Officials of East Hampton Town’s land acquisition and management department had warned in September of the likelihood of an expansion of the southern pine beetle infestation that impacted western parts of the town, and now the beetles have been detected in New York State parkland at Napeague.
As it had signaled following a public hearing in October, the East Hampton Town Board voted on Tuesday to ban the sale of balloons filled with helium or any other type of lighter-than-air gas. The prohibition will take effect on Jan. 1.
The East Hampton Town Board voted unanimously to opt out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries or on-site consumption licenses on Dec. 2.
“It’s fun to have buddies,” Keira Huerta said, “because you don’t have to be alone.”
Keira, a first grader at the John M. Marshall Elementary School, summed it up perfectly as one of about a dozen students who told the East Hampton School Board last week that they really like their buddy program, which pairs fourth graders with first graders for educational activities and playtime.
It’s got a new name and a new look, but its goals have not changed.
The East Hampton Education Foundation has officially dropped “Greater” from its name, hoping that the community will more easily recognize it and connect to its mission, which is to “enrich the lives of students in East Hampton public schools by supporting superior educational and wellness programs.”
The Hampton Library’s popular gingerbread cookie-decorating program happens on Saturday. Kids and their families can also choose from lots of other activities coming up.
In a case that started in August 2020 with two felony charges following an alleged road-rage fight in East Hampton Village, which left a Springs teenager with severe brain injuries, Charles Streep left the East Hampton Town Justice Court Wednesday having accepted a plea deal: guilty of disorderly conduct for obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
A New York City woman staying at a house in Montauk thought she saw a prowler on the property while walking her dog at around 1 a.m. on Saturday. The only thing an officer noticed was fresh deer tracks in the yard.
An 80-year-old man was hit by a car as he was walking across Springs-Fireplace Road near Copeces Lane in Springs at around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 6.
On Friday, after receiving a complaint that a man had sexually abused a young girl multiple times over a 10-month time period, East Hampton Town police charged a 49-year-old from Bridgehampton with a felony count of sexual conduct with a child under 13.
