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Unanimous Vote Axes $5 Million Housing Bond. Town board acts after poll is taken
The results of a poll taken last week about affordable housing pushed East Hampton Town Board members to vote unanimously on Tuesday against putting a $5 million bond for housing on the November ballot. By a margin of 3-to-1, those residents polled said they would vote to defeat the referendum if it appeared, and more than half, 52 percent, disagreed that "we need more affordable housing to ensure a mixed-income community."

What the Democrats Promise, East Hampton candidates oppose 'smart growth,' favor preservation
At first glance the platform released this week by the East Hampton Democratic Party's candidates for town board and town supervisor sounds a lot like what the Republican candidates say they hope to achieve for East Hampton.

Shinnecock Lawsuit: Casino development halted for at least 18 months
A federal judge last week barred the Shinnecock Indian Nation from moving ahead with plans for a Hampton Bays casino for at least another 18 months, granting the New York State attorney general's request for a preliminary injunction.

CLASSIC: Ward Wins the Grand Prix for Third Time
McLain Ward, the brilliant 27-year-old rider from Brewster, N.Y., won Sunday's $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix, topping four competitors in an eight-effort jumpoff that followed a 16-effort first round in which 29 riders vied.

HAMPTON CLASSIC: Many Actually Followed the Show
Rumor had it that there was a horse show of some sort or another going on out there. Meanwhile, under the Hampton Classic Grand Prix tent on Sunday, the fashionable, the wealthy, and the horsey checked each other out and nibbled and sipped and posed for the paparazzi.