Government

The federal Army Corps of Engineers has completed, ahead of schedule, an extensive reconstruction of the stone revetment that wraps around Montauk Point, protecting the famed Lighthouse there, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said on Tuesday.

“Between private donations and funds from the town, we have enough money for the anticipated costs” of the aquatic center, the president of the foundation’s board said this week, anticipating that the first phase of the project will be put out to bid this summer.

“People are asking me, ‘Do you really want to do it?’ and ‘Are you prepared to be supervisor?’ ” the Democrats' supervisor candidate, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, said. “And I just want everyone to know here and now, yes and yes. I am ready, and I’m excited. That is partly because, look at the tremendous team I get to work with. . . .”

Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island has hired immigration and civil rights attorneys following a flurry of policy pronouncements, lawsuits, and rumors at the town, county, and state levels, resulting in fear and insecurity for some immigrants. The announcement came in the wake of the Suffolk Legislature’s June 1 vote to hire outside counsel to advise on blocking the arrival of migrants bused to the county from elsewhere.

Two outside agencies that assess the fiscal health and accounting practices of municipalities have recognized East Hampton Town for its financial health and fiscal reporting.

Project Most, which hopes to turn a donated house into a brand-new facility on Three Mile Harbor Road, has filed an updated site plan with the East Hampton Town Building Department. The updated plan was the subject of a discussion last week before the town planning board.

New designs for the intersection of North Main Street, Springs-Fireplace Road, and Three Mile Harbor Road and at the intersection of Abraham's Path and Three Mile Harbor Road are among the ideas being floated as consultants take a close look at traffic, land use, and environmental issues in what the East Hampton Town Board is calling the Springs-Fireplace Corridor.

Carl Irace, a lawyer and village resident, won 327 votes to beat out East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky, who ended with 141 votes, for a four-year term as Sag Harbor Village Justice. Mr. Irace will replace Lisa Rana, who is retiring.

Manny Vilar, the Republican Party candidate for Suffolk County legislator in the Second District, will hold his campaign launch event Thurssday night from 6 to 8 at the American Legion Hall in Hampton Bays. On Wednesday, the town’s Republican Committee will hold a fund-raiser from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

The East Hampton Town Board voted on June 6 to approve six of its water quality technical advisory committee’s seven recommendations to fund projects, from a motel in Montauk to Clinton Academy, that emerged from the committee’s first request for applications in 2023.

Across the road from the Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, a 21.7-acre parcel, much of it undevelopable, could be divided into three lots. One would include a reserved area and two existing horse barns, the second would hold an existing house and garage, and a third lot, which is now empty and zoned residential, could hold a large house.

Attorneys for East Hampton Town and the town trustees described “vans full of nonresident people coming at night” and “taking bushels and bushels of shellfish out of Napeague Harbor” and other waterways including Georgica Pond, where people working alone or in concert have repeatedly poached blue-claw crabs. New deterrents to punish poachers might include fines starting at $1,000 and possibly even jail time.