Mobilization for the Montauk portion of the 83-mile-long Fire Island to Montauk Point beach renourishment project is to begin Thursday, with temporary road closures to allow mobilization of very large equipment including bulldozers and 35-foot lengths of piping. Beach infill is to begin next month, when an offshore dredge will pump 80,000 cubic yards of sand a day onto the downtown beach.
In papers filed with Suffolk County Supreme Court on Jan. 2, the East Hampton Village attorney said a petition filed by the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association claiming that the village had improperly transferred an ambulance service certificate away from the association, an independent nonprofit, and taken over its bank account, was a “slapdash effort” and a “frivolous filing” that shouldn’t be heard by the court.
The East Hampton Town Board came under sharp questioning from residents during last Thursday’s public hearing on the possible exemption of the new senior citizens center from the town’s zoning code and land-use procedures.
Nancy Carney is set to return to the Springs School. After fast-tracking its search for a new superintendent late in 2023, the Springs School Board is poised to hire her as its new chief school administrator on Wednesday.
