Bits and Pieces 08.06.20
Guild Hall continues outdoor programs, a surf movie night livestream, Jazz on the Terrace at the Parrish, and more.
Guild Hall continues outdoor programs, a surf movie night livestream, Jazz on the Terrace at the Parrish, and more.
The future of the South Fork Commuter Connection train and bus service, two east and two westbound Long Island Rail Road trains and the “last mile” shuttle bus service that took commuters to commercial centers on weekdays during its year of operation, remains uncertain.
Representative Lee Zeldin decried “a slippery slope” in explaining his “no” vote on a House resolution that would see the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers and the bust of the Supreme Court justice principally known for writing the majority opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott case, which said that people of African descent were not United States citizens.
Representatives from Verizon Wireless have proposed to install a temporary cellular tower on town-owned property off Stephen Hand's Path in East Hampton. The tower, they told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday, would alleviate "substantial dead zones" in the area and would also accommodate a substantial uptick in wireless traffic in the town.
The Federal Aviation Administration has found that the Town of East Hampton complied with federal regulations in connection with its use of airport revenue, in responding to lawsuits challenging restrictions on operations at East Hampton Airport.
In a final report issued on July 23, the F.A.A. said the town "is permitted to use airport revenue to pay for legal fees when such fees are incurred in connection with airport-related litigation." The town issued a statement reporting the finding on Monday.
Local officials and community advocates are asking residents of East Hampton Town to complete their census forms. Only 29.8 percent of East Hampton households had filled out their forms as of July 24.
The full extent of what happened in Sag Harbor Cove on July 26, a sunny Sunday when a Brooklyn family went fishing by the North Haven bridge and almost lost their lives in a fast-moving current, was not known until this week. It is now clear that as many as half a dozen people had come close to drowning.
A driver swerved across the road to avoid a collision, but ran into a dirt embankment and railroad ties.
East Hampton Town police allegedly spotted marijuana in the ashtray of a Honda parked outside the 7-Eleven in Montauk. Upon searching the car, they also reported finding hallucinogenic mushooms and a tab of Ecstasy.
Last Thursday afternoon, a woman returned to her parked car in the lot behind 87 Newtown Lane to find a golf ball had struck the windshield, leaving numerous large circular cracks. The ball was found in the parking lot.
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