The East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, an independent nonprofit, petitioned the Suffolk County Supreme Court on Nov. 15 to ignore a statute of limitations that would prevent it from suing East Hampton Village for what the association alleges was a takeover of its ambulance service certificate and its bank account.
A Win for Springs Teaching Assistants
After months of hearing the Springs School teaching assistants decry unfairly low wages and mysterious pay cuts — and hearing other faculty members and parents rally around them — the Springs School Board last month approved an across-the-board raise of $6,420.
November 30, 2023
Police & Courts
East Hampton Village Police were called to a village-owned building at Two Mile Hollow Beach on the morning of Nov. 18 when it was discovered that a toilet had been used but not flushed, and in fact could not be flushed because the water had been turned off for the winter.
Nov 30, 2023
A man with sex crime charges pending in North Carolina was taken into custody at the commercial fishing dock off West Lake Drive in Montauk on Nov. 17.
Nov 30, 2023
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
Nature Conservancy Pitches a Salt Marsh Effort
Salt marsh areas of Accabonac Harbor could see a restoration effort beginning next fall, if the Nature Conservancy’s proposal to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the funding of five such projects on Long Island is accepted.
Nov 30, 2023
Town Eyes New Community Block Grants
The East Hampton Town Board heard recommendations for allocating an expected $120,000 for community development for projects ranging from solar panels to an outdoor table for chess.
Nov 30, 2023
Government
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
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
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
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 others.
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
A Holiday Extravaganza in East Hampton Village
A spicy-sweet gingerbread theme has emerged around East Hampton Village, with candy-decked houses and icing “snow” bringing to life sugarplum scenes for raffle and for charity in the lead-up to the Santa parade. The Jolly Old Elf will arrive by helicopter, plus there's a market on the Village Hall lawn, skating at the Huntting Inn, and a big-name guest at a tree lighting that evening.
Dirt Pile Is Road Block at Sag Harbor Gas Ball Lot
The much-fought-over former gas ball lot at 5 Bridge Street in Sag Harbor may not be much to look at, but it contains 93 parking spaces valuable both to the village and to Adam Potter, a developer who outbid the village to win the lease on the lot from National Grid earlier this year.
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.
