The East Hampton Town Republican Committee will launch its 2023 campaign next Thursday at the Clubhouse, giving people a chance to meet candidates including Gretta Leon for supervisor and Scott Smith and Michael Wootton for the town board.
The Springs School Board has an uphill mountain to climb as it seeks support from the community for an over-the-tax-cap budget plan that will need a supermajority of at least 60-percent voter approval to pass.
Monday’s deadline for school board candidates to file their petitions has come and gone. Just two local school districts, East Hampton and Wainscott, will have contested races.
“We are both happy and fortunate to be under the tax cap this year,” J.P. Foster, the school board president, said Wednesday morning. “With rising costs across the board, it is certainly a challenge.”
Tuesday will be an exciting day for the 43 students enrolled in East Hampton High School’s Methods in Research science program. They will welcome parents, friends, and community members to the school’s research symposium, the first to be held since the Covid-19 pandemic paused most activities, where they will display and discuss their projects and results.
Book clubs for kids and teens will discuss graphic novels and other works. Plus: Garden exploration at Amber Waves, a teen clothing swap in Montauk, movies at libraries and Sag cinema, and Earth Day events galore.
A Sag Harbor resident witnessed a worker loudly draining a Porta-Potty on Meadowlark Lane before 7 a.m. on April 12 and called the police. The worker was done with his task by the time an officer arrived, and told the officer he was unaware that the village prohibits noisy work before 8 a.m.
The East Hampton Town Police Department responded this week to multiple calls about speeding drivers on residential streets.
This handwritten cookbook was owned and compiled by members of the Hedges family, a prominent, active group living on Main Street in East Hampton Village.
Friday’s exciting 4-3 win was the third in a row in East Hampton’s league-opening series, and improved the team’s overall record to 6-3.
