Wintertime Hikes and More Outdoors
Adults and kids alike can get some fresh air this weekend with hikes and other activities.
First Look at Possible Airport Restrictions
Consultants to East Hampton Town issued recommendations on Tuesday for a “new” airport on the site of the existing East Hampton Airport that they said could impact 40 percent of takeoffs and landings but address upward of 70 percent of complaints. The recommendations, if implemented, would impose a curfew and otherwise limit activity based on an aircraft’s operator, its noise, and its size under a prior-permission-required framework.
Tony Walton, Noted Production Designer and Director, Dies at 87
Tony Walton, the award-winning director and production designer for theater, film, television, ballet, and opera, who had deep connections to Sag Harbor, died at his apartment in New York City on Wednesday from complications of a stroke. He was 87.
A New Life for Lichtenstein Studio
Dorothy Lichtenstein has donated the Manhattan studio of her husband, Roy Lichtenstein, to the Whitney Museum as headquarters for its Independent Study Program.
Zeldin Gets G.O.P. Nod for Governor
Representative Lee Zeldin of New York’s First Congressional District was named the Republican candidate for governor of New York at the State Republican Party’s convention, held in Garden City on Monday and Tuesday.
Democratic Congressional Candidates Talk Unity
Unity was the theme at last Thursday’s forum for those seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York’s First Congressional District, at a moment of both opportunity and peril for the party.
County Republicans Back LaLota for Congress
The Suffolk County Republican Party has endorsed Nick LaLota, chief of staff of the County Legislature’s presiding officer and a former commissioner at the Suffolk Board of Elections, as its nominee to represent New York’s First Congressional District in Washington, D.C. The move, coming right on the heels of Mr. LaLota’s announcing his candidacy, drew a rebuke from another contestant for the seat.
Krupski Endorses Fleming for C.D. 1
uffolk County Legislator Al Krupski, who represents the Towns of Southold and Riverhead and parts of Brookhaven Town, has endorsed Legislator Bridget Fleming’s candidacy for the Democratic nomination to represent New York’s First Congressional District.
Wind Cable Suit Dismissed
A complaint brought by Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott against the East Hampton Town Board and developers of the South Fork Wind farm has been dismissed.
Offshore Wind Sale Bonanza
The federal Department of the Interior announced on Friday the results of the New York Bight offshore wind sale, the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history.