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David Lys, left, faces Manny Vilar, right, in a special election for the one year remaining in Mr. Van Scoyoc’s term. The Rundown on Tuesday's Ballot

Tuesday is Election Day, with candidates on the ballot here for town, county, state, and federal offices. Voting takes place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Nov 1, 2018
Deepwater Wind Scoping Session

Residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the proposed South Fork Wind Farm, a 15-turbine installation approximately 35 miles off Montauk Point, when the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management holds a scoping session on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett.

Nov 1, 2018
Politcal Briefs 11.01.18

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence has endorsed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Perry Gershon. The New York League of Conservation Voters has endorsed Perry Gershon for Congress. The East Hampton Democratic Committee and the Friends of David Lys will hold a campaign rally tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett. The Clubhouse at East Hampton Indoor Tennis will host an Election Day party, which the facility’s proprietor, Scott Rubenstein, called a bipartisan effort to encourage people to exercise their right to vote.

Nov 1, 2018
Gershon Signs Vandalized

Dozens of campaign signs for Perry Gershon, the Democratic candidate for New York’s First Congressional District, were vandalized last weekend.

Nov 1, 2018
If an expansion of T.J. Maxx in Bridgehampton is approved, Marshalls would share a nearly 50,000-square-foot space with the store. T.J. Maxx Seeks Room for a Marshalls

A proposal for the 17,000-square-foot expansion of the T.J. Maxx store at Bridgehampton Commons will receive a public hearing at the Southampton Town Planning Board next Thursday at 6 p.m.

Nov 1, 2018
Fight for New Fluke Quota

For many years, commercial fishermen in New York have complained about the inequities they faced in the numbers­­­ of summer flounder they could land (as well as other popular species), when compared to other states along the East Coast. The fight has gone on for nearly 30 years and continues to this day.

Oct 25, 2018
Intake, Outgo: Candidates Report Campaign Funding

The campaign funds of the two House of Representatives hopefuls in the First Congressional District are within spitting distance of each other, according to the most recent reporting.

Oct 25, 2018
Government Briefs 10.25.18

Southampton Town

Owners of historic properties who are having trouble maintaining them can apply for a 2019 landmarks maintenance program award. The deadline is Dec. 28. 

Award money can be used to support projects that contribute to the preservation and long-term sustainability of designated properties. Projects can include exterior improvements, structural stabilization, window, door, and shutter restoration, and fixing water penetration issues.

Oct 25, 2018
Georgica Pond was opened to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, flushing it of toxins and increasing salinity. Georgica Pond Let Out, Water Quality Is Better

The East Hampton Town Trustees oversaw the traditional fall opening of Georgica Pond to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.

Oct 25, 2018
The Supe Solarizes Himself

With warnings about catastrophic climate change growing ever more urgent, the Town of East Hampton has moved proactively, having set a goal to achieve its energy needs from renewable sources.

Oct 18, 2018
Political Briefs 10.18.18

East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys and his challenger, Manny Vilar, will meet in a debate. The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons has scheduled three debates ahead of the Nov. 6 election.

Oct 18, 2018
Politcal Briefs 10.11.18

Gathering for Schneiderman

A fund-raising event for Jay Schneiderman’s campaign for Suffolk County comptroller, which is expected to be the last before November’s election, will be held tomorrow. County Executive Steve Bellone will join Mr. Schneiderman at Gurney’s Resort in Montauk from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $100 and include drinks and appetizers. Those wishing to attend can email [email protected] or call 631-559-5430. 

Oct 11, 2018
Debate on Moral Matters

VoteHamptonNY, a nonpartisan interfaith initiative formed by the East Hampton Clericus in April to promote voter registration, engagement, and turnout, will host a forum for the candidates for East Hampton Town Board tonight at 7 at Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton.

Oct 11, 2018
Last-Minute Help for Voters

Would-be New York voters have until the end of the day tomorrow to register to be eligible for the Nov. 6 election.

Oct 11, 2018
Endorsements for Thiele

Assemblyman Fred. W. Thiele Jr. has picked up two more endorsements as he runs to keep the seat he has held since 1996.

Oct 4, 2018
Lys’s Big Win Now Official

The Suffolk County Board of Elections has certified the Sept. 13 Democratic Party primary election results, with East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys defeating his challenger, David Gruber, 61 percent to 39 percent.

Sep 27, 2018
Politcal Briefs 09.27.18

Representative Lee Zeldin’s campaign has announced endorsements from eight unions, bringing the congressman’s total number of union endorsements to 25.

Sep 27, 2018
Town Embraces Social Media

Last Thursday, the town board passed a resolution authorizing Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc’s office to establish and maintain official Facebook and Instagram accounts for the town, citing the social media platforms’ effectiveness in disseminating information and raising awareness.

Sep 27, 2018
Now, the State Application

As it had indicated earlier this month, Deepwater Wind has submitted an application to the New York State Public Service Commission for the portion of its proposed South Fork Wind Farm’s transmission cable that would lie in state waters and underground on a path from its landing to the Long Island Power Authority substation in East Hampton.

Sep 20, 2018
Government Briefs 09.20.18

A lottery for 15 affordable houses at Southampton Pointe will be held next month.

Sep 20, 2018
Deer Fence Moratorium

A 90-day moratorium on installing deer fences was adopted by the Sagaponack Village Board following a public hearing on Monday. The moratorium will allow the board “breathing space to update our current code,” according to Mayor Donald Louchheim.

Sep 20, 2018
Reduced Speed in Water Mill

The New York State Department of Transportation is planning to reduce the speed limit on Montauk Highway between Flying Point Road and Head of Pond Road in Water Mill, according to Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. The speed limit will go from 45 miles per hour to 40 m.p.h. heading toward the hamlet’s downtown from the west.

Sep 13, 2018
Town Braces for More Beetles

With the approaching one-year anniversary of the discovery of a southern pine beetle infestation in Northwest Woods in East Hampton, the town board is mulling its approach to managing the invasive species.

Sep 13, 2018
Challenge to Unity Party

Amos Goodman, chairman of the East Hampton Town Republican Committee, has challenged petitions David Lys submitted to the Suffolk County Board of Elections last month to create the East Hampton Unity Party.

Sep 13, 2018
Government Briefs 09.13.18

Long Island’s sixth annual Car-­­Free Day is set for Friday, Sept. 21, and the Town of East Hampton’s energy sustainability advisory committee has asked for residents’ participation.

Sep 13, 2018
Seeking State Go-Ahead

Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company seeking to construct the 15-turbine South Fork Wind Farm in an area leased from the federal government about 30 miles offshore from Montauk, plans to submit an application for the wind farm’s transmission cable to the New York State Public Service Commission in the next week.

Sep 13, 2018
Whose Road Is It, Anyway?

The East Hampton Town Board will continue hearing a proposal tonight to abandon the ownership of an unopened road between Cranberry Hole Road and Abram’s Landing Road in Amagansett while accepting a permanent scenic, conservation, and trail easement over the road, which is part of the Paumanok Path, a hiking trail that runs from Rocky Point to Montauk Point State Park.

Sep 6, 2018
East Hampton Town Polling Places

Registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic Party primary election next Thursday. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sep 6, 2018
Committee Contests, Too

The Democratic Party primary election next Thursday will determine not only the party’s nominee for the fifth seat on the East Hampton Town Board, but also the membership of the town’s Democratic Committee, which, atypically, is hotly contested this year. In every one of the town’s election districts, each of which has two seats on the committee, there are primary challenges.

Sep 6, 2018
Plea to Fund Fishing Survey

Commercial fishermen are mostly opposed to the wind farm, fearing damage or destruction of fishing grounds and potential alteration of migration patterns caused by the electromagnetic frequency emitted by its transmission cable.

Sep 6, 2018