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Airport Appeal Considered

An East Hampton Town law limiting use of the East Hampton Airport by aircraft defined by the Federal Aviation Administration as noisy was the subject of arguments before a panel of three judges at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan on Monday.

Jun 23, 2016
Lower Speed Limits Ahead

Three pieces of state legislation specifically drafted for the Sag Harbor community have passed the Assembly and the Senate.

Jun 23, 2016
Government Briefs 06.16.16

Improving crosswalks and searching for a police chief in the Town of Southampton.

Jun 16, 2016
Seek Input On Sidewalk Dining Plan

A proposed East Hampton Town law that would allow downtown Montauk restaurants to have legal sidewalk dining will be the subject of a hearing tonight at 6:30 at Town Hall.

Jun 16, 2016
Concern About Sand Pit

Residents of a neighborhood surrounding a sand-mining pit off Middle Highway in East Hampton asked the town board last week to investigate dumping they said was taking place there.

Jun 9, 2016
C.P.F.: For Water, Too?

Town officials are preparing for a vote in the fall on whether to let a portion of the community preservation fund, now earmarked for land purchases only, be used for water quality improvement projects.

Jun 9, 2016
All Aboard L.I.R.R. Shuttle

A long hoped-for local shuttle-transport service, involving light diesel trains that would coordinate with buses and taxis, may be in place as soon as next year.

Jun 9, 2016
Future of Truck Beach in Court’s Hands

A lawsuit aimed at keeping vehicles off a 4,000-foot stretch of ocean beach on Napeague began on Monday with the presentation of an edited video showing a beach crowded with vehicles, people, and dogs on a summer weekend in 2014.

Jun 9, 2016
Condemnation Moves Ahead

In their ongoing effort to resolve the dispute over the ownership of stretches of the ocean beach on Napeague, East Hampton Town officials moved ahead this week with eminent domain proceedings.

Jun 9, 2016
Don’t Let Things Get Worse: Consultants

The commercial areas of Amagansett and East Hampton outside the incorporated village were in the spotlight when residents met in discussion and hands-on design sessions with planning consultants last week.

Jun 9, 2016
Crowds came by land and by sea to hear Willy Nelson play at the Surf Lodge in June of 2013. The spot will start the summer without a music scene after the New York State Liquor Authority found that it is not categorized as a live music venue under its license classification. Live Bands Silenced As Summer Begins

As the beat of the summer season begins this Memorial Day, live bands that have been booked for performances this season at many an East Hampton Town restaurant and bar could be silenced, depending on the outcome of a systematic license review being conducted by the town.

May 26, 2016
Tom Ferreira, outside his house on Navy Road in July of 2010. Mechanic Is Vindicated in Civil Rights Case

Seven years after twice seizing cars and other belongings from a property on Navy Road in Montauk, the East Hampton Town Board has settled a civil rights lawsuit brought by the homeowner.

May 19, 2016
May Legalize Apartments

East Hampton Town officials are discussing changes to the town code aimed at encouraging homeowners to create rental apartments to add to the town’s stock of affordable housing.

May 19, 2016
Audit Faults Financial Practices at LTV

A comprehensive financial audit of LTV, the nonprofit organization that provides public access cable TV in East Hampton and is funded largely by the town, found no misappropriation of funds but pinpointed 19 financial practices that fell short.

May 19, 2016
E.P.A. Nod for Water Work

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has honored Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences for his research on Long Island’s water quality problems.

May 19, 2016
Government Briefs 05.12.16

Southampton Town

C.S.E.A. Grievance

May 12, 2016
Court Rejects Ditch Lawsuit

A State Supreme Court Justice has rejected a lawsuit brought by the owners of a Montauk Shores Condominium trailer against the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals.

May 12, 2016
Hamlet Workshops to Begin

Four days of what are expected to be intensive public sessions, called charettes, will get underway in earnest next week in each of East Hampton Town’s hamlets in a process intended to result in plans for the business centers of each hamlet.

May 12, 2016
A new stockade fence will prohibit customers at Cyril’s Fish House, the popular roadside bar on Napeague, from spilling out onto the highway, as part of an agreement between owners of the property and the town. No More Roadside Bar

Guilty on zoning charges, Cyril’s begins to remodel.

May 12, 2016
Old Building Appovals Bedevil Owners

Carter Burwell, a composer of cinema scores, and his wife, Christine Sciulli, an artist, were rejected for the second time since 2013 in an attempt to expand their house at 39 Marine Boulevard in Amagansett and to add an accessory structure to the property as a working studio for Mr. Burwell.

May 12, 2016
Fishing Group Opposes A Marine Preserve

The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association has joined the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in the latter group’s motion to oppose the designation of an offshore marine monument in the Northeast Atlantic, which environmental groups support.

May 12, 2016
Housing Symposium

The East Hampton Business Alliance will host a breakfast and symposium on affordable housing and implications for the business community at Cittanuova restaurant in East Hampton on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.

May 5, 2016
Motel Sales Mean Worker Housing Crunch

At a Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night, the hamlet’s perennial need for seasonal employee housing was a focus of discussion

May 5, 2016
Government Briefs 04.28.16

Local Government Notes

Apr 28, 2016
House-Size Limits Approved

With little fanfare, the Sag Harbor Village Board approved long-discussed, highly controversial revisions to the village’s residential zone code last Thursday.

Apr 28, 2016
East Hampton Town Hall Town Earns Climate Kudos

East Hampton Town, which took a pledge in 2009 to become a state-designated “climate smart community” and has been taking various actions in relation to climate change and sea level rise, has been certified under the state program, the first of more than 170 participating communities to achieve that designation.

Apr 28, 2016
The East Hampton Town Trustees say that the sign on the beach at Barnes Landing in Amagansett is misleading. The area below the high-water line is public land, the trustees say, and fishing is therefore an allowable activity. ‘Private Beach’ Sign Irks

A sign erected on the beach at Barnes Landing in Amagansett is misleading, the East Hampton Town Trustees agreed at their meeting on Monday, and should be modified.

Apr 28, 2016
Paved Trails in the Woods?

Despite its many nature trails through preserved tracts of woods, East Hampton Town lacks even one for people who need a smooth, flat surface — the wheelchair-bound, the elderly, those who are injured or less agile — can enjoy the outdoors, Mario Bladuell, an East Hampton resident, told the town board this week.

Apr 21, 2016
An architectural rendering shows the buildings proposed for the corner of Sayre’s Path and Montauk Highway in Wainscott. They would replace two 1950s-era model homes on the property now. A ‘Model House’ Request Is Debated

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seemed to be navigating through a foggy sea regarding businesses in residential districts Tuesday night, after a public hearing on an unusual Wainscott proposal.

Apr 21, 2016
Government Briefs 04.21.16

A Southampton Town Highway Department employee was suspended and new laws for Uber in Southampton.

Apr 21, 2016