Trustees 2019

A first-time candidate, Ben Dollinger grew up off Three Mile Harbor Road and now lives along Fort Pond in Montauk, “a body of water that’s under attack.”

Bill Taylor was elected to the trustee board in 2013 and is one of its two deputy clerks.

Having served two terms in the late 1980s into the early 1990s, and holding the roles of clerk and assistant clerk, David Talmage hopes to be elected once again.

Fallon Nigro is running for elected office for the first time. She is the daughter of Joe Bloecker, a former trustee.

Francis Bock, the clerk of the trustees since Democrats assumed a majority in 2016, is seeking his fifth term on the board.

Jim Grimes is seeking a third term as an East Hampton trustee. The born-and-raised Montauk resident and fire department volunteer owns James C. Grimes Land Design and Fort Pond Native Plants.

John Aldred, an incumbent who lives in East Hampton, is running for a second term as East Hampton Town trustee.

This year marks Michael Havens’s second bid for a trustee seat. The lifelong resident of the town is among a long line of baymen in his family, and he believes that experience will serve him well if elected.

Unique among all the candidates for East Hampton Town trustee, Mike Martinsen spends almost every day of the year on the water.

Nearing the end of his second term, Rick Drew has attended every trustee meeting since his swearing-in. “I’ve tried to make it a real priority,” he said this week.

Rona Klopman is seeking a trustee seat for the third time, having run twice before, though unsuccessfully.

Stephen Lester, having served six terms as a town trustee, did not seek re-election in 2015. “I needed a break,” he said this week.

Since being elected in 2017, Susan. McGraw Keber has thrown herself into the job with gusto, serving on six trustee committees that oversee education, Accabonac Harbor and Hog Creek, Northwest Creek and Harbor, the beaches, media and social media, and aquaculture.

Susan Vorpahl is looking for a second term as a trustee to ensure the board remembers its true purpose, she said.

It was while screening potential candidates for East Hampton Town Trustee as a member of the town Democratic Committee that Tim Garneau became interested in running for the post himself.