is shaping up to be something we can all be proud of,” Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said at the conclusion of a presentation by its project team on Tuesday.

Oct 19, 2023
Sea Farmers Pitch Oyster Reef in Sag Harbor

“Oysters do a fantastic job of filtering our water,” Bob Tymann of South Fork Sea Farmers explained to the Sag Harbor Village Board last week while displaying a slide showing algae, nitrogen, and other contaminants entering an oyster and coming out clean. The bivalves are like mini wastewater treatment plants, each adult filters 50 gallons a day. 

Oct 19, 2023
Amagansett Group Talks Historic Guidelines

The hamlet's historic district guidelines, which were drawn up in 2000, was one topic of discussion at Monday's meeting of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee. The Reform Club, an event and wellness venue on Windmill Lane, was another.

Oct 19, 2023
Sag Harbor Village Board Looking at Tree-Preservation Law

As Sag Harbor Village considers a law pertaining to the preservation of trees, one village resident displayed photos that, she said, "illustrate how often, when given the opportunity, all trees on properties are felled, and usually replaced with lawns and hedges, not new trees.”

Oct 12, 2023
To Expand the Leash Law in East Hampton Village

East Hampton Village already has a leash law at beaches during the summer. Now new rules being considered would expand the leash law to the village’s other public places.

Oct 12, 2023
A Roundabout Is Coming to Long Lane

A traffic roundabout at the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path, Long Lane, and Two Holes of Water Road in East Hampton could see “substantial completion” by summer, a consultant told the board on Tuesday.

Oct 12, 2023
Goroff Announces Second Bid for Congress

Nancy Goroff, the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee to represent New York’s First Congressional District, has announced a second bid for the party’s nomination, three years after losing the election to then-Representative Lee Zeldin.

Oct 12, 2023
Supporters Show Up for Zoning Modifications

The East Hampton Town Board’s public hearing last Thursday on amending the “purposes” section of the zoning code to control development drew more than 35 comments, nearly all of them in favor of modifications that would better reflect the town’s comprehensive plan.

Oct 12, 2023