Margie Ruddick of the landscape planning and designing firm that bears her name has drawn the proverbial line in the sand, choosing to stop taking on projects that involve new construction, except for well-scaled additions.
New York Governor Again Rebuffs Montauketts
The Montaukett Indian Nation has again been denied official recognition, with Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoing a bill that would have restored the tribe’s status as a sovereign Indigenous nation. “To do it during Native American History Month? It’s inhumane and cruel and racist,” said Sandi Brewster-walker, the executive director and government affairs officer of the Montaukett Indian Nation.
November 22, 2023
Police & Courts
The steel-hulled, 60-foot trawler named Act I, captained by Chuck Morici, had caught 4,000 pounds of porgy and had no issues on Nov. 15 before near tragedy occurred: “A three-inch piece of steel let go by the keel cooler pipe,” he said by phone on dry land Monday. “I could see daylight through the hull.” Three Coast Guard stations were called in to save the day.
Nov 22, 2023
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law last Thursday, saying that “the best crime-fighting tool is a good-paying job. That’s why I support giving New Yorkers a clean slate after they’ve paid their debt to society and gone years without an additional offense.”
Nov 22, 2023
Two Marine Patrol officers observed some 10 vehicles parked between mile markers 1A and 13A on Napeague on Nov. 14, shortly after 9 p.m., and questioned their owners. Every truck belonged to someone who was fishing on the beach for tuna or striped bass. No one was ticketed.
Nov 22, 2023
For the Vista or the Environment? Benson Reserve Debate Continues
More than two dozen residents of Montauk spoke at a hearing last Thursday on a management plan for Arthur Benson reserve, more of them in favor of a plan to use goats and machinery to remove invasive species at the roughly 40-acre strip between Montauk Highway and the ocean but also many others who said the plan was for aesthetic and not environmental reasons.
Nov 22, 2023
A Clean Slate in New York State
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law last Thursday, saying that “the best crime-fighting tool is a good-paying job. That’s why I support giving New Yorkers a clean slate after they’ve paid their debt to society and gone years without an additional offense.”
Nov 22, 2023
Government
Rowdy Hall's septic system is failing, but the restaurant will no longer benefit from town money now that the East Hampton Town Board has withdrawn a resolution that would have approved a $100,500 grant for its replacement.
Nov 22, 2023
A sidewalk to nowhere and an asphalt berm blocking access to a parking lot are only the two biggest problems with the recently built Beckmann Commercial Building at 94 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, an East Hampton Town planner told planning board members at their Nov. 15 meeting, where the construction was the main topic of discussion.
Nov 22, 2023
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday the completed installation of the first of 12 turbines for the South Fork Wind farm, which will be the first completed utility-scale wind farm in the United States in federal waters.
Nov 22, 2023
The $95.46 million budget, a 5.3-percent increase over the adopted 2023 budget, was the subject of a Nov. 2 public hearing that drew no comment. Changes from the tentative to the preliminary budget that the board agreed to had a minimal impact on tax rates.
Nov 22, 2023
Arts
Glam Rock Through the Decades
“What the Band Wore,” a photography book by Alice Harris, a former music industry executive, captures four decades of rock and pop fashion, ranging from the Beatles and Elvis to Elton John, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Prince, Janet Jackson, and many more.
Nov 29, 2023
Hamptons Doc Fest will bring such noted directors as James Ivory, James Lapine, and Matthew Heineman to Sag Harbor, as well as films about Dan Rather, Rose Styron, Anselm Kiefer (directed by Wim Wenders), and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nov 29, 2023
Tony Rosenthal's “Cube 72,” a tilting sculptural fixture in front of Guild Hall for decades, is back in place after a restoration to its original spinning glory.
Nov 29, 2023
The Church will host a live reading of “Dolphins and Sharks,” a new play about stressful working conditions and employee rivalry at a Harlem copy shop.
Nov 29, 2023
Villages
National Climate Assessment: Reality Is Not Pretty
Change is hard but essential if East Hampton Town and the wider world are going to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, officials of the Nature Conservancy said this week in the wake of the United States government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment, issued last week.
East Hampton Village: No Plan to Sell Garage to L.V.I.S.
East Hampton Village is getting an appraisal for the strip of village-owned land that runs along the south side of Herrick Park. Michael Bebon, a village resident whose house is accessed via an easement along that driveway, wondered during a public-comment period Friday why the board would spend money to appraise the strip unless they were considering selling it to the L.V.I.S.
Item of the Week: A Wintertime East Hampton Childhood
Abigail Halsey (1878-1946) begins this 44-page book by describing the setting, the Mulford Farmhouse, and the teller of the snowbound tales, Abigail’s 89-year-old friend, Mary Esther Mulford Miller (1849-1938).
