A debate over the East Hampton Library’s annual Authors Night fund-raiser highlighted a schism on the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday, with one member siding with Amagansett residents who oppose holding the two-day event in their hamlet.
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Sandy Spit Off Gardiner’s Island Off LimitsThere is “absolutely no doubt” that the shoal system and foreshore of Gardiner’s Island, like the island itself, is privately owned, an expert has told the East Hampton Town Trustees.
Sand Land and D.E.C. Taken to CourtApr 20, 2019
Thirteen advocacy groups negotiate a two-week delay in the permit approval to expand the use of the Noyac mine.
New Eyes and Ears for the Peconic BaysPete Topping spent seven and a half years as a bay management specialist with the East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery before being hired four months ago as the new Peconic Baykeeper, a clean-water advocate for Long Island’s Peconic and South Shore bays.
Tesla Wants MontaukRepresentatives of Tesla Motors and a company with which it has partnered presented a refined proposal to install an array of electric vehicle charging stations in Montauk to the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.
Z.B.A. Ponders 56 Oceanfront PilingsApr 18, 2019
Lily Pond Lane owners watch proceedings and worry over their own views.
After a Battle, Gardiner’s Bay Is BackA 1956 mapping mistake is corrected, following a decade-long effort.
School-Contractor Saga EndsThe long, winding, and expensive disagreement between the East Hampton School District and Sandpebble Building has ended.
Best Place to Live? Not HereNot a single East End town made the top 100 in Niche.com’s 2019 list of Best Places to Live in America — or even the top 350 Best Places to Live in New York State.
‘Fusion’ Ticket Goes Down in FlamesApr 18, 2019
In a tersely worded statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the East Hampton Town Republican Committee announced that it had been unable to persuade G.O.P. county leadership to let candidates who are not registered Republicans appear on the party’s line in the Nov. 5 election.
Cat Ops Target Feral Colonies Near YouARF’s network of Operation Cat volunteers provides food, water, and shelter for more than 1,000 cat colonies on the East End, ranging in size from two to 30 cats. The caretakers tend to the colonies with at least one daily visit.
Judge Puts Duryea’s Deal on HoldThe settlement was invalid because the town board did not vote on a resolution authorizing it before it was finalized, according to a statement from the town on Friday.